Mina's Heart
the woods, and he’d discussed the plans for the house with her often. At the time, she’d known he was seeking her input on the design for the house because he pictured a future with her, and that had alarmed her as much as it had warmed her heart.
    Despite all the things he’d done for her, there were some things she needed to do for herself. Ever had been a light sleeper, so she was careful to move slowly and watch where she was going. Still, he snaked out a hand. It landed on her leg before she could exit the bed. “Where are you going?”
    He barely moved his lips, leaving her to mostly guess what he said. From what she could discern, he did the same with his eyes. He wasn’t really awake yet.
    “Bathroom,” she whispered, not wanting to disturb him further.
    He rolled over and groaned. Then he shifted his leg and tossed the covers aside. As he crossed the room, moonlight lit his body, revealing that he’d slept naked as well. He opened a door and flipped on a light switch. A yellow pool of light illuminated his messy hair and sleepy expression. He still hadn’t opened his eyes.
    She watched as he trudged back, his feet shuffling along the carpet, and then he fell back into bed, facedown. “I put your stuff in there.”
    “Thanks.” Seeing as it was the middle of the night, she didn’t add his title.
    He didn’t take his face out of his pillow to call her on it, which muffled his correction. “Master.”
    Her mistake. She’d agreed to be his for two days. “Thanks, Master.”
    When she returned to bed a few minutes later, he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her across the king-size mattress until she was nestled against him. He turned her so that she was on her back, and then he threw a leg over hers and pressed a kiss to her neck.
    It didn’t stop there, and she wasn’t surprised. She knew he generally woke up horny, and as the submissive she couldn’t deny him—not that she wanted to.
    His firm lips fluttered softly against her neck and along her jaw. When he made it to her mouth, he licked the seam of her lips. “You brushed?”
    And perhaps she hadn’t rinsed as thoroughly as she should have. In her defense, her body still felt heavy with lethargy left over from the many orgasms he’d forced on her, which she would never complain about. They were addictive. She hoped for another soon.
    “Yeah. You cleaned my body, but that still needed to be done.”
    He shifted, nudging her legs apart with his knee, and settled on top of her. The tip of his erection brushed her inner thigh. “Waking up your master in the middle of the night and criticizing him isn’t a great battle strategy.”
    “I wasn’t aware we were fighting.”
    He reached between them and positioned his cock at her opening. “You’ve always fought me.”
    She opened her legs farther and tilted her hips to give him a better angle. “I’m not fighting you now.”
    “Yes, you are.” He slid home. “But I’m not going to let you win.” With that, he pinned her wrists on either side of her head and captured her mouth with a kiss that both possessed and controlled.
    A cloud passed over the moon, and he became a shadow hovering over her. He withdrew most of the way and thrust deep. Whether in deference to the lack of foreplay or due to his semisleepy state, he fucked her slowly, claiming her with every stroke.
    “You’re so beautiful, honey. So tight. You feel so good around me.” He increased his pace, rocking his body into hers harder and deeper. She met his every thrust.
    It felt good to finally have him take her like this. She’d missed being close to him. She wanted him to release her wrists so she could touch him. “You can’t even see me.”
    “Don’t need to see you. I dream about you here with me, like this.”
    Probably to shut up anything she might say to ruin the moment, he plunged his tongue into her mouth, tangling it with hers in a duel she couldn’t hope to win. She didn’t even try, choosing

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