Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 44411 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 222(@200wpm)___ 178(@250wpm)___ 148(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44411 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 222(@200wpm)___ 178(@250wpm)___ 148(@300wpm)
Leah was struggling, and he felt bad for her, but it was easier to rip this bandage off all at once. He waited until she whispered, “Yes, Sir.” Frustration was marring her features, but it was clear by her pheromones that she was mostly angry with her own body for reacting so strongly to his orders.
It was innate. It didn’t matter that she’d never expected the level of submission he would require of her, nor did it matter that he hadn’t expected to dominate her as strongly as he now knew was necessary. This was the way of his people, and she would learn.
Elias could tell by her scent, the way she fidgeted, and how she kept looking away that she was already realizing that she would crave his firm dominance. Thrive on it. Shake with the need to obey him. Her deep submission was in her bones. It would gradually surface over the next few days until it was second nature. She knew it, but she didn’t like it.
He softened his tone as he continued, “There will be other rules, Baby girl. Rules that aren’t related to safety. Rules you might intentionally break when you feel like you need a spanking.”
She gasped again. “I will never feel like I need a spanking,” she argued.
“You will, Little one. I promise.” He gripped her hip, preparing to hold her close as he spoke his next words. “You can already feel it bubbling up inside you. You’re curious. You want to know what it will feel like. You want to submit to me in the way I’m describing. You’re shaking with the need to have me flip you over my knees, push your dress up, and bare your bottom.”
She shook her head defiantly, sending her hair flying around her shoulders, but the scent of her arousal could not be stopped. He would bet her pussy was dripping.
He needed to drive his point home in a way that would scare her, so he nodded toward the mountains behind her. “There are predators out there, Little one. Other animals, some wild, some not. I never want you to be in a situation where you are threatened because you strayed too far from Daddy or snuck out of the house without permission.”
She blinked. “Do you mean there are bad men out in the forest?”
“There could be, but what I do know is there are bear shifters.”
“Bear shifters?” Her voice rose to a creak.
“Yes. Remember when a woman disappeared from the valley right before her ceremony?”
“Yes. I didn’t know her. She was from another school.”
“That was Suzette. You will meet her when we’re done with our seclusion and venture out to visit others. Suzette was taken by a bear shifter. He was able to mask his scent. Her mate is my brother, Brock. He followed Suzette’s scent to find her, and he was lucky. She was unharmed. But ever since then, we have had several encounters with members of a bear-shifting community. We’ve learned a few of their own have gone rogue and are causing problems.”
“That’s scary,” she whispered.
“And that’s the primary reason you will not leave the house alone, understood?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“At this point, we believe the majority of the bears in the area mean us no harm. They’re looking for a new place to live. A few of them are bad news, though, and they’re not to be trusted. They’re bold enough to come right up to the house. I can’t protect you if I don’t know where you are.”
“I won’t go outside, Elias.”
At least he seemed to have scared her into compliance on this issue. It was the most important rule. He cupped her cheek. “You may call me Elias when you’re screaming my name in our bed, Little firecracker, but please call me Daddy when we are not actively having sex.”
She licked her pretty lips again. They were swollen and red from her biting them several times.
He lifted one of her hands to his lips and kissed her knuckles, loving the way her breath hitched and her arousal kicked up another notch. Taking a chance, he wrapped his lips around her middle finger and sucked it into his mouth.
His cock jerked at the taste of her. Leah leaned into him, unable to fight the pull. It was powerful and growing.
He released her finger with a pop.
“Are you going to take me to your bed now?” she asked, her voice shaking.
“Not until you’re ready, Little one.”
“When will I be ready?”
He smiled and rubbed her fingers against his jaw. He longed to do exactly what she was suggesting. Take her to their bedroom, strip these layers of material off her, and worship her body. Soon.
“Do you understand how your first shift will happen?” he asked, needing to cover this topic, too.
“My mother said I can’t shift until after we consummate the union.”