Taken (Dark Grove Plantation)
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Her heart lifted, hope welling within her. It was the first time he had called her that since the night he had found her with Charlie.
“What’s wrong?” He pressed, wrapping an arm around her.
She leaned into him, inhaling his intoxicating scent, relishing it. “I…” She fumbled. “I… care about you.” She couldn’t meet his eyes as she made her admission. Holding her breath, she waited for his response.
His strong finger was under her chin, lifting her head so that she was forced to meet his eyes. They were filled with nothing but wonder. “I care for you too,” he breathed, as though relieved to say the words. “I’ve known I wanted you from the first time I saw you.”
A small giggle bubbled up in Ella’s throat. “I’ve been terrified of you since the first time I saw you.”
He chuckled with her. “And what about now. Do I frighten you?”
“Not remotely,” she said honestly. This new, tame Brandon didn’t frighten her in the slightest. And that was what made her so sad.
His grin turned wolfish, predatory. Something shuddered within her at the sight of it. “Then we’ll have to fix that, won’t we?” He asked.
Ella gasped. “But I thought…”
“You thought what?”
“I didn’t think you were interested in me in… that way anymore.” She said softly, peeking up at him.
He looked at her, puzzled. “How could you possibly think that?”
“Well,” she shifted uncomfortably, caught in his unflinching gaze. “You haven’t touched me in a week.”
Brandon shook his head, sighing as though at a particularly difficult child. “And I told you why, didn’t I? I didn’t want to hurt you. You weren’t fit enough to handle what I wanted to do to you.” He paused, cocking his head at her. “But I can see that you’re fine now. Except for your hearing. It seems we need a lesson in how to listen, kitten.”
Ella thrilled at the words.
“Stand up,” he ordered, his tone brooking no resistance. She obeyed with alacrity, eagerly complying. He grinned at her. “So it seems we can listen attentively, after all.”
He stood before her and placed his hands on either side of her neck, encircling it. She gasped in delight as he brought out the submissive in her as no one else could, as no one else would ever do. Her body came to life at his touch, heat pooling in her belly and spreading outward to her fingertips. Suddenly, he placed one hand at the back of her neck and shoved her roughly. Ella gasped in surprise as she tumbled forward, falling across the sofa so that she was draped across the side of it, her hips supported by the armrest.
Brandon gave her ass a playful swat.
“Hey!” She cried. “What was that for?”
He grinned down at her. “For my own amusement.” But then his expression turned more forbidding. “But unless you want more I wouldn’t advise talking out of turn.”
She groaned at the eroticism of his words, could feel herself growing wet in response to the Dom in him. She heard him unzip his pants behind her. There would be no long seduction this time; he needed this as badly as she did, and she was pleased to realize that he must have longed to touch her just as she had longed to touch him over the last week.
With no further warning, he drove into her. He hadn’t prepared her, but she was already wet and ready for him. His fist tangled in her hair, and he pulled her head back sharply, forcing her to arch back into him as he fucked her hard. She could feel her orgasm building inside her as he hit her g-spot with every thrust. Her core began to contract around him, letting him know she was close.
“Come,” he ground out, smacking her ass sharply to reinforce his command.
She exploded around him at the same time as he finally allowed himself to let go. He howled as he continued to drive into her roughly. She reveled in the intensity of the way he handled her, the way he utterly dominated her body. She cried out her pleasure as she came, her hands fisting against the couch cushions, her toes curling on the carpet.
Brandon collapsed atop her, gasping. When he had finally caught his breath, he pulled out of her. His arms were around her shoulders, lifting her up so that he could lay her down on the couch, resting her head in his lap.
He stroked her hair idly for long moments, pondering something, before finally looking down at her intently. “Will you be my submissive, Ella?” His expression was open, vulnerable, his eyes betraying his anxiety.
She thought for a moment. Did she want to be his submissive? Yes. Was she ready to give up her Domme-ly ways? No. She wasn’t.
“I have one condition,” she said.
“Name it.”
“You are my only Dom. I still get to be the Domme of Dark Grove.”
He grinned. “Agreed. In fact, I rather like the idea that I’m the only one who can bend you to my will.”
Ella blushed even as she felt her sex heating once more.
Brandon’s lips came down on hers for the first time, his possessive kiss ensnaring her heart as thoroughly as he had claimed ownership of her body. She knew that from then on she would be his.
The End
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