“Oops!” He caught her just before her face hit the floor. “Now, just remember if you move too fast or make sudden, violent actions?” He scooted her over to the table. “The cloak draws tighter.” He pulled out a chair and sat her down.
The aroma of food smelled wonderful and she hadn’t eaten since yesterday.
He sat in a chair next to hers.
“How am I supposed to—?” Payne drew a fork up as she was speaking and shoved the scrambled eggs into her mouth.
Her eyes widened while she shut her mouth and chewed. She swallowed and it did taste good, but she still felt irritated. “You must be kid—” He repeated the forkful.
She chewed again and swallowed. “Just wait a—” A bite full of toast filled her mouth.
Her eyes narrowed and she spat it out. “What the fu—?” The rim of a glass met her mouth and juice dribbled down her chin. “Ugg...” She spluttered and the messy orange color ran along her neck.
“You will sit, eat and drink.” Delicately, Payne took a napkin, dotting her chin and neck. A pleased grin spread across his lips as he turned and raised another forkful. “It's simple, really.”
Valentine glared at him and held her lips closed.
“Take it,” he urged.
Rolling her eyes, she took the eggs in and chewed.
“That's better.” He smiled warmly at her.
With a rebellious exasperation, she sat up straighter in her chair and the velvet constrained her chest. “Oh.” She wheezed.
“Now what did I tell you?” He frowned. “You’re not paying attention, Sweet—” he faltered. “...Valentine.” Payne stared intently at her face.
As though she hadn’t heard him, she stood up abruptly. “I’m so sick of this!” She moved around inside of the cloak. “Nobody does this to me!”
“What a fucking stubborn, bullheaded woman, you are!” Payne watched her struggle.
Her breathing grew shallow as the squeezing continued. “You can't just—” she rasped, her eyes rolling up as she fell forward.
Payne caught her.
The velvet loosened as she stilled and her breathing returned.
~* * * *~
Something tickled at her nose while warm water rose over her shoulders. She jerked forward with a gasp. “What?”
“Just take it easy, it's only a harmless bubble bath,” he soothed.
Valentine gaped down at the warm bubbly water. “What are you doing now?”
“Bathing you.” Payne chuckled from behind her.
She raised a free hand up. “What? No chains?”
Payne rubbed shampoo into her hair. “There were never any chains, my dear.”
“You're washing my hair?”
“Yep.” He poured water over her head.
She spluttered and wiped at her eyes.
Next, he soaped her back.
“What’s going on here?”
“Do I have to go over all that again?” he quipped.
Valentine stood from the water and the bubbles ran down her rigidly stiff body.
Silent, Payne gazed up at her soapy backside.
“So, you’re just gonna act like all of this is normal?” She clenched her hands into fists.
Releasing a sigh, he stood up. “I just thought—maybe?”
She turned in the tub to face him. “Maybe what?”
“There are very few of us in the world.” He raised a brow. “And fewer still, like you.” His appreciative gaze roamed over her soap-splashed skin.
“So, what is it? You want a get to know each other session?”
“Yeah, I suppose.” He sat back down. “Have you ever met a male beast before?”
“No, I’ve never experienced that particular displeasure before you.” She glared down at him. “So, what about my supposed crimes?”
“Well, I thought about it.” He reticently peeked up at her. “And, seeing how you’re a beast?” He shrugged. “It was a human-like trap and you would’ve done all the killing yourself.”
Valentine placed her hands onto her bare lathered hips. “So, you’ve finally reasoned it out, uh?”
He nodded while a sheepish expression appeared on his handsome face.
“And, what? I’m supposed to forgive you?”
“Forgive me? For fucking what?”
“For what?” She gasped with disbelief.
“You got all the pleasure, my dear,” he reminded her.
Valentine froze and remembered the oral plundering and her glorious orgasm. “But you tied me up and...” she faltered.
“Did I beat you? Did I hurt you?”
She sat back down into the water.
“Come on. Aren't you even curious about other beasts?” he asked.
“I never thought about it, not since I was young.” She drew her knees up and folded her arms on them. “I grew up with humans and found out in an unpleasant way one day, that I wasn’t one.”
“And what happened?”
“I just grew cold inside,” she sighed.
“Yeah, like me.”
She turned to him. “What?”
“Out for a wild kill-thrill, while merrily beasting your way to the next bloodbath.” He released a sigh. “And it took quite a few human females dying at my hands to make me realize...”
Curious now, Valentine glanced over at him.
“....I wouldn’t have those kinds of thrills.” He rolled his eyes with humor.
Valentine drew in a breath and remembered the way he’d taken her to the heights of mindless desire. “You do know how to, though.”
“How to what?”
“Give the thrills.”
He stilled as he got her meaning and threw his head back with laughter.
She looked away.
Payne’s laughter ceased and he wrapped his arms around her.
Valentine immediately tensed up.
“No, no,” he whispered to her ear.
She swallowed nervously. “What do you want?”
Lowering his mouth to her neck, he kissed her skin there. “Aren't you even curious to know?”
“To know what?”
“How it would feel?”
She trembled and could actually feel his smile along the skin of her neck.
“To have a beast make love to you.” He turned her around and lowered his lips to hers.
A jolt of pure animal energy bolted through her body when his lips met hers. She slowly raised her hands and grasped his face, kissing him back. His exploration of her mouth was deliberate and slow as if he wanted to taste every facet of her tongue and lips. They kissed for so long that when he released her, she slumped helplessly down into the tub.
Her sudden plummet pulled him forward and he fell in on top of her. Payne spluttered bubbles and raised his soapy eyes, his face perfectly positioned between her legs.
Valentine held her breath.
“You said you never had a climax before.”
She nodded.
“Well, what was it like?”
At the images of his face between her thighs and the sensations his hot mouth brought, warmth flushed along her body.
He tugged her to his chest. “You were the same color all over. A rosy red, perfectly matching the hue of your delicious lips,” he purred at her. “The most beautiful thing I’ve ever witnessed.”
“It was forced on me, it was—” He smothered her mouth with his and the heat spread from her face down along her neck and blazed all the way across her body.
Payne set her away and looked into her eyes. “There are many beastly pleasures to be enjoyed.” He turned her body around in the tub. “And I intend to show them all to you.”
Her ability to swallow seemed to disappear as his warm chest met with her back.
Reaching around, he gently grasped a breast, thumbing her nipple. His other hand stroked her clit with his skillful fingers.
With the decadent sensations, her body went rigid. Why don't I fight him? The words echoed through her mind. Why woul
d I? The eerie resonant echo became a memory of another time, another place. It was as if the question and answer initiated a mental click in her head, like a light switch illuminating her memory. Vividly, her mind came alive as bright images and familiar places sped through her memory like flash cards while he caressed and stroked her. Victor Malias Payne, king of the gargoyles! Her entire memory came back in an instant.
Valentine released a slow, jittery breath and literally bit down on her lower lip to keep from telling him.
He slipped his fingers into her and she held her breath. He’s here with me, making love to me. And this time? I will not blow it. She trembled with determination and passion. If I can show him that he can’t hurt me, I can win him back. She raised her body and pumped her eager pussy onto his fingers with a delighted moan.
Payne stilled for a second or two and he swiftly pulled her up and replaced his fingers with his stiff, full cock.
She eagerly lowered herself down with a wondering sigh. Oh God, I missed this so much.
With a gentle sliding, he raised her hips and slowly forced her down.
Her body shuddered as a response to the familiar pressing of his solid thrusting. It feels so God Dammed good! Valentine coursed with need and adrenaline, nearly taking over the sexual propulsion with her sliding hips, as her panting grew loud in the room. Her pleasure seeking plunges caused the sudsy water to slap over the sides of the tub.
He marbled and stilled, while grasping her hips in a tight grip.
With his halting, she knew what was happening. He was restraining himself and Valentine grew determined to force him to full beast. She drew in a courage building breath and stood from the water, the slippery bubbles flowing slowly over her body as she turned to face him.
Payne marbled and fleshed as he gazed up at her.
With a slow, deliberate stretch of her lithe body, she smoothed her hands over her wet, shapely hips. “You don't have to be easy on me, you know?”
Wearing a shocked expression, he stared at the sinuous movements of her body while his eyes rose to her face.
“I won't break...not human, remember?” She reminded him in a low throaty purr.
Payne stood and grabbed her up. He raised them from the tub, floating over to the bed.
Valentine secretly smiled into his shoulder, then pushed away from him and turned to the bed.
He looked puzzled.
She got on her knees on the bed and crooked her finger at him to get him to move closer.
Payne blinked at her and stepped up to the bed.
Trembling with trepidation at what she was about to do, she drew her lips near his erected cock. Poking her tongue out, she circled the tip of him with it.
His eyes rounded at her while his body went ramrod straight.
At his reaction, an exciting thrill raced through her. Mmm, this could be fun to make him squirm for a change. Her pussy grew wet at the erotic feeling it gave her and she licked along his shaft and back to the tip.
Payne marbled completely as he clenched his fists at his sides.
There’s more than one way to lasso a beast. Valentine experienced a powerful, heady desire as she set out to assume control of the beast in him. She opened her mouth, taking him all the way in and squirmed with pure delight as she slid her lips over him. Oh, this is wonderful; another place for him to fill me. “Mmm,” she moaned from her throat, glancing up to see his reaction.
His eyes glowed at her while he stood like a marbling statue.
Continuing to stroke him with her mouth, she moaned aloud with immense enjoyment.
Grasping her head and moving her off him, he held her face in his hands. “I could’ve speared you.” His long, hard body shook terribly from head to toe.
With a wicked smile, she turned around on all fours, raising her bare ass. “Spear me, then,” she challenged.
“You feel no fear?” He stared down at the vulnerable position, in which she’d positioned herself.
“I only feel the need to have you inside of me.”
Payne reached for her, but hesitated.
“Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to just have a woman who can take all of you?” She pushed her bare ass back further and rubbed her wet self across his erection. “Take every beautiful, throbbing inch of you and every thrust with no harm?”
He grabbed her hips and moved her closer to the edge, though he still seemed to hesitate.
Valentine shoved herself back; his erection was so complete, she easily found her target and took him in. “Give me all of you,” she growled with a hungry sound as she slid her slick pussy forward and back over his pulsing cock. “Unh,” she purred with quivering satisfaction.
Payne grasped her hips and thrust upward with a hard push.
“Ahh!” she screamed with excruciating pleasure.
He stilled.
“Give me more!” she pleaded.
Moving her hips forward and back, he pumped her full force, his powerful body trembling. He marbled and lost control, as he mindlessly slammed her soft body with potent lust-driven grinds.
Valentine gasped and squirmed while she gloried in it. The penetration went deep and her body vibrated fiercely in his grasp. The pounding filled her like nothing in this world. A climax took her and she felt her own hot cum release over his sliding shaft. “Oh, yes!” she shouted with breathless joy.
The bedposts rattled and the room began to rumble as he satisfied himself inside of her.
The sensation she found herself drowning in was like being on hell’s wings, floating toward heaven's gates. As she felt his cock marble inside of her, she drew her convulsing body higher. The position shifted a little as they floated from the bed.
His hands came around her, grasping each breast with his fingers.
“Ohh,” she moaned aloud.
Payne’s body tensed as he kept thrusting into her and he held still just as he started to climax. He growled and the walls shook again as he held her suspended.
Valentine felt the power from his body emanate through her as it rolled through the room like a wave of fantastic electricity, while a searing heat flamed along her skin. I know I can do this—I can handle what he’ll give. “Come inside me, my king.” Her body shuddered and heaved from the feeling of his swelling cock pulsing in her.
His spectering became full-blown, his marbling beyond his control. His hips thrust up of their own accord as he climaxed.
Valentine screamed and all the glass windows in the room shattered. She shuddered with heat and exquisite rapture, which only Payne had ever given to her. “Yes,” she gasped with a gratified sigh. As the streaming colors danced before her eyes, she lost consciousness and slumped forward.
~* * * *~
Payne was still climaxing as her body hung lifelessly in his arms. He floated them down as he shook with rage. He remembered it all, the instant he spectered and speared her. To find he’d hurt her just like before was like a knife through his heart. He released a forlorn sigh while he gently lay her down onto the bed.
Valentine lay still and unmoving.
Dammit! His anger and fear mixed, while he lowered his ear to her chest. No sound and no movement came from her still form.
He drew an enraged breath in. She just had to have it this way—her and the infernal, evil beast inside of me! He marbled with rage as the furniture rose from the floors.
Valentine drew in a massive gasping breath and sat upright.
Payne floated above her, a full raging beast.
Weak, she shook all over, but rose from the bed, floating close to him, her skin burning from the heat he exhibited from his body. “You see?” She shook fiercely with the sensations she was experiencing. “I’m all right!”
Fighting his beast, he gritted his teeth. “What if, one of these times, I—?”
Valentine placed her fingers to his lips. “You’ve been around humans and you know what they risk.” She smiled. “You cannot live if you let fear rule you.”
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bsp; He floated back down with her. “I simply cannot live with the fact that I may kill you.”
She sat on his lap. “I’m your queen, molded just for you.” She drew his lowered head to her chest. “Besides, you can’t escape me.” She smiled wickedly and raised a new white streak of hair. “Ever.”
“I don't deserve...” He released a discouraged breath.
Valentine grasped his face and tugged it to hers. “Oh, but you do deserve me!” She winked. “I’m your eternal punishment and I plan to mete it out often!”
Payne stared into her twinkling blue eyes. “Yes, you’re a punishment, all right.” He thought about the real punishment. His world without her, the death-like cold penetrating his entire existence, of how none of it made any sense and nothing mattered to him anymore. The stark emptiness forced him to a wipe and for a thousand years, he’d never believed anything could force that on him.
A surge of contentment he’d thought to never feel again flowed through his fleshed heart and he raised a teasing brow at her. “And, what you’ll receive for this latest transgression will make you weep,” he growled low.
Staring at him, she shivered at the sexy threat. “Oh, yeah? And, I’ve been so very bad!” Valentine threw her head back with a decadent laugh.
Stilling at the glorious sound, he gazed at her. My woman! He realized the truth of what she’d proven to him. But, she’s still the most stubborn, headstrong... His eyes glowed bright while he grabbed her up. “And the sexy attempt to suck me off has landed you into a whole new mess, Sweet Valentine.” He held her tightly, floating them from the bed and across the room.
Valentine realized they were heading to the interrogation wall and she gasped. “Now, wait just a minute, Payne!”
He glared at her while he pushed her to the wall, raising her arms as the velvet snapped onto her wrists. “Oh, I will wait.” The tethers automatically grasped her ankles. “I am gonna take my detailed time with you,” he growled low at her.
Her eyes shimmered with tears. “I’m so happy that you’re so furious with me!” Tears rolled along her cheeks. “I want to get a good grade, this time.”
The king of beasts stared at his queen with puzzlement. “Grade?”
“Yes, I wanna get on the honor roll in Payne 101.” She gave him a blue-eyed wink.
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