by Anna Stone
“There’s a blindfold in the chest over there.” Vanessa pointed across the room. “Bring it to me.”
Mel went over to the chest and dug around for the blindfold. When she returned to the bed, Vanessa had removed her robe and was reclining in the center of the bed, her back propped up on a mountain of pillows. Mel traced her eyes over Vanessa’s naked figure unashamedly as she handed Vanessa the blindfold.
Vanessa patted the bed next to her. “Come. Kneel.”
Mel hopped onto the bed and knelt beside Vanessa.
The moment the blindfold went over Mel’s eyes, Vanessa became her world. She listened carefully to the sound of Vanessa’s breath and inhaled the clean scent of Vanessa’s freshly washed skin. Mel wanted to reach out and touch her, but she didn’t dare to do so without permission.
“So you want to serve me?” Vanessa asked, her voice low and hypnotic.
“Yes, Vanessa. More than anything.”
“Then make me feel like your queen. Worship every inch of me. Show me that you’re mine.”
“Yes, Vanessa.” Mel reached toward where she sensed Vanessa was, until her fingertips touched Vanessa’s soft skin. She traced her fingers down the length of Vanessa’s body and slithered down to Vanessa’s feet.
Mel took Vanessa’s command to worship every inch of her literally. Mel worked her way upwards, exploring every part of Vanessa’s body as if touching Vanessa for the first time. Her lips followed the trail made by her fingertips. When she reached the insides of Vanessa’s thighs, she lingered. Vanessa’s scent tempted Mel to taste her then and there. But Mel wanted to draw everything out, to savor every moment, to map every stretch of Vanessa’s skin.
She kissed her way up Vanessa’s smooth, flat stomach, caressing the other woman’s curves with her hands. When Mel drew her hands over Vanessa’s breasts, she found that Vanessa’s nipples had already formed into tight peaks. Despite the blindfold, Mel could see Vanessa’s rosy pink buds clearly in her mind. As soon as Mel’s lips touched them, Vanessa’s whole body tremored. Mel showered attention on Vanessa’s breasts and nipples, reveling in the soft sounds she elicited from deep within Vanessa’s chest.
As Mel kissed her way up Vanessa’s neck, Vanessa took Mel’s face in her hands and kissed her hungrily. “I want you to devour me,” she said.
Mel slid a probing hand down between Vanessa’s legs. Her fingers slipped easily into Vanessa’s silky, wet folds. She crawled back downward, painting kisses down Vanessa’s stomach. Mel wanted to take it slow, to tease Vanessa like Vanessa had teased her so many times before. But her own lust got the better of her.
Slowly, Mel parted Vanessa’s lips with her tongue and ran it up and down her folds. Vanessa’s hands fell down to the back of Mel’s head, holding her in place. Mel licked and stroked and flicked away, drunk on Vanessa’s taste. Vanessa rocked her hips against Mel’s mouth, taking charge of her own pleasure. Muted cries sprung from her lips.
“Melanie,” Vanessa said between breaths. “I want you inside me.”
“Yes, my Queen.” As soon as the words left Mel’s lips, Vanessa’s body shivered and her breathing grew heavy. Mel had always been aware of the power Vanessa’s words had over her. But until now, she hadn’t known that her own words could have the same effect on Vanessa.
Mel slipped a finger inside her, then another. Vanessa gasped, her walls clamping around Mel’s fingers. Slowly, Vanessa yielded, and Mel began to dart her fingers in and out. She crawled back up the bed and pressed her body against Vanessa’s. Mel wanted to be close to her through this, to dissolve into Vanessa so deeply that she felt everything Vanessa was feeling.
Vanessa let out a low purr as Mel slid her thumb up to Vanessa’s swollen nub. Her hands grasped for Mel’s body, pulling her in tighter. Mel could feel how close Vanessa was. Finally, Vanessa’s body began to quake. Her walls pulsed around Mel’s fingers, her wild howl echoing through the room.
Vanessa’s scream only emboldened Mel. She thrust away, coaxing out every little part of Vanessa’s orgasm. But Mel didn’t stop. Another orgasm quickly followed. And another, until finally, Vanessa shattered in Mel’s arms.
“Melanie…” Vanessa murmured, breathless.
Mel snuggled into the side of Vanessa’s body and threw her arm across Vanessa’s chest. Still blindfolded, Mel could feel Vanessa’s body slacken and her breathing slow down. Vanessa showed no sign of stirring from her post-orgasm daze.
Mel smiled to herself. This was exactly what she wanted. To give Vanessa everything that Vanessa had given her. To make Vanessa lose herself in Mel and surrender to the pleasure that Mel was giving her. And she had succeeded. More than once.
When Vanessa finally recovered, she pulled off Mel’s blindfold. “You served your queen well,” Vanessa said. “You’ve earned yourself a reward.” Her lips curved up into a slight smile.
Mel’s heart sped up. She knew what that smile meant. Vanessa had relinquished control to Mel, if only for a moment.
Now it was time for her to take it back.
Ten minutes later, Mel was on all fours on the edge of the bed. Her body was positioned so that her ass was thrust up in the air, and her feet hung off the side of the mattress. Her ankles were bound to the bed frame, spreading her legs shoulder-width apart. Her wrists were bound together by a long rope attached to the other side of the bed.
Vanessa double checked her knots, then knelt on the bed in front of Mel. “Now that you’re mine again, mind, body, and heart, I’m going to remind you what it means to belong to me.” She took Mel’s chin in her hands and tipped Mel’s face up toward hers. “I’m going to unravel you bit by bit until all that’s left is pure unbridled desire, and you’re unable to do anything except lose yourself in a haze of ecstasy.”
Mel’s breath quickened. Vanessa’s words alone were enough to make her ache.
Vanessa disappeared somewhere behind her. The position Mel was in left her unable to see most of the room, so she closed her eyes and listened to Vanessa’s soft footsteps. Mel had no idea what Vanessa was going to do with her. But instead of anxious anticipation, Mel felt completely calm. Vanessa knew her deeply. Sometimes it felt like Vanessa knew Mel better than Mel knew herself. And she trusted Vanessa unconditionally.
Vanessa returned to the bed and stood behind Mel. Mel twisted around to look at her. Vanessa held one of her crimson-handled whips in her hand. It was a short flogger with countless leather tails.
“I’m going to introduce you to my favorite toy. It’s this flogger here. It has so many uses.” Vanessa draped the flogger over Mel’s back. “It can be used to tease.”
The soft tails of the flogger brushed along Mel’s back and down the backs of her thighs. She shuddered with delight.
“With a bit of force, it makes a lovely, solid thud.”
Mel felt a firm swat on her bare ass. The impact made her jump.
“Turn it on its side, and it stings just as much as a riding crop.” Vanessa whipped Mel again.
Mel hissed. It was like a hundred tiny needles had pierced her skin.
“And once you get into a rhythm, it can be almost hypnotic.” Vanessa brought the flogger down on Mel’s thrust out ass over and over, one cheek then the other, firmly but not hard enough to really hurt.
“Mmmm…” Mel closed her eyes as Vanessa drew stripes across her skin with the whip. She embraced the sensations, pushing herself out to meet the flogger, losing all sense of time. The next thing she knew, Vanessa was massaging her tender, hot cheeks.
“That was just the warm-up,” Vanessa said. “Now it’s time for the real thing.”
Mel shifted in her bonds, anticipation brewing inside of her. The ropes barely allowed her to move an inch.
“I’m going to flog you ten times. Harder this time. I want you to count them out loud for me.”
“Yes, Vanessa,” Mel replied.
Vanessa took a few steps back. Mel tensed, waiting for the inevitable. Silence hung in the air. But the flogger didn’t fall. After
what felt like minutes, Mel relaxed her body.
Slap! Mel cried out. The flogger stung like hell on her already raw skin. But it left behind a pleasant burning feeling.
“Count,” Vanessa said.
“One.” Slap! Mel’s fingers curled around the silk bedsheets beneath her. “Two.”
Mel continued to count, the heat of the blows spreading across her cheeks and the backs of her thighs. When she reached five, Vanessa slid the flogger down between Mel’s legs, teasing her lips with its tails. Mel murmured softly and spread her knees apart as far as she could in her restraints.
Vanessa’s response was a sharp, stinging strike.
Mel gritted her teeth. “Six.”
Vanessa alternated between stinging lashes and gentle brushes of the flogger against Mel’s swollen lips. As the conflicting sensations flooded Mel’s body, she found herself slipping into that state of bliss. As soon as the word ten left her lips, Mel closed her eyes and surrendered completely, allowing herself to fall, knowing that Vanessa would be there to catch her. The walls fell back, and the room faded into nothing. The world disappeared. All that remained was Vanessa.
Vanessa removed the ropes from Mel’s wrists and ankles and laid her down on the bed. Mel’s lips sought out Vanessa’s lips, her hands grasped at Vanessa’s curves, her body arched toward Vanessa’s. And Vanessa's hands were all over Mel’s body, seemingly on every part of her electrified skin at the same time. And Vanessa’s lips, soft and wet, roamed down her neck, and across her breasts, and over her tiny pebbled nipples.
“Oh god, Vanessa.” Mel was drowning in her. “I need you. Please!”
Vanessa pushed Mel’s knees apart. The moment Vanessa slipped her fingers inside, Mel crumbled. Her heavy breaths turned into gasps, and her gasps turned into moans. Vanessa’s thumb worked Mel’s clit while her fingers plunged in and out, her whole body pushing against Mel’s with every thrust. Mel whimpered. She felt like she was going to burst.
“Do you want me to let you come?” Vanessa asked.
Mel nodded.
“Then tell me.” Vanessa leaned down and spoke into Mel’s ear. “Who do you belong to?”
“You, Vanessa,” Mel whispered. “I belong to you.”
Only then did Vanessa allow Mel her release. Mel cried out as pleasure overtook her. Vanessa held her close, still inside her and all around her at the same time, as she rode out her orgasm like a wave.
When Mel came back down to her body she was wrapped in Vanessa’s arms underneath a pile of soft blankets. The floral scent of Vanessa’s damp hair hung in the air. The press of Vanessa’s body against hers felt familiar and comforting.
Mel let out a sigh. “This was always my favorite part.”
“Mine too,” Vanessa murmured. “Every time I put my arms around you, I didn’t want to let go.”
“You never have to. I’m not going anywhere.” Mel said. “I’m yours, after all.”
Vanessa kissed Mel softly on the lips. “You’re mine,” she said. “And I’m yours.”
Epilogue
Vanessa
Vanessa awoke in an unfamiliar bed. Sunlight streamed through the window, warming her bare skin. The air was filled with the scent of daffodils. Mel’s favorite. Vanessa turned her head to the side. Mel lay next to her, fast asleep. She was still wearing that necklace that Vanessa gave her. She never seemed to take it off.
Vanessa smiled to herself. It was the first day of their island getaway, the holiday that Vanessa had ‘won’ for Mel at the fundraiser. They’d only just managed to squeeze it in before summer ended. Although they were only here for a few days, Vanessa had a great deal planned, most of which didn’t involve them leaving their suite.
Vanessa watched Mel’s chest rise and fall. She looked so serene. Vanessa would never get tired of watching Mel sleep. She had almost let Mel slip away. She would never make that mistake again.
Mel’s eyelids fluttered open.
“Good morning.” Vanessa leaned down and kissed Mel on the lips.
“Mmmm…” Mel closed her eyes again. “What time is it?”
“Late,” Vanessa said. “We slept in.”
Mel yawned. “I should check my email.”
Vanessa nodded. After Mel’s summer internship at The LSP, she had been hired part-time as a legal secretary. Her superiors had come to rely on her to the point where they would email and call her even on her days off. But Mel didn’t seem to mind. She believed in the work they were doing.
Mel rolled onto her back and scrolled through her phone. After a few seconds, she scrunched up her face, her finger frozen above the screen.
“Is everything all right?” Vanessa asked.
“Yeah. It’s fine.”
“Melanie.” It was clear to Vanessa that Mel was not fine. “No lies, remember? No keeping things to ourselves.”
“Sorry.” Mel placed her phone down next to her on the bed. “It’s a hard habit to break.”
“It is for me too. But we can’t be solitary creatures anymore.” Vanessa propped herself up on her arm. “You don’t have to tell me everything. Just know that you can if you want to.”
“I know,” Mel said. “It’s just, I got a message. It’s from Kim. She hasn’t tried to contact me all this time…”
“What does she want?” Vanessa tried very hard to keep her displeasure from showing. She hated Kim because of how Kim had treated Mel. And the last thing the two of them needed was another ex causing trouble. The first thing that Vanessa had done after she and Mel had gotten back together was take out a restraining order on Rose. She was finally out of Vanessa’s life for good.
“I don’t know,” Mel said. “And I don’t want to know. It’s all in the past.” Mel tapped the screen a few times and set down her phone. “There. I deleted it. And blocked her.”
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah.” Mel smiled and closed her eyes. “I am. Because you’re here.”
“Good. I want you all to myself this weekend.” Vanessa said. “With all the business trips I’ve been going on, and work and law school for you, it seems like we barely get to see each other anymore.”
“I know. It sucks.” Mel yawned and settled in closer to Vanessa. “I don’t want this trip to end.”
Vanessa thought for a moment. “Well, we can’t stay here forever, but I think I have a solution.”
“Hmmm?”
“How would you like to move in together?”
“What? Are you serious?”
Vanessa nodded. She wasn’t the type to make spontaneous decisions, but this felt right. “You could move into my apartment. Or we could get a place of our own if you’d prefer it. Somewhere new…” Vanessa trailed off. She was unable to read the expression on Mel’s face. “What do you think?”
“Yes.” A smile spread across Mel’s face. “Of course. I would love that, Vanessa.”
“That’s settled then.” Vanessa planted a firm kiss on Mel’s lips. Then in one swift motion, she pinned Mel’s shoulders to the bed and straddled her body. “Now I can have you all to myself whenever I want. Do you like the sound of that, my pet?”
Mel was definitely awake now. “Yes, my Queen.”
Heat rose up inside Vanessa’s body. She still wasn’t used to Mel addressing her like that. And it was becoming apparent that Mel knew exactly how much it turned Vanessa on.
Mel squirmed underneath her playfully. Vanessa had been gazing down at her girlfriend like a lovesick teenager for far too long. She was getting soft.
And Mel was getting far too bold.
“Don’t think I don’t know what you’re doing. You’ve been forgetting your place lately.” Vanessa reached over to the nightstand and picked up a pair of handcuffs they had used the night before. She dangled them over Mel’s body. “Now that we’re going to be living together, I’m going to remind you of it. Every. Single. Day.”
Mel stopped moving. Her eyes were fixed on the handcuffs. Not so bold anymore, are you? Vanessa grabbed Mel’s wrists an
d pulled them above her head. She looped the cuffs around a post on the headboard and fastened them around Mel’s wrist.
Vanessa got up from the bed and picked up her phone. “Looks like I missed a few work calls while we slept. I should go deal with them.” She watched the expression on Mel’s face shift from excitement to disbelief. Vanessa only had one call to make. It wouldn’t take her more than two minutes. But she wanted to make Mel squirm.
“Are you really going to leave me here like this?” Mel asked.
“Yes. Is that a problem?”
Mel bit her lip. “No, Vanessa.”
Vanessa sighed. The look of dismay on Mel’s face was almost too much to bear. Vanessa leaned down to give Mel a reassuring kiss. However, as soon as Vanessa’s lips touched Mel’s, it became clear that Mel didn’t mind her predicament one bit.
“Don’t go anywhere,” Vanessa said.
Mel smiled. “Yes, Vanessa.”
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