Page 121 of Consume Me

“And lying erodes trust,” Dylan added.“Once trust is lost, it’s very hard to regain.”

“I know, Master, but I wasn’t purposely keeping secrets from either of you.I know I should have come to you two, first, but there wasn’t time.”

I inwardly prayed the sincerity in my voice would finally penetrate their hearts and they’d forego this humiliating punishment.

“I don’t know, Dylan,” Nick said, rubbing his chin.“Do you really think she means it?”

“I do, Master.I swear,” I implored.

“Silence, little one.I wasn’t asking you, I was asking Dylan,” he chided.

“I don’t know, bro.I’m not sure I trust her to tell the truth.”His lack of faith in me pierced my heart like a knife.“Is there even a punishment worthy enough to make up for what she did to us?”

Fighting the urge to fall to my knees and beg their forgiveness, I darted a panicked glance between them.When I saw the mischief dancing in their eyes, I instantly knew they were setting me up.

For what?I had no clue.

I only knew Dylan’s words were cutting me deeper by the second.Whatever punishment I had to endure paled in comparison to the pain consuming my heart.

Show them how much you love them…do it.

It had been a long time since that little voice in my head had guided me.

Deep down, I knew there was nothing I wouldn’t do to prove my love, devotion, and submission to them.Determination and conviction pumped through my veins as I fixed my gaze on the back wall and stepped forward.

Plucking the knot at the sash of my robe, I brushed the silky fabric off my shoulders.As it puddled to my feet, the crowd gasped while Dylan whispered a reverent curse.

Anxiety and fear thundered through me as I skipped a gaze over the crowd.

The smiles, tears, and nods of encouragement from my friends…my family, teemed with pure, raw, and unequivocallove.

As Nick sank a fist in my hair, yanked my head back, and crashed his lips over mine, Dylan gripped my nape and dragged his tongue up my neck before pausing at my ear.

“We fucking love you, kitten.Love you with all our hearts.”

When Nick released my lips, Dylan claimed them with a powerful, dizzying kiss.

“With more than our hearts, little one.We love you with our fucking souls,” Nick murmured before nipping my ear lobe.

I was safe, loved…and whole.

When Dylan released my mouth, Julianna stood in the front row.Tears streamed down her face as she sent me a watery smile.“You’re gorgeous, Savannah.”

A few rows behind her, Tony stood.Wearing a smile so wide I thought it would split his face, he raised a thumbs up, then began to clap.

Suddenly ,the entire room started applauding as their yells of encouragement flowed over me like warm sunshine.A shy smile tugged the corners of my mouth as a tiny laugh spilled from my lips.

Turning, I faced my Masters.

I branded the pride and awe etched in their faces to my soul before I lowered my chin and eased to my knees.Spine straight, I spread my legs and placed my hands—palms up—on my thighs before dragging in a quivering breath and peering up at them.

The raw and pure unconditional love beaming in their eyes was blinding.

“I kneel at your feet, stripped of all barriers inside and out, to prove my love, desire, and need to please you are the only things that matter in here.”I touched a finger to my head.“And in here,” I said, placing my palm over my heart.“Nothing else on this earth means more to me than making you both happy and filling your lives with love.”

As Nick and Dylan bent and surrounded me, their eyes were filled with tears.

“We love you, too, kitten…more than life itself,” Dylan murmured.

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