That trust between Pet and Sir.
Also, she knew it wasn’t meant as a threat. It was supposed to ground her. And it did. But only because that’s how he’d trained her.
To trust in Sir to protect her.
“Listen to me, we understand about not being able to talk about some things,” he told her. “But part of who we are is that we don’t like you being upset or scared. We want to solve all your problems and take them away.”
“Nothing wrong with that,” Alexei said.
“You can’t take away something that happened in the past,” she pointed out.
“But perhaps we can help make you feel better about it now? Or at least comfort you through it. But we can’t do that if you don’t tell us.”
The stern look he sent her told her that she was in trouble.
“I’m thinking that I shouldn’t tell you that truth if I want to sit tomorrow.”
“I’m thinking you should tell us if you ever want to come again,” Alexei growled.
“What? That’s cruel and unusual punishment! I’d rather take the spanking. Here! Spank me!” She rolled over onto her stomach and Alexei landed a hard smack on her ass.
“And again!” she cried. “What sort of spanking do you call that?”
He landed another one.
“Again! Again!”
Two more spanks landed. Lifting up onto her elbows, she turned to glare at him. “Spank me!”
He gave her about six more spanks before stopping to rub the heat in. She turned over.
“There. Now, I get to come.”
Salem shook his head. “No.”
“What? Why not?”
“Because you are being punished,” Alexei said. “You have been having nightmares and not telling us. And you won’t tell us what is going on.”
“But you just spanked me!”
“Because you asked me to,” Alexei replied. “That spanking wasn’t a punishment.”
What. The. Heck!
Did he mean that she’d just been spanked for no reason?
Noooo.
Who could she complain to about that?
“That is so rude! You could have told me before you started spanking me!”
“I could have,” he agreed without shame. “But I didn’t. I just can’t resist when you beg.”
Whatever! Like she believed that. He didn’t seem to have any problems resisting her when she’d been begging to come.
Oh, she was gonna kick her some Alexei-ass!