Page 45 of In Her Shadow

“This doesn't mean you’re forgiven.” I swear she must be a mindreader as she bucks her hips against mine and starts to come for me. I gaze up her body and watch her pull tighter at the ropes, tasting her pleasure and listening to her moans.

“I’m gonna have to go careful with you for a while.” I kiss my way back up to her mouth, taking out my cock and letting it rest on her stomach. “Slow and steady sound good to you, Kitten?” I spread her knees wider, sinking my hard cock deep into her pussy.

“Holy fuck, Ren!” She tenses as her fingers grip the rope.

“You think you're gonna like it here with me?” I whisper as I slowly move inside her.

“Do I have a choice?” I pull myself back from her lips so I can look down at that sassy look I know she’ll be giving me.

“No.” I take that bottom lip in my teeth and drag it.

“Then show me.” She waits until it’s popped free before she looks at me intensely and steadies her breath.

“Show you what?” I frown back at her

“What those pictures were, what it is about my pain that gets you off.” I blink when I realize what she’s asking.

“Eloise, they were just pictures. Sick thoughts in my head that I?—”

“That you’ve had about me,” she interrupts. “I want to feel Ren, I want to see if it gets me off, too.” She looks scared and vulnerable, and I shouldn’t even be considering seeing through this request, but she did spend a long time looking at the picture she took home with her. Maybe it was more out of curiosity than disgust.

“You want me to cut you?” I have to make sure Eloise is sure about this.

“I’ve got a safe word.” She shrugs, biting down on her swollen lip and making my cock twitch inside her.

“Okay.” I pull out and stand up from the bed, heading over to my closet, and reaching up to the top shelf.

“What is that?” She looks even more scared when I place the velvet-covered box on the bed by her feet and open it..

“This was my grandfather's, maybe his before him. It’s mine now.” I press my finger to the tip of the antique knife, testing if it’s as sharp as I can remember.

“It’s pretty.” She looks a little shocked by her own words as she focuses on the silver handle in my hand.

“You sure about this?” I check again.

“I’m sure.” She nods her head as I climb back onto the bed and rest between her open thighs.

“Have you done this before?” Her voice sounds hesitant, and her breathing is much faster.

“Never. There’s no one else I’d wanna do this with.” I try to hide how nervous I am, myself.

“I wanna do it.” She looks down on me with bright, reassuring eyes, even if she does have a tremor in her voice.

“Me, too.” I’m guessing that her trusting me to cut through her skin and make it bleed is her way of telling me that she’s allin. She can’t be scared of the monster if she’s letting him loose at her with a blade.

“Not too deep.” She tenses as I press the blade against the skin on her inner thigh.

“You can trust me,” I promise, slowly slicing through her skin just enough to watch a steady stream of blood start to spill from it. I smile as it drips onto the bedsheets, then, leaning down, I press my tongue against the wound. Breathing her in as I lick her clean. She purrs, just like I always imagined she would, and when I sit back up on my knees, I let her watch as I lick her blood from the blade.

“You taste incredible.” I rub my lips together, reaching forward to kiss her so she can get a taste of herself and when she makes a cute little hum into my mouth, I slide my cock back inside her.

“I love you, Ren.” The words come out of her mouth so fast they shock me still. “Oh, I’m sorry, was that too much?” She’s got that sarcastic grin on her face again, and it makes me drop the knife in my hand so I can grip around her throat.

“I love you, too, Kitten, and I’m sorry that my love has to be such a curse. I promise I’ll make it worth it.” Taking her lip between my teeth, I bite down hard, causing her a little more of that pain she’s becoming addicted to.

“You’ll be the cursed one, you're gonna regret knocking me up when these hormones kick in, Ren…” She pauses, looking horrified.

“What?” Suddenly, I worry that I’ve taken things too far or done something to hurt her.

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