Page 141 of Bitten By Desire
Why did he always make love hurt so bad? “If you changed me, you wouldn’t have to worry about slipping up. You wouldn’t be able to hurt me at all. We’d be equals.”
“Emma, I’m not going to hurt you. I spent these years apart ensuring that I wouldn’t.”
“You’ve only been drinking animal blood exclusively for two years. That’s not very long.” And I’d just given him a taste ofmyblood. That had probably been a mistake. What if he suddenly couldn’t resist after his first taste of human blood in years?
“Trust me, it feels like a long time.”
I laughed. “That’s exactly my point. It feels long. Which means…you might slip. So change me.”
Callum shook his head.
“Sir William Evans, change me.”
“It’s a discussion for a different day.”
That wasn’t a yes. But it also wasn’t a no. I didn’t want to wait until another day though. This town wasdangerous. “I almost got slaughtered by a werecat earlier this evening.”
“And whose fault is that?” There was humor in his eyes again.
I shoved his shoulder.
“Next time, you should listen to me.”
I thought about when he’d first tried to hire me. When he’d said he didn’t like repeating himself. Right before he’d pressed me against his desk. My eyes gravitated to his bed. To the handcuffs on one of his bedposts. I wandered over and lifted one of the cuffs. “If I don’t listen, are you going to punish me?”
He lowered his eyebrows. “Those are for me.”
Oh my.Zoey had wondered if they were for his flings or for him. I never really entertained the thought that he’d want to be tied up though. But I could probably get down with that. Him completely atmymercy? I hadn’t really gotten a chance to fully see him before. “Okay, bad boy. It’s time to teach you a lesson.”
He lifted the cuff out of my hand. “I don’t think so, baby.”
“But…”
“If anyone is being tied down it’syou.”
Okay, yeah, I liked the sound of that even better. I put my hands out for him to cuff.
He dropped the cuffs instead of putting them around my wrists. “That’s not really what they’re for though.”
“Then what are they for?”
He ran his fingers through his hair. “I chain myself to my bed when I have really bad cravings.”
“Oh.” That’s what the handcuffs were for? I stared at his bed. This was the system he had mentioned earlier. He chained himself here when he wantedme.
“See? And you thought you were ready to be like me? You’re disgusted by the whole concept.”
“I’m not disgusted.” I turned back to him. “I’m surprised. I thought that was a sex thing.”
“I just told you I wasn’t having sex with anyone else.”
“I know…I just…when I was first here, Zoey went on and on about handcuffs being sexy. I just figured you chained people to your bed and…you know…”
“Well, I can certainly use it on you if you want.” There was suddenly something more intense about his gaze.
And I couldn’t help but think…if I was tied up…what would happen ifheneeded to be? I swallowed hard. I trusted him. I wasn’t scared or else I wouldn’t be standing alone with him in his bedroom. And the idea of being completely exposed to him sounded pretty good to me. I remembered feeling that way with him once. When he snapped pictures of me ten years ago. I kind of wanted to do that all again.
But first… “Bennett and his friends lock themselves in their vaults when they turn. But the watch helps them.”Kind of.I pictured Bennett’s huge paw hitting the watch out of Titan’s hand. They needed to work on that. But if the watch was taken away, they wouldn’t get the chance. “You don’t need it. They do.”
