Page 59 of Ravaging Red
I lunged before she could move. Grabbing her wrist, spinning her toward me. “You’re not going anywhere.”
Her eyes widened but there was no fear in them, only resilience. “Let go of me, Rael.”
“Never.” I pressed her back against the stone pillar near the bed, my body caging hers. “You got me into this. Now you willstay.”
“You’re blaming me for your shame?” she hissed, trying to shove me off. “You let them pull you back in. You could’ve said no. But you didn’t.”
I growled, my hand sliding to her throat, squeezing lightly, possessively. “Because youaskedme to. You looked at me like I was more than this. And I…gods help me, I fucking wanted to be.”
Her lip trembled. “Then act like it. Stop punishing me for choosing you.”
The words sliced me open. I hated how true they were, and maybe she did too, because the second my mouth crashed into hers, she didn’t pull away… shebitme. Our teeth clashed, her nails raked down my chest, and I spun her toward the bed, shoving her face down into the furs.
“I hate you,” she spat, even as she arched toward me.
“You love me,” I growled, tearing her dress the rest of the way off, exposing her flushed skin to the firelight.
“You’re a monster.”
“And you’re my mate, and I will take you however and whenever I want, even if you refuse me.”
I entered her in one hard, punishing thrust, drawing a gasp from her throat that turned into a sob, her body stretching wide around me, clenching like it couldn’t decide whether to take me or reject me.
I didn’t give her the choice.
“Is this what you wanted, Red?” I growled, grinding deep, hips locking tight against her ass as she gasped for air. “You think you can throw words at me like daggers, slap me, walk away? No, my pet. If I’m taking punishment, so are you.”
I gripped her hips, yanking her back into me harder, my cock pistoning into her with furious precision, her breath catching on each thrust.
“You open that mouth again and I’ll fill it wih my cock,” I snarled, leaning over her, dragging my tongue up the sweat-slicked skin of her spine. “That’s what you’re good at, right? Taking. Begging. Breaking.”
Her nails clawed at the furs, trying to find something to hold onto as her moans twisted into curses.
“You like being punished, don’t you?” I snapped. “You like when your monster reminds you who you belong to.”
She sobbed something incoherent, shaking her head, then nodded desperately. I reared back and brought my hand down on her ass, the sound cracked through the room, leaving a red bloom behind. She jolted and cried out, but I felt her clench tighter around me.
“Say it,” I growled.
“Say what?” she panted.
“That you’re mine.”
She stayed quiet while I issued another painful thrust. Another hard slap. I dragged her up by the hair, forcing her to arch back, flush against my chest.
“That you’ll never fucking leave me.”
Her body trembled in my grip, her voice wrecked. “I’m yours.”
I kissed her hard, bruising her lips before I bit her shoulder, making sure to tear through skin and leave a scar. She screamed, bucking wildly against me, my cock only getting harder and growing longer inside her.
“And don’t you ever forget it,” I seethed in her ear.
She laughed breathlessly, despite the tears. “Gods, I hate you.”
I chuckled darkly. “You’re going to scream for the monster you hate.”
“Never!” she cried out, voice cracking, and that single word set something off in me.
