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“You know I can’t let you get away with that, right?”he questions, and my heart races a little faster.I poked the beast, well, I headbutted the beast, although I’m pretty sure I did more damage to myself than him.

Dion starts unbuttoning his shirt slowly, my eyes follow his hands as they glide down undoing each button, revealing more and more of him.My eyes drink him in when he tosses his shirt aside.“Let’s see what you’ve got then, little mate,” he challenges, and my eyes widen.I glance at Tara, who looks just as horrified as I feel right now.

“You want to leave so bad, here’s your chance.You knock me down, I’ll drive you home,” he tells me.

“And if I can’t?”I ask him.

“I’ll punish you, though it won’t be a punishment like last night,” he warns me.

“I just have to knock you down?”I ask.Surely, I could knock him down once.

“Just once,” he smiles deviously.“And I will let you go home back to your brother and grandmother,” he tells me, and I chew my lip.I glance at Tara.She shakes her head, telling me not to do it, but if he means what he says, this could be my chance to go home.

I pause for a moment before nodding.“And you’ll let me go?”I ask him, and he grins devilishly, as if he knows something I don’t.

“Promise,” he chuckles.I take a deep breath and just go for it.I lunge toward him, aiming my fist straight at his nose.However, Dion dodges easily to the side before snatching me up into his arms again, as tight as a vice.

“Oh, come now,” he laughs in amusement, shaking his head, “I think you can do better than that?”

He holds me against him, not too tightly but enough to keep me from escaping, and our eyes lock together for what feels like an eternity.However, only seconds passed before he releasesme.

My heart hammers in my chest as we lock eyes.I take a deep breath and prepare to attack, launching myself at him with everything I have, but it is not enough.He catches me in midair before I can do any real damage, just like he promised while taunting me for good measure.“Not bad, little mate, but still not good enough.”

I land softly on the ground and stand again, readying another attack attempt, too angry to be scared anymore.My fists ball tightly as fury drives through my veins, giving me strength and courage until he catches both of my wrists easily in one hand, pinning them behind my back before whispering, “So close.”His grip is firm and gentle all at once.

His words hang in the air between us as we just stare at each other in an intense silence.I swallow hard before his grip slowly loosens, allowing me to flex my hand free of his tight one.He steps back, giving me space to move, and I take the opportunity to attack again.

This time, my goal is to aim a kick at his stomach.But he catches it too, and I suddenly see the sky.At the last second, his arm snakes around my waist dragging me up against him.My thigh gripped by his hand is near his waist, his nose barely an inch off mine.He smiles, seemingly enjoying himself.He pecks my lips and shoves me back.

“You’re not going to let me go, are you?”I ask him, my voice breaking slightly with disappointment.

“No, I would have, if you could knock me down.I just knew you couldn’t,” he chuckles darkly.

I stare at him in shock, feeling a wave of emotions wash over me.How could I like him?He’s been nothing but cruel to me since the day I arrived.But as he steps closer to me again, his hand comes up to cup my chin gently.“You’re strong for an Omega,” he murmurs as he leans down to lightly brush his lips across mine.“Though also Defiant...”before spinning me around so I’m facing away from him.He pulls me close until our bodies are pressed tightly together.

“Anastasia, I had to be gentle with you, but you?I know you secretly like it.”

I feel a shiver run down my spine at the sound of his voice.

“I am gonna have so much fun breaking you.”His words are followed by a low growl, and I know I have failed my challenge.His breath skims across my neck.

“Now for your punishment.”Before I can ask, his teeth sink into my neck.I cry out at the sudden sting before it turns to euphoria.When I expect him to stop, he doesn’t, and I feel my eyes prick with tears.My hand clutches his arm that is secure across my chest, holding him against me.His tongue moves over my neck, and I gasp as my euphoria turns to dizziness, then nothing but total darkness.

My vision spins as consciousness claws its way back.Panic seizes me as I turn my head to look at my surroundings, and I finally recognize where I am – my bedroom.

I try to sit up, only to find my wrists handcuffed to the bedposts.The metal digs into my skin as I yank on them.I’ve always hated being restrained, but this time, it’s more than just a dislike; it’s a full-blown panic attack.

A soft throat clearing pulls my attention to the corner of the room, where Dion sits, paperwork on his lap.He sets it aside, watching me with that predatory gaze of his.Slowly, he rises from his chair and approaches me.

“I was planning on putting you in the dungeons, but then I remembered you’re due to shift tonight.I’m cruel but not that cruel, I won’t let you suffer your first shift alone,” he tells me, his icy amber eyes roaming over my body.A shudder runs through me as I realize I’m completely naked under his scrutiny.

“So you intend to let me shift in these?How fucking nice of you!”I spit at him, jerking on the handcuffs.

“I could.Or maybe you can earn your way out of them,” he murmurs, running his hand down from my neck, between my breasts.Goosebumps lace my skin at his touch, and I struggle to suppress an involuntary shiver.

“What do you want?”I snap, anger momentarily eclipsing fear.

“Your pleasure, your pain, everything and nothing, little mate.But right now, I am giving you a choice,” he says, a sinister edge to his voice.“So, what will it be?Will you be giving me your screams or your moans?”