Page 14 of Kazzon's Human Bride
“Will you… beat me?” She already knew the answer, but she wanted to hear it from his lips, wanted him to confirm his cruelty aloud.
He cupped her face and rubbed his thumbs over her cheeks, directly over the line of her drying tears. “I willpunishyou when you’re disobedient or disrespectful, Caylee, not beat you. I believe there is a difference.”
Still holding her face in his large, powerful hands, he leaned down and rubbed his cheek against the side of her head, taking a long inhale as he did so. It was a strangely intimate gesture that sent tingles through her whole body and caused her scalp to prickle with sensation, making her feel lightheaded and pleasantly delirious, despite her fears.
“I will not beat you with my fists or cause you injury, nor will I lay my hands upon you in a fit of anger. No decent Tarrkuan male would treat his female in such a cruel manner. But if you’ve earned a punishment, Iwilltake you across my lap and spank your bare bottom; or, if you’ve been especially naughty, I will take a leather strap to you. That is the worst you can expect.”
He straightened and peered directly into her eyes. She stared back as she tried to process all that he’d just said. Quivers rushed through her and her breath caught in her chest. Despite herself, the very idea of being disciplined by this massive Tarrkuan male left her quaking with new waves of warmth between her thighs.
She didn’t want to submit to him. She didn’t.
But apparently her body hadn’t gotten the message yet.
“I see,” she said in a cold, clipped tone. She prayed he wouldn’t notice her increasing need. She could feel the wetness gathering in her panties and flushed at the realization. When he took her to bed, he would discover her immense excitement. There would be no hiding it.
His eyes flashed, as if he were suddenly remembering something, and he grabbed her upper arm and led her to a chair that rested near the bed, tucked into a corner of the room. To her shock, he sank into the chair and brought her down upon his lap.
With a gasp, Caylee immediately tried to stand up. She didn’t wish to be this close to him and she certainly didn’t want to sit on his lap, especially when she couldfeelhim beneath her bottom. His cock was a large, hard intimidating thing encased in his pants.
To her dismay, he kept a firm grip on her and didn’t allow her to rise. He shot her a severe look and she finally stilled in his arms. She lowered her head and stared at the floor.
What the hell was he doing? She’d expected him to take her to the bed and claim her immediately, not make her sit in his lap as if they were lovers.
Again, he forced her gaze to his with a finger beneath her chin. She hated when he did that, hated when he made her look at him. Awash in her conflicting feelings about Kazzon, she desperately wanted to hide from him.
“I watched a recording of Julie boarding theZenallia. It shows a Tarrkuan guard scanning her palm without any issues. The documented palm print matches yours. It is important that you tell me how this was done. I want to make sure no other chosen Tarrkuan brides are able to switch places with another human female who isn’t capable of reproducing with my kind. You will give me this information now.”
Alarm filled Caylee and she started shaking her head at Kazzon. No way would she betray her brother like that. A tech whiz, her younger brother Wilson had carefully printed a thin transparent replica of Caylee’s palm print, which he’d fixed to Julie’s palm shortly before she boarded theZenallia.
“I-I don’t know how Julie did it,” she lied.
Kazzon’s face hardened. “You know how Julie tricked our scanner, little human. I will give you one more chance to tell me the truth. Trust me, you will not like what happens if you tell me one more lie, Caylee.”
Chapter 10
“I’m not lying.”Caylee glared at him and tried to stand up, but he wouldn’t allow her to budge from his lap. In his efforts to keep her seated, her bottom shifted over his growing hardness. “I’m not lying and I demand you release me at once. It is late and I am tired and I just want to go to sleep!” Black mist appeared around her face.
“Very well,” he said, turning her over on his lap, even as she twisted around and fought for her freedom. He cupped her behind and gave it a squeeze. “You’re my wife now, little human, and I expect honesty from you. This is what happens when you lie to me, when you defy me.” He reached underneath her and unfastened her pants, then started drawing them down to rest at her knees. All the while, she writhed over his lap, attempting to escape the inevitable.
But there would be no escape for the little human.
He palmed her panty-clad bottom before tearing her undergarments down, revealing her bare behind. A growl built in his throat and his blood heated.Fluxx. She possessed the most delectable bottom, her smooth pale cheeks perfectly rounded. He touched her, allowing his hand to trail lazily over her exposed flesh even as she continued in her struggles.
“Please! Don’t!” She peered over her shoulder at him, her hair in disarray and her eyes wild and pleading. “I’m not lying! I swear it!” Dark mist floated near her face, and the visible evidence of her lies strengthened Kazzon’s resolve to punish her. To make her understand that he would not tolerate her lies.
“I want the truth from you, little human. That is all I ask, yet you continue to lie.” He lifted his hand and brought it down with a resounding smack across her bared cheeks.
She gasped and turned around, clutching at his leg as she continued thrashing about on his lap. Her efforts to escape caused her to grind against his hardened cock. This time, he didn’t restrain the growl of desire. She froze at the noise and a whimper left her.
“Please don’t spank me,” she said. “Please. I-I…” Her voice trailed off.
He struck her again, leaving another palm print on her otherwise pale cheeks. His large hand easily covered her entire bottom, making it possible for him to smack both cheeks at once and make the most out of the impacts. He gave her three more slaps in quick succession.
Pausing, he rubbed her bottom, then he forced her thighs wider apart, exposing the most secret parts of her. She whimpered and kept uttering, “please,” over and over, but he ignored her protests. He needed to discover how her accomplice had tricked the scanner. He loathed the possibility of his people receiving more non-Tarrkuan brides.
Since Julie was mated to a member of the ruling class, Varro, who apparently wished to keep her despite her inability to conceive children with him, it was doubtful that Julie or Varro would divulge the truth. Varro and his mate would be exempt from answering questions in an official investigation. Which meant it was very important Caylee spill her secrets and reveal precisely how Julie had tricked the scanner.
Whatever technology had allowed the human female to fool the scanner, Kazzon was determined to see it taken from the humans, lest they attempt to trick his people again. Tarrkuan males shouldn’t be risking their lives in the space mines only to receive a false bride, one who couldn’t bear their offspring. The very idea was unthinkable.
