Page 140 of Ashes of Sin and Stardust

Only Alice would find a way to brat me and obey me at the same fucking time. I had to fight to keep my composure.I was both annoyed and impressed.

It was right then that the doorbell rang. It startled her and she jumped a little. Standing and flicking one of her nipple rings, I headed to the door.

“Reuben, wait,” she whispered. She looked at me over her shoulder. She knew she was in sight of the door.

“Fix your position and be quiet or I’ll have you open the door.” Her mouth popped open, but she turned back around and went silent.

I opened the door to accept my meal, keeping myself in the doorway to block the driver’s view. But she didn’t need to know that. I paid him, thanked him, and shut the door.

It was a good thing I’d ordered a large. I set the pizza box down on the coffee table beside her, and then opened one of the drawers on the table. “Pick a color.”

“Any color?”

I had pretty much every color in the house. “Any color.”

She thought for a moment, and then said, “Purple.”

Of course she would pick purple. “Good choice.” I opened the drawer and withdrew several bundles of rope. I only had the lavender ones upstairs. The dark jewel tones were downstairs and would look better on her skin. But for now, I’d stick with the pastel tone since they were more convenient.

Her eyes widened at the sight of the ropes, and she looked excited, and a little scared. Taking her hands from her head, I stretched her arms, rubbing and massaging her back and shoulders so they wouldn’t lock up too badly. She let out a little sigh of pleasure as I rubbed and squeezed blood back into her arms.

“You need to tell me if your hands go numb, or start to tingle,” I warned. She nodded, sighing as I stretched her arms and placed them how I wanted. I set her so both hands were behind her back, her wrists crossed, and then began to tie her.

It was bizarre what happened to a rope bunny when you began to tie them. Some girls got excited and horny. Some almost came alive. And some began to melt away, quietly settling into their comfort zones in the back of their heads. Alice quieted, her breathing slowed, and she seemed to become malleable, letting me move her easily. She was putty in my hands.

I created a harness around her chest without going around her neck. Then I bound her arms together behind her and tied her ankles to her wrists so she was stuck on her knees and couldn’t stand up. It was almost a kneeling hogtie. “There,” I whispered as I finished. “Perfect little toy.”

I could see her fighting internally again, desperately wanting to challenge me, but she shut her mouth, swallowed, and looked straight ahead.

What a good girl. Trying so hard.

I knelt in front of her to loop one more piece of rope through her harness, creating a leash at the front of her chest since her neck was off limits. “Your battle does not go unnoticed, or unappreciated, sweetheart,” I said, stroking the side of her face as I did so. She closed her eyes and sighed at my touch. I could saygood girlnonverbally if that’s what she needed.

Gently, I tugged her forward just a little, and she struggled not to fall.

“Ugh, wait, what?”

“Come.”

“How? I am literally tied up.”

“You’ll figure it out.”

She groaned but attempted to waddle on her knees as I pulled her lead forward, putting her right in front of me.“My knees hurt,” she whined.

“Good thing you like pain.” I grabbed the pizza box, set it on my lap, and opened it. “Have you eaten?”

“No.”

I grabbed her chin with my free hand, holding it firmly, waiting for her to correct herself.

She rolled her eyes subtly. “No Sir.”

“Roll your eyes again and see what happens.”

She swallowed, staring straight ahead at me.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought.”

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