Page 132 of The Demon Crown

“Greed?”

“You’re going to lie down on that bed, belly on the thicker pillow. You’re going to hike that pretty little skirt up, and then you’re going to lie there and take whatever I give like the good girl you are. Understood?”

Oh.

Yes. Very much so.

She found her tongue a little tied after that, so she spun around and made her way to the plush bed. She knew the exact pillow he was talking about. The one that would hold her hips up so high that there was no way to hide from him. Not from his gaze, not from his desires, nothing at all.

And yet, even though nerves still ran rampant through her mind, she found her hands gathering up the material of her nightgown. She tugged it up higher, pulling it over her hips and then lying down onto the pillow that was so soft it almost made her nerves go away. The silk slid over her cheek as she arranged herself exactly like he’d asked.

He let out a low groan that went straight between her legs. Wetness pooled there, and she could feel her thighs sliding over each other so easily it was almost embarrassing.

“You look so pretty.” His hand came down hard, spanking her right side. She knew there would be a handprint left there and wasn’t that what she’d come to expect from Greed?

He wanted to mark her now even though he’d already seen his handprint on her countless times before.

He gathered her hair up in one hand, arching her back so he could slide his lips along her cheek and down to her neck. “Did they succeed in touching you this time?”

She shuddered at the thought. “No. I killed him before he could do anything.”

Another low growl that did things to her insides like no other sound. “Good girl. Then, if you’re still interested, I plan on marking you everywhere on this tight little body so that I can feel like you’re really here. Alive, in my arms, and mine.”

Varya moaned. “Yes, Greed.”

That was all he needed to hear, apparently. He let her drop a little hard, but she loved it all the same. Spread out on his bed, breathless, so turned on she could barely think straight. He went to that wall, oh thewall,where his hidden toys were and she already wasn’t sure what he would bring back.

But it was the sight of the flogger that almost made her delirious with lust. That beautiful instrument that had already given her so much inspiration for what she wanted from him.

And she wanted. She wanted him so much it hurt.

He walked behind her, his eyes on her the whole time as he trailed the leather straps up her back. “We’ll start slow, my treasure. I wouldn’t want to break you.”

Varya didn’t even try to stop the snarl that came out of her mouth. “I am not some weakling, Greed. Hit me. Fuck me. Make me yours.”

The sharp crack of the flogger across her cheeks made her arch, but the pain was so delicious, so right. It made her heart race in her chest and her thighs clench together.

“I didn’t say you could speak,” he said quietly, tracing the end of the flogger along her spine.

“I’ll speak when I wish.”

“You’ll speak when you’re spoken to and no more than that.” Again, another crack. This time a little harder and surely leaving red lines down the backs of her thighs. But it was perfect.

It was them.

Everything about this was them. The mild brutality of it, the push and pull for dominance. The desire to build up all this passion, need, and...

“Greed,” she whispered against the sheets, already wanting him so much that she would beg. “I almost died. I thought I lost you and I fucking need you. Now. Inside me.”

He only barely relented. “Here?”

His fingers traced along her slick folds. Those thick fingers had her rocking back against them, but he never let her impale herself on him. Instead, he played. Toyed. Driving her mad with need, until he asked, “What do you want?”

“Hit me,” she replied. “And fuck me at the same time or I’ll do it myself.”

“Ach, love. We’re not there yet.”

And then she heard twin thuds hit the ground behind her. She had just enough time to send up a prayer to the gods that he did what she wanted, and then she shrieked as his tongue replaced his fingers.

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