words. “I warned you. Now, shush and let a man work, will you?”
She growled angrily against the fabric of his tie and struggled against the strings, but she was stuck fast. And now she couldn’t even tell him exactly where she was going to shove a frying pan when he let her up.
But still, the nagging truth hovered in the back of her mind. I can stop him. I can get free.
His hands drifted over the globes of her ass, before one wandered back to her core to toy with her, sending jolts of pleasure lancing up her spine.
She moaned against the gag as he began to employ his considerable dexterity both in and on her body. She shut her eyes, shuddering, needing more. And every time she came close, he backed away. And each time, she whined in desperate frustration.
And each time he laughed.
How long he went on, she couldn’t even say. Minutes? An hour? How he hadn’t given up and screwed her already, she had no idea. He was never this patient. She felt like lava had replaced her blood. She knew she was covered in a thin sheen of sweat.
Simon’s voice was thick and husky with need as he spoke. She wasn’t the only affected one. “You’re mine, Cora. Every part of you. Your heart, your body, your soul. Mine.”
One of his hands left her. She heard a quiet pop, like the sound of a cork, and she jolted as something liquid poured onto her ass. She whimpered. It was cold and felt…strange. What is he…?
When he began to rub the substance into her with one hand, she realized it was oil of some kind. And when he pressed a finger to a part of her that was not where she was expecting, she jumped against the strings and struggled.
She wailed. “Mmff!” No! No—no—please!
“Sshhh.” He leaned over her, swirling the tip of his oiled finger around that spot. With his other hand, he stroked her hair gently then rubbed his thumb along her cheek. His voice was soft and tender. “I’m not Duncan. I won’t hurt you. We’ll take it nice and slow, you and I…”
She was shivering.
“Do you think I’m ever going to let a man have a part of you that I also haven’t shared in?” He smirked down at her, his oil-slicked finger still teasing her. “Breathe. If this hurts, we will stop. Trust me, Cora.”
She shut her eyes tight and struggled to regain control of her breathing. She slowly let go of the sheets she was clenching in her fists. She nodded. Barely. But she did.
“Good. Now…relax, will you?” He sat back on his heels behind her.
She did her best to do just that. She was still shivering. But as he flicked her sensitive ball of nerves with his thumb, sending pleasure crashing through her, it was hard to stay focused on her fear.
As she whimpered, that time in ecstasy, he pressed his finger inside her. Her sound choked off in surprise, and she waited for the stinging, burning, agonizing pain that had haunted her for so many years of her life.
But it wasn’t there.
It didn’t hurt.
“Good…very good.” Simon’s voice was strained as he began to work his digit slowly deeper. “That’s it. Oh, Cora…By all the gods in hell, you are so beautiful. I think I could finish just like this, watching you surrender to me.”
Once more, he took his time. A little deeper, then halfway out. A little deeper and retreating by half. More oil was added with each slow stroke. And all she could do was lie there and feel it.
It wasn’t pain. But what it was, she didn’t quite know yet. It was raw, primal, like touching a live wire. Like he was tapping into something immensely erotic. Now and then, he toyed with the rest of her, making her twinge and tighten around him, making her gasp as the sensations crashed and warred with each other.
Her skin felt electric. Like something was crawling over her. She could barely breathe. She could barely think. All she could do was feel him. And he’d only just begun.
“Ready for more?”
She nodded again. Maybe a little too eager that time. She expected him to laugh. Instead, she received an appreciative growl.
“Yes, Cora…that’s it.” A second finger joined the first.
She gasped and exhaled a noise that was not one of shock or pain. She shut her eyes, resting her cheek on the bed. He began to slowly stretch her as he worked himself