Fated Mate Conquered - Luna Voss Page 0,39
Otherwise, he’d be at too much risk of them turning him in to us. If Rizban is staying here, it’s because he knows the people who run the casino are on his side.”
“That’s why we had to give a false name,” adds Geddion. “If the Red Star Boys knew we were here, they would alert Rizban, and then this whole thing would be pointless. We’d probably be killed in our sleep.”
Turan nods. “We don’t want Rizban to know we’re here until the moment we snatch him.”
“I might know one of the guys doing security,” says Rojan. “I’ll have to check. But he might be able to help us sneak weapons out of the hangar.”
“That’s good,” says Geddion. “Taking Rizban anywhere will be hard without guns.”
“You could poison him,” I suggest. “There are other ways to do it.”
“Good point,” says Geddion, scratching his chin as though he’d never considered that. He grins at Turan. “Your mate’s a clever one, you know that? Maybe you should bring her on missions more often.”
The next several days are an incredible bore. Our suite is luxurious, but being forced to stay inside it is miserable. It’s even worse than being in Dartyr, when I was confined to a specific part of the city. Now I have even less room to explore. And I like exploring.
I try to work on Turan, but he doesn’t budge, insisting I stay hidden away in the suite. It ends up leading to a certain amount of tension.
“Tell me again why I have to stay locked up here?” I groan one morning as he prepares to go out.
“Because keeping you in the suite poses the least chance of Rizban trying to hurt you to get to me,” he explains patiently, not for the first time.
“But he’s never even heard of me!” I protest, repeating an argument I’ve made many times before. “Rizban Gordulla has no idea I exist, much less that I’m your Fated Mate.”
“And I’d like to keep it that way,” he grunts.
“So you brought me here just to hide me away and never let me go outside?”
“I didn’t bring you here at all. You stowed away on my ship.”
“So I guess I’m just a big liability, then?”
He crosses the room quickly and puts his hands on my waist. “Of course you’re not a liability. You helped get our ship working again, remember? But I didn’t plan to have you here, and I have a job to do. Can you let me do it? When all this is over, we’ll go somewhere nice.”
I know I should leave the topic there, but I’m in a bad mood. And with Turan being gone all day, I guess I’m just desperate for some attention.
Even if it isn’t positive attention.
“We’ll go somewhere nice? What’s the point? So you can force me to stay locked in the room the whole time there, too?”
Turan gives me a warning look. “That’s not fair. And Kora, my decision here isn’t going to change. Unless you think you need a spanking, let it drop.”
I roll my eyes. “Great. Being locked in my room and getting spanked. The only two things you think I’m good for, apparently.”
My mate sighs. “Okay, you know what? I’ve had just about enough of this attitude. Go into our room and wait for me in punishment position.”
I glare at him for a moment, and then stomp into the bedroom. My emotions are confused as I bend myself over the bed and pull down my shorts. Part of me is fuming, but the other part of me knows the whole reason I pushed Turan’s buttons in the first place was to get him to punish me. I guess I got the attention I wanted.
A minute or two later, he enters the room. I feel myself tense up slightly, still somewhat embarrassed to be waiting for him exposed like this.
“Do you know why you’re being punished?” he asks, his tone casual, routine.
“No,” I say defiantly.
“Yes, you do. And if you don’t fix your tone, this punishment is only going to get worse.”
I bite my tongue. Now that I’m here and the spanking feels real, I don’t actually want to make things harder for myself.
“Your behavior earlier was rude and inappropriate,” Turan lectures me. “You clearly need an attitude adjustment. That’s why you’re here. Do you have anything to say to me before we begin? Any explanation for your behavior?”
I shake my head. He doesn’t say anything else, just comes up behind me and pulls my panties down