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"Pain," he explainsmy shoulders, "that becoain"

Shaking inside, I nod, afraid to speak, afraid I’ll so for me His hands caress a path up my arms and down my shoulders His path travels doard, overa rush of sensation through her and rougher He tugs the stiff peaks, and this tiainst the bite of tension

"Look at "

I force reen eyes is as wicked as his touch It is not just what Chris does to ly erotic, but how he commands and claims me with every action, every reaction

He pinchesconflicting sensations of pain and pleasure through hness and arch against his hips, against the thickness of his erection straining against his zipper

His lips press to entleness of the touch is a startling contrast to the way he continues to pinch and tugme I want to reach for hi and I cannot bear the idea I want more, not less, and I am wet and achy and I thinkohmy sex clenches and I think--no--unbelievably I a to come

Seconds before I tumble, his hands leavemy hands behind my back, and I know this is no accident He has intentionally takenand I want to screa it denied

He leans back, putting intolerable distance between our lips, our bodies that makes me want to scream "Pain that’s about pleasure," he repeats huskily, "and sometimes, baby, that pain is so intense that it becoht now, I understand oh so well "And clearly you kno to make someone feel just that" There is accusation in my voice I can’t help it He knohat he just did to e but not over

His shift inabruptly He reaches behindmy hands on his shoulders "Yeah, baby I do But I have never hurt anyone And I won’t ever hurt you"

Guilt over what I’ve made him feel slams into me "I know that I know, Chris"

"You didn’t know that last night" His voice is tight, strained, the torht lines of his face

"I was scared and confused"

"And when you feel that way again?"

"I won’t" I barely contain the urgency to tell him I love him, but I fear I will scare him and he will rejectmoment, his expression impossible to read noI’ to read hito hi to show hi anywhere

I feel the moment he snaps, the moment he needs to claim and possess, rather than question He picks me up and carriese of the mattress and reaches up and yanks his shirt over his head I barely have ti s He sinks to his knees and his asp and fall back against thearound the black coers are inside ht spots I shatter with ridiculous speed that screa ht because I’m not sure I will ever have that power over hi withme beneath him, and I am helpless to resist Of course I am He owns me Damn it, he owns me

My arht settles on me I am suddenly, intensely aware that we have never been like this, in a bed, with him on top of me We’ve fked all kinds of ways, but never in a bed, never in his bed Awareness rushes over me, the reason I’d been nervous We are in new territory, the inti toI expect, and everything I both want and fear My world is spinning out of control and I’m not sure if it will stop in a place where I will have even footing "What happened to fk and get fked?"

"Baby, the ways I’ht Tonight, I’ue delving deeply, exploring, and the demand of minutes before becomes a sultry, sensual caress He has torn down every wall I possess and I cannot fight hihs, thick and pulsing, partinghten around his neck I lift ivewhat I try to hold back but cannot