He’s intrigued, but listening.

“What if I am a switch?”

“Katie…”

“I’m serious. What we did Saturday night was fucking hot. No, I wasn’t ready for a lot of it… but I think I could do it again in the future.”

“Katie.”

“No, listen to me. I couldn’t be your fulltime sub, Ian, that’s true, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to keep exploring…” Does he want to say something? I don’t let him. “There’s a lot we could offer each other in that department.”

“You’re talking about trying to submit some more?”

“Yes. I could only do it with you.”

Ian leans forward, those sharp eyes of his coming dangerously close even though he’s still an easy five feet away. “Why?”

I feel vulnerable. More vulnerable than when I was handcuffed to his bed getting ready to be fucked bareback for the first time. “I trust you,” I try to say with conviction. However, my voice trembles. Only a little.

“You’re asking a lot of me.” There’s a growl in his throat. Not one trying to overpower me, but a side of his true self. “This weekend was emotional for me as well. You put me through a lot of ups and downs. I would be at the whims of your emotions and what you can handle on any given day.”

“I don’t mean all the time, Ian. Maybe just… once in a while. In between the casual hookups.”

“You’re blurring lines, Katie. That’s more dangerous than dunking your head into the pot full splash.”

“I don’t care!” I stand up. My stomach hurts, my teeth grit, but I won’t let this man tell me what I do or do not want. “Fact of the matter is, I need this. I need to know if this is something I really want, or if I’m confused. You’re the only man who can help me. You’re the only one I can trust with that side of myself.”

He also stands. When we’re like this, we can’t overpower the other person. We’re too equal. It’s both a comfort and a disappointment.

“And why should I bother?”

My heart beats with the power of a thousand hooves. Even so, I square my shoulders and show him that I’m not a woman who backs down from what she wants.

And I want him.

“Because the thought of breaking me down, of building me back up into your perfect sub who trusts you implicitly turns you so the fuck on that your dick can hardly stand the pressure in your pants.”

When he doesn’t respond aside from glaring me down, I decide it’s time for me to take my leave. I pick my purse up, thank him for the drink, and head toward the door.

I’m barely there, my hand on the knob, when his heavy strides come up behind me and latch the door shut again.

“You will be mine,” he snarls into my ear. His hand is above my head, holding the door closed while his body presses me into it. Yet he doesn’t touch me.

I want him to touch me. My body is on fucking fire and only he can stomp out these flames. Fuck me. Fuck me.

“You will be mine. Your body, your mind, and your heart. You will not disobey me. I will punish you for disobeying me. I will break you down. I’ll erase everything that makes you a Domme when we’re together. You will be turned into my perfect specimen.”

His hips thrust against me. I gasp. I can feel his cock hardening against my clothed ass.

“Can you believe I went easy on you last time? I won’t do that again. You will know who I really am as a Dom. I am going to find out who you really are as a sub.”

I can’t find any words. Shit, shit. What is happening?

Why do I like this?

“All of this,” Ian’s hand grips my side before traveling to my breasts, squeezing one and then descending toward my thighs, “will be mine. You will call me sir. You will do what I say.”

I open my mouth.

“And you will like it. You will beg for more.”

His hands close in on my breast and thigh both. Deep down, I wish for him to take me right here. Right now.

“You will feed my ego by making me the only man who sees that side of you. No one else has to know.”

Ian clamps his lips onto my neck, his tongue scorching hot against my skin as he sucks me, hard, attempting to mark me before I can leave his home. The only thing hotter is his breath entering my ear, followed by the menacing tongue.

“Are you mine… Katie?”

I whimper. “Yes, sir.”

“Good.” He releases me, and I’m slumped against his door. “You should probably go before I change my mind. You’re going to be a handful, and I need to figure out if I have the patience for it.”

I don’t feel like a handful right now. I feel liable to do whatever he says.

That’s what my body wants me to think.

“Night, Katie.”

I rush out the door, my purse bouncing on the floor as I stumble toward the elevator. I’m barely inside, letting the doors slide shut behind me, when I feel my phone buzz in my pocket.

“See you at work on Monday. Bring some extra folders for the materials I’m going to give you.”

The man is hot. The man is cold. He’s going to ruin me if I’m not careful.

I type the first thing I think of. “BITE ME.”

“I can do that too. Not on Monday, though.”

What have I gotten myself into? Since reuniting with Ian a few weeks ago...

I’m now so far in deep with him that I’m about to completely compromise who I am. And for what? To find out who I really am?

My phone buzzes again.

“I look forward to training you.”

Training me. The man is going to train me to be a sub. His perfect sub. My boundaries are going to be pushed. My mind will dissolve. My body will be shoved to a brink I’ve never before comprehended.

I’m scared. I’m worried. I’m so anxious that my heart is pumping my blood in all sorts of different directions.

He’ll either kill me or turn me into a more perfect version of myself.

I can’t wait.

To be continued in Part 2, FIGHT US.

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