“I will not cause you to come by any harm that is unwanted.” I heard the soft swish of his slacks as he moved around me.

Any harm that is unwanted. That part kept repeating in my head. Swallowing hard, I wiped my dewy palms on my pants again. “I don’t want any harm done to me.”

“Have you already forgotten the first thing I told you to remember?” He said in a husky tone near my ear.

“No, sir. I’m sorry. I’m just overwhelmed, sir.” Again I felt a soft pat on the head.

“We will take it one step at a time, Precious. I will prepare you for each and everything that is going to be done to you before hand. There will be no unexpected surprises. You need to trust me. The more you trust me, the more enjoyable it will be.” His voice came from directly in front of me.

“I don’t know you. Why should I trust you?” Again, I felt like I should have thought my actions through more, but curiosity made me want to see where things were going.

“You shouldn’t.” The tone of his voice sent a chill down my back.

Chapter 6

John

Alix asked all the right questions, although she’d put herself in danger’s path by meeting up with an unknown man, alone in a room with him. She was also feeling me out and testing me.

Smiling, I lifted her chin with a knuckle. “I will earn your trust. If you will let me, that is.”

It took her a moment before she licked her lips and nodded.

“Good girl.” I stepped back from her and folded my arms over my chest. “Tell me. What is it that you desire? What are you absolutely not willing to do?”

“I’m not sure, sir. I’ve never done anything like I saw people doing in the big room.” Her voice was soft, unsure.

“I’m going to list things. You tell me yes or no or if you are curious to find out.” Clearing my throat, I started with the most simple things and what she may have had experience with. “Spanking?”

“Yes.”

“With paddles?”

“Yes.”

“Floggers?”

“Yes.”

“Spanking by hand?”

“Yes.” She let out a lusty sigh.

“Spanking with a belt?”

“Maybe.”

“Whip?”

“No. I don’t think I could handle that.”

“Okay. How about a crop?”

“Yes. Oh yes,” she purred with a dreamy smile.

“Bondage?”

“Yes.” She smiled as she replied.

“Clamps?”

“Maybe?” Her voice wavered.

“Clothespins a maybe as well?”

“Yes, sir. I’m willing to try it.”

“Gags?”

“Maybe.”

“Humiliation?”

“No.”

“Noted. Wax play?”

“Maybe. I’ve wanted to try it, but it scares me.”

“Nothing to be afraid of, Precious. How about piercing play?”

“No. Absolutely not.”

“Fisting?”

“Maybe.”

“Anal play?”

“Um… Yes?”

“We will explore it. Temperature play?”

“Yes.”

“Almost done. Violet Wand?”

“I don’t know what that is, sir.”

“Electrical play?”

“No. Please, no.”

“Sense play?”

“Possibly.”

“We will start small and go from there, based on your reactions.” As eager as I was to get my hands on her body, I had to know her limits. That alone would help me earn her trust and not surprise her. “First, though, tell me what made you come back?”

“You, sir. The way you touched me like you knew me. Your hands knew my body even though they’ve never touched it. Your voice had me panting with just a few whispered words. I had to know if it was a fluke or if it was you.” Her voice was confident and strong.

Yanking on her hair tie, I released her hair from the horrendous ponytail. I fisted my hand in the free-flowing locks, pulling her head back. “Don’t wear your hair pulled back unless I tell you to. Ever,” I purred into her ear.

“Sorry, sir,” she moaned, breathing fast.

“You’ll learn how to please me, Precious. Just as you’ll learn I’ll pleasure you unlike you’ve ever had before.” I knew I would be able to. The woman quickly fell into a submissive role when she’d never submitted before. She liked all of the things I liked to do to my subs. Yes, we would get a long quite well. Releasing her hair, I stepped back. “Stand. Head down. Shoulders back.”

Slowly, she stood and followed my orders.

“If you can’t take what I’m doing, you can say your safe word. The word you can say to make everything stop is edge. Do you understand? It tells me you are on the edge and can’t take any more. I will immediately stop when you say this word. Repeat the word to me.” I stared at her beautiful face from only inches away. The best idea I’d ever come up with had been to blindfold her. I could get as close as I wanted without worrying she’d see me. I didn’t want her to know who I was. I wanted to have this single thing as my own secret. My own jewel to enjoy. I didn’t want the questions that would come from her seeing me at the hotel, and my job, which always wore on every relationship I had. It had been too long since I had a submissive and something about this woman made it impossible for me to deny what I was any longer.

“Edge.” Her soft, feminine voice made the word seem so much sexier than it should have.

“Good. Don’t forget it.” Placing both my hands on her shoulders, I dragged them slowly down her arms until I gripped a wrist in each hand. “I am going to restrain you now.”

When she didn’t respond, I nipped her ear, earning myself another moan from her.

“You must respond when I ask you a question,” I demanded.

“Yes, sir,” she whispered.

“Now, tell me, are you okay with restraints?”

“Yes, sir.” She nodded her head in agreement as well.

Pulling both wrists behind her back, I wrapped them with a silk ribbon from my pocket just like the one over her eyes. Once finished, I tugged on the knot to show her how loose the ribbon was. Grabbing a pair of scissors from the wall, I walked in front of her. “You see, there is a reason why I asked you not to be wearing clothes. Naked would’ve been best, but panties would’ve worked as well. Since you didn’t follow instructions, I’m going to have to do it for you, which doesn’t make me too happy.”

“Sorry, sir.”

Even though it was the first time we were together, she needed to learn the way of things right away. Dragging the tip of the scissors from her collar bone to the dip in her top, I gave her a hint of what was coming. “Your top is not going to be wearable home. I have one that you can wear instead.”

“Okay.” Chewing on her bottom lip, she let her nerves show.

Slowly, I slid the scissors down the center of her top, revealing inch by inch of her flawless skin. My cock jumped, desire soaring through me at the sight. A couple of quick snips and the fabric floated to the ground around her ankles. A see-through, white lace bra was all that kept her breasts from me. Licking my lips, I forced myself to put the scissors down and picked up a crop with a hard tip.

“Stand very still. We’ll see if you can tell me what this is.” Deliberately sliding the tip along her spine, I smiled as goosebumps appeared on her skin.

“That is a crop, sir.” Her voice took on a husky tone telling me she more than liked the crop as I had suspected.

“Very good.” Trailing the hard leather over her shoulder, I stepped around her to follow the swell of her breasts. A quick, soft slap to the exposed skin of each earned me a soft moan. Alix arched her back, pressing her breasts toward me, begging for more with her luscious body. Ignoring her silent plea, I unleashed a dozen more soft, teasing pats with the crop upon her stomach, side and upper arms.

“More, sir. Harder,” Alix moaned, again thrusting her breasts toward me.

I had let the first time slide, but I couldn’t allow her to continue attempting to control the situation. Dropping the crop, I fisted a hand in her hair, grabbing a handful of her hip in the other, pulling her firmly against my body. My grip wasn’t careful or tender; it was harsh and hard — reprimanding. “Trust me to know what you need. You will not speak unless I ask you what you want. There is a reason for going slowly and you need to allow me to show you.”