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  All in good time, Grey.

  "As much as I'd like to take you here and now, you need to eat and so do I. I don't want you passing out on me later," I whisper.

  "Is that all you want me for--my body?" she asks.

  "That and your smart mouth." I kiss her once more, thinking of what's to come...My kiss deepens and desire hardens my body. I want this woman. Before I fuck her on the floor, I release her, and we're both breathless.

  "What's the music?" she says, her voice hoarse.

  "Villa-Lobos, an aria from Bachianas Brasileiras. Good, isn't it?"

  "Yes," she says, gazing at the breakfast bar. I take the chicken Caesar out of the fridge, place it on the table between the placemats, and ask her if she's okay with salad.

  "Yes, fine, thank you." She smiles.

  From the wine fridge I take out the Chablis, feeling her eyes on me. I didn't know I could be so domestic. "What are you thinking?" I ask.

  "I was just watching the way you move."

  "And?" I ask, momentarily surprised.

  "You're very graceful," she says quietly, her cheeks pink.

  "Why, thank you, Miss Steele." I sit beside her, unsure how to respond to her sweet compliment. Nobody's called me graceful before. "Chablis?"

  "Please."

  "Help yourself to salad. Tell me--what method did you opt for?"

  "Mini pill," she says.

  "And will you remember to take it regularly, at the right time, every day?"

  A blush steals across her surprised face. "I'm sure you'll remind me," she says with a hint of sarcasm, which I choose to ignore.

  You should have had the shot.

  "I'll put an alarm on my calendar. Eat."

  She takes a bite, then another...and another. She's eating!

  "So I can put chicken Caesar on the list for Mrs. Jones?" I ask.

  "I thought I'd be doing the cooking."

  "Yes. You will."

  She finishes before I do. She must have been starving.

  "Eager as ever, Miss Steele?"

  "Yes," she says, giving me a demure look from beneath her lashes.

  Fuck. There it is.

  The attraction.

  As if under her spell, I get up and tug her into my arms.

  "Do you want to do this?" I whisper, inwardly begging her to say yes.

  "I haven't signed anything."

  "I know--but I'm breaking all the rules these days."

  "Are you going to hit me?"

  "Yes, but it won't be to hurt you. I don't want to punish you right now. If you'd caught me yesterday evening, well, that would have been a different story."

  Her face turns to shock.

  Oh, baby. "Don't let anyone try to convince you otherwise, Anastasia. One of the reasons people like me to do this is because we either like to give or receive pain. It's very simple. You don't, so I spent a great deal of time yesterday thinking about that."

  I wrap my arms around her, holding her against my hardening erection.

  "Did you reach any conclusions?" she whispers.

  "No, and right now, I just want to tie you up and fuck you senseless. Are you ready for that?"

  Her expression is darker, sensual, and full of carnal curiosity. "Yes," she says, the word as soft as a sigh.

  Thank fuck.

  "Good. Come." I lead her upstairs and into my playroom. My safe place. Where I can do what I wish with her. I close my eyes, briefly savoring the exhilaration.

  Have I ever been this excited?

  Pushing the door shut behind us, I release her hand and study her. Her lips are parted as she inhales; her breathing is quick and shallow. Her eyes are wide. Ready. Waiting.

  "When you're in here, you are completely mine. To do with as I see fit. Do you understand?"

  Her tongue quickly licks her upper lip, and she nods.

  Good girl.

  "Take your shoes off."

  She swallows and proceeds to take off her high-heeled sandals. I pick them up and put them neatly by the door.

  "Good. Don't hesitate when I ask you to do something. Now I'm going to peel you out of this dress. Something I've wanted to do for a few days, if I recall."

  I pause, checking that she's still with me. "I want you to be comfortable with your body, Anastasia. You have a beautiful body, and I like to look at it. It is a joy to behold. In fact, I could gaze at you all day, and I want you unembarrassed and unashamed of your nakedness. Do you understand?"

  "Yes."

  "Yes, what?" My tone is sharper.

  "Yes, Sir."

  "Do you mean that?" I want you unashamed, Ana.

  "Yes, Sir."

  "Good. Lift your arms up over your head."

  Slowly she raises her arms in the air. I grab the hem and gently pull the dress up her body, revealing it inch by inch, for my eyes only. When it's off I stand back so I can have my fill of her.

  Legs, thighs, belly, ass, tits, shoulders, face, mouth...she's perfect. Folding her dress, I place it on the toy chest. Reaching up, I tug her chin. "You're biting your lip. You know what that does to me," I scold. "Turn around."

  She complies and turns to face the door. I unfasten her bra and pull the straps down her arms, skimming her skin with my fingertips as I do and feeling her tremble beneath my touch. I take off her bra and toss it on top of her dress. I stand close, not quite touching her, listening to her rapid breathing and sensing the warmth radiating off her skin. She's excited and she's not the only one. I gather her hair in both of my hands so it falls down her back. It's oh-so-silky to touch. I wind it around one hand and tug, angling her head to one side and exposing her neck to my mouth.

  I run my nose from her ear to her shoulder and back again, inhaling her heavenly scent.

  Fuck, she smells good.

  "You smell as divine as ever, Anastasia." I place a kiss beneath her ear just above her pulse.

  She moans.

  "Quiet. Don't make a sound."

  From my jeans pocket I grab the hair tie, and taking her hair in my hands, I braid it, slowly, enjoying the pull and twist against her beautiful, flawless back. Deftly I fasten the end with the hair tie and give it a quick tug, forcing her to step back and press her body into mine. "I like your hair braided in here," I whisper. "Turn around."

  She does so, immediately.

  "When I tell you to come in here, this is how you will dress. Just in your panties. Do you understand?"

  "Yes."

  "Yes, what?"

  "Yes, Sir."

  "Good girl." She's learning fast. Her arms are by her sides, her eyes trained on mine. Waiting.

  "When I tell you to come in here, I expect you to kneel over there." I point to the corner of the room beside the door. "Do it now."

  She blinks a couple of times, but before I have to tell her again, she turns and kneels, facing me and the room.

  I give her permission to sit back on her heels and she obliges. "Place your hands and forearms flat on your thighs. Good. Now part your knees. Wider." I want to see you, baby. "Wider." See your sex. "Perfect. Look down at the floor."

  Don't look at me or the room. You can sit there and let your thoughts run wild while you imagine what I'm going to do to you.

  I walk over to her, and I'm pleased that she keeps her head bowed. Reaching down, I tug her braid, tilting her head so that our eyes meet. "Will you remember this position, Anastasia?"

  "Yes, Sir."

  "Good. Stay here, don't move."

  Walking past her, I open the door and for a moment look back at her. Her head is bowed; her eyes stay fixed on the floor.

  What a welcome sight. Good girl.

  I want to run, but I contain my eagerness and walk purposefully downstairs to my bedroom.

  Maintain some fucking dignity, Grey.

  In my closet I strip off all my clothes and from a drawer pull out my favorite jeans. My DJs. Dom jeans.

  I slip them on and fasten all the buttons except the top one. From the same drawer I retrieve the new ri
ding crop and a gray waffle robe. As I leave I grab a few condoms and stuff them into my pocket.

  Here goes.

  Showtime, Grey.

  When I get back she's in the same position: her head bowed, her braid hanging down her back, her hands on her knees. I close the door and hang the robe on its hook. I walk past her. "Good girl, Anastasia. You look lovely like that. Well done. Stand up."

  She stands, keeping her head down.

  "You may look at me."

  Eager blue eyes peek up.

  "I'm going to chain you now, Anastasia. Give me your right hand." I hold out mine and she places her hand in it. Without taking my eyes off hers I turn her hand palm up, and from behind my back produce the riding crop. I quickly flick the end across her palm. She startles and cups her hand, blinking at me in surprise.

  "How does that feel?" I ask.

  Her breathing accelerates, and she glances at me before looking back at her palm.

  "Answer me."

  "Okay." Her brows knit together.

  "Don't frown," I warn. "Did that hurt?"

  "No."

  "This is not going to hurt. Do you understand?"

  "Yes." Her voice is a little shaky.

  "I mean it," I stress, and I show her the crop. Brown plaited leather. See? I listen. Her eyes meet mine, astonished. My lips twitch in amusement.

  "We aim to please, Miss Steele. Come."

  I lead her to the middle of the room, beneath the restraining system. "This grid is designed so the shackles move across the grid." She stares up at the intricate system, then back at me.

  "We're going to start here, but I want to fuck you standing up. So we'll end up by the wall over there." I point to the Saint Andrew's cross. "Put your hands above your head."

  She does, immediately. Taking the leather cuffs that hang on the grid, I fasten one to each of her wrists in turn. I'm methodical, but she's distracting. Being this close to her, sensing her excitement, her anxiety, touching her. I find it hard to concentrate. Once she's cuffed I step back and take a deep breath, relieved.

  Finally I've got you where I want you, Ana Steele.

  Slowly I walk around her, admiring the view. Could she look hotter? "You look mighty fine trussed up like this, Miss Steele. And your smart mouth quiet for now. I like that." I stop, facing her, curl my fingers into her panties, and oh so slowly drag them down her long legs until I'm kneeling at her feet.

  Worshipping her. She's glorious.

  With my eyes locked on hers, I take her panties, crush them to my nose, and inhale deeply. Her mouth pops open and her eyes widen in amused shock.

  Yes. I smirk. Perfect reaction.

  I slip the panties into the back pocket of my jeans and stand, considering my next move. Holding out the crop, I run it over her belly and gently circle her navel with the keeper...the leather tongue. She sucks in her breath and tremors at the touch.

  This will be good, Ana. Trust me.

  Slowly I begin to circle her, drawing the crop across her skin, across her belly, her flank, her back. On my second circuit I flick the tongue at the base of her behind so it makes sharp contact with her vulva.

  "Ah!" she cries, and she tugs against the shackles.

  "Quiet," I warn, and prowl around her once more. I flick the crop against her in the same sweet spot and she whines on contact, her eyes closed as she absorbs the sensation. With another twitch of my wrist, the crop snaps against her nipple. She throws her head back and moans. I aim again, and the crop licks her other nipple, and I watch it harden and lengthen beneath the bite of the leather keeper.

  "Does that feel good?"

  "Yes," she rasps, eyes closed, head back.

  I smack her across her behind, harder this time.

  "Yes, what?"

  "Yes, Sir," she cries.

  Slowly and with care, I lavish strokes, licks, and flicks over her stomach and her belly, down her body, toward my goal. With one flick, the leather tongue bites her clitoris and she shouts out in a gargled cry, "Oh, please!"

  "Quiet," I command, and reprimand her with a harder flick across her backside.

  I skim the leather tongue down through her pubic hair, against her vulva to her vagina. The brown leather is glistening with her arousal when I pull it back. "See how wet you are for this, Anastasia. Open your eyes and your mouth."

  She's breathing hard, but she parts her lips and stares at me, her eyes dazed and lost in the carnality of the moment. And I slip the keeper into her mouth. "See how you taste. Suck. Suck hard, baby."

  Her lips close around the tip and it's like they're around my dick.

  Fuck.

  She's so fucking hot and I can't resist her.

  Easing the crop from her mouth, I wrap my arms around her. She opens her mouth for me as I kiss her, my tongue exploring her, reveling in the taste of her lust.

  "Oh, baby, you taste mighty fine," I whisper. "Shall I make you come?"

  "Please," she pleads.

  One flick of my wrist and the crop smacks her behind. "Please, what?"

  "Please, Sir," she whimpers.

  Good girl. I step back. "With this?" I ask, holding up the crop so she can see it.

  "Yes, Sir," she says, surprising me.

  "Are you sure?" I can barely believe my luck.

  "Yes, please, Sir."

  Oh, Ana. You fucking goddess.

  "Close your eyes."

  She does as she's told. And with infinite care and not a little gratitude, I rain quick, stinging licks over her belly once more. Soon she's panting again, her arousal heightened. Moving south, I gently flick the leather tongue over her clitoris. Again. And again. And again.

  She pulls at her restraints, moaning and moaning. Then she's quiet and I know she's close. Suddenly she throws her head back and mouth open and she screams her orgasm as it shudders through her entire body. Instantly I drop the crop and grab her, supporting her as her body dissolves. She sags against me.

  Oh. We're not done, Ana.

  With my hands under her thighs, I lift her trembling body and carry her, still shackled to the grid, toward the Saint Andrew's cross. There I release her, holding her upright, pinned between the cross and my shoulders. I tug my jeans, undoing all the buttons, and freeing my cock. Yanking a condom from my pocket, I rip the foil packet with my teeth and with one hand roll it over my erection.

  Gently I pick her up again and whisper, "Lift your legs, baby, wrap them around me." Supporting her back against the wood, I help her wrap her legs around my hips, her elbows resting on my shoulders.

  You are mine, baby.

  With one thrust I'm inside her.

  Fuck. She's exquisite.

  I take a moment to savor her. Then I start to move, relishing each thrust. Feeling her, on and on, my own breathing labored as I gasp for air and lose myself in this beautiful woman. My mouth is open at her neck, tasting her. Her scent fills my nostrils, fills me. Ana. Ana. Ana. I don't want to stop.

  Suddenly she tenses, and her body convulses around me.

  Yes. Again. And I let go. Filling her. Holding her. Revering her.

  Yes. Yes. Yes.

  She's so beautiful. And sweet hell, was that mind-blowing.

  I pull out of her, and as she collapses against me I quickly unbuckle her wrists from the grid and support her as we both sink to the floor. I cradle her between my legs, wrapping my arms around her, and she sags against me, her eyes closed, breathing hard.

  "Well done, baby. Did that hurt?"

  "No." Her voice is barely audible.

  "Did you expect it to?" I ask, and I push stray strands of her hair off her face so I can see her better.

  "Yes."

  "You see? Most of your fear is in your head, Anastasia." I caress her face. "Would you do it again?" I ask.

  She doesn't answer immediately, and I think she's fallen asleep.

  "Yes," she whispers a moment later.

  Thank you, sweet Lord.

  I wrap her in my arms. "Good. So would I." Again and
again. Tenderly I kiss the top of her head and inhale. She smells of Ana and sweat and sex. "And I haven't finished with you yet," I assert. I'm so proud of her. She did it. She did everything I wanted.

  She's everything I want.

  And suddenly I'm overwhelmed by an unfamiliar emotion that rocks through me, slicing through sinew and bone, leaving unease and fear in its wake.

  She turns her head and starts to nuzzle my chest.

  The darkness swells, startling and familiar, replacing my unease with a sense of dread. Every muscle in my body tenses. Ana blinks up at me with clear, unflinching eyes as I struggle to control my fear.

  "Don't," I whisper. Please.

  She leans back and peers at my chest.

  Get control, Grey.

  "Kneel by the door," I order, uncurling around her.

  Go. Don't touch me.

  Shakily she gets to her feet and stumbles over to the door, where she resumes her kneeling position.

  I take a deep, centering breath.

  What are you doing to me, Ana Steele?

  I stand and stretch, calmer now.

  As she kneels by the door, she looks every bit the ideal submissive. Her eyes are glazed; she's tired. I'm sure she's coming down from the adrenaline high. Her eyelids droop.

  Oh, this will never do. You want her as a submissive, Grey. Show her what that means.

  From my drawer of toys I fish out one of the cable ties I bought from Clayton's, and a pair of scissors. "Boring you, am I, Miss Steele?" I ask, masking my sympathy. She startles awake and regards me guiltily. "Stand up," I order.

  Slowly she gets to her feet.

  "You're shattered, aren't you?"

  She nods with a bashful smile.

  Oh, baby, you've done so well.

  "Stamina, Miss Steele. I haven't had my fill of you yet. Hold out your hands in front, as if you're praying."

  A crease mars her forehead for a moment, but she presses her palms together and holds up her hands. I fasten the cable tie around her wrists. Her eyes flash to mine with recognition.

  "Look familiar?" I give her a smile and run my finger around the plastic, checking that there's enough room and it's not too tight. "I have scissors here." I bring them into her view. "I can cut you out of this in a moment." She looks reassured. "Come." Taking her clasped hands, I lead her to the far corner of the four-poster bed. "I want more--much, much more," I whisper in her ear as she stares down at the bed. "But I'll make this quick. You're tired. Hold on to the post."

  Halting, she grasps the wooden pillar.

  "Lower," I order. She moves her hands down to the base until she's bending over. "Good. Don't let go. If you do, I'll spank you. Understand?"

  "Yes, Sir," she says.

  "Good." I grab her hips and lift her toward me so she's properly positioned, her beautiful behind in the air and at my disposal. "Don't let go, Anastasia," I warn her. "I'm going to fuck you hard from behind. Hold the post to support your weight. Understand?"