He jerked the leash as he rose, indicating she should stand as well.
Royla complied, a very confusing mix of emotions churning inside her. She felt a certain shame. Not at having been captured and subdued, but at how aroused she was by the whole thing. No matter how she tried, she could not bring herself to fear her captor or be angry at his correction. In a way, she’d never felt quite sosafeas she did with him, despite his gruff manner and strict ways.
She couldn’t help but believe that if some danger befell them, he would keep her safe. How she knew this, she couldn’t explain. But she was certain of it as she’d never been of anything else in her life before.
“Walk,” he said, nudging the small of her back.
Royla began walking through the forest. What future lay ahead she couldn’t say. But for some reason, fear no longer haunted her thoughts.
Chapter Four
Thanred was hungry. Not for food. He had eaten a week ago and that would probably sate him for another week at least.
His hunger was forher.
Even as they walked through the forest, he could scarcely take his eyes away from her round rump, bouncing as she walked ahead of him. The idea that he would ever find a human female this appealing would have been laughable just a day ago. Now he found himself not only drawn to her but desperate to protect her and keep her out of harm’s way.
As they walked deeper into the dense forest, Thanred scanned their surroundings, searching for a good place to make a camp. He would have to lie close to her that night to keep her warm, naked as she was.
The idea bothered him as much as it aroused him. How would he ever sleep with her soft body pressed against his? Even now his cock was jumping between his legs each time he raked his eyes over her ripe body.
The sun had already begun to set when Thanred saw the dark opening of a cave a few dozen paces to their right. He picked up the end of Royla’s leash and gave it a gentle tug.He couldn’t help but imagine how his clan-mates would have laughed at the way he was treating his pet.
Am I going soft?he wondered.
Royla responded to the tug by stopping, her back stiffening as she waited for his next instruction.
Thanred was pleased at this. Not only was she pleasant to look at, she seemed eminently trainable. Like a draecon beast that had already been broken. This heightened his arousal.
His eyes fell to the cleft of her rump, then down lower between her cheeks to where her second hole was. He wondered if he could take her in it before they slept. Or perhaps she was too tight? Perhaps she needed training first?
“Over there,” he said, pointing toward the cave.
Royla followed his finger with her eyes and immediately turned and began walking toward the spot. She had to get up on her toes to step over a fallen log. This caused the muscles in her ass and legs to tighten in a way that made Thanred’s head spin. His cock throbbed again.
When they arrived at the cave, Thanred gave the leash another tug. Sharper this time, a little ashamed at how softly he was treating the female. “Wait here,” he ordered, doing his best to sound gruff.
“Yes, Master.”
Her whispered response made his skin prickle with delight. He spun around and fixed her with his gaze. “Say it again,” he ordered. “Louder.”
This time her eyes didn’t fall away. She didn’t look down at the ground, or side to side. She held his stare as her chest swelled slightly. “Yes, Master,” she repeated in a full voice.
Thanred’s eyes danced down to where her nipples had hardened at the tips of her breasts. He reached out with his fingers, clamped them around each and twisted.
Her mouth fell open and her eyes went wide. Her knees grew weak as agony twisted her whole face.
There was no reason for the harsh correction. She’ddone exactly as he asked. And yet his pleasure at her pain was so potent he could almost taste it. He pinched the nipples before pulling his hands away.
Royla was breathing heavily, her mouth still hanging open. But instead of bursting into tears or falling to the ground, her eyes came up to meet his again. “Thank you, Master,” she said quietly.
His loins filled with heat. He resisted the urge to shake his head in disbelief at what was spinning through his mind. If she weren’t ahuman, and were he still with his tribe, he would have already sent for a cleric to wed her, so he could claim her in front of the others, the way a proper coupling ought to be.
But life was different now. There would be no wedding, no public consummation, no revelry. There would only be a life of exile, hiding in caves and under the cover of the trees. The thought twisted through him with a dull pain.
“Wait here until I see it is safe,” he said, not daring to meet her eyes again.
“Yes, Master.”
