“I was back in the casino hotel.The door opened, but it was my dad.You didn’t come–it was too late.”She lets out a shuddering sigh.
I just hold her, letting her come back to the present.“I’m here now, beautiful.No one’s going to hurt you ever again.”
I feel her head bob under my chin.
“You ready to go back to sleep?”
“I think so.What time does a duck wake up?”
“When?”
“At the quack of dawn.”
I laugh softly.“That’s my girl.C’mere.”I lay her down and wait until she’s comfortably situated on her side, facing me.The bedside table holds rope, I take her wrist and do a simple single column tie.I make it loose enough she can wear it all night, and use my phone flashlight to check her fingertips for capillary refill.
Then, I make a loop and slip it around my own hand.“There.Now you can’t get away.And if anyone tries to take you from me, I’ll know.”I’ll wake up long before an intruder finds the bedroom, but I can tell how comforting the rope is by the way she relaxes.
“Thank you, Daddy,” she whispers, and drifts off to sleep.
My cock goes rock hard.
No.No, she didn’t.
I’ve never been into daddy dom play.Before I knew Maisy was my mate, I was more of a sadist.But her calling me daddy gets me hot.
Gah.Either way, sadist or daddy dom, I’m a deviant.I shouldn’t foist my twisted kinks on my sweet, innocent mate.I can’t take her calling me Daddy as a green light to fully claim her and do all the filthy things I can imagine with her.
No, I still need to hold back.Keep taking the Moon Cure.
Stay in control.
ChapterSixteen
Matthias
The next morning, I wake up with Maisy curled in my arms.My mouth is pressed to the curve of her neck.
Only the diamond necklace saved her from me marking her.The necklace that I put on her like a collar, hoping it would satisfy my bear as a substitute claiming.
I rip myself away from her side before I do the unthinkable.
I need more Moon Cure,now.
My harsh movement jostled Maisy.She rouses, looking dazed.She’s in nothing but the diamond necklace and everything in me aches to return to the bed, to gather her soft body into my arms.
“Matthias?”She blinks but doesn’t sound frightened, the way she did when she woke in the middle of the night.
“I’m here, beautiful.Go back to sleep.”I curl my hands into fists, and my arms shake with the need to go to her.Instead, I head to the bathroom to get another dose of Moon Cure.
A double dose.
This time the serum burns in my veins.It feels like ice spreading through my body.Acute pain shoots through my aorta.I clutch at my heart, willing it to keep beating.Potential side effect: arrhythmia.I’ll need to make notes.
Maisy is still awake when I re-enter the bedroom.
“How are you feeling, love?”I climb onto the bed beside her and wrap an arm around her waist.
She stretches.“I feel great, Doctor.Want to examine me?”
