She watched as he took the comm pin off his shoulder and tossed it to the table before moving toward her. Lyk grabbed her by the arm, pulling her to his bed. He sat, then forced her over his knee. “You want to act like a child, then I’m going to punish you like one.”
The first smack on her ass was hard enough to get her attention. “Ouch! What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“I’m spanking you. Your little stunt might have given away my ship’s location to my brothers. If they decide to come after me, I’ll have you to thank.”
The next smack was just as hard, and her ass was starting to heat. “Stop it!”
“Not until you learn to do as you’re told. This is my ship, and you will follow my rules!”
“I never asked to be on your ship!” she spit out after the third smack. She squirmed, trying to get out of his grip, but he held her steady.
Switching to the other cheek, he gave it an equal number of smacks. “You’re going to learn to behave, little girl.”
It was one of the most humiliating moments of her life, and when he finally released her, she dove at him, pounding on him with her fists. Lyk fell back against the bed, letting her straddle him and rain down blows.
“You’re such an arrogant fucking asshole,” she shouted at him. “Keep your damn pirate hands off of me!”
“That’s not what you were saying earlier,” he reminded her, which just made her want to beat him harder.
“You’re… you’re a scoundrel… a bastard…” The energy started to go out of her, and she finally collapsed against his chest, breathing heavily.
Without warning, Lyk suddenly turned the tables on her, flipping her over so that he caged her body from above. “And you’re a disobedient brat and the sexiest fucking woman I’ve ever seen.”
Then he kissed her, and her whole body lit up with electricity. It wasn’t like before. There was none of the slow exploration, none of the teasing. This was a full-on assault, and she was teetering on the brink of surrender.
“You’re going to learn who’s in charge here,” he whispered against her lips before claiming them again. “And you’re going to learn to love following orders.”
She moaned as he kissed his way down her neck, ending at the place where the zipper sat on her coveralls. Ever so slowly,he gripped the zipper and began to pull it down, exposing the cotton bra hidden beneath.
Lyk buried his face between her breasts, and Ally writhed against him. What was it about this man that drove her so crazy with lust? He’d just spanked her, for godssake! She should be ranting and raving, but instead, she was on the edge of begging him to fuck her until she forgot her own name.
“I want to taste every inch of you,” he murmured before sucking a nipple through the thin fabric of her bra. “I won’t stop until you climax a dozen times.”
Ally wanted those climaxes, wanted to feel his mouth all over her. She gripped his head, burying her fingers in his thick, dark hair. “I won’t let you stop until you reach a dozen.”
His chuckle against her skin was the sexiest thing she’d ever felt.
CHAPTER 17
LYK
Fuck, I need to claim every inch of her sweet body. I won’t stop until she passes out from pleasure. I swear it on all the gods, alive or dead.
With a sudden jerk, he pulled the zipper lower, helping her to struggle out of the coveralls. As they worked, a few packets of treats fell out, causing her to blush. “We stashed a few things, just in case.”
Lyk took the coveralls as she climbed out of them, turning them upside down and watching as several more food packets fell into a small pile at his feet.
Her grin was a bit sheepish, but she showed no other signs of shame. “Sometimes, I get hungry,” she said with a simple shrug of her shoulder.
Gods, I love this woman.
He’d loved her since she threw a drink in his face. To finally be able to claim her felt momentous, as if everything in his future depended on this moment right here.
She’s mine. And I’ll never let her go.
Allandria lay before him, clad only in a thin white cotton bra and matching panties. Her skin was a soft pink next to the starkwhite fabric, and he noticed then that the red birthmark on her cheek wasn’t the only one.
In several places on her body were similar splotches of bright red skin, some larger, some smaller. Once again, Lyk thought they enhanced her beauty rather than distracting from it. She was like some kind of exotic animal, her skin like a freckled coat that served as a fitting complement to her sleek luster.
