“Fuck!” I hissed and pounded the mattress with my fists.
Chapter Twenty-Five
While Vax was gone, I went down to the bathroom and showered, then dressed. The dressing room was next to the bathroom, through that second door. But Vax wasn't there either. I went downstairs and searched the rest of the apartments. No Sea King. That stung.
In all the time we'd been playing this game, he hadn't left the apartments without me. Vax had been focused on me. Leaving me alone only when one of us had to see to our private bodily needs. We ate together, bathed together, and he even dressed me. After that first night spent partially on the floor, I had slept beside him. Sometimes in his arms, sometimes next to him, and once between his thighs, under the covers. That had been a fun night. He kept waking me up and commanding me to suck his cock.
But he had never left like that.
I tried to see it as an improvement. A sign that Vax was close to forgiving me. But that was difficult to do with the memory of his cold expression haunting me.
When I went back up to the bedroom, I was shocked to find that it had been returned to its former glory. The bed frame had been replaced, this one formed of crimson coral. I liked it better than the old black. Matching bedside tables held vasesof fresh flowers, a group of chairs and a couch stood near the balcony, and the bed linens had been changed. There was even a display cabinet full of . . .
“What the fuck?” I went closer to the black-lacquered cabinet and ignored the beautiful shell inlays decorating it to stare at the items on the glass shelves. “Did he really put his sex toys on display in a fucking cabinet?”
Yup. The shelves held sexual aids. They were beautiful, even artistic, but still. What the fuck? Who did that shit? I gaped at the glass dildos and the gold mouth stretcher that shone under the cabinet's light, then gawked at a long gold bar encrusted with jewels. There were straps at both ends to secure someone's ankles and hold their legs apart.Mylegs. Colorful gems were strung in increasingly larger spheres, the biggest making me cringe. There was something made of leather strips bound into a bundle and secured in a handle. Crystal, gold, and silver butt plugs in various sizes were lined up like soldiers, some with jewels embedded in the end and some with tails attached. There were also more phallic objects, but in odd shapes.
“What kind of dick is that?” I muttered.
“It's based on a Frellen's cock,” Vax said as he stepped up beside me.
I flinched away from the cabinet and stared at him. “You're back.”
“Take off your clothes and get on the bed,” he said.
“Vax, we need to talk.”
“I didn't tell you to get dressed, slave!” Vax snarled. “Now, take off your fucking clothes and get on the bed!”
“No!” I shouted back.
He narrowed his eyes at me.
I sighed. “I'll do whatever you want. If you want to fuck me again, fine. But I'd rather talk to you. I want some conversation beyond sex talk. Don't you want to talk to me? Or am I really just a bed slave to you now?”
Vaxarion's eyes twitched. He jerked open the cabinet and selected one of the items—that fucking Frellen dick.
I shook my head at it. Frellen were nasty creatures, more animal than man. They had a habit of abducting people, raping them, and eating them. Why anyone would make a dildo based on their cocks was . . . yeah, all right. It was an impressive dick with fascinating ridges and a spear-shaped tip that would penetrate an ass nicely. So maybe there was one good thing about Frellen.
“It's been almost two weeks, Vax,” I said. “Please. Just talk to me. We can work this out without all this nonsense.”
“You can say no,” Vax said. “There is no contract between us. You can say no and leave right now. Or you can take off your clothes and get on the bed. What's your decision, Zixin?”
“Fuck,” I muttered. “You know I'm not leaving. I want to be with you, and I'm willing to do anything to make up for leaving you. But I want more than this from you. I need more.”
“Choose now.”
“Son of a sea urchin,” I growled and got undressed. Then I saw the tension leave his face. His body. And I sighed. It had been a test. Vax was afraid I was going to leave him again. Fuck. “I'm not going anywhere,master.”
Then I climbed up on the bed and knelt, facing him, waiting for his next command.
Vax briefly closed his eyes. When he opened them, he looked calmer. He put that stupid dildo back in the cabinet and took off his clothes. His dick was hard. It seemed as if he was always erect, his hunger insatiable, though not as bad as it had been when he'd first brought me to his palace. Or maybe I should say, not as good as it had been.
As always, seeing his bare body made me shiver and ache. I wondered if I would ever get immune to his beauty and then doubted it. I'd had some very handsome men and some very powerful men, but Vax was both of those and more. He was everything.
“Lie down,” Vax said.
I lay back on the pillows.
