Elizabeth sobbed, incoherent and dazed. “No-no-noooo.” Alexander blew on her nipple, then soothed the throbbing nub with his tongue. When he’d freed and tended to her other breast, he gathered her in hisarms.
“Do you wantmore?”
“Can’t,” shewhispered.
“Not yet, then. A few minutes to rest first. Then you can decide.” He shifted, then pressed a bottle of water to her lips. “Drink alittle.”
She obeyed, resting her head against his chest. He smelled so good: sandalwood, vanilla, and cloves. Muscles flexed as he unfastened the silk wraps from her thighs. “Enough of those for tonight.” As Elizabeth tried to offer him her wrists, he chuckled. “Oh, I’m not done with the cuffs yet. How do youfeel?”
“Shaky. I want to see you.” Holding her breath, Elizabeth hoped Alexander would remove the blindfold, but he merely brushed her cheek with hisknuckle.
“Not yet. This is part of the trust you give me, Elizabeth. I will push you tonight. I have pushed you. Trust me a bit longer,yes?”
Though she didn’t think she could possibly take any more, he’d been right about everything else. Even the damn nipple clamps. “I trustyou.”
“Can you stand for me?” Alexander lifted her gently. Boneless, she only swayed once before she found her footing. “I want you to enjoy my flogger, Elizabeth, I want to see your lovely arse reddened and show you how intense an orgasm can be with a little pain added in. But I need your consent. This will hurt—a little. You can stop me at any time. Do I have your permission to keepgoing?”
A single finger traced down her cheek, and she melted, any reservations she had disappearing in the heat of Alexander’s touch. “You can…keepgoing.”
Alexander wrapped his arm around her body and guided her forward. Panic set in as she feared she might fall off the platform. Her stomach lurched, and she tried to pull away. Alexander slapped her ass sharply. “That is three, Elizabeth. You need to trust me. I will not let youfall.”
She knew he wouldn’t, but something about being blind heightened every fear. “I’msorry.”
He kissed her then, reassuring. “As this is your first time, I’ll indulge you, but one day soon, youwillendure a punishment from me.” Sweeping her up into his arms, he carried her across theroom.
From the few minutes she’d been in his bedroom without the blindfold, she thought she knew where they were when he set her down next to something smooth and cool. “Oh God,” she whispered. “Alexander.”
“One word and I stop,chérie.” He spread her legs, and with gentle caresses lifted each foot up onto a platform and attached her ankle cuffs to the St. Andrew’s Cross. Kisses trailed along her shoulders until he raised first one arm, then the other, and urged her to curl her hands around thin bars high on the arms of the cross. Once he’d secured her, a nibble to her ear sent tremors down her legs. “You are avision.”
The rustle of fabric as he unzipped his pants gave her a thrill. Suddenly, his entire naked body pressed to hers, his skin hot enough to brand her and his cock jutting urgently against herhip.
“I will be inside you soon, but not before I redden that arse of yours. Will you take a bit of pain forme?”
“Y-yes.”
The soft falls of Alexander’s flogger trailed over her arms. A bead of moisture rolled down her inner thigh, to her knee, and tickled her calf. Why was she so incredibly turned on? Resting her forehead against the wood, she let the tiny spasms from her body’s pleasure scrape her nipples along thecross.
Alexander touched nearly every inch of exposed skin with the flogger. No pressure, no stinging pain, only softsuede.
Palming one of her ass cheeks, he rubbed, gently at first, then harder. When he’d tended to both cheeks, he nipped hershoulder.
“Relax, Elizabeth.” She drew comfort from his smooth voice. “Count forme.”
She’d barely processed his words when the flogger snapped across her ass. “One,” she cried. A stinging burn spread over her left butt cheek. The second strike came only a second later. “T-two.”
The next two strikes fell harder. The two after that, harder still. Her ass was on fire, but her pussy dripped with need. As Alexander struck lower, down to the crease between her ass and thighs, down halfway to her knees, then back up again, her voicefaltered.
“I ache for you, Elizabeth. Your skin glows, and the sounds you make, my God, you are perfect.” At twenty strikes, the flogger hit the floor, and Alexander’s lips pressed to herear.
“I’m going to take you now, Elizabeth. If you’ll letme.”
“Please,” shemoaned.
Ankles, then wrists were released, and he caught her in his arms when she collapsed. Blind, aching for him, she ground her hips against his length, and hegroaned.
As her ass hit the satin sheets, she winced at the pain. “I’ll soothe that ache soon,” he purred. “And in a moment, I hope you won’t even noticeit.”
A drawer opened, foil crinkled, and he let out a pent-up breath as he nudged her channel. At her moan, he slid deeper, letting her get used to the size of him. Once he’d pushed all the way in, he pinned her wrists to the mattress. “I want to see you come again forme.”
As his cock rasped against her clit, she sped to the edge of the precipice. “Alexander! God, helpme!”
He wrapped an arm around her, his bulk pressing down on her torso. Never had she been so desperate. The pressure in her core exploded in a kaleidoscope of colors behind her blindfold, a roar of blood in her ears, and a hoarse, guttural yell from her throat. Alexander shouted her name, thrust twice more, and lost himself inher.
