“I can’t tell you,” she whispered as hot tears escaped and raced down her face.
“Lily, you have to tell me what’s going on,” Sailor said, his voice deepening and now carrying the thread of Daddy power that usually turned her will to jelly.
But she had to remain silent. If she wanted to stay here at Bratburg, stay with her Daddy, she had to keep her secrets to herself.
Shaking her head, she took a step back and pulled her hand from his. Lifting her gaze back to his, she repeated, “I can’t tell you.”
Sailor nodded at her, then looked beyond her to the door. “Kodiak,” he called loud enough for anyone in the processing center to hear.
Immediately the door opened. Only it wasn’t Kodiak standing there; it was Lonergan.
“He’s gone to do some research on our intruder. Will I do?”
Sailor nodded though he continued looking into Lily’s eyes. “I need to break through Lily’s wall of silence. Will Talia mind if you stand in for a spanking?”
Lonergan shook his head as he moved the wooden armless chair to the center of the room. “No. She understands that as the director there are times I need to punish one of the trainees, though usually I leave that up to their guardians. How do you want to do this?”
“Hard and fast, ten at a time, until she gives up her secrets,” Sailor said, gingerly rolling to his side so he could watch.
“Now wait a minute,” Lily said just before she made a break for the door.
Lonergan caught her before she took three steps. Wrapping a thick arm around her middle, he lifted her from the floor and carried her back to the chair. She tried to fight, to wiggle out of his hold, but he was too strong.
He held her with one arm trapped against his body until she grew tired. Only then did he sit down and position her so she was face down over his lap. When she kicked her legs, he shifted her, trapping them between his thick thighs.
With one arm across her back, his hand wrapped around her side, and her legs caught between his, she knew she wasn’t going anywhere. Dropping her head, she stared upside down at herfeet as she tried to figure out how to convince these men that her secrets were unimportant, even though they weren’t.
“Look at me, Lily,” Sailor’s voice was low, rough, and sounded like he was speaking through a clenched jaw.
Turning her head, she looked up at him, surprised that he did not look angry or frustrated. He looked concerned.
Meeting his gaze, she fought to keep her eyes open when Lonergan started spanking her. His huge hand covered a lot of her ass, inflicting a great deal of pain in only ten swats. He smacked one side and then the other, moving almost too fast for her to keep up with where the next strike would land. When he paused, she blinked and tears began to fall, but she rolled her lips over her teeth to keep from screaming with the pain.
“Tell us,” Sailor said in the silence.
She shook her head and took a breath to prepare for the next round. She could not tell her secrets. The danger to her and to Bratburg was too great. She could not imagine what the governor would do to her when he found out she’d broken her silence. Or maybe he’d already acted, sending the dead man in the next room to take her out since she had yet to fulfill his demand for information.
The next round of ten went a bit slower, though each smack was harder. Her ass burned hot, and she was breathing heavy to keep from screaming with the building pain.
This time when the spanking paused, she looked into Sailor’s eyes and whispered, “I can’t.”
He didn’t speak, just looked to Lonergan and nodded.
It was the fifth round that broke her. Lonergan pulled her leggings and panties down and began spanking her on her bare ass. While Sailor did not object, he looked like he was eating ground glass and fighting with everything in him not to jump across the room and take the director apart for what he was doing.
This time when Lonergan stopped, Lily closed her eyes and dropped her head, her words coming between sobbing breaths. “All right, I’ll talk,” she screamed.
Instead of more smacks, she felt her panties and pants being pulled back into place.
“All right, girl, talk,” Lonergan said, resting his spanking hand on the center of her hot, throbbing ass.
It took every bit of control for Sailor to remain on the table and not jump off, grab Lily, and run for the hills. But the safety of Bratburg was more important than him protecting his mate. And if her secrets had something to do with the institute, they needed to come out so they could deal with them. Then Lily could return to being his sweet Little mate who’d effectively dismantled the walls he’d built around his heart and soul over the years.
She did not immediately begin to explain. She lay over Lonergan’s thigh, looking like a woman on her way to the guillotine.
“Lily, you need to tell us now,” Lonergan said gently.
Taking a deep breath, she decided it was past time to share her secrets. She only hoped the day wouldn’t end up with her either dead or exiled from Bratburg.
