“You’re twisted.”
“I’ve been called worse,” Dominic drawled. “You’re the one who’s still here, so maybe you’re just as twisted as I am.”
His gaze swept over me, judgement dripping from it. “Scratch that. There’s no way you can play on my level. We both know how this is going to end. Don’t worry, Shadow, I won’t lord it over you…too much. You might want it, but you won’t follow through.”
My jaw tightened.God, I hated him. I hated him so viscerally that I was choking on it. What gave him the right to fuck with me like this? Just who did he think he was?Did he really think I could be teased like this?
My mind reeled with memories. Every taunt I’d ever heard. Every kick I’d taken. Every punch. Every insult. They coalesced until they were a pit in the ground before me. One that wanted to swallow me whole.
I wouldn’t let it. I’d had enough. Enough of the bullshit. Enough of the bullying. Enough of everyone thinking they could walk all over me.
It was time to show everyone. Dominic, Max, the bullies…even myself. I could be strong. I could be brave. I could stand up for myself.
I took a deep breath and leapt over the pit.
Dominic wanted to play mind games? I could play mind games. I could stoop so fucking low that he wouldn’t know what to do about it.
We’d see who was laughing then.
I took a step back and his smile turned triumphant. “I fucking kn?—”
His words cut off abruptly as I sank to my knees. I held his gaze the whole way down. I noted how it went from shocked to horrified.
“Is this not what you wanted?” I asked challengingly. “I’m doing exactly what you asked.”
Understanding flickered. He knew I was raising the stakes. Now it was down to him to decide what happened next.
I should’ve expected it, but it still shocked me when he grabbed my chin and thumbed at my lips again. “Not quite. Being on your knees was only the first part. Sure you can manage the rest?”
He kept his hold on my jaw. He was pushing my boundaries, waiting for me to snap.
Well, he could keep fucking waiting.
Going on instinct, I opened my mouth and caught his thumb between my teeth. I bit down until he hissed before laving over the marks with my tongue.
Dominic blinked down at me. Satisfaction flared. I might have been the one on my knees, but that didn’t mean he was in control.
I was.
I sucked on his thumb. Hard. When his eyes widened, I released him and sat back on my haunches. I didn’t say a word, just raised my brows. My meaning was clear.
Your move, Dominic.
I was done letting him walk all over me. Him and everyone else.
That should’ve been enough. Any sane person would’ve called it quits and walked away. Would chalk it up to experience and never bring it up again.
Dominic wasn’t sane. It was the only explanation. “Cute, but that’s not what you’re meant to suck, Shadow.”
As for why his words had me reaching for the button on his jeans?
Maybe I wasn’t fully sane either. Not where Dominic was concerned.
My hands shook as I undid the button and slowly drew down the zip. I waited for Dominic to stop me. To knock my hands away or say something.
But he did nothing.
So I kept going.
