Page 245 of Reign

Luciano’s hand stills on my back.

“We can.”

“I want you to choose what we do.”

His eyes move over my face. “From your questionnaire?”

“No. Something you want.”

His fingers tighten slightly at my waist, his attention sharpening.

“You’ve been working off my questionnaire,” I continue. “Everything we’ve done has been about showing me what I like. I want to know what you like when you’re not trying to teach me.”

“That is a dangerous amount of freedom to give me, princesa.” His voice drops, low and rough against my ear. “You sure you want to know what I do when no one is telling me to hold back?”

A shiver moves through me.

“I said choose something. I didn’t say everything.”

He smirks.

Luciano takes my hand. “Come with me.”

He leads me down a quieter hallway and stops in front of a heavy black door. He enters a code, and the lock releases with a quiet beep.

The room beyond is simple. Low lighting. A padded mat covers the floor beneath a wide, waist-high bench. Reinforced steel suspension rings are anchored into the ceiling above it. A low table along one wall holds several coils of rope arranged by color and thickness.

The door locks behind us.

Luciano walks to the table and selects a length of deep red rope. He lets the full length run slowly through his fist, watching me the entire time, before turning toward me with it coiled in his hand.

“Rope,” I say.

“Shibari.”

Something in the way he says it makes my stomach tighten.

“How long have you wanted to do this?”

“Since the first night we met.”

I blink. “At the wedding reception?”

“Yes.” His eyes drop to my mouth. “You and that mouth that wouldn’t stop and all I could think about was how quiet you’d get once I had you tied up.”

“You were arguing with me.”

“I was not. I was just being right.”

“You usually think you are.”

“I usually am.”

His smile deepens as he approaches.

“I wondered what you would look like strung up until all that attitude turned into nothing but breath. Until the only sound left in you was the wet noise of your mouth around my cock.”

My lips part.