With a roll of his eyes, he got up a second time. “Have it your way, little brother. White Frost blood won’t be spilled by Eumia hand.”
“Wook,” Levi called over his shoulder and the secretary who’d been visibly waiting in the hall stepped forward. “Call Baal and have him spread the word. Truce between the White Frost and the Eumia. Any of ours who break it deal with me personally.”
“Yes, Dominus.” He bowed low and backed away, spinning impressively on his heels once he was in the hallway, then disappeared to follow the order.
“You have my number,” Kian said to Elm. “I was serious. Sky has worried. You need to see him.”
“We can meet up tomorrow,” Elm suggested, only for Levi to click his tongue.
“The day after.” He took Elm’s hand, though his eyes remained on Kian. “He’s unfamiliar with Frost Palace. I’ll take the time to acclimate him first.”
“Just say you’re planning on fucking him in every room.” Kian shrugged when Elm made a choking sound. “What? You’re the one who told us not to bother being vague.”
“Please leave now.” Elm covered his face with one hand, the other still held in Levi’s.
“Eager to start?”
“Kian!”
He chuckled, then sobered some. “Don’t keep my omega waiting too long. His health comes before your lust.”
“Get out,” Levi ordered.
“The day after tomorrow,” Elm promised quickly to ease some of the tension. “Let’s do breakfast at a café or a coffee shop. I’ll text you the details.”
“He’ll call your omega tonight,” Levi surprised them both by announcing. “But only if you get out now so—”
Kian left before he could finish that sentence.
“You,” Levi addressed the guards a moment after. “Leave.”
Elm watched them flood out of the room, then yelped when he was yanked down over the alpha’s lap. His face came into contact with one of the couch cushions, and he barely had the chance to register what the alpha intended before he felt a heavy palm land on his left ass cheek.
The alpha massaged the area immediately after, soothing the sting. “I’m going to punish you for breaking your promise, but I want you to know ahead of time this isn’t coming from a place of anger. Do you understand, omega?”
A shiver of anticipation raced down Elm’s spine and he inadvertently lifted his hips a little. “Yes, alpha.”
“If at any point you want me to stop—”
“I won’t,” Elm reassured. “I don’t ever want you to stop. Treat me like I’m important to you. Treat me like I’m—”
“I love you, mate,” Levi said, knowing exactly what he wanted to hear. He hooked a finger in the back of Elm’s pants and dragged them down to mid-thigh. “Time to take your own advice.” He spanked him, waiting for Elm’s cry to end before explaining further. “From now on, if there’s a problem, we’ll discuss it. No more using sex as a means to vent your frustrations.”
“Kind of hypocritical of you, no?” That earned him another spanking, the slaps coming three in rapid succession. Slick dripped from his passage and his dick hardened against Levi’s thigh.
“We’re doing it this way because it seems to be the best way to get through to you,” the alpha told him. “But I’m more honest than you are. Be obedient. Tell me you’ll bring any problems to my attention in the future instead of lashing out.”
“You’re asking for a healthy relationship after putting me over your knees?” Admittedly, Elm was pushing on purpose. He moaned when the alpha’s palm came down on him, feeling the vibrations travel straight to his balls. Precome leaked out of his dick, and he had the vague thought that he was going to ruin Levi’s expensive pants.
“I’m not hurting you,” the alpha disagreed. “Not in any way you don’t like. And not in any way that would cause permanent damage. Plenty of healthy couples play this way. You also seem to be forgetting, you’re the one who showed an interest in this sort of thing.”
“And the tracker? Going to say that’s normal too?”
Levi smoothed his hand over Elm’s battered skin. “Not at all. But I won’t be removing them, and you wouldn’t ask me to anyway.”
No, he wouldn’t.
“Alpha.” Elm didn’t want any more soft touches. He wanted the fire from being spanked and the pangs of delicious electricity that shot through him.