Page 102 of Dominion
Her stomach dropped before the car even pulled up. A giant—seriously enormous—silver wolf sniffed the grass around the front steps. It jerked its head up and ice blue eyes stared right at her.
“Oh, my God, is that a wolf?” the driver asked. “Shut the door!”
“No, it’s my dog. It’s okay. Just a big husky. Not sure how he got out. Thanks, I’ll add the tip to my card. Appreciate it!” She swung the door shut before he could mention the wolf again.
Then she swallowed and forced her feet to move in the direction of the front door—and the enormous wolf.
A low growl came from the wolf’s throat and she froze in her tracks. Was it Cody? What if it was some other, enemy wolf?
The wolf narrowed its eyes and sat down, as if waiting for her. Okay, angry wolf. Definitely Cody.
“Hi, Wolf. Silver. Big boy.” Her voice only wavered a little. She turned the knob on the front door. The moment it swung wide, he pushed through, ahead of her.
Not really the gentleman, was he? It was probably a dominance thing. The alpha goes in first or some such rule. She thought she remembered that from that Cesar Milan dog training show. Not that she was comparing shifters to dogs.
She followed him in and shut the door behind him. He transformed before her eyes, shifting upright into human form, his magnificent male body stark naked, his cock jutting out at a perfect ninety-degree angle.
Her breath stalled in her throat. Whoa.
Damn.
As she’d suspected, his entire body was solid muscle. At least a dozen tattoos covered his body. Her mouth dropped open.
But she had an angry wolf on her hands. Irritation came off Cody in waves. His eyes hadn’t changed back to gray yet, the cold blue gaze icy. He definitely wasn’t angling for sex at the moment.
“Where in the hell did you go?”
She winced. “I took an Uber car to my place to see if they’d gone. I really wanted my phone and laptop. The guys were still there, so I didn’t stop.” The words came tumbling out quickly, as she hoped to answer all his questions at once.
He glowered and stalked away to the bedroom, presumably to put some clothes on. A moment later, he returned in a pair of jeans, his torso still beautifully bare, apart from the ink. She admired the tattoos on his bulging biceps—they were beautiful designs and patterns, like crop circles or ancient symbols. She wondered what they meant.
“What did I tell you would happen if you left?”
She flushed as his graphic words returned to her.I’ll spank you until this perfect ass is red and your sweet little pussy is dripping wet.
She couldn’t decide if she hoped he’d follow through or not. She nibbled her lip. “I’m sorry, but I can’t stay holed up here for days without my phone and computer. I have clients and a boss I need to communicate with. I can do a lot online—I might not even lose any business.”
His nostrils flared and he drew a deep breath as if to calm himself. “Your career won’t mean anything if you’re dead. And I made an alpha’s promise to keep you safe, which means if you’d been caught, your decision would seriously fuck my life up, too.”
He stared at her for a long moment, his expression inscrutable. She realized his eyes had gone back to normal without her noticing when they’d changed. Then he held out his palm, as if to hold her hand. “Come here, princess. Time for your punishment.”
He ledMelissa to the side of the couch, pushed her torso over the arm, and gave her ass a smack. She sucked in a breath, but held her position, like she was interested in where this was going.
He slapped her ass again. He didn’t want to hurt her—not in a way that wasn’t sexual or didn’t feel good. For a moment, he indulged in the idea of Melissa being his mate. He’d buy one of those furry, padded paddles and give her spankings that never hurt but were only symbolic of his dominance.
He rubbed a circle over her adorable butt, then peppered it with a couple more smacks. How far would she let him take this?
He peeled his boxer briefs down her heart-shaped ass. They were way too big for her and she’d rolled the waistband down several times, somehow managing to make them look both sexy and cute. The fact that she’d gone out in this outfit—alone with an Uber driver—made him grit his teeth, wanting to kill the driver for having seen her like this.
He gripped her wrists and twisted them behind her back, pinning them with one hand as he dragged the briefs all the way off her with the other.
His cock strained at the sight of her naked ass, roaring to life, ready to sink between those beautiful thighs and never stop moving. He lifted his palm and let it fall. It landed with a crack on her right cheek.
She jerked, but didn’t make a sound.
He repeated it on the left.
“When I tell you to stay put, you stay put,” he growled, increasing the intensity of the spanks.