Alpha's Slave | 18

of her ribcage. Her mouth turns bone dry and she strug

ne face. His nose held just enough authority without being too big. His chin was square enough to expose every

ntil it disappeared beneath the dark grey shirt with the collar unbuttoned. A

nly questioned, slight inflection i

uselessly on his lap, encouraging a sheet of hair to obscure the remn

she shook

demanded, al

e mildly; "No, master." Yet her h

willed h

nd carefully began lifting it. The material whispers over her bare thighs, rising hi

ad seen her naked before, this felt different. Perhaps because in the Cupid silence, both were sobe

o lower it over her chest when his hand captu

s, fumbling with her hands, plucking at the skin on the side, fo

fts to reach for somet

measured breaths as he places a metallic tin between them. His sapphire blu

the faint scent of eucalyptus and mint evades

At his words, she feels a flare of mild irritation; Could he not see the thin Red marks across her che

"If you wish for me to heal

en licks her teeth. "Everywhere." Her words

tique for not being able to accept his punishment, "I have had pets b

enerous amount of the oil and lifts it to her chest. Her breath catches as one finger presses at the center of

irthful chuckle he elicits, pe

ace when his warm palm flattens over her abdomen, skimm

er shoulders then collarbones, tracing the faint bows that dip at the center. Her skin

ave but she does not move. His gaze is liquid and brilliant as it captures her

the pad of his thumb over her

dolences, simply moving onto the other breast, soothing the

t pudge of her lower stomach, not completely flat, scars from a playful past

agging a finger over the scar. She shudders

m his prying vicious eyes. He does not deserve to know her history.

ly yet firmly kneading her flesh back and forth with the oil,

hy

e higher only to slide back to her knees, cupping them

her inner cheek. "I pushed him into father's pig sty and he landed

t to that of nonchalance. "He got hi

es irks Inayah to no end, she feels tensed now, realizing that he had

erwear, the faint gesture knowing. She grows completely still, sudde

ds withdr

rning to offer her backside. His large palms, warm as the sun, br

vel down her backside, along the back of her thighs and c

y and she paused, lost in th

awkwardly, scrat

n she feels him begin to rise, creating ample distance, and her hands begin to rise automatically to her chest

ntil the last moment as he st

lows down her body with ease, stopping short of her knees. His hands s

nts to ask what he's doing but words fail and the th

rown everyone with a mere drop and she grows insig

lects her hair and begins to brush through it. Inayah stares at his reflection in the mi

strand up into a ponytail. His sleeve dropped, rev

ain in a ponytail."

she nods,