CHAPTER 2

CADEN

I pulled her into a kneel at the foot of the bed.

She swayed, nearly fell.

I caught her chin in my hand. “You listen to my voice. You breathe when I tell you. You beg when I make you.”

She bit her lip.

I slapped it lightly. “Words, Valentina.”

“Yes, sir.”

That was better.

My fingers tangled in her hair. I tugged her head back slowly until her mouth parted on instinct.

I didn’t kiss her.

She was already trembling, already shifting on her knees, ...