2nd: Love for Sale (8 page)

“She will be cared for, and I thank you for finding such a rare treasure.”  Even with my naivety, I understood what he was saying.  He was basically telling Seth that I now belonged to him.  The thought was beautifully terrifying, understanding the power he wielded.  Seth lowered his eyes in submission and in that moment I felt pity for him.  Not for myself, because strangely enough, I craved the strength in this man.

“Eric. I would hear my name on your lips before I claim you.”  His hand tangled in my hair, forcing my head back to peer into his dark blue eyes.

I was still heady with power and glared back.  “Eric, you might claim my body, but no one owns me.” Even with the almost painful grip in my hair, I wasn’t backing down.  Something had changed for me in this room, and I wasn’t sure I’d ever be someone’s willing anything again.

“I enjoy a challenge.”  Those were the last words he spoke.  Maneuvering me like a rag doll, he turned me in his arms, forced me face down over the edge of the bed, and in one forceful thrust filled me to the hilt.  I cried out as his large cock stretched me.  The only saving point was that I was still wet from earlier, because his size was almost too much for me to handle.

His hips ground into mine and a whimper escaped my lips.  “I’ll enjoy fucking you so hard you’ll find it hard to walk afterward.”  He proceeded to do just that, showing no mercy as he pounded into me, his hand still gripping my hair.  I should have hated what he was doing but instead I found myself pushing back to take everything he offered even though I knew I’d probably regret the action later.

I wanted this man and what he was doing to me.  No, it was more than want as he savagely dominated my body making me almost come immediately.  It was like this was exactly what I’d been craving without even knowing it.  That hand left my hair and slid underneath to massage my clit, and instantly I flew over the edge.  He didn’t stop, riding out my orgasm he mercilessly continued ravaging my body until I was breathless from his brutality.  When I was sure I couldn’t handle anymore, finally he found his own release, spilling into me while pressing even deeper inside.  I attempted to catch my breath as his weight rested on my back, stunned at ferocity of his lovemaking. 

When he finally pulled from my clenching folds, I gasped, the burning sensation not in the least pleasurable.  “You’ve pleased me well, but you need experience.”  I laid there still in a daze on the bed after what I’d asked for. 

“Have you trained her ass yet?”  Eric was talking to Seth like I was some damned horse, and had I not been mentally and physically exhausted I would have called him out on it. 

“We haven’t gotten that far.”  Seth giving deference to this man annoyed me somewhat, but I was still dealing with my own mindset and not ready to think about anything else.

“See that you do.  When you bring her back I’ll expect her to be ready to take me that way.”  Eric’s hand fell with a harsh sting on my ass, finally pulling me out of my own little world.  I guess I’d been wrong that he planned to keep me, and maybe I should have been happy about that, but I was too screwed up to think straight.

“When will that be?” Seth’s voice came to me from a place very far away, even though I knew he was standing right by the bed.

“I’ll let you know.  I also expect her to be fully informed of her new situation.  The same rules stand.  If she speaks to anyone, I’ll hold you responsible, as well.”

I had no idea what they were talking about, and wasn’t sure if I wanted to.  All I truly knew was that something strange had happened to me here and finding a way to deal with the things I’d done was going to take some serious soul searching.

“Let’s go home, kitten.” I felt Seth’s hands lifting me into his arms, and didn’t have the strength to tell him I didn’t want him touching me.  Instead I allowed him to carry me back upstairs, dress me in my clothes that had magically appeared, and walked with him out of the crazy place that had changed my life forever.

A Note from Michelle Hughes

Caitlin’s life will be forever changed by the experiences she had, and I hope you’ll be patient as I work toward preparing the next book in this saga that will be a series of its own.  I will say upfront that Seth, while opening her eyes to who she truly was as a person, also broke her trust in the way he led her into this. 

It’s for that reason that I’m putting the new series on hold while I work on Cherished, a stand-alone novel that casts a different light on the Dominant/submissive relationship.  With the popularity of books like Fifty Shades of Grey, and others like it, I believe readers are not getting that there are healthy relationship in this lifestyle that help the submissive become more than she could have been without the Dominants influence.

Most fiction books that touch on the BDSM lifestyle show a Master who is not in control of himself and should in no way involve a partner in their destructive behavior.  Cherished will be different.  I know as a romance author, it’s my job to bring fantasies to life in words, but I also believe I have a responsibility to readers to show different aspects and that has never been clearer to me than on this topic.

Every book I write is personal to me, in one way or another.  Almost like my children, that’s how I feel when I hand over my work.  Cherished will be no different.  The person I am today was shaped by a relationship similar to the couple in upcoming story, and I can’t wait to share that journey with you.  Yes, it will be fiction, but many of the points it covers were my reality.

Until we meet again between the pages, I wish you nothing but the best and thank you for your unwavering support of my books.  Discover more at
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