Caging the Bengal Tiger (2 page)

Warden, take our
meru
and strap her up in the playroom and make sure you gag her. You know how loud she gets when I take that ass and we don't want to wake the girls." His brother pulled his fingers out of her pussy and cleaned them with his tongue.

His woman said nothing, as Maya's legs gave out. Warden swept her up into his arms. "Come on, pet, seems you're going to have a long night after all." He laughed, throwing her over his shoulder and making sure her ass was on display.

"Warden, pull down my
thoras
!" she screeched, but was rewarded with a smack to her ass. "Be still, I'm proud of this fine ass and I want to show it off."

Before they disappeared from site, Maya lifted up and saw Dan standing there laughing at her. She screamed louder, more embarrassed that her friend had seen her.

"It's going to take a long time to break her of this embarrassment, but what fun we are going to have doing it." Akaos shook Dan's hand and hugged him. "We have kept your family protected, but we have said nothing to them. Since they knew about Maya, I truly believe they will be able to handle your new status, since we already consider you family, I've ordered Anthony to move his clan closer to your home. They will personally protect them." Akaos slapped his brother on the shoulder.

"Well, it seems soon you will be joining the rank of a bonded warrior, congrats. Just beware Mom wants more grandbabies and if she finds out about Lacey, there will be no stopping her. But on a serious matter, the gang that you told me about, they're headed towards California. Seems Lacey has set herself up. Letting her father know she was alive."

"She did what?" Isaac knew the first time he'd seen Lacey that she would be trouble, but he was ready. "Thank you for letting us take over Dee's home. I think it will be perfect to start our claim, but you're right, we're going to have to cage our cat before she ends up getting herself killed. Come, it's time to plan." Isaac nodded to his brother and turned, leaving the crowd heading towards their destination. He just hopped that Dan's fears wouldn't come back to bite them.

Usually it took years to build a kith, but time wasn't on their side.

With her bag packed, Lacey looked back at her room. There wasn't much she was leaving behind, since Lacey knew to keep personal belongings to a minimum in case she would need to take off, like she was right now. Looking at the letter on the stand, Lacey wiped the tears from her face and shifted. The white tiger slipped into the dark tunnel, where there was barely enough room for the tiger, but Lacey crawled with her backpack in her mouth to the escape tunnel she had started to dig months ago knowing someday she might need to leave.

Her best friend now had the family she deserved and so did her daughter. The orphans were being protected at the castle and Abby was slowly dealing with the death of her sister. Now was the perfect time to set her trap for her father. She knew he was coming, but Lacey also wanted to make sure he and his group of thugs was far away from her sisters.

The monster known as her father, Teddy Samuel, would not harm anyone around here. Stopping, Lacey scanned her surroundings finally coming up about two miles from the castle and the grounds. She was far enough that guards were not a problem. She looked to the pile of brush and smiled. Her jeep was filled with gas, food and supplies she would need.

It would take her four hours to drive to the place Lacey would lay her trap. Her father wouldn't be there for another couple of days so she had plenty of time to prepare. Not taking any chances, Lacey slowly crawled to her jeep.

Bones crunched and muscles stretched as Lacey shifted at once getting to work on removing the branches from her car. When all was cleared, she pulled out her clothes dressing in a hurry before climbing into the jeep. She looked towards Maya's home and sighed. "Love you, Maya, but this has to be taken care of." She turned on the jeep and took of listening to Rihanna's S&M song.

It would be a while before Lacey got to the club again, but then again there hadn't been anyone there who could really control her tiger or her. Looking into the rear-view mirror, Lacey checked to make sure no one was following her as she turned onto the highway moving further away from her family and the men who claimed to be hers. She shivered, remembering Isaac's words.

Yes, the three of them just might be what she needed, but there was no place in her life for them now. Lacey had promised long ago that she would never settle down until her father and the goons he ran around with were destroyed.

"I promise, Momma. Every one of them will die for hurting you," she whispered and grasped the steering wheel tighter thinking of that fateful night so long ago.

Growls and screams had woken Lacey up that night before her bedroom door was thrown open and her father stood in the doorway naked. "It's time, Princess," he stroked his cock and stepped into her bedroom, but her blessed mother jumped on his back raking her now clawed paw across his stomach.

"You'll not touch my baby! Run, Lacey, hide!" her mother ordered jerking her into motion she jumped out of the bed. But her father threw her Mother off him and reached for her, grabbing Lacey by her braid and yanking her into his bloody arms.

At the age of sixteen, Lacey fought with all that she had, knowing her father had gone crazy. She bit down on his arm as he ripped her nightgown off her body.

"You little hell cat. I'll teach you to bite your master,"
those were the last words Lacey heard as she slipped away from him, shifting as she went head first through the bedroom window. She'd run dashing around trees till she hid behind their shed. Shouts and screams filled the night as fifteen strange men moved around what used to be her house.

A horn honked and Lacey put her foot on the gas, taking off as the light turned green and her hands shook. "Get a grip girl, you can do this." She reached over and grabbed one of the bottles of
Starbucks
coffee's she had in the passenger seat. Her one addiction,
Starbucks.

Taking a drink of the vanilla Frappuccino, she glanced over at the ringing cell phone. Dee's cell number came up, but she knew who it was and there was no way Lacey was going to answer it. She picked up the phone and turned off the ringer before throwing it back on the seat. Turning up the music, Lacey let the music ease the tension out of her.

Three hours later she turned off the highway and headed for the grocery store close enough to her destination. She needed to pick up enough food for the next week before going to the abandoned home she had bought long ago. There would be no time to do shopping later.

At 10:00 in the evening, the store was dead. Pulling into the parking lot, she grabbed her money and headed inside, locking the car. She didn't need anyone snooping into the vehicle with a trunk loaded with weapons and ammo.

Her stomach growled and she cussed up a storm. She hated to shop on an empty stomach, but Lacey had no choice. There would be no other stops till she was safe in her new home. Grabbing a cart, Lacey made her way through the store. Sure enough her cart was loaded by the time she stepped up to the register. "Stupid." She shook her head.

By the time Lacey pulled into the long deserted drive that was her new home, it was almost 11:30,. She smiled and rolled down the window to punch in the code to the high fence that surrounded the home. There was no way her father or his men could get onto the property without her knowing about it. Every inch of this place had been wired to let her know where everyone was. Yes, she had done her homework.

The gates opened and she threw her jeep into drive knowing they would close behind her. She'd made it and no one was going to stop her. Now all she had to do was let dear old dad know where she was. Picking up her phone, Lacey opened it up without thinking and at once she heard Isaac yelling into the receiver.

"Shit!" Stopping the car, Lacey closed the phone as quickly as she could, but knew it was too late. They now knew where she was. "Son of a bitch!" Punching the gas pedal, Lacey wiped around the corner and down the hill to the old mansion she'd bought.

Sure enough, Isaac, Dan and Anthony leaned against the front door waiting. "Fuck!"

***

The car pulled up and stopped. Lacey sat in the car staring at them. Oh, Isaac could see her mouth moving and knew she was pissed, but their Lady Cat was about to learn a hard lesson. He pushed away from the door and made his way to the car. "Anthony unload the car, Dan, have the men scoop out the grounds."

He opened the door, and held out his hand. "Let's go, Lacey. It seems we need to establish some ground rules upfront before we do anything else." She looked to the passenger door, biting her bottom lip. "Don't make me chase you, baby. You've already earned a timeout and a spanking."

She sucked in her breath, fur rippled under her skin. "How dare you?" she hissed.

Leaning down, his nose touched hers. "I dare!" he snapped and waited. Isaac didn't have to wait long. Her gaze dropped from his and she placed her trembling hand into his.

"I won't leave here. I need to finish what I started," Lacey said, stepping out of the car. She turned to reach for her bag, but he was already ushering her up the stairs.

"Anthony and Dan will bring in your belongings and we will discuss this foolish idea of yours after we understand each other." The front door opened and he heard her gasp as she followed him up the stairs. Lacey had only ventured up the stairs when setting up her alarm system. Little did she know that while they were here, they decided that this is where her new playroom was going to be.

Opening the door to the largest room, Isaac dragged a reluctant cat into the middle of the room, hearing her gasp. "Strip and on your knees, now." He turned to face her, crossing his arms in front of him, waiting.

"Isaac, I'm not stripping..." she didn't get another word out as he stepped forward and wrapped his fingers around her neck, just holding her.

"You are our
meru
and it's obvious to the three of us you need the firm hand. Well, I'm more than prepared to give it to you. What you did tonight was not only stupid, but it also endangered your sisters. Right now Akaos’ men are scattered all over the place trying to bring them back to the castle, because they thought they could find you and help. Because of this, they are exposed. Is that what you wanted?"

Tears came to her eyes and she shook her head back and forth. "I left a letter for them. I told them I'd be back."

Careful not to poke her eye out, Isaac wiped the tears away. "Lady Cat, do you really believe a letter would stop them from helping you? What would you have done if one of your sisters did this?"

"Oh my God! I have to call them. I'm so sorry..." She cried trying to escape his hold, but he shook his head.

"There is no need. They have been told you are fine and that we are here, but you don't think Lacey before you do things and this is where we will help you. Now strip. Don't make me say it again." He released her and stepped back, giving her just enough room to where he wasn't crowding her.

The door clicked behind them and she jumped, turning to see Dan and Anthony coming into the room. Each of them leaned against either side of the door, waiting. No one said anything.

With a sigh, Lacey stripped out of her clothes and knelt on the floor in front of Isaac. "You should know the proper way to sit, Lacey. Just because I'm not from this world, I do know what to expect. Spread those legs, back straight, push out those big breasts, eyes down and hands resting on your knees, palms up." He wanted to smile when her eyes got bigger and she recognized that he was indeed the master she needed.

"That's better, Lady Cat," he knelt down in front of her. "Now, look at me so I know you understand what I'm going to tell you, because if you break these simple rules, there will be no warning, you will be punished. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir, Master?" she asked questioning him.

"Sir is fine when we are alone, but when we are with others, and we will be with others, and I want to show off my Lady Cat, you will address me as Master, and Dan and Anthony as Sir. Is that understood?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good girl." He traced his finger around her nipple. "From now on you do nothing unless we know about it. We will know your whereabouts at all times and you will not go anywhere without one of us or a guard. Is that understood."

She squirmed and tried to look away, but he grabbed her chin and held her still. "Lacey..."

"I can't promise that, Sir. If one of my sisters is in trouble, I'm going. I've lost one family already. I won't lose another. I'm sorry." Lacey tried to look away again, but he brought her attention back to him by running his finger over her lips.

"Do you really think that any of us would allow one of your sisters to be hurt?" he asked gently.

"Of course not."

"Well then if one of us is always with you, or even if you have a guard, wouldn't we know what you were going to do? Don't you think we would go to help them also?" Isaac saw the light flash in her eyes and she smiled.

"Yes Sir."

"Good, second rule. Whenever we are at home there will be no clothes on you unless we are expecting company, but even then we will dress you. It's our pleasure and duty to take care of our woman. Now when you have your monthly or are not feeling well, we'll allow comfort clothes for you." He stood and nodded to the bench. "Go place yourself over it. Dan, strap our woman in. It's time for her punishment."