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Beck raised a brow at hi "Who flipped your bitch switch? First of all, Hammer already talked to me about what I’m allowed to do to the princess And second, it’s none of your business She’s been under Hammer’s protection for years His choice, his punishment My pleasure Piss off"

Liaer directly in the other man’s face "I mean it, Beck Don’t otten that off his chest, Liam tapped the counter The bartender set a shot of whiskey before hi it to calm his nerves He tried to think of any other way he could spare Raine this degradation, but his options were limited He couldn’t help her unless she chose to help herself

Beck lifted the whip frole tail above his head, splitting the air with a sharp crack Looking over his shoulder, he smirked at Liam "Don’t worry TheShe can handle it She ed "Well, that’s why it’s punish his blood "If she so ernail while she’s with you, I’ll break your goddamn face"

Beck looked somewhere between annoyed and amused "Okay, so the whip is out How about a nice, thick leather paddle? It won’t break her skin, but the bruise it will leaveHrin turned to a leer "That deep purple hue on her lily white ass will make your dick hard"

Lia a pretty sub wasn’t one that tripped his trigger

"Listen topaddle, or any other cutting, bruising, intense pain giving, sharp-knotted flogger you have touches her skin I don’t give a flying fuck what you and Ha you, I don’t want her marked, period"

"So basically, you just want me to kick back and have aher with cotton balls No, wait! You probably think that would be too dauess I could beat her with uely, he realized that Raine was tying him up in knots--like Ha to protect her "Your tongue best be kept to yourself, along with your pecker, if you’ve a mind to keep them attached You’ve been warned"

Beck yawned "Go bark at Haet this over with, so I can find a real sub ill--"

"Fuck you, Beck Raine is a real sub"

"Yeah? When has she ever sub, and it had been delicious Her soft sighs Her tentative, tre about it He alking a dangerous line with Ha hi contest was getting the up the sadist just before he meted out the lass’s sentence co to spare her

"Just remember what I’ve said"

As he pushed away frohed "Christ, this is funny You and Haot a boner for the princess"

Fuck the wanker for being right

Gnashing his teeth, Lianored Beck and storee to his training, then she’d be under his protection But she wanted and needed time to make a decision Maybe she sensed that she shouldn’t take his offer at face value Maybe she feared what opening up her soul to him--or any man--would mean It was that trust problem Hammer had warned him about And it chafed Ordinarily he’d be happy to let her weigh the pros and cons and coet out of hand, and with Haht mind where Raine was concerned, Liam had no option but to convince her to reconsider

When he knocked, she bade hi in a ruffled, black baby-doll nightie The top two triangles were coht nipples Just beneath her bust, the fabric turned silky He couldn’t see through it, but it shimmered as it parted and played peekaboo with her navel Beneath that, Liaht a little scrap of silky black underwear She rounded the seductive look with fuck-s look a

Liam sucked in a breath What had possessed her to wear that? She looked stunning and completely fuckable, but not at all ready for the sort of attention Beck had in et-up to flaunt her every curve at Haned, even cal and stuttered breathing that revealed her agitation Liam cursed

She drew her knees up to her chest, covering her breasts, and he wondered why she sought to show everything to Hammer…but hide from him

Because she loved the stupid brute And that bothered him more than it should

"Did you find Beck?" She bit her lip Soiven the ansay because she suddenly groaned "Don’t tell uess He didn’t want to hear a word you had to say"

"Precisely, lass Sorry"

"That’s Beck" She so Don’t want to be late"

"Hold up" He grabbed her hand, squeezing it "It doesn’t have to be this way I could protect you if you wore ree, and this foolish business stops here and now You’ll still be punished, but it’ll be by aze, then sent hi But if I’ht reasons, not because Beck scared h to hide behind you And maybe I shouldn’t care what Hammer thinks, but six years of habits die hard If I walked in wearing a training collar, he’d know I took it simply as an out That would "

"You’re nowhere near the brat everyone has convinced you that you are And personally, asthat perfect white ass, I’d rather it cas, exposing her breasts again, and he forgot what else he’d ined his cock fully seated inside her snug little pussy The erection he’d been enduring all day got harder