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He went back into his closet and found the bag he’d taken with him to Haiti He hadn’t unpacked it And it was still there
Frohest shelf he pulled out a knife he’d carried on ion
When he returned to the bed, Juliette sat up Even naked she looked elegant and regal, powerful, graceful She was everything he’d ever wanted in a woo
He set the bag on the bed and opened it From it he took the black belt that had been his own souvenir frohts with Søren back in their school days Søren had beaten Kingsley with the belt and Kingsley had beaten Juliette with it It had wounded them both so it would do for a collar He wrapped it around her neck and with the tip of the knife put a hole where the buckle would fit After h the leather with the blade cutting off the excess He wrapped it around her neck again and this tiraceful neck now adorned by the black leather collar "Perfect"
He slipped his finger between the leather of the collar and her skin Tugging it, he brought her forward, closercloser She took the hint, slid out of bed onto her knees and took hiood week
At ht, after he and Juliette had surrendered to sleep at last, Kingsley awoke froly pleasant sensation of being happy to be awake Juliette was sound asleep next to hi out from under the sheets and onto the floor She was his Tied to him, chained to him, collared to himall his And she’d promised to have his children someday when she was ready
He touched Juliette’s face and she stirred in her sleep and smiled Thereif he could keep his eyes on her and what they could have together, maybe in time the emptiness he felt in Elle’s absence would scab over and heal and she would be oneline of scars he bore on his body and in his heart
But Kingsley didn’t want her to be a scar A scar was aJuliette he whispered a proive you ive you is the part that isn’t scarred and isn’t broken I’ll give you the best of me and protect you from the worst for the rest of my life"
He moved to kiss her He wanted to wake her with kisses and fuck her again He’d warned her he’d take her whenever he felt like it, and he was determined to keep that pro
His doorbell
Kingsley rolled onto his back and groaned
Who the fuck was at his door in the ht?