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raced, going over each and every imperfection and praying he
wouldn’t notice. She felt exposed, trapped by his gaze, but to her surprise it
didn’t waver.
    “Do not cover yourself,” he said, the hard edge of his voice
turning somewhat softer. “Do not ever hide your body from me again, Selene. You
are a stunning beauty, made to be enjoyed by my eyes. Do you understand?” He
watched with a resolute gaze until she placed her hands at her sides and
nodded. “Good girl. Now come here,” he commanded, gesturing to his side. She
obeyed, this time without hesitation, to stand at his side. Again she was
highly aware of his proximity, could almost feel the heat radiating from his
skin. Selene was fearful of what might happen next, but more afraid that it
wouldn’t. Whatever Julian had in mind, her heart was racing and she felt alive
in a way that she hadn’t in a very long time.
    Selene relaxed as she felt his hand on her hip. Gently it
slid over her skin, following the curve of her hip and the slope of her belly.
With a slow cadence, he touched her, feeling each and every intake of breath
and letting her suspense grow with the passing minutes. When she groaned
slightly, he smiled. “Are you enjoying my touch, pet?” She did not answer, but
nodded, closing her eyes and enjoying the gentle caress. Suddenly he pulled his
hand away and snapped it sharply against her thigh, drawing a surprised yelp
from Selene. “Answer me, Selene.”
    “Yes,” she said.
    “Yes what?”
    “Yes, sir.” Her voice was a whisper, almost embarrassed to
answer, but her excitement was stoked by the strange title. The spot on her
thigh where he’d struck her still stung, but there was something underneath. A
feeling that she could not place, somewhere in that gray area between pleasure
and pain. It was what she’d been needing.
    “Good girl,” he replied, sliding the palm of his hand from
her thigh around to the fleshy curve of her ass. His fingertips trilled along
the space where her thigh met her ass, making her squirm, then gently squeezing
the flesh. “A good girl, but that will hardly save you.” Before she could
breathe, taking in his words, his hands closed around her wrist. In a movement
that was both graceful and rough, Julian pulled her over his lap, steadying her
position with an arm across her lower back.
    “Julian!” Selene exclaimed once her shock had subsided
enough for her to speak. “What in the hell are you doing?” She struggled under
his grip, trying to find her footing and stand up. At first his dark seduction
had been interesting, but now he was truly frightening her. He couldn’t
possibly mean to do this. “Let me go!”
    “Keep still,” he growled, seemingly unaffected by her
vehement protests. “I’m going to spank you, pet. For my pleasure and yours…”

Chapter Two
     
    “Julian,” Selene whined, “let me go. This is ridiculous…”
    “Hush, little one,” he said, his voice dropping to barely a
whisper. “You’ve nothing to fear.” His voice was hypnotic as he spoke quietly
to her. His hands combed through her hair, pushing it from her cheek to spill
over her shoulder. The gentle timbre of his voice calmed her and after a few
moments she had abandoned the struggle, her skin tingling as his hands roamed
freely over her skin. As she lay there, waiting to see what was going to happen
next, his fingertips stroked lightly down her spine. Her skin tingled, almost
burning as his hands slid lower. Wide sweeps of his palm flowed over the fleshy
folds of her ass and down each thigh. Over and over he tried to allay her
fears, quieting her desperate cries with the gentle caress of his voice.
    “Ask for it, Selene,” he growled, leaning over her so that
she could feel his breath. “I’ll give you anything. All you need do is ask.”
His words were laced with a delicious poison, clouding her mind and her
judgment. Her resolve to be silent was waning and she could feel the words
dancing on the tip of