Erotica- Forever His/ Spanking by Skylar Faye Page B

a hard spanking she wouldn’t soon forget.
    When he was finally satisfied that she fully understood his position on the subject of not disobeying him and she was sobbing, he stepped away. His hand hurt. No doubt her crimson ass hurt a hell of a lot more. He wanted to pull her into his arms and hold her until the tears stopped. But he resisted and instead walked around her and into the cabin. He dressed while listening to her cries quiet down, hearing her shuddery breaths. It was so hard not to go to her and tell her he was sorry for punishing her. He had to be strong. She’d needed this lesson.
    He forced himself to give her time to recover and come to him. He went to get her a bottle of water, certain she would be thirsty after crying. As he stood by the small table waiting for her, he thought about what she’d said before he’d driven his dick into her. You can let your animal out. What had she meant by that? Just that she wanted rough sex? Or… No. She couldn’t know his secret.
     
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    Teri didn’t move for several minutes after Seth went into the cabin. Her bottom was on fire. He hadn’t missed an inch of it. He’d been seriously upset with her, which she’d known he would be. Of course she could end this, unleash the full powers of her enhanced healing abilities. But she didn’t. She would respect him and what he’d felt he had to do.
    With that decision made, she eased to her feet. Every move made her wince. She hoped he never spanked her so firmly again. And he probably wouldn’t. Because she would be leaving later today, as soon as she told him. She didn’t have a choice. Her mother would find a way to hurt Seth if she stayed with him, if she didn’t go home. But she wouldn’t stay there. Yet she couldn’t come back to Seth either. She had to protect him.
    She eased her jeans up and hissed at the horrible rub against her stinging bottom. Then she wiped away her tears and bucked up her courage.
    Their gazes met when she walked into the cabin. Her heart pinched. This would be the hardest thing she’d ever done or would ever do. “I’m leaving. Today.”
    His brow furrowed in anger. “Because I spanked you?”
    “No.” She swallowed down a lump in her throat. “Because I have to, for both of our sakes.”
    “What the hell does that mean?” He squeezed a bottle of water he was holding. “And what was that animal reference earlier?”
    She looked him square in the eye. “I know about you.” She had foolishly hoped they could avoid this discussion, hoped he would just accept that she’d finally decided it was time to move on. Not happening.
    “You know what?” he demanded.
    “I know you’re a shifter, Seth.” When his eyes widened and then narrowed, she added, “That doesn’t matter to me. If it did, I wouldn’t have let you near me. I wouldn’t have let you take me like you did outside.”
    “I wanted you,” he countered, tossing the water bottle to the floor. “You couldn’t have stopped me.”
    “Yes, I could have. Nothing happens to me that I don’t allow.” She reached back to gently touch her aching bottom. “Including getting spanked.”
    He didn’t look as if he believed her. “If you don’t have a problem with me being a shifter and think you can deal with whatever I dish out, then why are you leaving?”
    Tears misted her eyes and she almost didn’t tell him the truth, but he deserved to know. “Because I love you. I can’t see you hurt because of me.”
    He strode closer and she stepped backward. “No, don’t touch me. This is hard enough. Please try to understand that I don’t have a choice in this.”
    Such pain filled his eyes; grim determination etched his face at the same time. He was going to fight her about this decision. She wanted to stay with him, but she couldn’t. Nor could she explain without breaking down. She chose the only way out, the chicken way out. She disappeared, hearing his demand that she come back as she remained there