Fate: California Obscura

After a few moments, I added, “I guess I also wanted to prove I wasn’t evil, despite what my father and our ranch hands had said. They all knew me, Elias. They helped raise me from the time I was a baby, and then they turned on me. I almost expected it from my father, because I knew he hated me. But I didn’t expect it from the rest of them.” I met his gaze and asked, “Now do you see why I’ve always felt I couldn’t rely on anyone but myself?”

“I do, and I’m sorry I was so awful when we met. I didn’t give you a single reason to trust me.”

“It was all just bad timing,” I said. “I wasn’t ready for a mate back then, and you were still in mourning. My only regrets are the decades we lost, and the fact that I channeled my fear and insecurity into anger. That wasn’t fair to you.”

“Your anger was justified.”

“It was an excuse to push you away.” I stretched up and kissed him before saying, “I just realized we’re violating our rule about focusing on the present instead of the past.”

“This was important though, and I’m grateful you confided in me. I know it wasn’t easy to talk about what happened to you.”

“It doesn’t feel right to keep secrets from you, not when you’re a part of me.”

“A part you never asked for.”

“But a part I’m definitely learning to appreciate.”

He grinned and said, “It’s nice to be appreciated.”

I just had to ask. “Would you have chosen me as your mate? You know, if you didn’t have to?”

“Again and again and again.”

“Even though I’m stubborn and disobedient?”

His grin turned devious. “That’s not so bad. It gives me plenty of reasons to spank you.”

I grinned, too. “Do you really need a reason?”

“No, I suppose I don’t.” Elias kissed my forehead and climbed out of bed. “This is going to seem like an abrupt subject change, but I’m going to take a shower. After that, I’d love to get to some of that spanking, followed by a lot of fucking. But first, I want to wash the scent of the compound off of me.”

“Can I join you?”

“I was just about to extend an invitation.”

I followed him into the bathroom, and after we stripped down and stepped under the hot water, we took turns washing each other. It started out all business, because I was determined to scrub him thoroughly after that comment about the compound. Even so, by the time I got to his cock, it was rock hard. I soaped it up before massaging his balls, and a low growl of pure lust rumbled in his throat.

He took the soap from me and went to work. When he turned his attention to my ass and slipped a soapy finger inside me, I moaned and leaned against him. I wanted him to fuck me right then and there, but he had other plans.

Once we were both clean—and totally worked up—we stepped out of the shower and quickly dried off. Then we returned to the bedroom, and Elias steered me to the long, wooden dresser instead of the bed. He picked up the end of the heavy piece of furniture and angled it away from the wall, and when I turned to look at him, he kissed me tenderly. “That’s for coming to rescue me.” Then he frowned and said, “This next part is for endangering yourself in the process. Bend over the dresser.”

“I’ll always rescue you, no matter how many times you tell me not to.” I flashed him a big smile and added, “Also, you know spanking me is a reward and not a punishment, right?”

“Let’s just call it symbolically punishing you, even if you get off on it.”

“Works for me.”

The dresser was a little tall for me, so I had to stand on my toes in order to bend over it. I held on to the edges and rested my cheek against the cool, smooth surface, and Elias massaged my ass before bringing his hand down on it. My cock twitched in response.

He took his time, spanking me until my butt was warm and red. I drifted along on all that sensation, savoring the caresses to my sore ass between the spanks. Now and then, he reached around and stroked my cock, always leaving me wanting more. I loved every minute of it.

When he decided I’d had enough, he stepped back and told me, “Climb up on the dresser. I want you on your back with your legs spread.”

I complied immediately, hooking my hands behind the backs of my knees once I got into position. He grabbed my hips and slid me to the edge of the dresser, so my ass hung over by a few inches. Then he surprised me by dropping to his knees and running his tongue along my crack.