“Just letting him know who you belong to.”
“He already knows.”
Nikolay grinned, his eyes moving to my lips. “You taste like Scotch, princess.”
“Sorry, Gabriel gave me some.”
“Blyat,” he spat out. I didn’t know what blyat meant, but I had a feeling it wasn’t anything good.
“Let’s go to bed. And tomorrow, I’m fucking spanking you,” Nikolay said.
“What? Why?”
“For sneaking out of bed.”
I scoffed. “I didn’t sneak out. I just went down to the kitchen.”
“Right. Still getting a spanking.”
I crossed my arms. “You can’t spank me for stupid stuff.”
Nikolay’s smile widened, and I shook my head.
“You can’t spank me at all,” I corrected.
He laughed. “Sure, I can. And you’re going to be a good little girl and say thank you at the end, won’t you, princess?”
I rolled my eyes and didn’t bother answering. Nikolay shut the bedroom door with his foot and placed me on the bed before he climbed in, pulling me close.
His arms reached over and grabbed my ass cheek, massaging the supple flesh roughly. I held still and watched him, feeling a wave of heat and arousal move through me sharply.
He shot me a knowing look before he pulled away and positioned me back in bed with him close to my side.
“Sleep, princess,” he said, and if I didn’t know any better, I might have said he sounded almost … soft. “I won’t let anything happen to you.”
I turned and buried my face in his chest. His arms wrapped around me as I thought back to what Gabriel said.
Was I really important to them?
* * *
By the timeI woke up in the morning, Nikolay was nowhere to be found.
So much for spanking me.
And it was not disappointment I felt deep in my heart.
I grimaced at my thoughts and feelings and got out of bed.
Slowly, I got ready for the day, Gabriel’s words from the night before coming back to me.
I was important to them, wasn’t I?
I squirted some toothpaste on my toothbrush, slowly brushed my teeth, and looked at myself in the mirror.
The dynamic of our relationship had changed since they’d first abducted me, and though I felt calm and safe with them, could I really go as far as to say I was important to them?
That wasn’t something I had ever thought about.