How West Was Won (Haven, Texas 7)

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Excerpt from Daddy Bear

“Open up, Ellie. You need to swallow these.”

“Don’t wanna,” she said sulkily.

He raised an eyebrow. This was the first hint of defiance he’d had from her and it surprised him. There was also a childish note to her voice that stirred things inside him. She wrinkled her nose. “Yucky.”

He sighed. Didn’t matter if she thought them yucky or not, she would be taking these. Because the alternative was her being in pain and that wasn’t happening.

“Ellie, you open your mouth and swallow these like a good girl.”

“Or what?” She opened her eyes to look up at him. “Aren’t you suppose to add a threat to that statement?”

He shook his head. “I should. But you’re certainly not well enough for a spanking.”

She dropped her lip. “You’d spank me. That’s mean.” Okay, so that pout was adorable. But not so cute as to sway him.

“It’s not mean. It’s punishment for when you’re naughty. If you don’t want a spanking then don’t be naughty.”

She yawned. “I don’t know if I want a spanking. It would probably hurt.”

He raised an eyebrow. “That’s kind of the point.”

“You’d really hit me?”

“I would never hit you,” he said fervently. “And I wouldn’t spank you unless we had the sort of relationship where I was in charge. Where I would hold you accountable to my rules. And if you broke those rules or did something that put yourself in danger then I would spank your little butt. But we don’t have that relationship. I don’t have your agreement to be my submissive.” He really shouldn’t be having this conversation with her and certainly not in the dazed state she was in.