Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Brooklyn It feels like an eternity before my punishment comes, swiftly and painfully.
A sound cracks through the air and I flinch, realizing- Shit, was that a whip? I gasp and whimper when I hear it again.
Snap, snap.
"I didn't want to do this, Brooklyn," Aden says, his voice low and pleased sounding. "But you made me. If you'd only been obedient, I could have spared you this." There is silence now, and my breath comes quick and ragged, my arms trembling as I wait- SNAP.
I let out a piercing shriek as I feel the leather whip smack against my ass.
I fall forward so that my face presses against my clasped hands. I pant, my eyes flying open in shock- The right cheek of my ass smarts and stings- Holy fuck. Did Aden seriously just- "Get up," he commands.
But I don't.
Instead, I stay precisely where I am, staring at the floor in shock.
"I said "I hear him grind the words out from between his teeth, "-get up, Brooklyn." Trembling, I pull my body back up so that my weight is resting on my forearms and knees.
"Askfor another." His voice is a low growl now, tinged with...arousal? My eyes fly open even wider.
"Do it," he bites out, his voice thick. I hear him panting now, too, and realize...
He's losing control.
Slowly, I begin to smile. And I don't say a word.
"Do it, Brooklyn!" Aden shouts behind me, snapping the whip in the air again.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"No." I say, narrowing my eyes as I stare at the floor, my voice firm.
I hear the whip clatter to the ground, hear the anger in him as he throws himself in front of me, falling to one knee, grabbing my face, and forcingto look at him.
"You will do it," he growls, his face dark with his need. "Ask me. Beg me." When I do nothing, he loses it, his face turning red with fury.
He brings his face close to mine and shouts directly at me.
"DO IT, BROOKLYN." I wait a moment, and then surprise even myself when I open my mouth to laugh.
Just a tiny little thing, but enough to wipe his expression clean.
The blood drains from his face, leaving him pale.
"Do it, Aden," I say, my voice totally even.
I don't beg at all. I demand.
A horrible snarl slides from Aden's lips. His eyes are glowing, his face contorting into something I've never seen before.
Oh my god, he's going to shift. Right here.
And then who knows what he'll do to me.
I blink, shocked, as I sees that Aden's face is no longer inches from my own- I turn, looking towards the door just in tto see Aden move through it, slamming it behind him.
What? I blink again, sitting up on my knees and resting my butt on my heels as I look around at the empty room. What the hell just happened? *** Aden Upstairs, I storm through the kitchen, then out the door into the hallway, where Hudson is waiting, his face angry. "Dad," he says, falling into stride with me. "You've crossed a line here, taking Brooklyn into the basement. She is my- "Go and get her, if she's yours," I snarl, throwing the handcuff keys onto the hallway floor at Hudson's feet and storming beyond him into my office.
Then, before anyone can follow me, I slam the door shut and twist the lock.
Safely inside, I let out a bellow of rage that I've been holding in. My hands in fists at my sides, my face turned up at the ceiling.
I've denied my Alpha blood for so long, but I feel all wolf now.
All desire. All need. All animal.
And it's all because of her.
I turn and hurl myself towards my desk and into my chair. God damn that fucking girl- The images run through my head.
My thumb in her mouth, sliding over her tongue...
The delicious, shocked expression on her face...
The way her eyelids had fallen half shut, as she had letpush it in deeper...
I pound my fist once on the desk, the sound echoing throughout the room as I grit my teeth and close my eyes.
But no matter how hard I try, I can't stop the memories.
The sight of her kneeling foron the ground, panting, waiting...
And the sweet yelp she made, her whole body tensing as I flicked her ass with the whip...
God, I'd been instantly hard when I heard that noise-had felt, finally, like I could control her again.
And the most powerful memory of all, realizing how wet she was.
She wanted it. I could smell it. Sense it in my bones...the scent of her sweet cunt drowning out everything else.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut then.
Fucking then. When she had said no.
I had just lost it. Lost complete control-gone to my knees in front of her...
And she had laughed at me.
At me.
I picture her face in that
moment her beautiful face, with her red curls spilling around her cheeks, as she had smirked atinstead of begging, but demanded that hit her again. en God dammit. I had almost truly lost it then- I almost shifted, right in front of her, bit into her neck and claimed her.
Instead, I'd gotten out of the room.
But now, in the privacy of my office, pissed at myself for losing control, or horrified that was at her hands- that girl...
I let myself think about what I would have done back there what almost did-if I'd stayed just two more seconds in the basement. I'd have grabbed her by that red hair, pulled her to me, crushed her face to my own, panted into her mouth as ripped the shirt from her body, grasped her small, firm my ovel.
palm, pulled her on top of me...
Made her moan, made her beg...
Fuck. I grind my teeth against the desire.
Don't do it, Aden. Don't let her win.
But I can't help it.
Instead, I give in, swiftly unbuckling my belt, the top button of my pants, and thrusting my hand inside.