Especially over me.
“Isa,” Rune warned, his hand finding my hip and gripping while his other bunched into my hair at the back of my head.
I averted my gaze from his.
That was right... the link. He could hear my thoughts.
Before I could cut it off so he wouldn’t know what I was thinking, he somehow forced it to stay open.
My eyes snapped back to his, my lips parting. His eyes hardened as his irritation filled me until it felt like it was mine. Our hearts thundered in unison. For a second, it was all I heard.
I knew he was frustrated, that much was aduh. But to my surprise, he was frustrated with himself for how my thoughts spiral all the time. It made my stomach twist and my heart stutter over a beat because I had thought he was mad at me. It was a strange way for me to feel relief, but my body was reacting in ways that were off.
Rune pulled me in closer to him with his hand on the back of my head. His fingers bunched in the strands at my scalp, fisting them.
“A lot has been happening,elskan mín, and you’ve been handling it the best you can. But for me to hear that you think you’re guilty for the harm brought to others because of you and to see it twist your beautiful face... I am beyond frustrated. I amenraged.”
He dragged his hand from my hip to my lower back as he leaned into me, so we shared the same breath. It made my heart pound harder for all the different reasons as he looked at me with his darkening eyes, anger painted on his face. I held onto his shoulders, shuddering from his familiar warmth seeping into my palms. It chased away a numbing cold that was distant but creeping closer.
“You did nothing wrong. It’s not yours to take on when others are harmed. I understand what you’re feeling,elskan mín. Everyone started there. I started there when I was a boy. I love you, and I want to help distract you.” His eyes narrowed more, and the promise in his voice made my breath hitch, and oddly I got wet. Why? “So the next time you feel guilt for someone getting hurt because of you or bleeding from stubbing their fucking toe on a piece of furniture to avoid bumping into you, I’ll bend you over my knee and spank your ass. You understand me?”
Oh god. Now I knew why I got wet and my pussy throbbed.
Rune was being domineering while caring about me, and, for whatever reason, I was into it.
My stomach did a funny flip from the image he painted with his threat.
But no one stubbed their toe—
Rune’s eyes narrowed. His fist in my hair pulled my head back as he closed the small space between us so our lips brushed together. It wasn’t a kiss but god, I wanted him to now. His blue eyes darkened as he glowered at me, making my heart race and my clit throb faster.
“No, but you’d feel guilty if it happened and apologize profusely for making them bleed. Now answer me. Do you understand?”
My cheeks heated, and my stomach flipped again. The warmth of my blush sent tingles up my neck to my ears. Remembering we weren’t alone, tears brimmed in my eyes. I didn’t know why tears, but it happened. I shoved weakly at his shoulder, and he didn’t budge.
“You can’t do that,” I whispered, trying to keep quiet so the others couldn’t hear. I was sure they’d been listening to the whole conversation because I didn’t hear them leave the room while Rune and I talked.
Rune kept his eyes on me as he snarled, “Leave.”
My stomach dropped, and my heart pounded until I was sure it was about to break free and land on our laps. A slip of fear clouded my mind, wondering what I did for him to say that. It lasted a second before I heard footsteps retreating with huffs from the others who had been listening.
When we were alone, Rune’s lips tipped up in a smile more wolfish than his usual sweet one. His eyes were still dark, holding the promise of all the wicked things he’d do. I could see it in his mind, with me over his lap, his palm striking my bare ass and listening to my screams that ended with moans.
I shuddered, shifting on him to stop the throbbing that was like a heartbeat. The last time I was straddled on his lap and turned on, he knew. He felt the throbbing, and I was sure he felt it now.
He was dedicated to distracting me, continuing his warning. “I can and I will. You like the sweet, but you’re a naughty girl. I know you get off on the rough and dirty. So taking you over my knee wouldn’t be as bad as you think. No. Isa, you’d love every spank I give and beg for more.
“But you need to learn to stop your awful thoughts about yourself and how you’re not worth anything. And if that means I have to redden your ass every time you feel guilty or think you’re not worth dying over until you learn, then I’ll do it.
“Now, say you understand so we can move on to the next topic at hand because I’m three seconds away from sayingfuck itand ripping your shorts off to shove my cock in your little pussy right here.”
My lips parted as my breath caught in my throat. My face was scalding hot, and I had to bite my lip to hold back the moan that almost slipped from me when I caught my breath. My nails dug into his shoulder as my pussy clenched around nothing, needing him to stretch me. Already my head spun, and I could feel the build of an orgasm as I rocked against him once, twice.
Rune smirked, adjusting me more on his thigh, right over his dick. He moved me against him with his hands on my waist. He ground me against his erection so he was rubbing right on my throbbing clit.
Biting my lip harder until I tasted blood, I whimpered.
“Fine,”I said through the link, not able to trust myself to talk because I was sure I’d scream instead.
