Fuck. This felt so good.
He bathed my clit with his tongue, using it to circle around my needy bud over and over until I was frantic with want. My passion simmered hotly just beneath my skin and his fingers ventured back to cup the achy soreness of my freshly spanked backside. His digits dug into my bottom cheeks, igniting fresh sparks of pain and pleasure at the same time.
I was quickly losing my mind. I wanted to come so badly.
I moaned low, ravenous with pleasure.
He pulled away, leaving me bereft of his touch for a long moment as he stared back at me. I panted with need, feeling the heated flush of unreleased pleasure throbbing through my body, and I moaned miserably as I struggled to cope with the confusing feelings racing through my mind.
Was this a punishment too? Was he never going to let me orgasm under his touch?
“No, little hunter. You’re not ready just yet,” he murmured heatedly, his blood-red gaze lustfully taking in the state of my tormented body.
He lifted his hand, turned his palm, and curled his fingers inward. At once, he pushed them out and the vines gently released me onto the ground. I stood there, my legs weak and feeling like jelly.
My eyes dropped, noticing the hard shaft of his cock in his pants.
“If you want it, you’re going to have to beg me for it,” he answered darkly, and I shivered in response. My pussy ached for it, but he was right. I wasn’t going to beg him for it right now. I wasn’t even remotely ready to say the words he wanted to hear.
Cain turned away and I watched him as he walked out of sight, leaving me in my misery as I struggled to completely contain the rampaging desire that wanted to be set free. My fingers delved between my thighs, just touching my moist flesh. Once I realized what I was doing, I quickly removed my hand and turned away, blushing furiously at my actions.
It took several minutes for me to calm myself. My pounding heart slowly quieted and the heated blood racing through my veins began to pump more normally. With a few deep breaths, I experienced a moment of clarity. There was no way I was going to plead for him to take me. I had an amulet to find and then I had to destroy him with it, no matter what it took. After that, I would escape back to my home.
“Run. Escape. Move,” I told myself, my voice low but resilient.
Slowly, I forced one foot in front of the other, and soon I was running once more. Wild unruly bushes and weeds scraped against my skin, leaving tiny welts that reminded me that I was still alive, that I still had more fight left in me. The wooded forest gave way to tall pine trees and then the land opened up into what appeared to be a large grassy plain. With a worried glance, I looked all around me, but still I continued on.
When I made it about halfway through the clearing, the ground beneath me started to feel damp. The further I ventured, the wetter it became until the very dirt beneath my feet began to splash with water. Still, I pushed on, using all my strength to move through the mud and make it to the other side of the grassy clearing.
Each time I pulled my feet free from the mud, a popping sound echoed around me. Then I would step forward and the mud would suck down my foot once again. It was a constant struggle and it took more strength than I had initially thought it would. Eventually, I stopped to take a rest, catching my breath and conserving my strength for the rest of the journey. I would make it. I would find the amulet and win his game.
When I went to move again, I found that I couldn’t force my limbs free. I fell forward and the mud trapped my hands, sucking them downward even when I tried to pull them out of it. I was fully naked, on my hands and knees and covered in dirt, with the land claiming me for its own. I stilled, trying to come up with my next move. I tried to crawl forward, but the sucking sensation of the mud grew stronger and soon I couldn’t even shift a single inch.
Dammit. Now what?
Behind me, I heard Cain chuckle.
Fuck.
He strode over to my side, his boots never sinking more than an inch into the mud. It was after that I felt the oddly tingling sensation of his magic through all the dirt and filth. He’d trapped me here just like he had with the vines.
This was just another one of his games. I just needed to survive it and I kept telling myself that despite my building anxiety. Simply by being in his presence, the overwhelming arousal he’d built within my body returned with vigor and I panted as I drew in a heated breath.
His fingers drifted across the bare skin of my ass and I trembled.
I knew that he could see every inch of my body. I knew that he’d be able to see the wetness between my thighs. I wallowed in shame. I quivered with it.
“I think it’s time we moved on to the next stage of your punishment, don’t you agree?” he asked, and both my anxiety and my unwanted desire rose twofold. I turned my head and stared back at him. With a twirl of his wrist, a long, dark brown leather strap appeared in his hand. It was thick and well-worn, and I shuddered nervously at the promise of such a cruel-looking implement.
But even in my moment of fear, my core pulsed with desire. My heart pounded and my inner walls quivered with nervous excitement. It was as though my body recognized that though he promised pain, undoubtedly pleasure would ultimately follow. It almost felt as though I wanted it.
“Even from here, I can see how your tight little hole clenches in excitement. I think you like it when I punish you, naughty little hunter,” he mused, and I shivered. My ass was already sore from the earlier bite of his palm. Anxiously, I wondered how much worse this was about to be.
He swung his arm back and I watched the trajectory of the leather as it softly tapped against my backside. He did this a few times and I gradually relaxed. I felt my entire body flush at its warm touch, and I let out a shaky breath before I heard the telltale swish of the leather cut through the air far louder than before.
Holy fucking shit.
The first time the strap landed, I cried out, unprepared for the savage line of fire that burned across my cheeks. The inferno spread across my backside, delving deep and curling around the rising ball of pleasure that was churning in the pit of my belly. I moaned low in my throat and another brutal lash cut across my naked cheeks.