Page 14 of Speechless
Fingers touched my shoulder, and I jumped. Amber laughed softly as she turned me toward her. “You’re sure you’re okay?”
“Yes.” I swallowed. “A little shocked that I’m going to do it, and a little nervous, but yes.”
She smiled. “Just pretend I’m not here if that’s something that helps. I’ll be over here.” Then, lower. “You’re safe with both them and me.”
“Okay.” It wasn’t much more than a squeak.
The sight when I turned around made my stomach drop through the floor and my whole body tingle. Four Alphas waiting for me. Tospankme. Holy shit.
Logan reached out his hand and took both of mine in his when I approached. Then, slowly, he released me and took my face in his hands. My stomach fluttered when he kissed my forehead above my mask. “What are your safe words?”
“Yellow to pause or check in, red to stop. Green if everything’s all fine.”
I felt him smile against my skin. “What color are you now?”
“Green,” I whispered. “I mean, it’s on the yellow side of green, but green.”
Logan chuckled, a low purr rumbling between us. “If it turns into a greenish yellow, let us know.”
He guided me to the metal crate. It wasn’t as big as I’d originally thought, but it was still the perfect size for this.
Hands on my waist, he pressed me gently into the edge. “Brooks and Theo will hold your legs, and Bastian your hands.”
Swift,hotarousal washed through me. I knew this was a punishment—at least the first part—and I wasn’t necessarily supposed to enjoy it. But my mind wouldn’t let me forget that being at someone’s mercy had always been the center of my fantasies. No matter how little sense it made or how embarrassed it made me. It had never gone away.
Now, it was happening, and I wasn’t sure how to deal.
But what I did know was thatIhad to be the one to take the step and lay myself over this crate.Ihad to be the one to say yes.
I leaned my body over the metal surface and held out my arms. Bastian took my wrists in his hands, crouching so he could pull them straight down on the crate’s opposite side. He was so close I could smell the leather, clove, and peppercorn drifting off his skin.
His eyes crinkled as he smiled behind the skull bandana. Being able to tell he was smiling like that because of me sent electric tingles rippling over my skin.
Bastian squeezed gently, fingers pressing the links of my hand chains into my skin. The grip told me I wasn’t going anywhere, and yet I knew he would let go if I needed him to.
A firm hand closed around my ankle, guiding my leg to the edge of the metal. Then the other one.
Fuck.
We hadn’t even started, and I knew why they’d recommended beingrestrained. My mind was already in a different place, and Ilovedthat I didn’t have to think about what came next.
Fingers brushed the backs of my thighs, and everything tightened. “What’s your color, Trinity?”
“G—” My throat slammed closed like it did when I was nervous. Like it did when I remembered. “Green.”
I could hear Logan’s smile. “Good. Brooks is going to count so you don’t have to worry about it.” His hands continued to stroke upward. Dragging beneath the flouncy ruffles of my skirt to my ass. I’d worn a thong thinking I’d be a little cheeky while not being daring enough to go commando. It meant he could easily reach what he needed, but also that there was zero chance of hiding just how much this turned me on.
Did I really want to hide that?
The slow, even motions of his hands warmed my skin and relaxed everything else. Somehow it didn’t feel strange that I was being held in place. Instead, I felt… calm? Safe? I wasn’t really sure what to make of the feelings coursing through me, spreading from Logan’s fingertips and the rest of their hands.
Fiery stinging raced through me before the sound of the slap reached my ears. I gasped, body jerking against their hold. They didn’t move an inch.
It was more shock than pain. Heat gathered beneath where he’d spanked me. It might hurt later, but it didn’t now.
“That’s one.”
A wave of perfume rolled outward, and I bit my lip, hoping they didn’t notice. The way Bastian tilted his head told me they absolutely did. Fuck.
