Lily shook her head. “Uh, uh. I want you to stand up.”
Shade didn’t try to hide his surprise. He scooted out of the bed, standing next to it. She went around the room, turning the overhead light off, leaving the bedside lamps on. Then she went to his cabinet, opening the side that was his. Turning, she walked to stand directly in front of him where she took off her robe and tossed it onto the chair by their bed.
Looking at Shade’s astonished expression as she stood completely naked, she knelt in front of him, placing her hands on her lap, palms up. She lowered her head to her chest, giving him the complete submission Shade would never demand or ask from her.
He stood there in silence for several seconds.
“You did very well, Lily. Thank you.” She heard him clear his throat. “The other night I told you that you were not allowed to kiss other men to show your gratitude, yet you did so today, didn’t you?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“I also said one man in particular you were not allowed to touch. Who was it?”
“Pastor Dean, Sir.”
“Have you got anything to say for yourself?
“I’m very sorry, Sir. I won’t do it again.”
“Thank you for your apology, but that won’t get you out of your punishment.”
“I didn’t think it would, Sir. I deserve your punishment for disobeying you.”
As Shade went to his cabinet, she wanted to watch what he was doing, yet she kept her eyes forward.
“Lay down on the bed.”
Lily immediately went to the bed and lay down. She heard a package open and close then Shade was on the bed, bending between her thighs. She felt something cold and slick then Shade was sliding something inside of her.
“Sir?”
“I didn’t give you permission to talk.”
“I’m sorry, Sir.”
She felt another cold object inserted inside of her and then Shade climbed off the bed, going to the bathroom. Lily heard the running water.
“You did very well, Lily. Since this is the first time I used them on you, I will tell you that I inserted two metal balls inside of you. They will add to our enjoyment tonight. Now, I want you to get up and get dressed.”
Lily almost broke and spoke; instead, she dressed in the clothes that Shade handed her: a new pair of tight, black jeans and a sweatshirt then a thick jacket and boots. Lily dressed without talking. Shade also dressed and then waited for her by the bedroom door.
They left their house, walking behind it, down the pathway. When Shade got on the bike, she expected him to hand her a helmet, but he didn’t. She couldn’t hide her grin, getting on behind him.
The metal balls had generated a thrill of excitement as she had walked. She could already feel herself getting wet and warm. She thought sitting down would decrease the effect; she was wrong, especially when the throbbing, roaring motorcycle went wide open on a dark mountain road. She couldn’t prevent her moans after five minutes. She didn’t have an orgasm; no, it was a tease. The balls and the throbbing motorcycle drove her from one peak after another without letting her come. Her hands held onto the front of his jeans for dear life while all she wanted was to rip those jeans open and beg him to take her.
It was one of the warmer days of winter. It was cold but not unbearable. As Shade slowed his bike, turning into a clearing, Lily recognized they were in a private cove off the lake where she had first seen Shade and the other Last Riders. Shade cut the bike off not far from the water. They sat there in the quiet for a few minutes, but Lily couldn’t sit without moving around on the seat.
“I remember the day I saw you here in the lake. I’ve thought of how beautiful you were and how frightened you looked. I wanted to protect and fuck you at the same time. I thought the years I had to wait for you were a nightmare, but all those days and years combined didn’t equal the torture of not knowing where you were today and that I couldn’t protect you.”
Lily didn’t care if she got in trouble; she got off the bike, coming around to face him. She touched his face, rubbing her thumb over his smooth cheek. “Shade, I’m not going to say I’m not afraid of dying because I am. Everyone is. But today, what I was most afraid of wasn’t dying; it was the fear of being separated from you. I prayed that, if I died, I would forget you because I knew, if I remembered you, I would be in Hell.”
Shade jerked her to him, thrusting his tongue inside her mouth, exploring every part as if he was memorizing the feel and taste of her. When Lily’s mouth broke away from his passionate kiss, gasping for breath—her hands full of his t-shirt—Shade was gasping as much as she was.