Hope Restrained (Estate Series) by M.S. Willis Read Free Book Online Page B

situation?”
    Her eyes blinked slowly, the deep mahogany of her lashes
contrasting sharply with the gold tint of her eyes — but she didn’t
respond.
    “Interesting.” Xander realized they both were playing games.
Obviously rape wasn’t a threat, but pain — nobody was willing to endure
that for very long.
    With her foot still trapped beneath his and her other leg
held against her body, he reached down to grab the lower shackles. Securing one
around the ankle of her raised leg, he pulled the chain, tightening it so that,
he could secure the other. Once accomplished, he stepped back to look at her
body, now completely immobilized by the chains.
    “Have you figured out what this room is yet? Really, it’s
absolute genius on the part of the person who designed it.”
    He watched as her eyesight traveled over the walls — her
eyes narrowing to find the system of pulleys and bars.
    “You do realize, I can have you in every position I want
without having to release your binds, and there’s not a damn thing you can do
about it. I have no need to risk setting you free.” Walking back to the table
he grabbed a pair of sharp medical scissors from the kit Maddy had left behind.
He stalked back to her, raising up the scissors and receiving no reaction from
her at all. He touched the cold, sharp tip to her skin, dragging it across her,
splitting the skin, a faint pink line welting up and drops of blood welled from
where he’d allow the metal to travel. He expected her to scream, to grimace, or
to reveal some fucking sign that he’d found her weakness. What he didn’t expect
was for her eyes to roll back and for her body to shudder under his touch.
    The gold of her eyes shone out at him when she finally lifted
her lids. “Pain won’t work for you either, I’m afraid. What else you got?” He
watched as those words rolled out from between her full lips; her tongue flicking
out to run the crease of her mouth, her pupils dilating in response to the
pain.
    “Fuck. You are exquisite.” He couldn’t help his growled
outburst. Her reaction was, quite possibly, the most erotic thing he’d
witnessed.
    He stepped back, completely knocked off balance by the seeping
desire within his mind and body. She was his enemy, a woman who’d attempted to
kill the only people he cared about — but, she was unlike any woman he’d
ever come across. His curiosity was peaked and his pants tightened despite his
hatred towards her.
    Suddenly torn between needing information and wanting to
sink his cock deep inside her, he stood motionless except for the movement of
his eyes across her body. “I’m not sure whether I should fuck you or kill you. Either
way, I believe you would enjoy it.”
    “The second part, maybe.” Her eyes narrowed, her voice was
breathless. “But I don’t enjoy being fucked by a man so pathetic he needs a
woman to be tied up to do so.”
    He smiled, a dimple popping out on his chin from the motion.
“Oh, I do appreciate my women bound, but that’s only if they request it.”
    She rolled her eyes again and allowed her head to fall back
against the wall behind her. Her chest pushed out from the position and his
eyes caressed the places where he wanted his hands to travel. Shaking himself
of his lust, he asked, “I know who you are now, but what I can’t understand is
why, after so many years of avoiding The Estate, why, now, do you not only
attack, but come onto the compound to do so. The only reason I can imagine is
that you were hired. Tell me who sent you, and I’ll end this quickly.”
    “Beg. Maybe if I see you on your knees, I’ll feel a little
more giving.” Her words were becoming more strained and he noticed the erratic
movement of her chest with her labored breath. He surmised that it was the
position in which she was held. He knew that given enough time with their arms
held above their head, a person would begin to struggle to inflate their lungs
and drag in the air that they needed.
    He walked over