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She was had not been in control of the situation —s he had been stuck over Mason’s knees until he decided to let her up. She had never let anyone treat her in such a manner and it had been oddly satisfying. Satisfying? Dani fretted and flopped down on the window seat.
    The door opened and slammed , causing Dani to jump. “Do you have any idea what I went through to find you last night? What the rest of the pack went through? Do you?” Mason’s power filled the room and Dani immediately regretting speaking to Phil in such a fashion.
    Dani shook her head. “No one has ever looked out for me before.”
    Mason ran his hand through his hair. “Get over here ,” he ordered, then sat down on the bed.
    “I don’t want to come over there.” Dani glanced out the window. It was just getting dark outside. Where would she be right now if he and his pack had not found her?
    “You have already tried my patience today. Come here, Dani , now.” Mason’s power began to prickle along her spine.
    Dani stood stiffly and walked towards the bed. “I did n' t do anything wrong.”
    “You disrespected my secon d- in - command , after h e went and sat with Alisha for hours while she was freaking out . ”
    Dani stood there watching him. She did like his attention. Phil had been right about that but she dreaded the idea of him spanking her. She did not like submitting to him. “I don’t want you to spank me again.”
    “Then you should have thought about that before growling at a man who put your needs ahead of his own.” Mason held his hand out to her.
    “I didn’t ask you to come and rescue me!” Dani yelled at him. “I didn’t ask you to come to my store! I’ve been on my own for years!”
    “If your best friend had n' t called me you would be dead in the woods with a bunch of hunters jacking off on your corpse.” Mason’s words painted a grisly picture of what could have happened.
    Dani took his hand and he pulled her over his lap. “I am afraid , ” Dani said softly as she felt him pull down her leggings. “I am afraid of my feelings.”
    “You can tell me all about your feelings after I teach you what I will do every time you disrespect me or my second.” Mason gave her bare bottom a hard spank, then another, and quickly increased the tempo . “You will be a part of th is pack even if you wind up over my knee with your bare bottom bright red every day.”
    Dani yelped and squirmed as the sting of the spanking continued to build. “Is this what you do to all the females in your pack?”
    “I would not give any other female this much of my time.”
    “What?” she asked, breathing heavily.
    Mason kept right on spanking. “For starters, all the female s in my pack already respect me. If one does get out of line , then it is up to her mate to take care of that. If she has no mate then I have a loyal second-in-command who is more than happy to do some attitude adjusting ,” he told her, and punctuated his words with several particularly hard smacks to her sit-spot.
    Mason continued to rain his hand down upon her bare cheeks. The clink of Mason's belt buckle being undone came next, followed by the leather kissing the top of her thighs r ight where they met her bottom. For several minutes only the sound of Mason’s belt striking her flesh was heard. Dani tried to wiggle forward , but his other hand moved across her lower back and held her in place.
    Mason continued for another minute or so , then finally stopped spanking and asked, “Are you ready to have a real conversation now?”
    Dani said nothing as she lay limply against his legs and nodded. She felt him fix her pants and she was now lying on the bed. He had sat on the edge and was fixing his belt. “What does it really mean if you claim me?” Dani asked softly. She was sniff ling and trying to stay still; h er butt was burning. “I need to know before I submit to something like that , ” s he whispered.
    Mason lay back on the bed and propped himself