Ryan takes the wineglass from my fingers, setting it down on the table. There’s that look in his eye. “Time to retire, I think.”

I take a shot at demure… “I think so, yes.” … But as his nostrils flare, realise I have failed miserably.

He presses against my thigh, oh, so lightly… And my already warm pussy purrs. Several hours of waiting and the promise of the kind of incandescent sex Ryan offers, have me teetering on the brink.

Which was of course entirely his intention with the day’s earlier performance.

“We’re going to bed,” announces Ryan. “It’s been a long day for us.”

Voices call around us. Heads nod.

“Of course. Goodnight.”

“See you in the morning.”

“Sleep well.”

I don’t believe I’ll be sleeping for a while yet.

As we exit, Michael, eyes creasing, waves towards the tray of drinks on the sideboard. “Take a bottle up with you and a couple of glasses.”

Ryan chooses a bottle of Rioja. “Very civilised of him,” he murmurs as we make our way up the stairs.

In the bedroom, he closes the door, pushing until the lock clicks. He runs eyes over me. “You may undress, Kirstie.”

Heat rises in my cheeks. Even as I tug the thick sweater off over my head and my skin gooses, my neck and face are warm.

Ryan makes no attempt to remove his own clothes. Instead, he adds a couple of logs to the fire, using bellows and a poker to rouse the flames, then he turns off the ceiling light, leaving us bathed in the firelight.

He pours wine red as a holly berry into the two glasses then, resting a hip on the end of the bed, sips from one of the glasses, watching as I undress. Fire flickers and dances over the slight wave of his hair, raising highlights in amber and gold. His face is calm, almost tranquil, but his chocolate eyes too, reflect the flames which glimmer against the dark centres.

My beautiful Lover. My Dom.

My Master.

What do I feel for him?

Arousal?

Desire?

Lust?

Love?

I shimmy out of my jeans, then kick off thick furry socks. My bra, black satin and lace, I chose because I know Ryan likes the style, which enhances my not-overgenerous breasts.

the thighs to make the best of my long legs, and now damp and fragrant with my own arousal, I chose because I know he likes them. Ryan watches in silence as I hook fingers into the side laces, sliding them down over thighs and calves to leave myself naked save the velvet choker at my neck; his gift to

of the bed. He sips his wine again, then offers it to me. Smooth and dark and heady, it caresses my tongue and throat as I swallow, then pools

takes the goblet back from me, then looking up, trails it, cool and smooth, over the line of my chin

dip of my collar bone, he runs the glass over my chest, then replacing it with a fingernail, descends through the valley of

my breasts to a nipple, stiffening now in a combination of cool air and

mouth, then setting the glass down, leans in, wrapping his lips around the nipple. My breath jolts at the hot-flesh-chill-wine on my skin. As he cups the breast with

with his teeth, plucking and tugging, drawing out my flesh. His free hand glides south, fingertips sliding through the dark hair at the vee

“Already wet for me, Kirstie. But then, I think you have been wet for much of the day. That’s very good. I like that.

Oh, God…

Please let me come.

he releases my breast, but the fingers of his other hand still curl into my loins. He touches the pearl which dangles from the choker. “This… says that I get to decide when and

threaten to buckle, and a hot trickle

he murmurs. “Close your eyes. Spread your arms.

out to grip

on my skin, my naked spine. His clothes brush against me, the woollen fibres of his sweater tickling, the

it and exposing my neck. Then with a twist, he pins it up. Laying hands on my shoulders, his breath washes over me, laving me in his heat. I quiver at the softness of his lips brushing over me, then the wet heat, and the soft gnawing of his teeth

the kiss, but his grip on

me, the bite on my neck sharp enough for pain, and I jolt. “I can smell your arousal. I know you are growing

down from the nape of my neck to the top of my spine; the soft

ribs. His palms caress me, but his thumbs dig in, the nails short and blunt, pressing at my skin, sending

“Ryan… Please…”

well.” Without warning, he pushes me, flat-handed, between the shoulders, pressing me forward and down. Losing my grip on the bedposts,

me at the hips, pulling my ass up. In the same movement, boots shove between my ankles, forcing my feet apart. At the

knew you

I was ready for him hours ago and now, as he fills my body with his,

… My Master…

… fucks me hard.

hand knots into my hair, pulling back my head, straining me against the

wells and flows, making a scalding fluid trail down my thighs. And now, the throbbing

may Come for

into orgasm, screaming out my rhapsody as repeatedly and again, Ryan sheathes himself

pulse and jerk and quiver my way through climax, only just aware that Ryan has dropped

each

with his teeth. “I call that a good start to

*****

Christmas Eve

with firewood. Stacking it by the hearth, he swipes off flakes of snow, which promptly thaw

me, Ryan inhales. “Are we snowed

at the heap of dogs lolling in front of the flames. “Budge up you lot.” Grumbling, they shift to make room for him. Scruffy yaps protest. Michael grins, bending down to rub his face then, blowing into his palms, holds them over the

each other at the table, happily making Christmas tree ornaments. Mitch flips through a glossy magazine, admires the photo of a red dress, then rips out the page, folding the

or discuss where he might have been, so I hold my tongue. He sits at the back of the room, a whiskey glass in

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