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This is a crossover smutty story featuring the character of
Tess/Salida ie Tess' Voice in Neon Dasies' OUATIM fics on ff.net, More Than
Eyes Alone Can See, and More Than Life,
and Sands/Jeffrey from Merrie's OUATIM fic on ff.net, Darkness Rising. This story
will make some sense, probably, if you read it without having read either of
our stories, but it'll make a hell of a lot more if you just read them. They're
all worth reading, we promise. Anyway, on with the show.

Rated for what has happened, and what might happen.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> We’re really not quite sure ourselves.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> On with the story.

 

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“Why are we doing this again?” Sands asked with a sigh,
walking the streets of Honolulu led
by his definitely more awake wife. “Oh
yeah, we need clothes. Sure we can’t
just go naked? I’d be up for that.”

too much as it is. I’m still sore from
last night,” she said dryly, looking through different store windows.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
“We need clothes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And I’d like a toothbrush.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Make-up.
Clean underwear. A swimsuit.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Naughty lingerie.”

“You’ll heal,”
Sands muttered absently. “What kind of
naughty lingerie?”

“The kind that can
only be bought once we’ve got everything else we need.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Otherwise you’ll just rush me back to the
hotel. Besides, I thought you had things
of your own to buy.”

“I could use a
clean shirt. And, yeah fun with bondage.
. . . Alright, fine. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> What do you want to get first? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Believe me when I say I want to get this over
with and get back to the hotel as soon as possible.”

Aida first led him
into a small drugstore, where she got toothbrushes and deodorant for them both,
and toothpaste and sunscreen to share.
Next door was a clothing shop for men a women and she led him into that
one next. When it came to getting
clothes, she was quick and he was quicker, but she stalled on what kind of
swimsuit to get. She had every intention
of making it down to the beach in the sun for at least a little while.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It’d be a crime to come home from Hawaii
and not even have the smallest tan to show for it.

Looking at the
racks and racks of choices, she asked the hovering presence over her shoulder, “Which
one should I get, my love?”

“The skimpiest,” he
said without hesitation.

“You want me on the
beach, around scores of other sun tanned and bleach blond-ed men, wearing
nothing but this?” she asked, picking up a string bikini.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “We’ll ignore for the moment that there’s no
way in hell you’d get me to wear it.”

“You’re no fun. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’d
enjoy it,” he muttered. style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>And I’d kill any man who even considered
hitting on you. Hmm, maybe not such a
good idea in front of her. “Fine. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> How about that one?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He pointed to a slim dark green one-piece swim
suit. It was neither too modest or going
to get scores of men killed for gawking at her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He saw a few others that he kind of liked, but
that one jumped out at him first.

“Green?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I like green.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She picked the hanger up of the rack and
examined the suit. It was modestly cut
at the legs and had a halter instead of straps.
The only thing that wasn’t so modestly cut or covered was the back; she
thought it might scoop down to nearly to the curve of her butt.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She hoped not.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was a little revealing even for
her. “Okay.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Lemme try it on.”

Before he could
protest, she’d disappeared, only to reappear minutes later, suit in hand.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Yeah, this one is nice.”

“After all that you’re
not even going to let me see you in it? Wait,
no, it doesn’t matter. If that’s the one
you want then, fine. Let’s get out of
here. We’ve got lots more shopping to
do.”

“You’re going to
see me in it later, silly,” she teased as he paid for their purchases.

“Me and the sun don’t
get along all that well, but I’ll join you outside for a little while at least.
Someone’s got to keep the scores of sun
tanned and bleach blonde men at bay, right?” he asked dryly, handing the bag
with the swimsuit to her while he juggled the clothing bags he was carrying.

“I wasn’t planning
to stay fore ore than a half an hour,” she replied, looking down at her pale
arms. “Do you realize how easily
redheads burn?” She shuddered.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Not the way I want to spend the rest of my
honeymoon. Besides, I’m going to need
you with me too slather on the sunscreen, not just to keep away annoying
boys. I’ve already kissed the only frog
I want.” Her voice took on a teasing
lilt.

“Very funny,
spitfire,” he drawled, holding the door open for her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Fine, I’ll slather. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Wouldn’t want you to turn into a tomato. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> As funny as that might look,” he said with a
smirk. “Sure, it’d hurt and I’d feel
sorry for you, but you’d also lounnyunny as hell.”

Aida rolled her
eyes. “Not to mention you wouldn’t be
able to touch me for the rest of the week.”

“Not as funny,” he
muttered. “Where to next?”

“Well . . . you
need to buy your stuff, and I need to buy mine.
How about I meet you back here in an hour?”

Sands took a quick
look around at his surroundings before nodding to her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Sounds like a plan. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Get something naughty, I know I will,” he said
with a wicked smirk.

“I’m counting on
it.” She dropped a quick kiss on his cheek,
and walked off.

 

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Sands came back to the place they were supposed to meet a
little ahead of schedule. He had found
what he wanted fairly easily. He carried
his purchases in a discreet black bag that seemed to match the one Aida had in
her hands as he approached her. “You’re
here early. with a smirk.

“You’ll see tonight
and not a minute earlier,” she said, standing up for a kiss.

“What do you mean
tonight? What time?” he asked a minute
later after they had broken apart from a passionate kiss.

“The moment the sun
starts setting, I’m at your command,” she breathed, her eyes twinkling.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “And you might have to command several times
to get me to do what you want me to.”

“Is that a fact?”
he asked wryly, wrng hng his arms around her waist and pulling her close to
him. “And let me guess, you’re immovable
on this point, right?” he asked with a slight sigh.

“Like the rock of Gibraltar.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Let’s get some lunch.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> At some point, she’d changed into a lavender
and ivory Hawaiian print sundress.

“I like the new
dress. Not exactly my favorite colors,
but it suits you,” Sands said after a moment’s hesitation as he mulled over her
statement. “What kind of lunch?”

“I don’t care.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> We could even go back to the hotel and eat in
the privacy of our own room. Or
downstairs in the atrium. Ooh, let’s do
that.”

Sands had to smile
at her enthusiasm. “Alright, if that’s
what you want. At least give me a chance
to change into a new shirt before we eat, though.”

“Why?” she asked,
looking at his shirt. “I thought the
ones you bought were jas bas black as this one.”

Sands looked down
at his shirt and nodded. “Yes, true, but
they don’t have ocean sludge on them and this one does.”

Aida smiled
wryly. “That may be true, but at least
the sludge should bring back some pleasant memories.”

“What, of me
getting slimed by my loving wife?” he drawled. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Even so, I’m still going to change.”

She glanced around
to make sure they weren’t being heavily observed before rising up on her toes
and wrapping her arms around his neck.
In a voice barely loud enough to be a whisper, she said, “Just wait
l tol tonight and I’ll show you a thing or two about ‘slimed’, my love.”

“That a promise?”
he whispered back, placing a soft kiss on the side of her neck.

“It’s what you make
of it,” she teased and challenged.

“Oh really? style='mso-spacerun'> <'> Well then, if it’s what I make of it, then I’m certain we’ll both enj enjoy ourselves long
before you wake me up for tomorrow’s sunrise.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He kissed her again.

“I thought you didn’t
want that to become a habit,” she murmured once he’d released her mouth.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her head slowly sunk to his shoulder as she
sank back to her feet. “You don’t like
getting up that early.”

“No, I don’t, but I’m
willing to make exception on our honeymoon,” he said kissing the top of her
head.

“Are you still
going to say that when I get you up at the crack of dawn?”

“After a few choice
curses and some groaning . . . yeah, sure. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Probably,” he said with a smirk.

She rolled her
eyes. “Ooo, sounds like a treat.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It’s a wonder I don’t beg for your company
day and night.”

Sands shrugged. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Just being honest. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You want me to watch every sunset from here on
out, that’s another story. I’ve got no
problem with the night. It’s the early
mornings that give me pause.”

“And right now my
empty stomach is giving me
pause. I think you should feed me, lest
I become too weak to do anything but sleep the night away.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Aida loved the freedom to be playful with her
husband. “Going to waste
away, are we? Couldn’t have that. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I like my wife warm and breathing, thank you
very much. I’d better get you something
to eat, huh?” he asked with a smirk.

“Yes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And if you’re nice enough, I style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>might be swayed to stray from my
rock-like position on the revealing of presents.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> What do you think about that?”

“I’m thinking I’d
better start remembering how to be nice,” he said with a wide grin. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Let’s go. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I can change in the restaurant bathroom if you’d
rather not wait while I went back up into the suite. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You still want to eat in the atrium, right?”

“Yes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> In with the trees, and the creek, and the
flowers, and the sun. And I think I even
saw some birds in there – parrots and parakeets and whatnot.<
st
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It’ll be like an overly civilized picnic.”

Sands shook his
head and laughed softly. “Whatever you
want. Sounds fine to me. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Lets go.”

 

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Their waiter had just left after bringing them their food –
she’d chosen BLT’s for them both, hers with fresh fruit salad and his with
fries – when Aida slumped in her chair, taking in her surroundings.

The atrium was
indeed beautiful. There was a miniature
waterfall in one corner, the creek that flowed from it was populated by small,
sparking fish, and ferns grew close to the water.style='spacspacerun:yes'> There were only five to ten tables in the
enclosed wilderness, each spaced far apart and in among the trstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> Birds chirped and flew above them, but a
nearly invisible net kept them from flying down and stealing food.

“Do you like it?”
she asked, pretending innocence but searching out his foot with her own bare
one.

“Which? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The food or the place?” Sands asked after chewing
a bite of his sandwich.

“All of it.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Any of it.”
Her toes found his shin slowslowly started trailing up and down.

Sands gave her a
smirk in response to what she was doing to his leg and put down his sandwich,
looking around. He took in everything;
the plants, the animals, the other people in the restaurant, nothing escaped
his notice. “I don’t mind the plants,
the birds are too noisy, the people don’t really interest me, and the food’s
not all that bad,” he said after he had given the room a thorough glance.

“And where would
you prefer to eat?” It was a loaded
question and she knew it.

“Upstairs in the
room with you, preferably alone,” he responded after a moment’s hesitation.

She gave a short,
delighted laugh. “If it were up to you,
we wouldn’t leave the room at all, would we?”

Sands just shrugged
and took another bite of his sandwich, but not before giving her a brief grin.

“Most men want to
show off a new bride,” she observed, stealing one of his french fries.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “And I know you’ve got the ego to do it, but
you don’t want to. Or at least you don’t
seem to. Why is that?”

Sands shrugged
again, but answered her this time. “I
guess I’m not feeling very sociable,” he mumbled.

“You’re never
sociable,” she pointed out wryly. “Com’on,
Sands. There must be some reason.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Other than overwhelming lust for my person.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> As she was saying this, Aida reached across
the table and took his hand.

“Maybe . . . I just
want you all to myself for once,” he said softly. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Somewhere
safe where I can be in control of everything and take care of you.

“Well,” her thumb
stroked across his palm tenderly. “I’d
say you have it. And if that’s what you
want, I won’t naysay you. I like having
you all to myself too.”

“Good,” he said
with a small smile. But you don’t. As long as
Jeffrey exists, you never will.

“Don’t give me that
look,” she said, interpreting the strange light in his eyes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Now – just
now – is all I’ve ever asked for. And
that’s what’s important . . . that I have to you to myself now. And I do.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Don’t start feeling guilty over something you
can’t control, because then you take ‘now’ away from us.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Focus on any other thing that you have to,
but don’t think about that.”

“Ok, no looks. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m not giving you any looks.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He paused. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “And I will. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Focus, that is,” Sands said, giving her
another small smile that was a bit on the hesitant side, but real unlike the
last one. The smile widened minutely as
he thought of the sight of her bounding through the waves as he chased after her,
completely carefree and happy.

Guessing what
direction his thoughts had gone in, Aida turned back to her lunch with a hidden
smile. This was her husband across from
her – her loving and heart-stoppingly sexy lover – and she wanted him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But she was also willing to play out the
seductive game between them. With that
thought in mind, her toes moved to his knee as she started peeling a grape with
her teeth.

Sands would have
asked her exactly what she thought she was doing with her foot creeping so
slowly up his leg, but that would mean she would stop, and he didn’t want that.
With this thought in mind, he turned
back to his meal, finishing the rest of his sandwich and eating a handful of
fries, doing his best not to acknowledge what she was doing, but unable to keep
a small smile from his face.

“What’cha thinkin’
about?” She knew, but that didn’t mean
she didn’t want him to confess it to her.

“You,” he answered
with a grin, not looking up at her.

“Really?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Are you wondering when we’ll get to have your
next cooking lesson?” Her tone was
completely innocent even as her leg extended to its full length.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Even then, her toes fell short of their
ultimate goal, only reaching to mid-thigh.

“Not exactly,” he
said wryly, moving in closer to the table almost without thinking about it. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I was thinking about you running through the
waves last night.”

“And how much
better I would have looked in the kitchen.”
She was openly teasing him now, hiding her delight in the fact that he’d
moved closer to her.

“Depends on what
you were doing,” he drawled with a wicked grin.

“Forcing you to
cook. What else?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’ve already got lessons planned for the
future –”

“What else? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> What else is me imagining you naked on the
counter, covered in something sweet that I could take my time licking off. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Now that
would be a fun cooking lesson.”

She laughed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You’re not going to debauch my kitchen.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You want sweets, take it to the bedroom.”

“Why can’t I
debauch your kitchen? Seems like a
perfectly good place to me,” Sands said with a wicked grin.

“Are we talking
about me or my kitchen?” she asked, lifting an eyebrow and doing her best to
tickle the inside of his thigh with her toes.

“Whichever you
like. I’m not picky. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Debauching you and the kitchen both in the
same instance would be fun as I’ve already said. style='mso-erunerun:yes'> I think we need to try it. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> For . . . education’s sake. style='mso-spaceyes'yes'> What to do and not to do in one’s kitchen. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It would be very enlightening, I’m sure,” he
said with a smirk.

“Sands?” she asked
suddenly, very turn on by the smirk on his face.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Let’s start now.”

Sands almost
reminded her that the sun was far from setting, cursed himself as a fool, and
looked around the room for their waiter with the check. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Best plan I’ve heard all day.”

“Don’t bother,”
said quietly but intensely. “They can
just charge it to ourm.”

“An even better
plan. Lets get the hell out of here,”
Sands said, reaching down to remove her foot from in-between his legs so they
both could stand, but not before rubbing it softly in thanks.

The moment they
were in the elevator to their room, Aida threw herself at her husband,
trembling with need, but for some reason he held her off, placating her demands
with soft kisses on her neck and cheeks, his hands stroking her face.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Biting back a moan, she forced herself to
submit, to not protest. She was the one
who’d reneged on her own plans; she’d willingly give them up and follow his
direction.

Sands led her into
the hotel suite, not saying a word. He
then led her down into the bedroom and took a seat on the bed, looking up at
her as she stood before him. “Did yoave ave a specific plan in mind for tonight? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You don’t have to tell me the specifics, but
did you?”

“No . . . no
plan. Just you.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I-I was going to change into what I bought
though.”

Sands nodded. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Go ahead and change, spitfire. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’ll be waiting,” he said with a smirk, giving
her a smoldering look.

She nodded, and
walked into the bathroom, grabbing the bag with her purchases as she went.

When she emerged
ten minutes later, she was wearing a corset, thong, stockings, and heels, all
in a delicate shade of pink. The corset
had ties in back and hooks in front, and thin, see-through straps that had
small white rosettes appliquéd to them.
The stockings had a lacy, scalloped edge; garters ran up her thighs from
the tops of the stockings to thrsetrset.
The shoes were opened toed and spiked, making her legs seem longer than
they really were. But the most shocking
item in her little ensemble was the blond wig on her head.

Aida seemed
uncertain as she stepped out of the bathroom, hands clasped behind her back and
head down a little as if giving him the opportunity to examine it thoroughly.

When she was met
with silence, she raised her head a bit, intending to ask what was wrong.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> However, she got distracted by the sight of
her husband wearing a pair of sinfully tight leather pants.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her mouth dropped open a little before she caught
herself and looked at his face. He
seemed to be a bit more reserved than she had been expecting.

“What’s wrong?” ask asked softly. “Don’t you like pink?”

“Pink’s fine,” he
said absently. “Why –” he took a moment
to clear a suddenly dry throat. “Why the
wig, spitfire?” he asked as casually as he could, trying not to let his
reactions show to the rest of her little . . . outfit. Yet.

“Well . . . I’ve
always wanted to be blond?” She didn’t
think the answer was going to cut it.

“Yeah, ok. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Now what’s the real reason?” he asked
pointedly, but not moving from his reclining position against the headboard on
the bed.

“I’m an actress
and I feel naked without a costume?”

“That’s utter
bullshit and you know it. Now tell me
the truth.” Sands had a good idea what
her reason was, but he wanted her to say it.

“Fine!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I cut my hair too short, alright?!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It took me years and years to grow it that
long, and while it was practical to get rid of all of it, I’m not happy.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I don’t like the way I look without it.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Happy now?”

“No, I’m not,” he
said slowly, getting off the bed and moving across the room to hold her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He refrained from commenting on her added
height due to the heels for now. There
would be time for that later. “I’m not
happy because you still don’t get it. I
don’t give a fuck about your hair, Aida. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Whether it be a fucking lion’s mane or a bald
as an egg. It doesn’t matter. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’ve told you that already, but you don’t seem
to believe me. That makes me unhappy. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And this is our fucking bedroom, Aida. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If there’s one place you can be yourself, I
thought it would be here. Was I fucking
wrong about that?”

“And style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>you don’t understand.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I know
you think I’m beautiful no matter what.
I know that. I do.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But that doesn’t mean that style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>I can’t regret having chopped it all off
prematurely.”

Sands nodded, accepting
this. “Alright, fine. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You can wear it all you want if it’ll make you
fucking happy,”saidsaid with a soft sigh. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “But not now. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Please. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I want to see you. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Only you. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The way you are. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Not some image of who you think you need to
be.”

“You could just
tell me to take it off,” she said quietly, avoiding his eyes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You’re my husband and I’d listen to you.”

“I would have, but
I wanted you to understand my reasons for asking before I did,” Sands said
gently, giving her a small smile.

Aida smiled back,
lifting her face for a gentle kiss on the lips before pulling away.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Are you going to take it off or am I?”

“If I took it off I’d
be tempted to do some damage to it on mischievous principle, so maybe it’s best
you take it off,” he replied with a grin.

She smiled again,
and raised her hands to gently remove it from her head.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Setting it down on a nearby dresser, she
turned back to her husband as if to ask, “Now what?”

“Now, I pass out
from lack of proper blood flow to my brain since all of it seems to be situated
between my legs after seeing your little . . . outfit,” Sands said, allowing a
bit of breathlessness into his voice.

Aida stepped back a
bit to give him a better view. “I
thought this might have your approval, but I was a little worried about the
color. You and your obsession with black
and all.”

“It’s not an
obsession,” he said somewhat defensively. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “And it definitely gets my approval,” he
drawled, drinking in the sight of her.

“That’s good.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She took another step back and held her hands
out from her sides, letting him look his fill and waiting to find out what she
was supposed to do.

“Come here,” he
instructed. When she did, he immediately
began running his hand over the soft fabric of her corset before leaning over
to kiss the exposops ops of her breasts. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “That’s very good. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Fuck me, I want you Aida. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Right now,” he whispered forcefully between
kisses.

n stn style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Alright.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> There was just one flaw in that plan – she
wasn’t quite ready, so she decided to improvise.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Taking him by the hand, she led him over to
the wall, and put his back to it. Then,
as she started placing wet kisses on his neck, her hand reached between them
and she started running her palm over his clothed arousal.

Sands moaned at the
contact, aching up into her touch without thought. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His hands found their way to Aida’s back and
he moved them slowly down the curve of her practically bare ass. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sands’ eyes had fluttered shut but his hands
knew her body intimately, and he didn’t need to be able to see to touch her in
all the places to make her moan.

“I’m not ready for
you yet,” she breathed in his ear as she teased the lobe. “But I can give you some relief.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Would you like that, my husband?”

Sands didn’t trust
himself to speak intelligibly, so he merely nodded. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He couldn’t quite understand how he had
managed to become this aroused this quickly, but after a brief second’s
consideration he decided he didn’t care.

Aida dragged her
lips down his body, following lines of muscle and bone until she reached the
waistband of his pants. Now kneeling
before him, she slowly pulled the zipper down and reached her hand inside,
squeezing him firmly in her small hands.
Glancing up, she delighted in the way he’d thrown his head back, in the
way his hands curled, claw-like, into fists.

For what must have
been long, tormenting minutes for him, she did nothing more than stroke him,
teasing his arousal higher and higher.
She’d sworn off this particular form of intimacy years ago after a
particularly bad experience, but with her husband it seemed right to grant
pleasure in any way she could. With that
in mind, she decided to put him out of his torture.

Releasing him for a
short moment – aeveleveling the groan of protest that left his throat as she
did – she both reached for a nearby towel and parted the leather flaps of his
pants. One hand curled around to grip
his firm ass as the other trailed up and down his length as she let her hot
breath wash over him.

“Oh. . .” Sands
moaned, his eyes shut so tightly in a mixture of agony, arousal and pure
pleasureher her actions that his head had begun to hurt. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He could feel his body responding to her every
move. She had him right in the palm of
her hand – both literally and metaphorically – and he didn’t care in the
slightest. At least, as long as she gave
him the release he needed soon. He
clenched his fists tighter as she teased him, his fingers ridged and beginning
to ache, but he paid them no mind. The
only thing he could truly feel was her hot breath ghosting down his shaft and
her hand firmly gripping his ass. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Everything else faded; unimportant and
unmourned.

“I do this because
I love you,” she breathed, kissing the skin right under his navel.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her own arousal was growing, and she could
feel her body softening, melting, but this was for him.

Keeping her mind on
that single thought, she ducked her head and took him into her mouth, her hand
moving between his legs to pleasure him further.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> As he bucked into her, she moved with him,
giving him what he sought, but not allowing him to take control.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her mouth moved up and down on him, sometimes
enveloping his arousal and sometimes sucking fiercely at his tip.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> For a single moment she regretted not wearing
lipstick – she would have liked to mark him – but was too busy with other
things to regret it for long.

Sands couldn’t
think straight any longer so he didn’t even bother trying. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His world was flooded with sensation. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was all he had left. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He could no longer hear above the frantic
beating of his heart and the gasps of his breath. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He couldn’t see because his eyes were still
shut tight. He couldn’t smell anything
but his own sweat and arousal. He could
only feel and that one remaining sense was overwhelming.

His body arched
against the wall toward her mouth as she kissed and suckled at him, his hands
now pressed against the wall, still curled into fists. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He could feel the pressure building, he could
feel his perceptions begin to shift. Aida
might or not have known it, but it was at this moment – when he was on the cusp
of orgasm – that he was the most dangerous. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He didn’t care for anything in the entire
world but himself at that moment, and God help any who got in his way then. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But when that moment had passed, when he had
given into his release, the world still didn’t matter but he couldn’t hurt a
fly in that state. He was at his most
vulnerable. He passed through those
extremes in agony, apathy, and complete bliss and could only want to do it all
over again gladly once he had come back to himself. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was addicted to those extremes. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The intense highs and lows he felt, the
powerful reactions his wife could coax out of him with hardly a thought. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He loved it all.

“Oh . . . Aida . .
. going . . . to . . . oh . . . close . . . don’t . . . stop. . .” he managed
to gasp out, his voice a strangled moan.

She wanted to calm
him, but got the feeling it wouldn’t be appreciated at the moment.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Instead, she took him into her mouth again,
her tongue writhing against him wickedly as she reached for the towel>
>

The moment he
reached climax, she moved her head, quickly using the towel to catch his seed
as her hand continued to pump him in a tight grip.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His groans, curses, and yells were music to
her ears, and she watched his face avidly, loving the look of agonizing strain
she’d caused.

Her hand moved on
him until his legs buckled and he had to sit down.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She moved then, wrapping one arm around his
back as she allowed him to rest his weight against her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Over and over, she told him how sexy he’d
been to watch, how turned on she was, how much she couldn’t wait for him to
start his game, all while she cleaned him with a clean towel and righted his
clothing.

“Holy . . . fuck. .
.” Sands muttered in a gasp, not knowing what else to say. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His brow furrowed as he took stock of things. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The orgasm she had granted him had been one of
the most intense he’d ever felt, and yet he wasn’t fully sated. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Maybe I really nsatnsatiable. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> There’s a depressing thought,” he muttered
under his breath.

“Why?” she asked
quietly, a small, self-satisfied smile on her face.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You always wear yourself out eventually.”

“You know how
uncomfortable it is to walk around with a constant hard-on? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Let alone one in tight leather pants? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Well, let me tell you, it’s not the best
sensatio the the world,” he said dryly. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “But who gives a fuck right now? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I don’t. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> About anything. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was . . . wow.”

“Perhaps you should
switch to cotton,” she suggested evilly.
“I hear it doesn’t chafe as much.”

“What would be the
fun in that?” he asked wryly. s'> “Cotton’s
for pussies.”

All this talk was
nice, but it really wasn’t what she wanted.
“Sands?” she asked, trailing the tip of her tongue along his ear.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Were you going to show me what you
bought? Or did you want to discuss the
weather?” In her mind’s eye she saw him
hovering above her, using her without any thought for anything but their mutual
pleasure, ignoring her pleas and whimpers.
The scene turned her on, making her grow wet in need.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I was obsessing about my hair. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I was being a bad girl.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I think you should punish me.”

Sands grinned at
her wickedly. “Oh you think so, do you? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You think you deserved to be punished by me?”

“I disobeyed you,
didn’t I? How am I supposed to ever
respect my husband if you let me get away with things like that?style='mso-spacerun:> <> Be a man.
Screw your wife. After indecent
amounts of foreplay of course.”

“Of course. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> We’re going to play a little game, you and I. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You want to be punished, fine. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I will take great pleasure in punishing you. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Just, know this: if at any time you want me to
stop, say so. And if you can’t talk,
squeeze my hand. Do you understand?” he
asked, deadly serious.

She nodded,
catching his gravity. “I understand.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> However, her excitement couldn’t be dampened
for long. This was new territory for
her, and she wanted to explore it with the man she’d committed her life to.

“Good. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Now get on the bed, lying on your back, and
wait for me. And if you say a word or
look back at me, you’ll be punished for it.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His voice was without emotion.

She nodded her
understanding, and stood, having to remind herself not to look at him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The temptation to say something was strong,
but she wasn’t quite adventurous enough to do so without some knowledge of how
things were going to go. So it was in
obedient silence that she sat down on the bed and swung her legs up, leaning
back against the pillow. To minimize the
urge to look around for her husband, she closed her eyes and focused on her
breath. In . . . and out. In . . . and
out.

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sands paid no attention to her as he rose to
his feet, zipping and buttoning his pants. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He didn’t say a word as he walked over to the
nightstand and first tied his hair back with a small tie and then grabbed the
bag of toys he had purchased. With the
bag in hand, he stood at the foot of the bed and looked down on her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Open your eyes and look at me.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> When she had done so, he continued. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “This is the one and only rule. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You obey me. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You don’t speak until I say so, don’t move
without my permission. And that means
everything. You’ll come when I fucking
want you to come. Do you understand? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You may move your head in a nod or shake, but
you may not speak.”

Aida nodded slowly,
unsure if he had been waiting for a response, and bracing herself in case he
hadn’t. Her heart was racing in her
chest, a little in fear but more in excitement.
She trusted her husband absolutely.
seeiseeing this side of him was . . . hot.

“Good. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Each time you do something I like, you’ll be
rewarded. Each time you do you you’ll be
punished.” He dropped the bag on the bed
and reached inside. When he removed his
hand, a set of leather restraints were dangling from the grip. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> That was what he had initially said he was
going for, but Aida could see that the bag still had weight to it which meant
that the restraints weren’t the only things he bought.

Moving quickly,
Sands had restrained both of her hands and her feet to the head and footboards
before climbing off of her and regaining his position at the foot of the bed. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He did all this with absolutely no regard to
her. He didn’t even run his hands over
her skin in a fleeting caress. It was as
if she was a complete stranger to him and not his wife. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Don’t even bother trying to get free. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You won’t until I release you.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He moved the bag to floor and climbed on top
of her, straddling her waist. While he
took his time undoing the corset she wore, it was probably more due to his
wounded hands than a desire to see her undressed slowly. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was all business with his motions, everything
was precise. When he was finished, he pulled the unlaced corset out from under
her forcefully and moved back away from her, leaving her chest bare. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Pain or pleasure?” he asked, looking at her
directly, wanting an answer to his question.

“Pain,” she
murmured slowly, having to wet her lips.
If she was going to trust him through this, she might as well start now.

Sands nodded
brusquely and dug into the black bag. He
pulled out a knife every bit as big as the one he’d been forced to leave in his
car in New Orleans. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It gleamed in the light coming through the
windows. Aida could see it was very
sharp. “You see this?” he gestured to
the knife as held it. “The man who sold
it to me was willing to sharpen it for me. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Before he did so, he asked me if I wanted it
sharp, or stupid. Guess which one I
picked?” He ran his left thumb over the
edge of the blade, not making a sound as it sliced effortlessly through his
skin. He held up the hand for her to see
and Aida could see bright blood beginning to run down his wrist. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sands leaned over and placed a single bloody
fingerprint directly in between her breasts before pulling back again, leaving
the finger to bleed. “Where?”

that but was careful not to take too long.
She needed to choose a spot that would satisfy him but that wouldn’t be
seen by her doctors. “My hip,” she
finally said, her voice barely loud enough to be heard in the silence of the
room.

Sands nodded and
traced a scoring path across her left hip with the edge of the knife. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His tongue followed its path, making the cut
sting as he cleaned it of blood. He
repeated this gesture when the blood welled up a second , th, then pulled away,
licking the blood off his lips slowly. “Pain
or pleasure?”

“Pain,” she said
again, through tight lips.

“Where?”

“Ribs.”

Sands traced a line
along the line of one rib before giving her a matching cut on the other side. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was careful; the cuts weren’t deep, and
probably wouldn’t even scar. He repeated
the cleansing with his tongue, taking enough time to be sensual this time. She
was pleasing him, and would be rewarded.

Aida was breathing
quickly, her bottom lip caught between her teeth.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The small cuts hurt and stung long after
Sands tended to them, but so far they weren’t any worse than anything she’d
given herself while shaving. Tomorrow
they wouldn’t even hurt. And her husband’s
mouth was so hot, and his caresses tickled enough to be distracting even if she
wasn’t ticklish.

Sands placed a
final openmouthed kiss on each cut before pulling away. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Pain or pleasure,” he asked again.

“Pain,” she
replied, wondering how long she’d be able to reply like that.

“Why?” Sands asked,
looking down at her, but showing nothing in his face.

“Because you like
it.”

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You’re trying to please me?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He phrased it as more of a statement than a
question, but looked to her for an answer anyway.

“I-I like mak you you happy.”

“Why?”

“Because . . . I
don’t see you smile enough. I want to be
easy for you.”

“Easy?” he asked,singsingle wrinkle forming on his forehead at the question.

Was she saying the
wrong things? Is that why he was
questioning her? “You . . . you fighith ith everyone else, and they fight with you.
I want you to think of me and know I’ll do whatever I can to . . . to
please you.”

an>“an>“What if n’t n’t
want to be pleased all the time? What if
I’m content with my fights?” He was
testing her now; he hated fighting with everyone. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
He was weary of it. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Who says I won’t fight with you too?”

“Then you would
pick fights with me . . . and I wouldn’t fight back.”

“You would just sit
there, helpless?”

This was starting
to get tricky. “I wouldn’t sit around
and let you beat me. But I wouldn’t asor aor a divorce either. I’m committed.”

“Are you really? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Committed?”

“Yes.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The answer was a soft per.per.

“Are you committed
to know me? To know me as I am, not who
you’d like to see me as?” he asked, keeping his voice emotionless through sheer
force of will.

She
understood. There were parts of him that
she blindly ignored, pretended didn’t exist because of the moral quandary they
placed her in. If her husband murdered
in cold blood, she had a duty to inform someone of that . . . but she loved
him. She didn’t want to lose him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If he was insane, she ought to seek help for
him no matter what the consequence instead of obeying his wishes in the
matter. But could she truly love her
husband as he deserved without
acknowledging these things?

She wanted to love
her husband. “Yes.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her eyes met his desperately, asking him to
realize that it wouldn’t be easy for her.
That she might struggle each and every day with the reality of who he
was.

“Good,” he said
evenly, nodding once in her direction. “Pleasure,”
he said softly, setting the knife down on the floor and reaching in the bagpan pan
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He pulled out a small bottle of lavender
scented massage oil and set it down on the bed next to him. He then leaned over
and released Aida’s feet before undoing hertersters, pulling off her stockings,
but leaving the thong on for now as he restrained her feet once more. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He then poured a little of the oil and began
to work it into her breasts, dutifully working around the bloody thumbprint he
had made.

Aida couldn’t help
it. Her husband’s touch was so soothing,
both to overwrought nerves and her arousal aching body.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Before she could stop herself, she was
arching up into his hands, remembering only when his hands left her that she
wasn’t supposed to move without permission.

Sands immediately
stilled, pulling away from her. “Pleasure
does not entitle you to break the rules. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You will be punished.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He moved back to the foot of the bed and
grabbed the bag once more, pulling out a length of black silk. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Before she could fully guess his intentions,
he had tied it securely around her eyes, cutting off her sight completely. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You no longer get to see. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Only to hear. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You won’t know what I’ve done to you until I’ve
already done it. This is your
punishment. Disobey me again, and your
punishment will increase.” His voice had
grown deed aed and emotionless once more.

style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>God, how she wanted to sass him, but she
bit her lip and stayed quiet. Maybe
later she’d say something, but at the moment they were both enjoying this too
much. And he may not sound as if he cared
one way or the other, but she could feel the heat rolling off his body in
waves. Yes, she decided, any other rebellion could wait.

“Pain or pleasure?”
This would be the last time he asked. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was beginning to tire of that particular
part of the game. He soon wouldn’t give
her a choice any longer.

Didn’t he know that
his mere presence brought her pleasure?
But she wasn’t in a mood to quibble either.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Pleasure.”

He didn’t bother
with one area of her body, he touched and tasted as many as he could at once. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Practically lying on top of her, he nipped and
suckled at her neck and chest in random moments, constantly switching between
the two areas as to not abandon one or the other, but doing it randomly and
quickly so she wouldn’t know where his mouth would move to next. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> As he did this, his right hand moved between
her legs and sought her clit though the thong she wore, manipulating it roughly
through the soft fabric.

Impulsive down to
the last fiber in her body, Aida cried out at the sudden attack.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was so much more than she’d been
expecting, and she couldn’t help herself.
Not that she regretted it either.
If it hadn’t been for his weight on top of her, she would have struggled
against her bonds as well.

A smug grin made
its way to his face now that Sands knew Aida couldn’t see it. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He pulled off her quickly, not wanting to take
her arousal any further than that. Yet. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He could feel his pants becoming more than
tight however, and knew he wouldn’t be able to hold out from giving her what
they both wanted forever.

Nayinaying a word,
he removed the pink heels she had been wearing first, chucking them over his
shoulder, before undoing the straps that bound her feet. Once her legs were
free, he leaned forward in-between them, removeverevery last bit of clothing
she wore. Once she was completely naked, he grabbed her legs from where they
had attempted to circle his waist and bring him in closer to her and restrained
them both once more. “What do you want?”

“You,” she gasped,
irritated that he was thwarting her.

“Not good enough. style='spacspacerun:yes'> What do you want?” he asked again.

Again with the
questions. “You talk too much,” she said
defiantly.

“You didn’t answer
my question,” Sands pointed out, completely ignoring her comment.

“You,” she
repeated. She may be bound and
sightless, but she wasn’t witless.
Yet. That would come later.

“Even with blood on
my hands?” he pressed.

She froze then,
unsure of his meaning. “I don’t
understand.”

“I’m a killer and
it never really washes off,” he told her point-blank.

“Don’t say that.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was an automatic response.

“Why not? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It’s true,” he responded in turn.

“No!” she yelled,
suddenly furious. “You’re my husband and
I won’t think ill of you.”

Sands was a bit
taken aback by her sudden anger. “I’m .
. . not asking you to. I just want you
to know. To accept,” he said softly.

“How’s this for
acceptance?” she growled at him. “By not
turning you in – if you have killed people – then I’m an accessory to murder
and nearly as guilty as you in the eyes of the law.”

“But-but you haven’t
killed. You can’t –”

“But I know.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And I stay silent.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She turned her head away from where his voice
was coming from. If that didn’t prove to
him that she loved him no matter what, she didn’t know what would.

Sands didn’t want
to play games anymore. He was feeling a
bit unbalanced after this revelation, and he wasn’t up toing ing the part he
had been playing any longer. He walked
around to the side of the bed and leaned over to remove her blindfold. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I’m sorry,” he said softly when she stared up
at him. He didn’t know precisely what he
was sorry for – perhaps everything – so he didn’t say anything more.

Her own desire
cooled even further when she saw the look on his face.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I’m sorry you think I rushed into this
without thinking,” she replied, closing her eyes and turning her head
away. “Just because I don’t like to hear
certain things doesn’t mean I haven’t accepted their reality as part of my
life.”

They had been
having fun a minute ago. When had things
gotten so fucked up? style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Oh, right, when I started asking stupid
fucking questions. “I didn’t mean to
upset you . . . it’s just . . . I didn’t want to have to hide what I was from
you anymore, Aida. I’m pretty good at
playing normal, but I’m not. I never
have been, and I never will be. I . . . get
doubts sometimes. I don’t know why. Doubts that if you really understood what I
was . . . you’d-you’d leave me.” His
voice was barely above a whisper now.

style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>That infuriated her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Sands, kiss me now before I say something
really stupid.” Her voice was low, and
intense, causing him to hesitate for a moment.
However, when she scowled at him, he bent forward to comply, and she
kissed him with every particle of love and passion she had for him, determined
to make him understand.

As Sands kissed
her, all doubts fled his mind. He knew
they would be back, but for now they were gone and everything was fine. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The kiss they shared was every bit as intense
as her words had been, causing him let out a soft growl deep in his throat in
passion. When they finally separated,
his eyes had regained their spark of wickedness and he smirked at her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You still want to play, I take it?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He wasn’t fully back to the place he had been
in before all of this, but he was determined to not let that hinder him.

“Yes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And I believe I was in the midst of defying
you, so you better curb that.” Her eyes
narrowed at him as if she thought he’d be too gentle with her.

“You’re absolutely
right. Letting you get away with that
would be a gross infraction on my part,” he said with a smirk and a wink. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You get a choice, perhaps your only one – we’ll
see – of whether you want the blindfold back on or not. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Would you rather not know what I’m going to do
to you?”

a man and stop asking my opinion,” she said sourly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Here I am, willingly helpless, beinbeing
consulted.” If she could have, she would
have crossed her arms over her chest.
She settled for pursing her lips and looking
at him.

Sands rolled his
eyes at that and moved over her as if to blindfold her again, but ended up
gagging her instead. “Much better. Your
yapping was giving me a headache,” he murmured wickedly, his eyes already
sliding off of her face to look over her body slowly and appreciatively. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He reached a hand between her legs, rubbed it
along her slit and brought it to his lips. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You taste of strawberries even still,” he
said with a happy sigh. He moved to the
foot of the bed again, leaning back to enjoy the view of her spread body from
this angle with a lecherous grin. “Golly,
I think you’re just about ready for me. Pity,
I wasn’t done teasing you yet. I want to
make you squirm.” He looked down at her
for a brief moment before climbing on top of her and beginning to lay forceful
kisses on every area of her body that he could reach, paying special attention
to her neck and breasts while ignoring anything lower than her bellybutton. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was determined to set her skin buzzing in
need for him.

Aida was more than
delighted by this turn of events, but their little break had restored her
sanity. She was better able to keep her
wits about her, to stifle her reactions is kis kisses.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> So while he tried to get her to react, she
concentrated on taking deep breaths and the patterns in the spackled ceiling.

“You won’t be able
to ignore me forever, spitfire,” he commented with a smug grin, seeing what she
was doing. And you’re not going to be able to keep her gagged forever either. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You know that, right? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You miss the sound of her voice already. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sands frowned slightly, but tried to keep his
attention fixed upon rolling her left nipple around in his mouth with his
tongue.

Since she couldn’t
talk and defy him that way, she arched her back as much as she could, detaching
his lips from her collarbone.

Sands made a tsking
sound at her movement and seriously considered tying her down to the bed. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Stay put or I’ll make you,” he warned,
resuming his kissing, his right hand now moving over her body, cupping her breast,
moving across her stomach, tracing the cuts he had .

She’d like to see
him try. Besides, she was still riled
enough to be inclined to make him work for what he wanted.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> So she arched her body again, this time
pulling at her wristsugh ugh to cause mild pain.

Sands had had
enough. “Fine. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Since you obviously don’t seem to take my
threats seriously, I guess I’ll just have to show you otherwise. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hold still.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Should
have bought some goddamned rope at that place,
he mourned. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Since he didn’t have aing ing he could easily
tie her up with he straddled her, leaning forward to press his weight onto her
shoulders. Before he did that, however
he removed the gag from her mouth with a scowl. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He wouldn’t kiss her – from the look she was
giving him she wouldn’t let him do it without a fight now anyway – but he
admitted to himself that he missed her voice.

“Well, I can see
how this is a punishment,” she smirked, delighted to have gotten under his
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Sands just grumbled
something unintelligible under his breath that sounded something like ‘pants,’
giving her a slight glare.

“I was enjoying the ruthless
man that was in here awhile back.” She
winked.

“Oh he’s still
here. He’s not been scared away by his
little scrap of a wife. You like the
ruthless me, huh? Hmm. . .” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He reached a hand between her legs and
fingered her clit roughly. “You like
when I do this?” He smirked as her hips
began to move in time to the motions of his hand, and he pressed a long finger
deep inside of her while using his thumb to keep pressure on her clit. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> When she began to move under him, letting out
a soft moan he nodded and got up off of her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You want ruthless, I’ll give you ruthless,”
he said in that same emotionless voice again. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> he told her, and turned on a heel and walked up the stairs, leaving her tied to
the bed and alone.

Aida stared after
his departing back in total shock for about five seconds, before realizing what
he was doing. And when she did, she
screamed after him in frustration. And
then she screamed again simply because it felt good.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But it didn’t bring her husband back.

He left her there
stewing for a good five minutes, before she realized she was playing right into
his hand. He wanted her frustrated and irritated.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It didn’t punish him, only her.

With that in mind,
she purposefully calmed herself down until her heart was no longer racing.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Composed, she addressed her husband in a
soft, quivering voice she’d perfected over the years, “Sheldon?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Please come back.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m sorry.”

Sands heard her
plea and rolled his eyes. style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>No way I’m falling for that one. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Especially after she used . . . that name.
He rose from his seat on the couch to
walk down the steps however, taking a seat on them and just style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>looking at her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You know, I might have been inclined to come
and give you a bit more pleasure, but I don’t think you’re really all that
sorry. Call me paranoid,” he said with a
smirk and a shrug, lying back on the steps.

Aida really wanted
to grimace, but she didn’t. She was an
actress – one that had earned a living off her talent.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The day she couldn’t convince someone that
she really was repentant was the day she threw in the towel.

“Please?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I promise to behave.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And you
promised to punish me when I didn’t.

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The look Sands gave her was still
suspicious, but he found himself walking back over to reclaim his position at
the foot of the bed regardless. He stood
very still in front of her and just watched her, not saying a word.

The way this man
could simply turn off his emotions exasperated her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But she could deal with it.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Please, husband.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m sorry for being so contrary.”

“Are you really?”
he asked, but his doubtful words belied his actions as he moved above her
again, straddling her waist.

She was sorry they
were wasting time with this when he could be pleasuring her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Or punishing her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Either one was fun.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I’ll prove it if you’d like me to.”

“Prove it,” he
said, leaning down to nip at her neck a step away from painfully before pulling
away again.

“How?”

Sands thought about
it for a long moment, his brow furrowed with thought. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Switch places with me,” he said at last. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The truth was, he wasn’t in he mood for games
any longer, but he figured if he gave Aida the control to play her own games
for awhile, that would quickly change.

“Alright.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Aida was careful not to agree too quickly,
but the opportunity he was handing over was too good to be passed up.

Sands nodded after
a moment of hesitation and quickly freed her hands and feet without a further
word. He then sat on the edge of the bed
and waited for her to make the next move.

Sitting up, she
stretched languidly, smirking as his gaze fell to her chest.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Eyes front and center,” she snapped in her
best director voice.

Sands started a bit
at her suddenly loud voice before raising an eyebrow in her direction and doing
as she had ordered.

“That’s better,”
she purred. “My face does the talking,
not my boobs.” Sliding out of the way,
she directed him to lie down.

“Seemed like they
were talking to me,” he muttered under his breath wryly once he was lying one bee bed.

He was going to get
it for that. Without saying a word, Aida
strapped his wrists into the restraints, then climbed off the bed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The ankle restraints he’d used on her, wouldn’t
fit around his ankles, but she wasn’t so concerned with that.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Instead she went back to the bag that her
first outfit had come out of, and pulled out a roll of duct tape.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She was never caught without some nearby, and
when she’d seen it at the drug store, it’d been something she’d bought on
instinct alone.

Bringing it back to
the bed, she smiled down at her husband sweetly, tossing the roll of heavy-duty
tape up into the air over and over, letting him watch and grow suspicious.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You, my husband, have a fast mouth.”

“Yeah, maybe I do. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> So what?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He nodded towards the duct tape. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “What are you going to do with that?” he asked
warily.

She simply grinned
and ripped a piece off.

“I asked you a
question, spitfire. A question that
required an answer,” he said evenly, tensing a little as he wondered what she
had planned for the duct tape. style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Perhaps this wasn’t such a good idea. . .

“Yes, you did ask
me a question. However, you’re the one
strapped to the bed. Not me.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Despite her words, she did have a bit of
pity. Not much, but enough.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Leaning forward, she smoothed the tape onto
his bicep, letting him relax a bit in his relieeforefore ripping it off.

Sands let out a yelled
curse and his expression grew stormy. “That
. . . hurt,” he said between clenched teeth, looking up at her.

“I thought you
liked a little bit of pain,” she replied innocently.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “And it’s not as if I chose an area that had
a lot of hair.”

“Not . . . the
point. And save me from the innocent
bullshit. You don’t come close,” he
seethed.

Aida grinned again,
and set aside the tape. She wanted him
pissed, not furious. Instead, she picked
up the length of silk that had served as both blindfold and gag.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She was kinder than he was however, and
simply tied it loosely around his head.
He couldn’t see, but it wasn’t tight enough to cut off all light.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> All that mattered was he couldn’t see style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>her.

“What are you
doing?” Sands asked, straining to see through the cracks where the light came
in through the blindfold.

“You’ll see.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> In a bit.”
Aida picked up her shopping bag and loudly climbed the stairs, opening
and shutting the door without going out.
And on top of that, she planned to get dressed again.

“What the fuck? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Spitfire! style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Get your ass back here!” he yelled, his voice
echoing throughout the large suite. When
he strained his ears and didn’t hear a sound, he cursed. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Vividly. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He was getting pissed off. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He no longer wanted to play games anymore. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He wanted her. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Plain and simple. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> With that thought in mind, he set to trying to
free his hands from the restraints.

Five minutes later,
he was still trying, his curses growing louder and more . . . colorful.

Aida smiled to
herself, silently getting what she wanted out of her bag.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Quickly and quietly, she dressed in something
she hoped Sands would appreciate.

First she pulled on
the white spandex mini-dress. It had a
deep scoop neck, cap sleeves, and left most of her back bare.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> A hook behind her neck kept the bodice
up. Next came the white thigh-highs and
the red platform heels. Lastly she
pulled on elbow-length white gloves and put on the little nurse’s hat that
completed the costume.

Deciding she’d left
her swearing husband alone for long enough, Aida just as noisily descended the
stairs, grinning when she saw Sands jerk in surprise.

“You’re a tease. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You know that? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> A fucking merciless tease,” Sands said
irritably. He knew he was playing pot to
her kettle, but he was too pissed off to care.

“Have I proved I’m
sorry yet?” she asked coyly.

“No, you proved you’re
a tease. I just fucking said that. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Now let me up.”

“No.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> No, if I haven’t proved anything, then I’m
afraid I can’t. You’ll punish me for it.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Her tone indicated that this was exactly what
she wanted.

“You bet your sweet
ass I’m going to punish you. You fucking
deserve it for the irritation you’ve caused me, spitfire,” he said dryly.

“Well, if I’ve got
your promise on that. . .” Aida loosened
the restraints on his wrists, and then stepped back from the bed, waiting for
him to see what he was wearing.

“Oh it’s a fucking
prom–” Sands voice cut off as he pulled the blindfold away from his eyes with a
now free hand and looked at her. “Oh,”
he said softly, his eyes going very wide.

“What?” she asked,
her eyes going wide even though she very well knew what “what” was.

“What?” he took a
moment to clear his suddenly dry throat. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “What are you wearing, spitfire?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Oh holy
Christ. Where did she get that outfit?

“Clothing.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She tucked her hands behind her back,
thrusting her chest out.

“If that were the
kind of clothing you wore every day, I’d never get to see you because I’d be
constantly keeping the scores of men away from you,” Sands said slowly,
surprised at how calm and collected his voice sounded when inside he was a ball
of raging lust just from looking at
her.

“And if I told you
I’d already considered wearing this in public?”

“I’d have to lock
you up, fuck you into unconsciousness, and then think of a way to change your
mind,” he said slowly, his mouth dry again.

“So basically, you’d
punish me.” Why, she asked herself, am I
still harping on that point?

“If need be,” he
answered with a slow nod, never taking his eyes off of her.

“Come and get me
then,” she smirked, backing away from the bed.

Sands gave a brief
nod, and practically flew off the bed, his need to have her and take her and
claim her as his own was so great. He
could only think of throwing her to the bed and fucking her hard into it, not
bothering to remove any of her clothing save for what got in the way.

Aida grinned, and
ducked under him, running in the opposite direction.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Running in heels – especially platform heels –
was a skill, but it was one she possessed.

Sands gave chase,
determined to have his way with his wife. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Aida, I’m going to catch you anyway. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Make it easy on yourself, just give up!” he
called out with a wide grin, chasing her around the living area.

“No,” she said
simply, darting under the railing and letting herself fall down onto the
bed. She was up and off it before Sands
could pull the same maneuver.

Sands stood still
for a moment, his brain moving fast to predict her monts.nts. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He enjoyed a good chase, it got the blood
going. She was teasing him now, enjoying
the chase herself, darting around the room like a butterfly on crack. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He darted out after her, and after a few more
minutes of chasing, he had cornered her against one of the large windows,
moving in close to her before she could escape again. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Caught you,” he said, catching his breath,
moving even closer to her.

“Yes, but can you
keep me?” she asked before launching herself at him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He just barely caught her before her arms
wrapped around his neck and her lips landed on his, teasing him
ruthlessly. Spinning them with her
momentum, she managed to slam their conjoined bodies against the wall.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> In his surprise, Sands’ arms loosened just
enough for her to break free once more.

Sands let out a
growl in frustration, getting a little more than pissed now. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “When I catch you, spitfire, you’re going to
be sorry. I’m goio mao make you scream
and beg for me to hurt you just a little bit more. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You like to play games? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You like to be chased? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You want to be punished? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I can accommodate those wants. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And I will punish you, spitfire. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m going to fuck you. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hard. I’m
going to make your blood boil and your head spin. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And I’m going to do it right . . . now!” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He had been – well, stalking would be more
accurate than chasing – her around the room as he spoke, and upon his
exclamation, he grabbed her wrist tightly and didn’t let go. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If he knew that he was leaving bruises – which
he was – he didn’t pay any attention to that fact.

He scooped her into
his arms, mindful of her squirming, and carried her down into their bedroom,
but stopping before he got to the bed. “I’m
going to drop you here, and you will
stay there!” he growled. He wasn’t
really all that angry with her, but he was fed up.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>

Aida mock-glared up
at him, but stayed silent. She tensed,
waiting for him to drop her, unsure if she’d land on the floor or on the bed,
but prepared for either outcome.

Sands saw the glare
and took it as a challenge so he dropped her none to gracefully onto the floor.
“I’m done playing games. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You’re to do what I tell you, when I tell you
to do it or you’ll be punished. In fact,
you’ll probably be punished anyway, come to think of it,” he said evenly,
stepping back where she lay on the floor and giving her a stern look.

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Aida sat where she’d been dropped, just
barely locking a yelp of pain and an indignant cry behind her lips.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Nothing could keep her from glaring – this
time for real due to her pained backside – but she did manage to play by the
rules. Even now, she realized when she’d
pushed as far as she’d dared.

“Get up,” Sands
said, reaching up to rebind his hair from when it had come loose from its tie
while he’d been chasing her. “Strip, my
sexy little nurse,” he ordered once she had regained her feet. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He leaned against one of the bedposts and
watched her, prepared to take action if she refused him again.

style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Fine.
He never said how far.
Reaching behind her, Aida unhooked the back of the halter and stripped
the dress from her body, but that was as far as she went.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Standing in gloves, stockings, heels and hat,
she waited for his reaction. Not to her
bare body, but to the white thong she had on.
The one covered in a bright red kiss-print.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She’d gotten it because she’d thought he’d
get a kick out of it.

Sands thought about
punishing her for not stripping down all the way as he had intended her to do,
almost decided he didn’t care, but decided he had to punish her anyway. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If he didn’t, she might start getting ideas. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He walked over to her and reached around her
thigh to pinch one of her naked butt cheeks. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He then rubbed it a little before slapping it
affectionately and smirking. “Cute, but
you didn’t strip all the way. I’ll let
you get away with only that much punishment for now though. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Lay down on the bed. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> On your back.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He added the clarification so she couldn’t
take only half the meaning out of his words again.

She let out a
longsuffering sigh, but did as she was told, and laid down on the bed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> On her back.
But across it, not with her head on the pillows.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He hadn’t been that specific.

Sands didn’t say a
word, he just moved to grab her by the waist and turned her so that she was
lying with her head on the pillows. Once
she was positioned the way he wanted her to be, he reached over and grabbed the
length of black silk out from under the pillow next to her before straddling
her waist. “Are you sorry?” he asked,
leaning back a little to give her a wry look.

She pretended to
think about it, then mumbled, “I’m sorry I didn’t tape your mouth shut when I
had the –”

“You’re not sorry,
and therefore you will be punished,” he said sternly, grabbing both of her
hands in his right and placing her palms together on his lap. He then used the
length of black silk to tie her wrists together before moving off of her and
pushing her bound hands up over her head and rolling her over on to her
stomach. “You know what happens to
little girls when they’re bad? They get
spanked.” He illustrated his words with
a full-handed slap on her rear. He didn’t
put as much force behind it as he could have, but it still had had to hurt. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Are you sorry now?”

She knew it was a
yes or no question. That any other
answer was unacceptable. But she didn’t
quite care yet either. “Sorry for what?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was a mild inquiry, but there was still a
note of defiance in it.

Sands just laughed
and shook his head. “I’m going to have
to spank you again, aren’t I?” It was a
rhetorical question. “How about, sorry
for making your husband chase you through the house? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sorry for being so damned obstinate?”

“But that’s why we’re
here now,” she pointed out reasonably. “Why
should I –”

“Because I said so,
spitfire. And for now, my word is law. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Just because you choose to flout that law
doesn’t mean I won’t enforce it.” He spanked
her again, a little harder this time.

This time she had
to admit to some pain. Once again her
ass had been bruised in an encounter with the sexy man who was now her
husband. However, this time it’d been
deliberate. And she didn’t want to
repeat the experience. “Fine.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Yes. I’m
sorry.”

Sands stilled for a
moment, judging the seriousness of her words. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Then I won’t have to punish you any longer. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Simple,” he said, moving his hand to her ass
again, but caressing the pain away this time rather than causing it.

Aida relaxed
muscles she hadn’t known were tensed at this decree, turning her head a bit so
she could look at him over her shoulder.

If Sands saw her
looking at him, he didn’t react. He was
too busy kissing the curve of her spine slowly from her neck to her waist.

Aida tried to stay
still, she really did. But she’d been
left unsatisfied for so long. True, that
was mostly because of her own actions, but that didn’t diminish her need.

Sinking her fingers
into the bed, she tried not to react. It
was hard when all she wanted to do was moan and flip over under those
tantalizing lips – especially when she was free to do so – but she fought.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> At this point, any action on her part wouldn’t
get her what she wanted any faster than compliance would.

Sands, for his
part, didn’t care if she reacted or not. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He wanted this. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He needed this. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> And he didn’t have to be facing her to get
what he wanted either. He pulled away
from her once more only long enough to remove his leather pants, letting out a
soft sigh of relief as he stepped out of them. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> When he leaned over her to continue his
kissing, he reached behind his head and undid his hair, letting it tickle her
back as it fell and while he kept kissing her.

The feather-light
caresses of his hair made her start, but she managed to keep any movement past
that to a minimum. Swallowing hard, she
focused on the path his mouth was making over her back, ribs, and hips.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It felt nice – hell, it felt good – but he
was avoiding every single place that she really wanted him to touch.

Unable to stand it
any longer, she moaned his name, arching slightly under his mouth.

“Yes?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He drew the word out. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Was there something you wanted, sexy nurse of
mine?”

“Yes, an style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>in depth physical, if you’re willing to
play doctor,” she grumbled.

“Dr. Sands . . . I
don’t know, it sounds twisted somehow. But
be that as it may, I’m more than willing to see to my wife’s needs,” he drawled
with a smirk before setting to explore every inch of her skin with his mouth
and tongue.

It was nice, and
she was grateful for the contact, but it wasn’t what she needed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sucking in a deep breath, she flipped herself
over and slipped her bound arms around his neck, using that contact as leverage
to pull herself up for a kiss. A kiss he
denied her.

“Not so fast. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m
the one in charge here. You’ll get
kissed when I feel like it, spitfire,” he said, ducking out from under her
circled arms. He continued kissing,
nipping and licking at the skin of her front now – avoiding her breasts – as if
nothing had happened.

“No,” she
protested, trying her best to pull his face up to hers, or at least to her
chest, but it was awkward to do without her hands free, and it only amused her
husband. Amused and slightly irritated.

Before Aida
realized he was moving, her face was once again pressed into the mattress as
Sands strapped her wrists into the restraints, keeping her that way.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She cursed, her words muffled by the pillow,
but when she felt Sands move off the bed, she shut up and turned his head.

“Oh no, spitfire,”
he chided, removing the unneeded silk from her hands and tying it around her
eyes. “You still need to learn a
lesson. I’ve been lenient, but you’re
pushing me.” On his way back off the
bed, he pulled off her underwear, leaving her bare and vulnerable.

In the darkness,
Aida listened as Sands dug in his bag.
She could only guess what he was going to do now, and the uncertainty
turned her on.

Sands reached into
the bag and pulled out a bottle of warming gel that he hadn’t fully intended to
use on her, but had been left with no other choice. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “This, may feel a little warm,” he warned
wickedly. He decided to pour a little on
her lower back and ass first, blowing on it gently to both spread it a little,
and cause a contrast in sensation.

She squirmed,
making a short noise of surprise. Her
head jerked up, but Sands gently pressed on the back of her skull until she was
forced to lay it back down. That was all
well and good, but Aida wanted to know what he was doing.

“What is –”

“Keep talking and I’ll
gag you again, spitfire.”

Aida hesitated,
realizing from his tone of voice that he was not only completely serious, but
amused as well. Amused because of her,
her predicament, her reactions. Finding
his smug tone irritated her, she closed her mouth with ill-grace, and forced
herself to relax. After all, as
punishments went, this wasn’t too bad.

Sands grinned at
her and poured a little more gel lower on her ass, grinning wickedly when a
little ran down her inner thighs. He was
having a hell of a lot of fun making her squirm. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I find I rather like you this way, spitfire. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Blind to my every move, helpless to my
ministrations. It’s fun.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> enjoying the slight tingling he felt on his fingers as a result. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He wanted to roll her over and set to work on
her chest, but there was plenty of time for that later.

“Have fun while you
can,” she gasped, her thighs closing around his fingers.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “This isn’t going to happen regularly.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> God, he was driving her insane.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> How long had she been ignoring her own
arousal? An hour?style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Two?
No matter how much time, it’d been too long.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Much too long.

Sands shrugged. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Oh I intend to, spitfire,” he drawled,
pouring a little gel onto his fingertips and reaching under her quickly to
transfer it to her clit before it ran off. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He rubbed it in a little before pulling his
hand back and waiting for her reaction.

Her arousal had
been simmering for a long time now, but the moment he touched her with those
wonderfully warm fingers, it frothed over, spilling through ever muscle and
nerve in her body. Keening, her hips
lifted at the exact moment he pulled away.
In her frustration, she cursed at him.
“Damn you, Sands. Stop teasing.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Just fuck me already.”

“Music to my ears,”
Sands drawled, capping the bottle of gel and quickly thrusting into her from
behind. “Oh, that’s warm. . .” Sands
said slowly, feeling the effects of a little bit of the gel himself before
starting a fast paced and rough rhythm, that had them both moaning in seconds.

Aida wanted so
desperately to push back against his thrusts, to move in time with his hips,
but Sands was holding her in place too tightly for her to be able to do
anything more than moan and cry out as he did indeed fuck her.

She was on the
verge of coming when Sands suddenly stopped.
Aida muffled a scream of frustration, writhing and twisting as much as
she could under him, but he put a little more weight on her hips, forcing her
to stop.

“I told you,
spitfire.” The only thing that kept her
from screaming again was the tension and breathlessness in his voice.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “You don’t get to come until I say you
can. If you disobey me, I’ll make all
your other punishments look like you’ve been treated with kid gloves.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> His thrusts started up again, forcing her
into the mattress, but his hand on the small of her back was a constant
reminder that she was to listen and obey.

Sands could feel
his own arousal beginning to coil like a spring ready to be released, but he
ignored it, trying to think of something else. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He may not have been a very patient man – at
least, not when he wasn’t teasing – but he was stubborn. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If she couldn’t come until he wanted her to,
then he wouldn’t let himself come until he was ready either.

“Do you like this,
spitfire? How hard I’m fucking you,” he
punctuated the question with a few hard thrusts, grunting as he did so. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I’m certainly enjoying myself, if you were
wondering. You wanted me ruthless. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Was this what you had in mind?” he asked
wryly.

“Yes,” she
whispered, her body relaxing to better accommodate his brutal pace.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Oh . . . yes baby . . . s-so fuck . . . ing
good.”

“Feel your body
stretch and shake with my every thrust? Feel
the length of me spearing you with every move of my hips? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You’re so fucking tight that I think on one of
these thrusts I won’t be able to pull back out again. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> You’ll fucking have me then, that’s for sure. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Do you still want to be punished? style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Were you fucking naughty?”

“Yes,” she choked
out. Release was beckoning, but she was
resisting.

“Yes what,
spitfire? Be . . . specific,” he groaned
out.

“All . . . all of
it.” Her hands were curling into fists
again, her short nails pressing painfully against the skin of her palms.

Sands grinned. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “That’s what I want to hear.” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> With a supreme act of sheer will alone, he
stilled his body’s movements once more and pulled completely out of her, the
act torture for them both. He moved off
of the bed and tried to steady himself and get a rein on his raging arousal. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Once he had done so, he began hunting for the
knife.

“Ah! style='mso-spacerun:yes'> There you are, you little bastard!” Sands
muttered to himself, pulling the knife out from under the bed. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He looked down at it for a moment and couldn’t
help himself; he drew the sharp edge across one of his ribs quickly and
shallowly, hissing and moaning in a mixture of both pain and pleasure. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He had to take another moment to get a hold of
himself before thrusting into her once more, the knife still in hand.

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> When he’d left her, Aida had bit her lip and
forced herself to breathe. She was
already panting, but it became harder when he’d left her, as if her arousal
would choke her without an outlet.

The moment Sands
had thrust back into her – never mind that it was rough and borderline painful –
she’d cried out, tful ful that he’d returned.
She wanted to much to return what he was giving her, but he wouldn't
allow it, so she laid on the bed and accepted his body.

“That’s it, cry out
for me. Let me know you want me. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Let me know it hurts. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Does it hurt?” style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He nicked the skin of her lower back with the
knife before in turn nicking himself on the stomach again, feeling a shudder go
through him. “Tell me it hurts,” he
moaned again, thrusting into her even harder than before.

“It hurts.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The response was more a reflection of what he
wanted to hear than what she was feeling, but in a way, the lever of arousal
he'd driven her to was painful, so it wasn’t a total lie.

Sands was
approaching a frenzied state of pleasure and pain now, his body covered in
numerous small cuts, each one of them seeping blood down his skin. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> But still he wanted more. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He had to have more. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “More. . .” he murmured aloud, the first thing
he had said aloud in the last few minutes that hadn’t been a curse or some kind
of pleasurable groan. He had said some
not too nice things to her during that time, called her a willing whore, a
slut, a cunt, pretty much every dirty name he could think of. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He wasn’t entirely sure why he had done it,
but he didn’t have the ability to dwell on that now, as he felt is climax
beckon after a few more slightly deeper cuts on himself.

While Aida’s body
still accepted Sands – begged for him even – her mind had flinched at each
crude name he’d called her. Derek had
called her those things, and while she’d considered it sexy then, now she
realized he’d meant it all along. To
him, her entire worth was summed up in those words.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She knew the same wasn’t true of her husband,
but they names hurt all the same.

style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Enough, her brain told her.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Enough.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She needed to come.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Now.
Gasping for enough breath to keep her mind from spinning so quickly,
Aida lost all control of her body, coming hard and fast around her husband,
screaming at the intensity of the sensations he’d built.

Sands didn’t have
time to care that she was disobeying him by not holding out until he had told
her she could come. He didn’t care about
anything but adding his own scream of pleasure to hers as her climax
practically ripped his from him. He
thrust into her frantically, unable to stop himself, needing to do so. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He needed the sanctuary of her body to end the
pleasure/torment that was clawing away at his insides. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He need her.

After what had
seemed like hours – and very well could have been for the way he felt – Sands
collapsed on top of his wife, only absently caring that he was probably
covering her in his blood. “I’m . . . sorry
. . . spitfire,” he gasped out, his voice hoarse and dry.

She didn’t
answer. She was too busy panting for
breath, her face turned into one arm.
Sands had exhausted her. If he
wanted to sleep together again anytime soon, he’d have to take care of things
himself because she couldn’t even move.

Sands didn’t want
to move, but he knew that he had to. With
a curse, he rolled off of her and moved slowly up to where her hands were bound
and released her before pulling the blindfold over her head. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Once she was freed, he collapsed on his back
on the edge of the bed next to her. “I’m
sorry,” he said again, his voice still hoarse. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I didn’t mean to . . . call you all – to say
those things to you.”

She moved weakly,
burying her face in his neck, trembling with . . . style='mso-spacerun:yes'> hell, she didn’t know what with.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Relief.
Shock. Aftershocks.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Whatever.
All she knew was that it made tears prick her eyes; tears she wouldn’t
shed to save her life.

“I’m sorry, I’m
sorry, I’m sorry,” he repeated over and over again softly, ignoring the pain in
his throat. “I didn’t mean to. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I don’t . . . I don’t think you're any of those
things.”

She nodded.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I know.”
Her voice was just as rough as his.
“I know. But others have.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Others meant it.”

Sands cursed softly
under his breath. “I didn’t-I didn’t
know, spitfi-Aida. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I didn’t know. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m sorry. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m a fucking idiot. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I shouldn’t have said those things.”

“You couldn’t know,”
she whispered. “It’s alright.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’m not upset.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Not with him at least.

“Alright. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I won’t . . . ever mention it again if that’s
what you want,” he said softly. “I’m
sorry about getting you bloody too . . . I may have gotten a little . . . carried
away,” he said, looking down at his chest for the first time and seeing the
full extent of what he had done to himself in the heights of passion and
pleasure. “Ouch. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Seemed like a good idea . . . at the time.”

“Bath . . . later,”
she breathed.

“Sounds good to me,”
he said, letting his eyes drift shut. style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Only a short rest, he assured himself,
letting his strained and tense muscles slowly relax.

 




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