“When you say control, do you mean like BDSM?” “Not exactly, no. But I will be very dominant in the bedroom with you, and I need you to trust me to take care of you, because I will. I would never hurt you, Nikki. I also won't be the mate that can have wild, unrestrained sex without boundaries. At least I'm not now, and I likely won't be for a very long time. What happened to me—to us—it affected a lot more than just my pain tolerance. I need you to give me that control—and to do what I tell you, but I want you to do that because you want to. Not because I want it.”