“I don’t want you scared of me, Tessa. I just need your submission.” “I’m trying, Theon,” she said, so quietly he barely heard it. “Are you? Because it shouldn’t be this hard to give into a bond. Once you do, things can be different. This would have never happened,” he replied, dunking the cloth and guiding her forward so he could run it down her back. He slid her long hair over one shoulder. “How do you figure that?” “You would have been with me. I wanted to wait until you’d adjusted and accepted the bond before requiring you to attend meetings with me, but it appears that can no longer be
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