Being Hers (Irresistibly Bound, #1)

by Anna Stone

“Which do you prefer? Being in control? Or giving it to someone else?” She began to tap the whip against her palm. “Being in control means having all the power. But it also means responsibility. Giving up control means you get to let go completely. But it requires you to place yourself in someone else’s hands. To trust them. It can be terrifying.” She stilled the crop in her hands. “And it can be exhilarating.”

“You want to give up control, to lose yourself in a way that you would never allow yourself to out in the real world. Me? I want control in its purest, most absolute form. What I do gives me complete power over another person in the most intimate of ways. I become her Master, her whole world. Her everything.”

“There’s an immense satisfaction that comes from having the power to make someone fall apart with nothing more than a word. Or, a touch.”

“Do you know why so many people find the combination of pain and pleasure so irresistible?”

“It’s because pain is a stimulant. Just like a drug, it puts your nervous system on high alert, and makes your body hypersensitive in the best possible way.”

“You have far more power over me than you know. I’m yours as much as you are mine.”