Brutal (Pleasure & Prey, #2)

by A.J. Merlin

“You just wanted to end up under me where you belong. But little bunny… all you had to do was ask, and I’d be so happy to teach you your place.”

“I want you to run as hard as you can until you collapse in the dirt again. Then I want to hunt you down and ruin you so completely that you’ll never be able to stand being without me. I’ll find all the ways to make you mine that there could ever be, and invent a few of my own.”

“I think about it all the time. I think about all the ways I want to claim you as mine, and how I want to make sure no one else ever gets the chance.” “Ever?” I murmur, only half thinking about the word as he scratches lightly up my side. “Ever. I hope you don’t think you’re getting rid of me, little bunny. Besides, it feels cruel to let you go. If I let you out of my trap, you’ll fall into someone else’s. You’ll get hurt. You’ll find someone who doesn’t know how to treat precious prey like you.

“Let me go!” I snap, though my heart beats in exhilaration. He won’t, and I don’t want him to. But that’s part of the game. Some part of me does want to run, because I can. Because I want to prove that I can get out of his grasp. But most of me wants him to stop me at every turn, and he isn’t one to disappoint.

“Please, Wren—” “You don’t need me to stop,” he promises. “You don’t need me to be gentle with you, either. Little bunny, you never fucking did. You’re so perfect when you’re taking me like this. It’s where you belong. Say it with me. This is where you fucking belong.”