Chapter 7

• "I agree. You are going home. To your new home."
• Her mouth dropped open before she snapped it shut, her teeth clicking together in the silence.
• "You're really doing all of this because of a watch? You do realize how unhinged that is, right?"
• Daniel merely stared at her, refusing to answer.
• Kathryn crossed her arms over her chest in irritation. "What do you want with me? Can you just tell me that?"
• "I want a number of things," Daniel responded after a tense silence began to stretch between them. "I want to make you beg. To humiliate you. To own you. I want you screaming my name in pleasure and hating the fact that you are." I want to completely ruin you.
• Kathryn shivered. "If you wanted intimacy, you could have just asked in the private room. I was willing enough before you pulled this stunt with Rain."
• Daniel tilted his head. "Do you honestly think I would sacrifice fifty grand and a favor for a moment of pleasure? No, Kathryn. This isn't just about taking you any and every way that I want, although I'll enjoy doing that as well. This is about the lack of respect you, and by extension your associates, showed me tonight. And now I'll repay the favor and set an example for the next person that tries something so ridiculous."
• Kathryn's lips thinned.
• "It's only an example if the MC cared about me, which clearly they don't if they discarded me so easily."
• Daniel smiled. He liked seeing the small bit of hurt cross her face that she couldn't quite conceal, but for some reason he found himself reassuring her as opposed to basking in her pain.
• "Men in this world know better than to hold affection for women unless they want to make them a target. But it was clear to see each man there cared about your wellbeing. Why do you think I resolved some of their debt in exchange for you? They wouldn't have agreed so willingly if I hadn't."
• "If they cared about me then why didn't they tell you to get lost?"
• "Because I would have wiped out their club in a matter of days, if that. Do you think you're worth all of their lives, Kathryn?"
• She looked away from him and out the window as Stefan drove toward the penthouse.
• "Do you often kidnap women from your allies?"
• "Only the ones that need to be taught a lesson."
• She let out a startled laugh, and that one small noise had him divulging more just to irritate her.
• "And now the next time someone thinks of crossing me, they'll have to ask themselves: 'Will the Devil come to take my wife? My sister, my daughter? Will he degrade them like he did her?'"
• Kathryn's gaze snapped to him. "And you think I'm just going to submit to you? That I'm just going to let you 'own' me?"
• "I hope not," he told her honestly. "But I also know the kind of woman you are. Your wants, your desires. I know the thought of being treated like a woman of the night turns you on, and despite how angry you are to have found yourself in this position, a part of you is curious."
• "And if I don't want you? You'll have intimacy with me against my will?"
• Daniel laughed, but the sound was cold. "We both know that when I'm with you, it will be very much consensual. You're interested in what I can provide you. But that doesn't mean anyone looking in from the outside will know that."
• Daniel didn't understand why he needed her to admit that she wanted him. But now that he'd decided to break her sexually and emotionally, the thought of her desire waning for him was unacceptable.
• He needed that control over her, right here and now.
• Kathryn's eyes narrowed on him as she scoffed. "Interested? I was bound to someone like you once before. I don't want that again."
• Daniel's smile died on his lips. He grabbed the back of her neck and the leg furthest from him, dragging her into his space until she was straddling him again.
• She fit nicely on his lap, and now he knew how she'd feel riding him from that little performance she'd put on earlier.
• His fingers tightened on the back of her neck while his other hand dipped between them, cupping her through her clothing. He could already feel her arousal spreading through the thin material, and part of him was tempted to pull out his knife and slice the garment from her.
• "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Kathryn hissed, her eyes becoming heavy lidded as his thumb brushed her through the material.
• "I bet if I ripped these leggings off and stuck my fingers in, they would come back dripping. Wouldn't they, princess?"
• Kathryn's thighs clenched and she let out a trembling breath instead of answering. He rubbed his fingers over her until she squeezed her eyes shut, biting her lower lip to keep from moaning.
• Her hands found his shoulders, fingers digging into his suit for purchase. But she didn't stop him, not in the slightest.
• "You can tell yourself all day long that you're uninterested, but we both know if I slammed into you, that you'd let me. And you'd like it. Answer me, Kathryn."
• "Yes," she bit out, rocking her hips over his hand. Her eyes popped open and she glared at him with as much hatred as she could muster.
• Daniel found it hypnotic, the way her light blue eyes swirled with emotion and sucked him into her orbit.
• He let her pleasure herself with his fingers until she was shaking over him, throwing her head back as she gasped.
• Daniel smirked, taking his hand away.
• "What the hell?" Kathryn snapped, dropping onto his stiff body. His hands found her hips, holding her still when she tried to use him to chase a release that was quickly slipping away. "The least you could do is get me off since you plan on keeping me like a pet for the rest of my life."
• "I won't keep you forever," Daniel promised. "And I never said anything about keeping you as a pet." Although he should treat her as poorly as he would his enemies.
• Maybe he should lock her in a cage and keep her out of sight, so he wouldn't feel the urge to take her.
• Her brow furrowed. "You won't?"
• Daniel shook his head, more words falling from his lips before he could stop himself.
• "I'll even make you a deal, Kathryn."
• "A deal?"