"Hello? Anyone in here?"
I sighed, tapping my foot quickly against the worn hardwood floors.
The cozy bookstore hummed with a peaceful silence, filling me with further doubts of any associates being present. I exhaled sharply through my nose and turned to leave, when a flash of colour caught my eye, startling me.
"I'm here, I'm here, sorry!"
The shopkeeper breezed towards me, a deep blush staining her cheeks. I cocked my eyebrow and smirked.
"Can I help you?"
She crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing ever so slightly. Oh yeah, she was guilty.
"Quiet night?"
My smile deepened at the hint of surprise that lit her eyes, her cheeks heating further.
"It usually is around this time. What're we searching for tonight?"
She turned from me, heading briskly towards my frequented genre preference.
I followed slowly behind her, a predator eyeing up it's prey.
"Hmm... I'm not too sure tonight. Any recommendations?"
I leaned in closely, brushing a stray hair from her face at the last minute.
Her gaze turned absolutely feral and she quickly lashed out, gripping my wrist in her slender hands before I could react.
"Who said you could touch me?"
Instantly, I was knocked to my knees, eliciting a small yelp from within me. I cursed under my breath and shook myself out of my stupor to begin protesting, when I noticed she had used the element of surprise to her advantage.
Secured firmly around my throat was the familiar feeling of leather.
"What a disobedient puppy we are tonight."
A flaring of wings and burst of light had me gulping excitedly; before me no longer stood the petite, submissive figure of the shopkeeper.
Coming into focus, it was all I could do not to reach out and caress her lilac skin. Such a beautiful succubus to call my own, though she'd certainly never phrase it that way.
"Hello, Feyre."
I chuckled, looking up at her under lowered lashes. She scowled, jerking the leash in her hand. I sprawled forward, my knees barking in protest.
Her foot found its spot firmly atop my head, and I huffed a silent protest.
"What am I going to do with you?"
I arched my back slightly, exhaling harshly. It'd been so long since we had last had one of our...interactions. My body was begging for her touch.
"First, you take forever to drag your ass back here, and then you have the audacity to interrupt the small moment I was able to have to myself in days? I'm not going to be nice tonight."
A quick movement stole my attention momentarily, before I felt what had occurred.
-whap-
My entire body shuddered at the impact of the crop, wordlessly pleading for more.
I felt her pause, considering.
"Hmph. You know, I was quite enjoying myself until you came in. I think perhaps you ought to work for your reward tonight."
I looked up at her in awe, not quite believing the words that had calmly spilled from her mouth. A rare treat this was, something she hardly ever let me do. I licked my lips in anticipation, greedily eyeing the spot between her thighs. She turned, the leash still tightly gripped in her hand. My leash.
"Come on then."
She led me to a mildly obscured nook in the shop, and stopped.
"Here?"
I surveyed our surroundings nervously, all too aware of how visible we truly were.
"What's the matter? Like you said, it's been a quiet night."
She comfortably settled into a chair to my left, procuring restraints and a blindfold from beneath it. My eyelids fell heavy upon the site of them.