Hey all.
So I've been through the ringer with publishing on this site, I'm not going to lie. Some of you may have seen the second chapter was edited to show the edits I submitted for the first chapter, so I for a bit I had two chapter ones. I decided not to post this story until it was fixed, and that was incredibly frustrating because it was ready to go. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure it out. Anyway, sorry for the wait. Chapter 4 is coming asap!
Something I forgot to mention was that there was going to be some BDSM aspects in this story. I'm sure that started to become clear in the last chapter, but it is even more so in this chapter. Just so you know what you're getting into.
I am in love with comments you're leaving. Thank you so much for taking the time and I hope this is to your liking :)
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Rorik stalked through the woods, a wooden bucket in each of his fists. The quiet tinkle of a stream guided him through the tall aspens, his mind back in his dark tent. He could still hear the quiet gasps between the winces of pain. The brief view of her perfect breasts in the warm firelight arose every time he closed his eyes.
He had spent the morning with Casmir, taking stock of what supplies they had and what they would need to have a successful return journey. They had walked the camp and spoke with the men that hadn't left with the hunting party. Every time he had passed his tent, the tiny thing that was tied up on his bed silently called to him to finish what he had started last night. Rorik had missed much of the conversations with his men, his thoughts drifting to the mix of pain and pleasure flitting across her face, her thick hair messing itself on the wood behind her head.
Eventually he had excused himself, knowing that pretending to listen was doing no one any sort of good, and grabbed some empty water buckets. He needed something to do while he worked out what it was about her that had his focus skewed.
Yesterday Sergei had looked over her as she slept, giving a frown that Rorik knew would have been directed towards him if he hadn't been Sergei's superior. Keeping his look to himself was wise. Sergei was a man in his fifties with graying hair and a working man's build, but his passion was healing people. Rorik's passion was the exact opposite, and he had spent 30 some years training for it.
"She didn't wake up when I pressed on her ribs, so they aren't broken," Sergei had told him. "She has no internal bleeding from what I can see, but her bruising will be extensive. I've seen abdominal trauma before, and what helped them was keeping mobile. Walking when not sleeping, doing breathing exercises to keep her lungs clear." Sergei gave him a look out of the side of his eye and added, "Avoiding strenuous activity, at least until she can move without help, is advisable where possible. Sir." Rorik tucked his irritation at being
advised
away and nodded, dismissing the healer. Sergei, understanding he had toed a line, had dipped his head and left.
Last night he had gone in with no intention of touching her more than necessary. Rorik had a plan to scare and humiliate her with the aim of starting the process of her submission to the Gavali, knowing he would have plenty of time to sink deep inside her once she healed. The horses' kick had been right above where a baby would grow and Rorik didn't want to fuck up any chance of her being fertile. Seeing her blush and whimper as he cut her clothes off her was going to be satisfactory enough for the time being.
The moment his knuckles had touched her warm cleft, that plan had disappeared like mist at the bottom of a waterfall. It had been intentional, his hand pressed up against her as he held the shredded pants in his fist. He had wanted her to feel his invasion of her space and to take a step towards accepting her body wasn't hers anymore. She had breathed in, her chin tilting up and her mouth parting. And then he used the knife to toy with her clit, and a true gasp soared past her lips as her eyes shot open.
Rorik saw it all. The confusion and shock in her eyes as her brow pinched in, arousal flaring under it all. He gorged himself on it, just stopping from shaking his head. There weren't many things a man couldn't use to provoke pleasure from the female form if it was used correctly. Of the women he had used his methods on though, none had such little shame showing him how everything he did made them feel. Did she know he could see her lack of shame? Did she know he could see her lack of fear, even though it was a knife drawing her pleasure out from her? Even though moments ago she had thought he was going to shove his knife inside her?
There was pain in her face too, and he knew he was pushing it, but her starving body clutched onto every inch of rapture he forced on her. As her pleasure rose, so did her pain, her whimpers and twinges more prominent. Rorik had bit out an ultimatum, a very small voice reminding him that her body could help save the Gavali from dwindling into nothing in a generation.
In his mind's eye, he could see her puffy lips through the damp fabric, the soft curls gracing her sex. Rorik had to tear his stare away from the wet patch his knuckles drew from her, absolutely entranced with how responsive the girl was. He had threatened to rape her until she was raw and he was exhausted, his threat a demand that she give him her name so he could stop.
The little slut had
moaned
. The wanton, high-pitched vibration she had caught in her throat had travelled straight into his tightening balls. He had told himself that was it. She didn't care about her pain and neither did he. He would dole out the punishment she so obviously wanted. He'd fuck the submission he wanted out of her.
His fingertip had dipped into that beautiful pool between her legs and he had felt a ferocity tearing at his chest, opening something up that wasn't meant to be put away until it had claimed the quivering body before him and sated itself fully.
Then she had screamed her name.
Rorik's fingers had twitched, ready to sink into her tight, silky heat, and continue on ravaging her anyway. He had been so, so close to spending the night thrusting into her tight, wet body, not stopping until he left her devastated. If it had been ten years ago, he would have done it without a second thought, but in his decade-long search for the solution to his people's problem he had learned patience. The lesson hadn't been easy, and this one sure as hell wasn't, but he knew patient and decisive thinking was absolutely necessary in order to come out the victor.
Caging himself back into the controlled warlord he needed to be was a monumental effort, but he did it. If he extinguished her chance at giving birth and she ended up being the only Daughter of Ziva they found on this stretch of land, he would never forgive himself. Who would he be to tell his men to be disciplined if he followed wherever his cock led?
Sienna had the fucking audacity to finally look ashamed as he cut her clothes off. Rorik barely took a moment to appreciate her svelte curves as he threw her to her side. Angry at both himself and the girl in front of him, he had told her his name and the way he intended her to use it. She started crying as a thrill of desire rocked down her body, only leaving him angrier with his cock pulsing. He had pressed his length in between her ass cheeks, hoping if anything at all would be achieved, she would understand that her body was not hers.
Son of a bitch
, he cursed to himself, arriving at the stream. He stepped into the freezing water, feeling it lapping at his ankles. He focused on the pricks in his feet the cold water created and allowed the soft sounds of the stream to roll through him. He rolled his shoulders and took a deep breath as he filled the buckets.
Rorik had a moment of weakness. He had forgotten his duty to his clan and everything he had ever worked for and instead, for those few moments, had thought only of himself. He hadn't acted on his desires, but how close he had been to relinquishing his control was not ideal.
Whether it was her reactions or his lack of recent female companionship that caused his cock to stir so readily, it was clear this girl was going to be provoking his desires beyond his normal standards. He needed to recognize that he had a very clear preference for dark haired, lithe women whose bodies called to be held down and fucked. It didn't matter how much he wanted to sink into her and show her how much she needed his authority and control. Rorik needed to acknowledge his tremendous and unusual need had to take a back seat for the betterment of his clan.
It was a check to his ego, having to remind himself that his domination of her needed to be much more than just physical, but it was necessary. His men deserved more than the blank face he had offered them today.
Rorik hadn't broken a woman for the Gavali in a while, his obsession with finding the rest of the Daughters taking nearly all of his time, but he remembered what needed to be done. Every one of her needs had to be fulfilled through him. A woman growing to understand her place was a beautiful thing, and something he thoroughly enjoyed doing when the task fell to him. What each woman needed to acknowledge that she was at her best when serving the Gavali was different, and he knew Sienna's body would be his ticket in if he could keep himself in check.
Rorik despised admitting that he had encountered a possible shortcoming, but it brought to mind words his Chief had told him during his lessons when he was young. "Understanding your own weaknesses is the first step to conquering them." And conquer Sienna he would.
With the speed of a man who had stolen, maimed, and killed to get everything he wanted, his bruised ego was gone and the challenge of overcoming his needs while gaining Sienna's submission had his testosterone buzzing. Rorik didn't lose, and this time would be no different.
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