Caught and Caged: A Dark Mafia Romance

by Vonna Harper

  “Lainey, I want to thank you.”

  “For what?”

  “For helping me get justice for my brother. All this time I’ve felt as if I’d failed him. I was his big brother, his protector.” A low groan escaped. “Nate’s still dead, but his killer won’t get away with it.”

  At his words, rage faded from his expression. She wasn’t entirely sure what had replaced it, but he was at ease in a way she hadn’t seen before.

  A way he needed.

  “I’m delighted Ethan’s behind bars,” she said. “Relieved. He considered himself above the law, but you forced him to acknowledge he was wrong.”

  “Not me. We. I couldn’t have done it without you.”

  There were still a million things that needed saying, but they could wait. The longer she spent in this small, tidy space with Joe, the more comfortable she felt. “What happens now? Will you come back for the trial? How involved will you be with the preparation?”

  He planted his broad hands on his bare thighs prompting her to recall when she’d been sprawled over his lap with her naked ass within his reach. Zeroing in on the memory of what it had felt like when his fingers had claimed her ass, she started to rub her knees.

  “There won’t be any coming back,” he said.

  No. Please don’t. “I don’t understand.”

  “I’m moving to San Diego.”

  “Why?”

  He stared at her, his midnight eyes pushing past her barriers and finding the heat of her. The hot, hungry need.

  “Several reasons. Wanting to do my part to hobble the mafia by going to work for one of the local agencies. Getting a tan.”

  Her cheeks were on fire. She had all she could do not to stare at his crotch. He was a firebrand, a match to her wick. “You’d look good with a tan.” You already do.

  “Is that all you have to say?”

  “What more do you want?”

  She should demand instead of ask, but couldn’t bring herself to push. Maybe he’d done such a masterful job of demonstrating which of them was in charge she couldn’t. Maybe she didn’t want to try.

  “I want you to ask where you factored into my decision,” he said.

  “And if I do?”

  “Then I’ll decide whether you’ve held nothing back. If you haven’t…”

  “You’ll do what it takes to draw everything out of me.”

  “That kind of a relationship works only if it’s what both parties want.”

  “True,” she whispered. “Joe, relationships aren’t static. Nothing in life is. Everything’s an exploration.”

  “I couldn’t agree more.”

  She waited for her heart to race and her lungs to struggle to expand and contract. Instead, a deep sense of rightness settled over her. This big, strong, complicated man had stormed into her world and taken over.

  Awakened her true self.

  “I don’t know what happened to my collar. It feels like I’ve lost something vital. When I wore it, its existence clarified what I needed to get to the other side of what a stupid motorcycle accident had done to me. Without it I don’t know if I can find me.”

  He reached into his front right pocket, drew out the familiar length of leather, and placed it in her lap. “You threw it in the backseat.”

  “Oh.”

  “It’s your decision. What will you do with it?”

  “You—made sure you had it with you tonight.”

  “I felt I owed it to you. What is it going to be?”

  “Will my reaction factor in what you do next?”

  “If you’re asking if I’ll accept you with or without a collar, the answer is yes.”

  Despite her tears, her hand stayed steady as she placed the collar around her neck. It settled into place.

  “It’s been hard since everything blew up,” she admitted. “Nightmares. More PTSD than I want to admit. Looking over my shoulder all the time. Feeling alone.” She caressed the fastening. “This feels right. And having you here—I’m safe. Protected.”

  With a nod, Joe stood and entered her space. When she lifted her head, he wrapped his fingers around what said a great deal about their relationship.

  “We have a lot to discuss,” he said. “Details of what might happen to your stepfather. Where things stand with the mafia.”

  “Complicated?” Her mind was hollowing out. Making room for sensation.

  “Very.” He stroked her throat. “You’re still bruised. I hate seeing that.”

  “I’ll be all right. Now.”

  He kissed the tip of her nose. “I believe you. How are things with your mother?”

  “That explanation can wait—unless you have to know now.”

  His laugh stole the last of her brain. Left her certain she’d made the right decision, for now. At this moment tomorrow didn’t matter.

  “The one thing that can’t wait is me seeing you naked. My imagination hasn’t been enough.”

  Laughing in turn, she took hold of the fastening on her shorts. When she reached her buttocks, he pushed her hands away and finished the job.

  “Panties next.”

  “Yes,” she whispered. “Sir.”

  “To clarify,” he whispered when she was naked. “I want to focus on a new chapter in our relationship. For us to do something we haven’t before.”

  “Like your cock in my ass?”

  “You’re reading my mind.” He crossed her wrists over her middle then patted them to let her know he intended for her to keep them there. “There’s no cage here. Maybe we’ll have one down the road, but I want tonight to be about what we need right now.”

  “I understand.” As much as she wanted to meet his gaze, staring at the floor was easier. Her pussy was already hot and wet, her breasts hard points. He had an erection. “I’ve never tried anal sex. I think I was looking for the right partner.”

  “He’s here.”

  Lifting herself onto her toes so she could press her lips against his without holding onto him caused her to lose her balance. He took hold of her and tossed her over his shoulder.

  Somehow, she kept her breathing steady as he walked into the bedroom and deposited her face down and sideways on the bed. She gripped the spread and positioned herself so her feet were on the floor and she was bent over the mattress with her buttocks within his reach.

  “Such a lovely ass.” He tapped her left butt cheek then the right. There was no pain but the contact reminded her of what had taken place between them. Her breathing snagged. She fought a moan. “Even more delicious looking than I remember.”

  She tried to look behind her then rested her cheek against the spread. It was good, all of it. Overwhelming. Wonderful. “I’ll have to take your word for how it looks,” she said.

  He used his knee to spread her legs. “Believe me, it’s beautiful. And ready.”

  She might have pushed him for a more complete description if he didn’t take that moment to slide his hand between her legs. Panting, she waited. He covered his fingers with the juices oozing from her pussy and deposited his collection over her puckered flesh. He stopped lubricating her back opening just long enough to dispense with his clothes.

  Gone, sanity spent, she gripped the spread and wiggled her ass at him. He continued to prepare her for sex until she gnawed on the bed’s covering. Her sharp, low groans accompanied his fast, deep breaths. They were together in this. United in something primal.

  “Now.” He drew her ass cheeks apart.

  “Yes.” She again tried to look at him. Gave up. “Yes.”

  On the tail of a hard grunt, he pushed into her. When her muscles there fought him, he raked his fingers up her bottom and again drew her cheeks apart.

  “Relax. Let me in.”

  “Yes, sir.”

  He was there. Inside her. Spreading her. Silently making it clear that despite everything he was in charge.

  No swearing. No resisting. Nothing but surrendering not just her ass but her entire being to him. Feeling him throughout
her. Rocking back and forth in time with his potent thrusts.

  She rode her impending climax with her legs threatening to spasm and his body hard against hers.

  She wondered why the hell she’d waited so long to do this but knew it had to be with him. Only him.

  “Joe.” Her voice hissed.

  “What?”

  “Oh god! Joe. Oh, thank…”

  Her head bobbed up and down. She tore at the covering. Surrendered to the wondrous, endless sensation. Turned herself over to the straining, exploding man.

  “Thank you,” she whispered at length.

  He pushed the collar out of the way and licked the back of her neck.

  “You’re all right,” he told you. “You’ll always be safe with me.”

  “I know I will.”

  The End

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