Maelstrőm

by Michelle Love

  She gripped his arms and arched up to him.

  “Arsen, can I ….”

  “You don’t have to ask, baby.” He moved harder and quicker and she moaned as she came.

  Her body took his along, and he groaned with his release. It was a bittersweet moment for him. He’d managed to put his need for total control away for her, but with the realization that she’d do anything for him it meant he had to be much more careful how he treated her.

  Kissing her just behind her ear, he whispered, “I love you, baby.”

  “I love you,” she echoed as she tried to catch her breath.

  Arsen rolled over and pulled her to lie on his chest. Her heartbeat he could feel and her breath left the skin beneath it warm. She was becoming more to him than he could’ve ever imagined. Steele was like oxygen to him, he had to have her to live.

  That knowledge filled him with joy and dread at the same time as she held his heart in her hands and he was no longer in control.

  If he was sent to prison, he’d have to let her go. It wouldn’t be fair to keep her if he couldn’t be there for her and keep her safe and protected. He had to figure out a way to prove Allen had killed those women.

  Arsen was getting no closer, and that fact had him beyond frustrated. The man was right there in the same damn apartment with him and still he was no closer than if he hadn’t found the man at all.

  GWEN

  “If you’re really her friend, you have to do something about it, Gwen,” Allen said as he held her hand and they sat on her bed. “I know the man, he’s hard as a rock. I’m serious, he’ll only destroy her.”

  “You do realize what you’re talking about is kidnapping, Allen,” Gwen stood up and began pacing and running her hands over her hair.

  “It’s not really that, Gwen. It’s just getting her away from him for a while so she can see what he’s done to her. She’s blind to it right now. She thinks she actually wants what he’s doing to her. No one wants that. No one wants to be so controlled.” He got up and put his arm around Gwen to stop her pacing. “Don’t you care about her?”

  “Yes! Of course I do! Shit!” She looked at him and found herself near tears. “Allen, we can’t do what you’re suggesting. I’ll talk to her more and get her to see things aren’t right with Arsen. She’ll leave him on her own. Taking her and hiding her out against her will is wrong.”

  “You’d rather he kill her like he did those other women?”

  “He might not have done that. He hasn’t been convicted yet.” She pulled out of his grip and sat on the bed.

  “It’s just a matter of time. I can assure you he will be convicted and then he’ll go to prison. Just like I had to. You have no idea of the hell the poor girl is going through with him. Constant criticism, the threat of beatings hanging over her head all the time, you saw how jumpy and skittish she is around him. You can’t tell me that’s how she’s always been.”

  “No, she never was like that before him. But taking her isn’t the answer here. I’ll deal with this. You don’t have to worry about her.”

  Allen sat next to her and ran his hand over her hair.

  “God has told me what has to be done, Gwen. She has to be saved from him.”

  Gwen stood up and looked down at him.

  “Allen, you’re going to have to leave now. I’m afraid you’re making me very uncomfortable with all this talk about kidnapping my roommate. I think you should probably go talk to someone. God isn’t talking to you. You really need to get help.”

  Allen stood up, his eyes drooping slightly at the corners.

  “Gwen, I thought you could help me save your friend from that monster. I’m very sorry I have to do this.” He reached into the front pocket of his tan slacks.

  Gwen’s eyes went wide. Her mouth opened to scream, but no sound made it out as he ran his hand over her mouth and stabbed the syringe full of morphine into the vein in her neck. Her body fell to the floor with a loud thump.

  “You made me do that, Gwen. Now let’s get you out of here. Looks like I’ll have to get another set of chains since I’ll have to take you both now that you made me do this. You really messed up my plans for Arsen.”

  Gwen could still hear him talking as he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, taking her out of her room and to God only knew where.

  For Obedience Arsen’s Rules Part 7

  By Michelle Love

  STEELE

  Warm breath on the back of her neck woke Steele up. Arsen’s strong arms were wrapped around her. A smile crept over her face as she recalled the events of the last night and how Arsen had made love to her.

  He had been tender and loving and she loved every moment he gave her. She knew he was getting a bit soft around the edges which had been so sharp, but she remembered what she and Gwen had talked about.

  She would stop being so controlling herself. Arsen needed to become whoever he was meant to become. If that meant a little softer version of the man she’d met and fallen in love with, so be it.

  His arms tightened around her and he groaned. His lips pressed against her neck and he said, “Good morning, Baby.”

  “Morning, Sweetheart,” she said and turned in his arms to face him.

  His hair was growing so fast, it was nearly as long as when she’d met him the first time and she ran her hands through it. His beard though, he had kept meticulous as always and his dark eyes blinked a few times as he looked at her.

  “Thank you, Steele,” he said with a lazy smile covering his caramel lips. “That was the most amazing thing I’ve ever felt.”

  “Glad to hear that. I was afraid it bored you,” she said as she moved one hand out of his silky locks to run over his bicep.

  “Bored with you, never.” He kissed the tip of her nose, making her giggle a little. “We should get up and you should see if your roommate is up yet so we can talk to her about Allen. Then we need to get going. I have to purchase you some things so we can go to Fierce and get some things out of my private room before the police get a warrant and get in there.”

  “So you’re really taking me then?” Steele looked excited, and he frowned at her.

  “You will most likely be disgusted by what you see there. But, yes I’m taking you there to retrieve a couple of things, then we’ll leave. We’ll have to get masks as I want no one to see you there. What you and I have going on is to be kept a secret from the police. You do understand that. Don’t you?” His hand ran over her cheek.

  “I do, Arsen. Don’t worry. Let’s shower and dress and I’ll go find Gwen. You may have to get Allen to talk about something so I can get her alone.” She rolled off the bed and onto her feet and padded away to the bathroom.

  The shower was small, much, much smaller than Arsen’s. Steele had gotten into the shower and smiled as Arsen joined her. “Give me the shampoo and let me wash your hair.”

  She did as he said and he massaged the soap into her dark hair. “You really are very sweet, you know.”

  “Sweet, there’s that word again no one has ever used to describe me.” He leaned her head back to rinse her hair and placed a gentle kiss on her lips.

  One hand moved in her hair to aid the removal of the vanilla scented shampoo and his other hand moved down to run between her legs as he kissed her a bit harder.

  Steele moaned as his fingers found her center and moved right in. Pumping his finger inside her, he had her hot in seconds. He pulled his hand from her and ran his hands around her waist, lifting her.

  She wrapped her legs around him and groaned as he entered her. The warm water flowed over them as he lifted her up and down, then backed her to the wall and thrust into her, hard over and over.

  There was just no way which Arsen took her which didn’t drive her over the edge. He was the master of her body and she knew that without a doubt.

  The thought flashed through her mind if he was convicted of the murders she’d lose him to prison. A single tear escaped with the thought.

  Her ha
nds roamed over his muscled back and she moaned as her body began the dissent into climax. Arsen pulled his mouth from hers and watched her as she went into ecstasy.

  “My God, you’re gorgeous, Steele. When you come all over my cock like that, it makes me feel more than a mere man. It makes me feel powerful.”

  “You are powerful, Arsen.” She ran her hands up his back and grasped his neck and pulled his mouth to hers again.

  He kissed her hard, his tongue running over hers, stroking it with hard strokes just like he was pounding into her. His hands squeezed her ass as his body went rigid and he spilled himself inside her. A long groan he made as he let it all loose.

  Pulling his mouth from hers, they both tried to catch their breath.

  “You know how to get the day going, Arsen.”

  “I am quite good at it, aren’t I?” He smiled as he let her feet touch the floor. “Now let’s finish this shower up and get our day going. It’s going to be a long one.”

  Steele’s insides shook with excitement.

  I’m finally going to get to see the inside of a real BDSM club!

  ARSEN

  “No one else is here, Steele. Try to call her,” Arsen directed.

  Steele called Gwen, and both heard her cell phone ringing in Gwen’s bedroom. They followed the sound and found the phone on the floor near the bed.

  Steele picked it up.

  “Well, the blanket is gone from her bed. Perhaps she was sick on it or something and took it to get it cleaned and accidentally dropped her phone. Is her car still here?”

  They went to look out the front door and Gwen’s car was still there, but Allen’s wasn’t. Arsen shook his head.

  “She must’ve went with Allen. I guess we’ll have to talk to her tomorrow about him. I don’t think he’s crazy enough to do anything to her now that I know he’s with her. That would be really stupid. Don’t you think?”

  Steele turned to go grab her purse so they could leave.

  “It would be dumb and he didn’t seem stupid, just crazy.”

  Arsen took her hand as she came back and they left the small apartment. Steele winced as Paul got out and opened the back door to the Suburban for them.

  “Good morning, Paul. God, I feel awful about you having to stay the night in the car,” she said.

  “Aw, don’t worry about me. I climbed in the back and slept like a baby. Sure I’m a little wrinkled this morning, but I can shower and change once we get back to the penthouse. You know I have an apartment in that building, don’t you?”

  “No, I didn’t realize that.” Steele slipped inside the car. “Paul, did you see when that car we followed back here left?”

  He shook his head.

  “No, I just woke up about fifteen minutes ago. It was gone already.”

  “Okay, thanks,” she said as she buckled her seatbelt.

  Arsen moved in next to her and frowned.

  “It would’ve been nice if he had seen them leave.”

  “I’m sure they just went to eat breakfast and must’ve took her blanket to the cleaners. Gwen drinks often, but it still has her puking now and then.” Steele ran her hand over Arsen’s muscular thigh and left it there.

  He looked down at her small hand on him and thought how he’d never allow anyone to touch him like that before. She was changing him and it was happening a lot faster that he even thought possible.

  Arsen ran his hand over hers and lifted it to his lips, leaving a kiss on top. “You really are perfect for me, baby.”

  Her blue eyes sparkled.

  “You are perfect for me too.”

  Running an arm around her he felt as close to normal as he’d ever been. But as they pulled away from the apartment a police car moved down the street in front of them, reminding him of his trouble and how he had to hurry to fix that problem.

  Arsen knew his time was limited. He pulled out his phone and pulled up the website of a local shop that sold the clothes and masks they’d need to go to the club. He tapped on something he’d love to see Steele in and showed it to her.

  “How about this for tonight?”

  He smiled as pink stained her creamy colored cheeks.

  “Really? That will show all of me! I mean every bit! You’d let me out in public like that?”

  The leather garment was a series of black belts which crisscrossed over the body, leaving the breasts exposed and the ass as well. The belt which ran between the legs was a little wider than the rest and managed to cover the goods, but that was the only thing which was covered.

  Arsen stifled a chuckle and said, “Oh, it has a thing you wear over it, Steele.” He tapped another place on the cell phone’s screen and a sheer, black short dress came up. “See, this goes over it.”

  “It’s nearly invisible, Arsen! You have got to be playing with me.” She tapped her foot, nervously.

  When his head shook her forehead wrinkled with a frown. Arsen’s eyebrows went up.

  “Steele, you said you wanted to see what it’s like. Well, this is the type of thing the females who go there, wear. You’ll look hot as hell. Don’t worry. I’d never dress you in anything you wouldn’t look good in.”

  He tapped at the screen again, pulling up a picture of thigh high, shiny leather boots with six-inch heels and grinned at her. Steele shook her head.

  “Arsen, I can’t wear that. It’s crazy!”

  After showing her a cat-woman mask, he said, “You’ll wear this. You’ll be anonymous. No one will even know who you are or ever recognize you on the street. Let yourself go with the character, Steele. You said you wanted to know and you will know after tonight.”

  “And what will you be wearing? May I ask?”

  “An Armani suit and a batman mask.” He put his arm around her again and pulled her tight to him. “Cat-woman and Batman. Sounds fun. Don’t you think?”

  “Only this cat-woman is naked,” she said with a frown.

  “Nearly naked,” he corrected her as he placed the order for the things, having them delivered to his penthouse by eight that night.

  Thinking about how hot she was going to look had him more excited than he’d been in a very long time. He had a bright red collar he would put around her long, elegant neck to show every male there, she was his and his alone.

  Arsen toyed with the idea of making her crawl or not, but ended up deciding she could walk in as he led her with his leash. It would be his last time going into the place after all and he was going to make it count.

  He nipped her neck, playfully and ran his hand over her sex.

  “I cannot wait to show your hot ass off, baby.”

  The way she shivered let him know she was afraid, and for some reason that made him happy.

  A little fear is good for the soul.

  STEELE

  “Arsen! This is just too much!” she whined as he buckled the last buckle on her little BDSM outfit, emphasis on little.

  She turned her body in front of the mirror and frowned.

  “My big ass is all out there!”

  His large hand cupped one of her ass cheeks and he gave it a good squeeze. “It is and I’m loving it.”

  Steele watched his eyes light up in the mirror and knew he was in his element. It both excited her and made her nervous at the same time.

  “Arsen, I’m sure to let you down. I know I will.”

  He pulled her into his arms, resting his forehead to hers.

  “Baby, we’re not going there to really do any more than retrieve a couple of things from my private room. None of the regular things that happen there are we going to be involved in. So you can’t possibly let me down. Can’t you see that? Plus, I kind of love the shit out of you, and that means whatever you do never lets me down.”

  “You love the shit out of me, huh?” she asked with a grin.

  He popped her ass. “I can curse. You cannot.”

  She giggled. “Yes, Master.”

  He smiled and pulled away from her, picking up the sheer, black dress and p
ulled it over her head. Then went to a closet that when he opened it up Steele about fell over.

  “Oh my God! That’s why I smell leather in here all the time.” She went to him and looked at all the leather inside.

  He pulled out a long, red, leather coat and held it out for her. She put her arms through the sleeves then he wrapped it around her and tied it closed.

  “Better?” he asked

  She nodded and smiled.

  “You fooled me, you rogue.”

  “Oh, once inside, the coat has to be checked. But you won’t be walking around anywhere else like that.” He led her back to the mirror where she looked at their reflections.

  Arsen was in his black Armani suit, looking handsome as hell and she was in the long, red, leather coat with the tall boots. Her long, dark hair was pulled into a single braid which fell over her shoulder. Her make-up was impeccable, and she found herself feeling a lot sexier than she ever had before.

  Then Arsen went to the leather filled closet again and took out a red leather collar and leash set. Her heart started to pound in her chest as it never crossed her mind she’d have to wear that and crawl on her hands in knees in front of a group of people.

  As he reached up to run the collar around her neck her hand took his wrist. “Arsen, I’m beginning to think this isn’t a thing I can do after all. Crawling around in front of people is too much.”

  His smile was a mixture of fun and evil.

  “You will have to trust me, Steele. I am your master after all. You signed the contract.”

  The contract, yes she had asked for the contract between them and signed it. Ready to show him she could be what he needed. After gulping down the knot which had formed in her throat, she said, “I did. Go ahead, put your collar on me, Master.”

  Arsen placed the thing around her neck and attached the leash.

  “How does that feel? It’s not too tight, is it?”