94: Nik's POV (NSFW)

She’d asked me the question that some small part of me had been waiting for since the first day I met her. Okay, not a small part of me. My cock had twitched to life the moment the question had left her lips. Ada had reacted so well to my shadows binding her in place, the several times I’d used them — even the last time, when we’d all marked her. She’d been dripping, eyes glazed over from her wanton need. I’d played it safe this entire time. I hadn’t wanted to scare her, and if there was one thing that Darius was right about, it was that if I showed her this room right away... it would not have gone well.

It was part of why I’d gotten so defensive when he’d accused me of hurting her. She was innocent and deserved protection. Sure, I’d been rough. After her first few times, I’d implemented the binding to see how she would do. I was almost certain that she would be far more open to almost anything after that.

And now? That was confirmed.

I’d immediately walked her over to the room, unlocking the door. The fact was that it was far easier to show her than to explain it to her. Explaining it had a tendency to make me sound a bit crazy or sadistic. Ada had walked into the room, a place that no one other than me had been in. Hell, she was the first woman who’d been in my bedroom at all. I’d always just brought whatever I wanted wherever I was going with whatever woman I was with before her.

She was looking at everything with a sense of awe. Her eyes were wide, but not from fear. There was a light flush on her cheeks as her fingers trailed over various items. Her lips parted as her eyes roamed over the pegboards on the walls. It wasn’t like this was the kink-masters villa or anything. It wasn’t a red room or full of things meant to elicit pain. Sure, some things wouldn’t be the most comfortable, but I was all about the pleasure. I wanted to see how far I could get her to fall over the edge, not how much pain she could take mixed with the pleasure.

Ada’s fingers trailed over several dildos and anal beads. Her eyebrows were raised as she walked past the few whips and chains that were hooked on the wall. There were several positional benches and pillows. I’d had a custom bed built with many hooks and loops for ropes and such. She lingered near a chair designed to hold someone in place and allow access to all sensitive parts of their body.

“Well,” she sucked in a deep breath and turned to face me. Her eyes softened when she saw me standing there, watching her intently. Ada blew out the breath with a nervous laugh, “Am I terrible because I look at all of this and kind of can’t wait for you to use it on me?” Her fingers rested on a set of cuffs, her eyes staring at a large vibrator on a shelf down the way, “Even the things I don’t recognize.”

I walked over to the vibrator she was eyeing. It was a deep purple silicone toy with a nub at the bottom. Both the internal and external portions of this one vibrated to maximize one’s pleasure. This toy, in particular, was the only one anywhere close to the size of mine or my brother’s cocks.

I picked it up and held it up with a smirk, “You don’t know what this is?”

Her flush grew deeper, “I can guess. Has anyone else ever...?” she shot me a pointed look.

With a snort, I shook my head and took a step toward her with the toy still in my hand, “Would you like to be the first?” Her nod was slightly hesitant. When I was chest to chest with her, I spoke firmly, “There are a few rules while we are in this room, or any other time we are together, and it’s just us.” Ada’s eyes flickered to the toy by my side, and she swallowed as I smirked, “You *always* have a say in what happens. Once you’re more comfortable, I’ll start trying a few new things, but you will always be able to say no. Do you understand?” Ada nodded again, and I hooked the finger of my empty hand under her chin, “You have to say it.”

“I understand,” her voice was shaking.

With my head angled down toward her, the way she had to raise her eyes to look up at me made her look so innocent. My mouth went dry. Moon Goddess, she was fucking beautiful. With a soft sigh, I trailed my finger back on her neck before gripping her throat lightly, “Once you’ve said yes to something, that doesn’t mean it has to continue. If you ever decide you don’t like something, say the word ‘lychee’ and I’ll stop immediately. Repeat the word and what it means to me.”

“Lychee,” she breathed as her pulse jumped against my palm, “It means you’ll stop.”

“Finally,” I leaned down and brushed my lips against hers, “This doesn’t mean this is all you have to have with me going forward. I don’t want you to think that I need this to be happy with you,” there was a slight gargle in her throat as I pulled my lips back from her, an pertinent ‘how dare you’ that was unspoken, “If this is not what you want, you say that. At any time.”

“Nik,” her eyelids fluttered shut as her head fell back slowly, her long hair flowing behind her seductively, “I understand. Please,” she whispered and ran her fingers over my t-shirt.

My stomach jumped beneath her touch. I released her throat. Ada’s eyes shot open and locked on mine. I motioned to the bed with the vibrator, “Take off your clothes and lie on the bed, legs spread.”