Magni
This was my chance to set things straight with Laura. Now that she was back, I would discipline her and make sure she never ran away again.
“Make sure we aren’t disturbed,” I told my lieutenant, who was waiting for me when Laura and I got back to the Gray Mansion.
“But sir, Lord Khan just asked me to tell you to come to his office.” Excitement shone from the young soldier’s eyes as Franklin fell into step next to me. “The ruler returned twenty minutes ago and he’s waiting for you. Now that the border collapsed we’re all waiting for orders to attack.” Franklin was part of my elite unit, the Huntsmen, and always eager to serve.
“I already talked to Lord Khan at the border. He doesn’t want us to attack at this point.” I walked right past him with my hand locked around Laura’s wrist. “Tell my brother I’ll see him when I’m done with my wife.”
“Understood, sir.”
Laura and I didn’t talk as we ascended the curved staircase. Nor did we look at each other. The closer we came to our suite, the more my heart was racing. For six months, I had dreamed of this moment. My grip around Laura’s wrist tightened when I opened the door. She had to know that I would punish her for being disobedient.
“You’re hurting me,” she complained and jerked her hand back.
I gave her a light shove into our suite and closed the door behind us. “I don’t care if your hand hurts. You fucking humiliated me.”
Laura walked over to the window, keeping her back to me. “I know.” Her words were low-pitched.
“Do you have any idea how many fights I’ve been in because of you?”
Her head turned and she frowned. “What do you mean?”
“You turned me from one of the most respected men in the country to the loser whose wife ran away from him. I couldn’t go out without men ridiculing me and calling me insulting names.” I pulled up my sleeve. “See that long scar?”
“Someone stabbed you?”
“Uh-huh. I was piss drunk or the fucker wouldn’t have gotten close enough to cut me. But the point is that you made my life hell.”
“I’m sorry.”
“You’re sorry?” My body was tense from the resentment I held against her.
“It was an impulsive decision.”
“You left me!”
“I know. But it wasn’t to get away from you. It was to experience the freedom of the Motherlands.”
I locked the door and stalked toward her. “Are you talking about you learning martial arts?”
“Yes. That and walking around freely.”
With a hand, I spun Laura around to face me. “Did you sleep with anyone?”
“No.” Her tone was offended and her blue eyes didn’t blink. “Of course not.”
I narrowed my eyes. “Are you sure?”
Laura cocked her head to one side. “Have you seen Motlander men?”
“What about them?” I asked and backed her up against the wall. When she tried to move out of my way, my palms flew to the wall, trapping her.
To my surprise, Laura didn’t cower. She met my eyes and lifted her chin.
“I’m not scared of you, and I’m not the same woman you knew.”
“Is that right?”
Her hands pushed at my chest, but I moved closer, taking in the scent of her. “New shampoo?” I asked in a low voice, my fingers trailing down her body, and my nose almost touching her forehead.
“Different perfume too.” She licked her lips, her voice raspy.
She smelled nice, but I wanted her the way I remembered and ordered, “Go back to the old ones.”
“That’s not up to you.”
Her words provoked me; I was done playing nice. In a fast movement, I cupped her face and gave her a punishing kiss to show her I was in control.
“What the fuck!” My hand flew to my mouth and I took a step back. “You bit my tongue.”
“From now on, you’ll ask me permission before you kiss me.”
I shook my head with a smirk. “You’ve spent too long in the Motherlands. You’re my wife, Laura. I don’t need your fucking permission to kiss you.”
“That’s where you’re wrong.” In an agile movement, she moved away from me. “I’m not your property and you don’t own me.”
My eyebrows flew up. “Don’t tell me you’ve turned into one of them.”
“All I’m asking is that you’ll treat me as an equal.”
“But you’re a woman.”
Laura gave a deep exhalation and rolled her eyes.
“Treat you as an equal. What does that even mean?” I asked.
“It means that you’ll respect my opinion and let me make decisions for myself.”
I snorted. “You don’t want equality. That’s a fantasy gone wrong in the Motherlands.”
“This is hopeless. You’re never going to change, are you, Magni?”
“Why the fuck would I change?” I reached for her but she was quick to move away.
“I’m not going to be your submissive wife anymore.”
This time I snatched her up and carried her to the bed. “That’s what you think.” I placed her across my knees, and my palm hit her behind.
Laura squirmed. “Stop it, Magni.”
“Oh, you deserve a good spanking, and you know it.”
This wasn’t my first time spanking my woman and after the initial squirming, she took it well.
“From now on, you’ll do as you’re told.” My voice was gruff from all the emotions I put into that spanking. The fear I had carried around for six months, worrying night and day that something bad could have happened to Laura. The frustration of breaking into the Motherlands twice and not finding her either time. The anger from my brother when I broke the peace treaty between the Northlands and the Motherlands by kidnapping a woman and holding her hostage to get back Laura in exchange.
I didn’t hold back when I spanked her while thinking about the time I sneaked in to the Motherlands with my friend Alexander Boulder. The two of us had to dress as locals to fit in. I would never forget the humiliating sight of my reflection in the mirror: clean-shaven and with fucking ribbons in my hair.
When I was done spanking her, Laura pushed up from my lap, brushed herself off, and looked at me with her shoulders squared. “I allowed you to spank me this time, but only because I feel bad about leaving you the way I did.” She pointed her index finger at me. “I’m warning you, though. This was the last time you put your hands on me without my permis...”
I pulled her back down on my lap before she could finish that sentence, and spanked her some more. When I was done, she was panting and my hand was buzzing from the blood rushing to it. “Stay!” I ordered her when she raised her head to push up again. My hand moved down her soft pants between her legs. If her dilated pupils hadn’t been enough to tell me she was aroused, the wetness between her legs gave it away. “Tell me you missed me.”
Laura’s face and neck were crimson in color, her mouth was a little open, and she gave a small moan when I let two fingers circle her clit. “Tell me, Laura.”
She drew in a deep breath, not breaking eye contact with me when she admitted, “I missed this.”
“The spankings?”
“The sex.”
My strong hands lifted her to sit on my lap and I kissed her with a deep hunger. My thoughts spilled over and I mumbled into her mouth, “I’m going to fuck you so hard.”
Laura responded by pulling up my shirt, and the way her hands roamed over my muscles, with appreciation, made me want her even more. If only all the fools who had accused me of being so lousy in bed that my woman ran away from me could see us now.
Her eyes were hooded and her voice sultry. “I missed this a lot.”
“Good, because we have a lot of catching up to do. Hold on to me!”
Laura raised an eyebrow. “Say please.”
I snorted. “As if.”
She squeezed her thighs around my hips, holding herself up with her arms around my neck, when I stood up from the bed. “This doesn’t change anything. I’m still not going back to being your obedient wife,” she whispered with her lips puffy from our violent kissing.
With both hands free, I had no trouble ripping her soft pants and throwing the torn fabric to the floor. I half expected her to protest my ruining her clothing, but judging from Laura’s hungry kisses, it only aroused her.
I kicked off my shoes and stepped out of my pants. Laura was impatient and scratched my shoulders with her nails while placing kisses on the tattoo on my neck. At least our dry spell had increased her appetite for me. I grabbed her ass with both hands and positioned her just right. She felt wet and slick against my crown.
“Who do you belong to?” I asked while looking into her eyes.
“I belong to myself. I’m a free woman.”
I growled. “Wrong! You’re my wife.” I should have put her over my lap again, but the tip of my erection was sliding inside her and my reptile brain took over. It had been too fucking long since I’d been inside her, and the overwhelming feeling of pleasure that ran like jolts of electricity from my scalp, down my spine, and all the way to my toes made me almost lose my balance.
“Fucking hell!” My voice was hoarse when I leaned my head back and closed my eyes.
“Ahhh,” she moaned.
“Oh yeah?” My eyes were only slits but I could still see the most beautiful woman in the world leaning her head back and smiling. Laura’s ginger-red hair was longer than it had been when she left. Her large blue eyes weren’t as naïve and youthful as I remembered them, but she was still absolute perfection to me.
“Don’t ever forget that this ass belongs to me.” I pressed my fingers into her creamy flesh and made circles on my hips, making sure to give her every inch of me.
Laura leaned her head to one side, exposing her neck. I marked her with my kisses and bites.
We were still in a bubble of sex when a knock on the door sounded. “Go away,” I shouted and put her down on the bed, enjoying the sight of my woman on all fours in front of me.
“But Commander, your brother…” Franklin called from outside the door.
My tone was hard and non-negotiable. “Unless the mansion is under attack I’m not available.” I hadn’t been inside my wife for six months and Khan would just have to wait.
My hands followed the curves of Laura’s firm round ass, and I bent over to plant my teeth in her soft skin. She looked over her shoulder, giving me an inviting smile. “What are you waiting for?”
I growled low, letting her know that I was in charge and that I didn’t appreciate her challenging me. Picking up a handful of her hair, I tugged hard enough for Laura to crane her neck back. With my other hand digging into her hip, I had her just where I wanted her. At my mercy.
After she’d denied me her body for six months, I wasn’t in the forgiving mood. I took her hard and punishingly, her body under attack from my seven-foot-tall, three-hundred-and-forty pound, muscled body.
“Ahh, Magni, yes, yes…”
My palm smacked her behind again and she arched her back.
This wasn’t about her pleasure. It wasn’t even about mine. It was a sign of dominance and I was making a point.
I smacked her behind again and pushed in and out at high speed. “I’ll fucking take you when I want you, do you understand?”
Laura gave me a sly smile. “As long as you respect a ‘no’.”
Another knock on the door had me cursing out loud and closing my eyes. My anger with Laura was blinding me. She had lived too long among the Momsies who ruled the world and oppressed their men. It was time to show Laura that she had returned to the Northlands, where the last real men lived. I took pride in my masculinity and would never allow a woman to get control over me.
“That’s it, Magni, harder. Oh, I missed the sex.”
Harder? Here I was afraid I was hurting her and she wanted it harder? Annoyance and confusion made me press her into the mattress, covering her with my body and pinning her arms. Laura would hardly be able to breathe in this position but it was the ultimate way for me to show her who was on top.
I moaned and pushed in balls deep, biting her neck without breaking her skin. It was raw and animalistic, like a strong lion breaking in a disobedient lover.
Laura stilled under me with a long moan, and then her insides cramped around my cock. I hadn’t tried to make her come, and part of me didn’t want her to. She didn’t deserve an orgasm.
“Fuck, Laura.” I sounded pained when I came in an explosive orgasm of my own.
A third knock on the door sounded in the far distance and after a few seconds of heavy breathing on top of my wife, I got up.
Franklin didn’t move a brow when I opened the door with no clothes on. “I’ll be right down.”
“Yes, Commander.” He spun around and left.
Closing the door, I picked up the rest of my clothing that was spread around on the floor.
“I have to go talk to Khan. Stay here until I get back.”
Laura rolled to her side, propping herself up on an elbow. The curve from her hip down to her slim waist had me staring for a few seconds. She was so god damn gorgeous. I picked up my shoes and went to sit on the bed next to her.
“How long will you be gone?” she asked.
I wondered why she didn’t cover herself like she used to do. Not that she had anything to be ashamed of, but the changes in her disturbed me.
“I don’t know.”
“Magni, I know communication has never been our strength, but we need to talk.”
“Later.” I fastened the second shoe and turned to her. “Take a bath and order some food or something. I’ll want a lot more of you when I return, so fuel up.”
Laura shrugged. “We’ll see. It was really nice having sex with you again. Maybe I could go for a second round later.”
I narrowed my eyes and pushed her onto her back, my mouth on her tit, sucking hard enough to leave a mark. “Lose the attitude. You can tell yourself you have a choice, but the sooner you remember the duties of a good wife, the better for the both of us.”
Laura laughed. “The sooner you understand those days are gone, the better for the both of us. This is the year 2437 and I’m your equal.”
“I don’t have time to discuss this now.” With a huff of annoyance, I moved to the door. “Be here when I come back.”
“You forgot to say please.”
I shook my head. “No, Laura. It’s not a request. It’s a fucking order.”