The Drake Unwound Complete Collection (The Drake Series Book 9)(66)

I nodded, knowing that I had to punish her for breaking the terms of our agreement. She was supposed to be truthful about our relationship and her feelings. At all times. She’d broken the terms.

"You broke the rules about truth. You know you're supposed to always tell me the truth. You are not allowed to hide things from me. I have to punish you or what kind of Dom would I be?"

"I don't want you to spank me."

"Kate. You intentionally didn't tell me about Kurt,” I said, needing her to understand how serious this was. It meant she didn’t really understand what was required of her. This wasn’t just some sticking point for me personally. It was a firm tenant in BDSM that the Dominant and submissive had to be completely honest and open about their likes and dislikes, limits and needs. “You intentionally deceived me. I asked you if you saw anyone I'd know at the function. You saw Kurt. A lie of omission is as bad as one of commission."

"I don't want you to punish me," she said, shaking her head, pulling away from me. "I don’t want you to spank me again."

"It's not about what you want," I said, holding her firmly. "This is about the rules, Katherine."

"That's not fair," she said. "You let the rules fall by the wayside when it suits you, and enforce them when it suits you."


"I'm the Dominant. I'm the Master,” I said, realizing that I had failed in my duty to show her and teach her what she needed to know or else we wouldn’t be having the conversation. “It's my prerogative. You should re-read the agreement."

She pushed away from me and finally succeeded in escaping my grip. I let go, telling myself that I shouldn’t be restraining her. She had to come to this on her own. She had to understand.

"I'll rip the f*cking agreement up." She stomped away but stopped at the door. "Look," she said, her fists clenched. "I was wrong to hide what happened with Kurt, but as far as I'm concerned, if you spank me, it will be overkill."

I went to her, my arms on either side of her, preventing her from moving. "In case you misunderstood, in our power exchange, I'm the one who decides about punishment. Your breaking the rules about lying was not accidental. It was intentional. You have to be punished. I choose the punishment."

I grabbed her arm, then sat on the bed and pulled her over my lap, one of my legs thrown over hers, confining her completely. She could only wriggle, her arms flailing to try to stop me, but I was able to control her, and gripped her hands in one of mine.

"You better not spank me," she said, her voice low.

"You better just take it, Katherine. You agreed that I'd punish you if you broke the rules,” I said, breathing in slowly and deeply, gaining control over my emotions. “Did you break the rules?"

She said nothing, so I waited. Finally, I repeated my question.

"Did you break the rules?"

She stopped fighting but was tense and did not answer.

"Katherine, I promise you, I've been doing this now for five years,” I said, finally in complete control. “I have more than enough patience to wait for you to reply properly."

"You're very selective about what and when you punish."

"That's my prerogative, as I said and as is spelled out in the agreement. Maybe we better sit down and re-read it.” I let that sink in for just a moment before continuing. “I've been exceptionally lenient with you since we've been together, but there are some things I can't tolerate. Lying is one of the things I will not tolerate. So once more, did you break the rules?"

She was tense, her breath coming in short gasps. "Yes."

"Yes, what?"

She held back, not answering right away but I waited her out. Finally, she gave in.

"Yes, Master."

"Good girl," I said and hiked up her nightgown above her ass, baring her buttocks. Once I saw them, my dick hardened despite my earlier anger and hurt. I couldn’t help but run my hand over them, enjoying their creamy smoothness, their plump roundness. "So nice and creamy white. It's too bad I'm going to have to make them all red."

"You don't have to do anything,” she said, her voice edged with anger. “You're choosing to do this."

"Yes, I am, Katherine," I said calmly. "A Dom has to have some standards. I've let mine slip with you because I love you so much, but if I don't enforce this rule, our relationship is doomed. I can't lose trust in you or this will fail." I leaned down and put my lips by her ear. "I don’t want to lose you." I kissed the skin on her bare shoulder. "I can't lose you. So, I want you to tell me what you did wrong. Complete openness Katherine. Complete honesty. No more hiding things from me."

She said nothing, but covered her eyes. "I saw a video of you with Sunita."

A shock went through me at that. "What?"

"Dawn sent it to me."

I breathed in deeply in an attempt not to overreact. She saw a video of me with Sunita?

Sunita had taken a video of our scenes. She liked to watch it over and over again. How had Kate seen the video?

"I told you about our relationship."

"Dawn tried to arrange a meeting between us but I said no.”

I tensed, barely able to believe what Kate said. "She what?"