Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45284 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45284 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
I don’t glance away as he speaks. I can’t. I’m magnetically drawn to this giant sexy alien.
“I couldn’t have fully grasped how it would feel to find you, but now that I have, I understand. The desire to care for you in every imaginable way makes me tremble. I will watch over you and see to your every need for as long as we live. It will seem odd to you at first. It is not the way of humans, but you will learn to accept my attention over time. Every Little girl does.”
I focus on his intensity, trying to understand what he’s telling me. It’s confusing. What I know is that I want to please him. I can’t explain it. It unnerves me.
I’ve never been the sort of person who got into trouble—not with my father or with my school or any other person of authority. I’m a pleaser. I’m well-aware of that fact. Often it annoys me. I’ve wished I could break the rules once in a while, but until tonight, I’ve never taken that kind of risk.
Lying to my father and sneaking out after bedtime to visit Club Zoom was the most disobedient thing I’ve ever done. And look where it got me.
Papi lowers his lips to mine and kisses me gently again before rubbing his nose against mine. He inhales deeply. “You smell like heaven,” he murmurs. “It’s intoxicating. I want to strip your clothes off and bathe you in Eleadian water with our natural soap. I want to remove every Earthly scent that’s clinging to your clothes and skin and hair. I want to inhale pure Bailey without the added impurities.”
I start panting at the seductive suggestion. Bathe me? I can’t wrap my head around the idea of someone washing me, and some part of me wants him to do just that. I want to throw caution to the wind and let this giant man do whatever he wants with me.
I’m under some sort of spell. I think he caused it when he pricked my fingertips. Perhaps I should be incensed that he’s controlling me, but I can’t find the will to care. I like how I feel. For the first time in my life, someone cares about me. Sure, Mary, Allisa, and Kate care in their own ways, but they’re girlfriends. It’s not the same as having a man devoted to me.
He kisses me again and then trails a path with his lips to my neck before nuzzling behind my ear. His voice is soft and gentle as he whispers, “You’re mine, Little one. You will submit to me and obey me, and I will treat you like a princess.”
A shiver races down my body at his words and the feel of his breath on my ear. It’s like he’s hypnotizing me. I’m totally under his spell.
He nibbles on my earlobe and continues, “You can feel the bond, Baby girl. It’s strange and unnatural to you, but it’s consuming you at the same time. Don’t fight it. Let it wash through you.”
Suddenly he licks a spot on my neck behind my ear and pierces my skin so quickly that it’s over before I have a chance to gasp. I whimper as his power consumes me. A small voice in the back of my head argues that this is not natural. Humans don’t meet people and succumb to their will. Apparently Eleadians do. And it’s happening so fast.
Papi drags his nose along my neck, growling as he inhales deeply. “You’re going to be my good girl, aren’t you, Bailey?”
A strange moan escapes my lips. I want to fight this pull. I shouldn’t want to be anyone’s good girl. I’ve spent my life being good. But I also want to be Papi’s good girl. I really do. It’s a deep need I can’t fight.
I feel too warm. Constricted. I want my clothes off so I can feel my skin against his. I’m losing my mind.
His lips come back to mine, and he holds my gaze intently as he drops tiny kisses on my mouth. “I will have rules, Little one. Many of them. I will be very strict with you. But my rules are for your safety and wellbeing. My rules will exist to ensure you are never harmed because it would destroy me for anything to happen to you. Do you understand?”
I don’t, but I nod.
“When I ask you a question, I want you to respond politely, Little one. Yes, Papi or yes, Sir. The same thing applies to any other Eleadian men who speak to you. You’ll address them reverently as Sir.” He lifts a brow.
I’m trembling as I lick my lips. “Yes, Sir.” I’ve never felt the kind of power bouncing back and forth between us. He’s demanding my compliance, and I’m giving it to him. That small voice in my head is screaming at me to run from this apartment and the building, but I’m tethered to Papi. I can’t even take my gaze off him let alone shove him away from me and leave. I haven’t really had the ability to leave from the moment I spotted him.