Bared by Stacey Kennedy

Author:Stacey Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780804178884
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Hours flew by like minutes, and the conversation hadn’t dulled. In fact, considering how strained things had been at the beginning, Cora could’ve listened to Aidan talk about his childhood to college to his job all night.

At some point, the clouds settled in, darkening the sky. She stared at the fire burning brightly, sending orange flicks into the air. As a comfortable silence fell between them, Cora turned to the small beige-colored tent. Her heart fluttered and her palms grew sweaty. Really, a tent shouldn’t make anyone so nervous, but there was more to that tent that troubled her.

One tent. One giant sleeping bag for two. Daunting.

Cora’s heart tripped at the idea of sleeping next to Aidan. She felt as if she was sixteen years old and at the summer camp, the place she experienced her first kiss with a boy. She hadn’t slept in the same bed with a man since Porter; dungeon play didn’t involve sleepovers.

Is this really happening …

It seemed both exciting and incredibly dangerous for her.

“Was Porter your only boyfriend?”

She gulped, turning to Aidan. “My first Dom boyfriend, not my first boyfriend.”

“Tell me about the others.” Aidan smiled.

His shadowy gaze made her hyperaware of his every move. The warmth in the depths of his eyes lightened her chest. You look good when you’re not lost within yourself. But she couldn’t allow herself to get too hopeful—she’d been let down too many times.

Whatever his intent tonight, she had to keep believing his actions came from being her Dom and wanting to help her, not to get to know her better. And certainly not to let their love grow. She couldn’t handle being wrong again. “Just young-love type stuff, boyfriends through high school and college. Nothing too serious.”

He hesitated, regarding her with a tilt to his head. “When did you discover you were submissive?”

“It was a fluke.” The fire crackled, drawing Cora’s attention to the hot embers. “For an assignment in college, we needed to analyze a person and explain reasons for their actions.”

“You researched a submissive?”

His soft voice filled with interest, and a tone she’d never heard before kept her attention on the fire. “Nope, a sexual sadist.” She scrunched her nose. “In fact, he was a serial killer.”

“Please tell me how researching that led you to living the lifestyle.”

She glanced to him with a smile. “I know how morbid it sounds. A person researching that should run away, not willingly enter into it.”

A wrinkle marred his forehead. “My thoughts exactly.”

“Well …” She ran her hands over the soft blanket beneath her. “I went to Chains for research. I thought if I learned how it all worked, then it would be easier for me to understand the mind of a sexual sadist.”

One eyebrow arched. “Did it?”

She recalled that eye-opening experience. Lord, what she’d learned through that assignment had both changed her life and made her aware of her limits. “Yeah, and what I saw I didn’t like.”

“You’re not a masochist,” Aidan agreed.

“Yep, I figured that out pretty quick.

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