Taken by the Soldier: A Dark Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Sue Lyndon

Author:Sue Lyndon [Lyndon, Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sue Lyndon
Published: 2022-04-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

LUKA

I’m fucking furious.

My grip on Judith tightens to the point that she winces. I take a deep breath and force myself to release her. I don’t want to cause her any lasting harm.

But she does have a punishment coming and that can’t be helped.

I don’t mind her sharing her opinions with me in a respectful manner—even if I do happen to disagree with her—but as I’ve told her time and time again, I won’t tolerate foul language.

Her gaze heats with anger. “I will never think of this place as home,” she says. “And I will never come to see you as my husband. You might as well let me the fuck go, because I will spend every day for the rest of our lives fighting you. And mark my words—I will escape. One day I will manage it, and there won’t be a fucking thing you can do about it.” Her voice shakes and tears glimmer in her eyes.

I pull her to her feet and guide her upstairs. Once we’re in our bedroom, I turn her to face me and I and lean down, putting my face level with hers.

“I think you’re angrier with yourself right now than you are with me, princess,” I say. “I think you’re having difficulty reconciling how safe you feel here. I think you know deep down that this—living in this settlement as my wife—is the better option. But you’re a natural fighter and you won’t give up so easily. I respect the fire in you, I even respect your stubbornness. But it’s just us right now. There is no one here from your old life. No one here who would judge you for surrendering to me. No one who would begrudge you finding some measure of happiness in a world that’s gone to hell.”

I grasp her upper arms again, but only because she’s gone pale as a sheet, and I fear she might become unsteady.

She’s mourning the loss of her old life and I know it’s not easy.

I’m currently doing the same.

Gradually, the anger fades from her eyes. She gulps hard and stares at my chest, looking as though she’s miles away from here. She’s remembering the past, I know it. She’s thinking of all she’s lost. The life she’ll never get back.

“Are you going to punish me for cursing again?” she asks, raising her eyes to mine. Her blue gaze brims with worry and she blinks fast, as though she’s trying to keep herself from crying.

“Yes, princess, I am going to punish you.”

Her breath hitches. “With a belt? Are-are you going to whip me?” Her entire body shakes, and I steel myself to remain firm with her. I cannot allow her to keep testing me, and if she ever wants to be permitted outside this house, she’ll have to learn to behave as a model wife.

I reach up to cup her breast, then draw a finger over the outline of her nipple. My touch is possessive, and it’s intentional. It’s meant to make her shudder, meant to make her quiver with anticipation.

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