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  Frowning at her, he shook his head, “I don’t understand Daisy,” he admitted. “What do you mean?” he asked taking her hand to draw her to him. Sliding his arm around her waist he pulled her against him, “He’s part of your life too, our life, why would you refuse to be with him until I was up and mobile again?”

  “I couldn’t make love with one of the men that I loved when I knew that the other was suffering. It was better for all three of us to ache and hurt instead of just one. I love you too much to ever let you hurt alone, ache alone. We are family. All of us. Yes he is a part of my life and yes I do love him like crazy but you are as well. You are my heart Mikhail and have been from the moment you bought me that rose.”

  Wrinkling his nose he sighed, “You would bring up the rose,” he muttered. “Why can’t women forget things like that?” he asked stepping into the shower with her. Backing her into the corner he leaned in to rub against her, his lips moving over her shoulder and neck lightly.

  “Because it was the moment that I knew that my heart would never belong to just one man, but two. It was the moment that I knew that there was no one else for me, just the two of you. I love you Mikhail, and you damn well love me too. Admit it.”

  “You know I do Daisy, I have since I met you,” he said quietly lifting his head. Looking into her eyes he tipped his head, “You’re the only woman I’ve ever loved, wanted to love and will ever love. You are everything to me.”

  “Good.” She said with a smile and reached up to pull him closer. “That’s good enough for me Mikhail. Now then, you need to get clean and do some more fucking. I think you said something about punishing me?”

  Nodding he kissed her, “That I did. And I will punish you for the last week. But only part of it will be in here, the rest will be on the bed once I have you tied down. And then you will be fully at my mercy for as long as I feel like keeping you there.”

  “Tied down? That’s something you’ve never done before.” They had both subdued her but never tied her down. “I think that I’m really looking forward to this.” She confessed. Turning to give him her back she looked over her shoulder at him and winked, “Come on big boy.”

  “I’ll tie you up with silk scarves and then you will be punished, slowly, carefully and thoroughly,” he murmured. Smacking her ass hard he smiled at her, “Right after I have my way with your ass of course.”

  “Good.” She braced her hands on the shower wall and looked back at him again. “I trust you Mikhail. I’m not sure that I could let Gareth tie me down, not because I don’t trust him, but I think more because I don’t think that he would like it as much as you sound like you do. With you liking it the way that it sounds like you do, it’s going to be damn great to be me.” She hoped that made sense to him.

  Frowning at her he shook his head, “Maybe I’m not as well as I thought I was. I bloody well understood that. If that isn’t a scream out to the universe I’m not fully back I don’t know what is.” Smacking her other ass cheek he smiled and rubbed the skin gently. “We’re both going to enjoy having you tied down. Or, rather, I will,” he chuckled softly and smacked the opposite cheek.

  “Oh I am certain I will enjoy it as well.” Eventually. “Mikhail, enough teasing, please.” She begged and pushed back against him. “It’s been three bloody damn long weeks.” She moaned. “Fuck me. My ass is begging you to fuck it, just please, fuck me.”

  Chuckling, he stepped in and pressed his cock to her anus. Catching her hips in a tight hold he thrust into her in one long push. “Oh fuck yeah,” he groaned out, his fingers biting into her flesh. “God I can’t believe I forgot how tight your ass is.” Pulling nearly all the way out he slammed back into her.

  Daisy dropped her head to the shower wall and pushed back against him. “And I forgot just how good it feels.” Her skin had gooseflesh covering it from head to toe. Her whole body was sensitized to his touches. “That’s so good Mik, God so good.”

  Sliding a hand up between her breasts he pulled her back up to his front. “Touch your clit,” he murmured against her ear. “But do not touch your pussy, that’s my pussy.” Sliding his other hand down he pulled up her leg and held it up, his arm sliding under to keep it there.

  Reaching down she touched her fingers to her clit and jolted on him. “Your pussy, your ass, your everything. I belong to you.” She submitted easily to him, especially since it was what she wanted as well. “Please,” she whimpered as her fingers danced over her clit.

  “All of you Daisy, all of you is mine,” he said biting her earlobe lightly. Scraping his teeth to it with care he sucked on it before letting go. “And I’m fucking possessive of all of you D. I plan on enjoying every inch of you, reminding you of just how good it feels to be fucked long and hard.”

  “Good. I plan on reminding you just how much you love fucking me like this. I plan on reminding you for the rest of our lives how much you love being a part of my body. I’m yours and you are right on that point. But you are mine too.”

  “I am yours,” he whispered sliding his cock in and out of her tight ass. “You are mine, I’m yours and we are together, always, no matter what. You’re not getting rid of me with a mere bullet Daisy. It will take a hell of a lot more than that.”

  “Good.” Daisy’s moan filled the shower as Mikhail fucked her. “Because I don’t think I ever want to be rid of you.” She admitted bluntly and shuddered. “So close. Please.” She begged him and pushed harder back against him. “Mik, please let me come.” She begged as she toyed with her clit, waiting for his command to come.

  “Stop touching your clit, both hands on the wall,” he ordered. Slamming his cock into her ass again and again he nibbled on her throat. Once her hands were on the wall, he stilled for a moment, “Cum,” he hissed out thrusting in deep and coming with a yell.

  Daisy screamed right along with him. Cuming so hard that she literally saw stars dancing before her eyes. Knees weak, she pressed her forehead to the wall and panted, gasped for air. “Dear God.” She breathed. “God I’ve missed you so very, very much.” She missed his dominance. She missed his taking control. She missed everything about him.

  Sliding his tongue up her throat he chuckled, “We’ll see if you are still saying that in the morning,” he whispered. Biting her neck gently, he scraped his teeth to her skin. Letting her leg loose he pulled free from her ass. “Let’s wash up Daisy and go to bed. I have plans for your body.”

  “I like how that sounds.” She tried to lock her legs and whimpered, “Goodness darling, I really hope that you have lots planned for my body, including sleep.” She teased him. “I think for right now you should wash my body because I honestly don’t know if I can or not.”

  “You can sleep when you’re dead,” he told her. “Until then, I plan to fuck you long and hard and then slow and deep. Then we will start all over again. We might even hunt Gareth down at some point and get you sandwiched between us.”

  “I think that sounds good honey. I really and truly think that I need to be sandwiched between the two of you as soon as possible. I want to be able to be with you both. For now though I need you.” She needed to reaffirm the link she had with him, needed to reaffirm the bond that she had with him.

  Kissing her neck, he began to wash her slowly, massaging her muscles as he went. Turning her under the water he smiled as she leaned against a wall. “Feeling relaxed?” he asked curiously as he began to wash.

  “Very much so.” She whispered with a smile. “I think that if I were any more relaxed I would be pouring down the drain right along with the water and suds.” She said honestly. “So I think for now we should just finish getting cleaned up and then we will go to bed.”

  Stepping under the water he rinsed and shut it off. “Well you are clean. I’m clean so we should get out,” he said to her with a grin. Moving to her he wrapped an arm around her waist. “Come on babe; let’s get you dried off and into bed. I’ll even let you have a nap if you need one before I tie you up and have my way with you
again.”

  “You are such a kind and considerate man.” She said with a smile. “See why I love you so much? You always have my welfare first in your mind.” She was ready for a nap, very much so. “Yes darling, a nap would be good before you tied me up.” She took the moment to yawn, “And then you can tie me up and have your wicked way with me.”

  “It throws my plans off a little, but I can adjust,” he told her. Stepping onto the bath mat he grabbed a large towel and wrapped it around her body. Grabbing a second one, Mik dried his hair and then his body before hanging it up again. “You dry or do you need help?”

  “I’m as dry as I’m going to get.” She told him with a yawn. “Come on honey, bed please.” She whispered. “Come and sleep with me and then later you can help me feel better, later you can tie me up and have your way with me.”

  “I always have my way with you D, I don’t need to tie you up to do that,” he smiled slightly. Taking her towel he hung it up to dry and then lifted her into his arms. “Have you been sleeping at all Daisy? Because I know I’ve been made to sleep, but you look tired darling.”

  “Not really.” She admitted. “I’ve been watching over you, sitting at your side so I haven’t slept much at all. I’ve slept when they forced sleeping pills on me,” she admitted. “Damn their asses. They got good at hiding the sleeping meds in food and drink.”

  “Good on them for looking after you,” he said settling her on the bed. Pulling the blankets from under her legs and pulled them up as he settled in at her side. “I’m betting Gareth and Honey were the instigators there and the others helped with distractions.”

  “Oh I’m sure.” She muttered. “If I didn’t know better I would swear that they, oh hell they did.” She muttered. “I did eat the sandwiches that they sent up. Damn them.” She muttered and closed her eyes. “Remind me to beat them because it cut out my time with you.”

  “While I was asleep?” he frowned. “How the hell is that a bad thing woman? I was asleep, you were asleep, and that’s a good thing. Besides, you can’t complain about lost time. I was the one drugged up to the gills for nearly two weeks straight. I barely remember the first couple of weeks Daisy.”

  “No, now. Damn-it.” She yawned again. “They drugged me tonight too. Damn-it all.” She muttered. “Sleep honey, I need to sleep now ‘cause I can’t keep my eyes open any longer.”

  Chuckling he kissed her. Laying down he pulled her into his arms and rearranged her so he had his head on her breasts. “Love you Daisy,” he murmured giving her a squeeze. “G’night you saucy female,” he smiled and let out a long, slow breath.

  Chapter Fifteen

  6 months later…

  Daisy moved to the bedside where Mikhail was and smiled, “Hey you.” She touched her fingers to his cheeks and leaned in to kiss him. “I love you Mikhail. Gareth woke up about half hour ago. Think that you are going to be able to live this down honey?”

  Stretching he looked at her and shrugged, “What’s to live down?” he asked softly. “I was pretty much dead a month ago, I have the right to sleep an extra half hour. How are the rest of them doing?” he murmured snaking an arm around her waist and tugging her onto the bed.

  “They are all awake and moving; trying to get used to the tech that they have. I will warn you now, when you rise you will notice that your sight and hearing are a great deal better than they were. I’m whispering.” She said with a smile, “I sound pretty loud to you don’t I?”

  Shrugging, he pushed up slowly and rolled his head around on his neck. Wincing slightly he lifted a hand to rub at the base of his skull. “I still only feel a hell of a headache,” he muttered looking around. “Not seeing much of a difference so far,” he said to her. “And you really don’t sound all that loud, you sound like you’re whispering.”

  “That’s odd.” Daisy frowned as she moved to have a seat at his side. “I don’t like that you woke up later than the others and that you aren’t feeling the effects as soon as they did as well. Maybe I should see if Mallory is able to come in and have a look at you?”

  “I had better sight and hearing than they did to begin with D. I’m a sniper; I trained myself to be better than the others. But if it makes you feel better go and grab her. I’d love for her to tell me why my head is pounding,” he said looking at her. “But give me a kiss first and then you can run off.”

  “A kiss, yes I can do that.” She said with a smile and moved into his arms. Wrapping her arms around him she kissed him, but then suddenly pulled back, “Mikhail, too hard.” She whimpered, very softly because she could barely breathe. “Hurts. Please.”

  “Fuck,” he loosened his hold on her and sighed, “Apparently the tech is working.” Rubbing his hands up and down her torso he leaned his forehead to hers. “I’m sorry love,” he murmured dropping light kisses on her lips and cheek.

  “It’s okay.” She moved to press her forehead to his forehead and closed her eyes. “Something that you will have to get used to honey.” Leaning in she kissed him again. “Don’t worry about it babe. I love you so much and it doesn’t matter. You were strong before but now, damn.”

  “But I hurt you,” he whispered sliding his hands up her arms to cup her face lightly. “I swore never to hurt you and yet I did just that, again. Fuck D, how the hell do you even put up with me?” he asked with a derisive sounding laugh.

  “Because, I love you.” She said quietly. “Honey you are mine. You are forever and always mine, you know that right? Don’t worry babe. Don’t worry about it at all. You know now so that’s what matters.”

  Sighing he pulled her into his arms and lap holding her with care. Pressing his face into her neck he just held her as he rocked slightly, his hand rubbing over her back. “I love you D and I hate when I hurt you.”

  “That means that you will work harder and learn faster on controlling your strength. That’s the simple truth of it all honey.” She said with a shrug. “At least now we know that the tech is working in you, right?”

  “I suppose, I just wish it had been some other sign,” he muttered. Pressing a kiss to her neck he lifted his head and looked at her. “But I still have a massive headache. Go and see if Mal’s available to see what’s up with that. If you don’t mind that is.”

  “I don’t mind at all,” she whispered. Leaning in she kissed him again. “I love you.” She whispered and moved from him. “I will be right back with Mal okay? She will help you; we both know that she will.” She then left him and went to find Mallory to have a look at him and figure out why he had a headache.

  Lifting his head when the women came over Mik smiled faintly. “Hey Mal,” he murmured. “I have a killer headache right now,” he said softly. “Got any idea why?” he asked her in the same quiet tone of voice.

  Leaning in Mallory took out her light. “I hate to do this but I need to check your eyes. Are you going to be okay?” At his nod she quickly checked pupil response and then sat on the bed at his side. “It seems like the headache is likely attached to the fact that you are a sniper. Your brain processes sight and sound differently than we do because you have trained yourself for better visualization and hearing. Just rest. I will turn the lights down and send a warm pack for your head. I will order you some meds for the pain, nothing narcotic just good old fashioned Tylenol okay?”

  “You sure?” he asked and tipped his head at her nod. “Alright Mal, I trust you on this. But if I end up with a big fat tumor up there I’m really going to be pissed at you.” Easing back onto the bed when she moved, he propped his knees up and put an arm over his face. “Hey Mal?” he murmured moving his arm just enough to look at her, “Thanks.”

  Mallory smiled and nodded, “Anytime Mikhail, anytime. I think that having Daisy come and curl up into bed with you will do you a world of good as well. I will send her with the pack for your head and with the Tylenol. For now; just rest.” She said and walked out of the room, leaving him in darkness for his headache.

  Opening his eyes at the smallest sound he
smiled at Daisy. “Hey,” he murmured in a sluggish manner. He sounded like he was almost but not quite asleep. “Figured you were still riding the others and looking after them.”

  “Nope. I am where I need to be.” Daisy moved so that she could pass him the cloth and then the Tylenol. “Here, take these and then I’m going to curl up in bed with you and we are going to take us a much needed nap.”

  Taking the pills he dry swallowed them and then grinned when she gagged. Chuckling Mikhail shifted on the bed to give her space. “Sorry darling, don’t have patience for pills and the like. It’s just easier to get them down and get them working.”

  “All right, as long as you are okay with it.” She told him and lay at his side, pulling the blankets up and around them. “Rest Mikhail. Get some sleep so that I can as well. We will talk more later, and hopefully your head will feel better then as well.”

  “Kiss first,” he said softly touching her cheek lightly. Brushing his lips to hers he nipped lightly, “I love you D. Thank you for cuddling up with me. Did Mal tell you what was going on?” he asked settling down with her.