Survival

any longer. I had to have you. Very soon, Jaden,you'll come to see that you and I are one and the same. It wasdifficult for me to admit at first, but now, I see it couldn’t beclearer. I could tell from the first moment I saw you that you hadexactly what I’ve been searching for, and I’ve been searching for avery long time.”
“And just what is that?”
“I'm a bit of a hurricane, Jaden, and I need someonestrong enough to be able to withstand it. And I know you're theperfect one to do that."
“Is that supposed to scare me? That’s precious,” Imocked.
I stared him down. I would not let him intimidateme, no matter how much of a threat he was. I had the ability toturn my fear into anger and aggression, and I would show him myhurricane was just as strong and destructive as his was.
His chuckle was low and devious, and his eyesgleamed with intensity. Without warning, his arm shot out for mythroat, but my reflexes, unaffected by my fight downstairs,deflected his strike. But I lostit when his leg viciously swept the back of mine and I fell to thefloor on my back. He was on top of me before I had another chanceto react.
“I know … you’re little miss tough shit, aren’t you?Nothing scares you, right?” he growled inches from my face, his hotbreath warming my skin. I pushed against him, trying to find spaceand room to maneuver, but there was none. He pushed himself harderagainst me, practically crushing my body under his. “I can’t waitto be the one to change that.”
“Fuck you! No one intimidates me!” I tried to shoutat him, but it came out as garbled, gasped air. My fight wasofficially back, and I wasn’t letting it go this time.
He chuckled again and pressed his forehead to mine.“We’ll see about that,” he declared confidently.
Taking his weight from me, he picked me up by myneck and threw me against the wall, his big body trapping me inplace.
“Just what the fuck is it that you want from me?” Ishouted at him.
Placing his hands on my shoulders, he seemed torelax a little. “I want your utter and complete obedience, Jaden. Iwant your body. I want your loyalty. And I want your mind. I wantyou screaming my name while I fuck you into submission every night.And then I want you begging me for more.” He smiled cruelly atme.
For the first time, I was fucking speechless. Istared at him with a look of shock and disgust on my face becausethat was all I could muster. My brain and heart could barely handlewhat he just said to me.
“There are going to berules for you, kitten,” he continued, relaxing a bit now,“and they are not only for my benefit but for yours as well.”
“Yeah, well, you should know by now I don’t do wellwith rules.” I rolled my eyes, discovering I could finally talkagain.
“You might be surprised at how easily I can motivateyou to follow them,” he growled,gripping my chin.
I glared at him again, imagining a stampede of bullswith spiked hooves trampling him.
“The rules are simple,” he started. “You will obeyevery order I give you. No arguments, no hesitations, no questions.You are under my rule now, and whatever decision I make foryou is final. As I mentioned before, your submission to me isnon-negotiable. I'm a bit of a control freak, Jaden, but you'llcome to understand that soon enough.”
I scoffed at him. Control freak was probably a bitof an understatement.
“The second rule is you will always be ready for me.That means you will always look presentable. No more sweatpants and messy hair. You will always lookyour absolute best no matter what. Hair, makeup, nails, clothes,the works. You will also be permitted to work out, as I expect youto keep up your trimmed physique, but nothing terribly extreme. Idon’t need you trying to turn yourself into one of those mutantfemale bodybuilders. I haven’t determined how I feel about thisyet, though,” he said trailing his finger over my abs. “Regardless, I expect absolute perfection andnothing less. You can also expect the same from me.”
There was no fucking way I was letting him soften mystomach. I had worked hard for those abs of steel, and I waskeeping them, damn it.
“Rule number three. Armed guards live in thesecurity wing of the estate and patrol the grounds. They are herefor my protection as well as yours. You are not to speak or evenlook at them unless absolutely necessary. The only man you willever need to speak to or look at will be me. I’m a jealous andpossessive man, Jaden. I don’t want others looking upon or stealingthe attention of what’s mine.” He smirked then and I let out anexasperated sigh, blowing the hair out my face.
Goddamn it; jealousy was the worst emotion a mancould possess. I hated dealing with it. It was so irrational andconstituted a lack of trust in me. I just didn’t have time for thatshit.
“Rule number four. You will never run or hide fromme unless I tell you to. Thatmeans no trying to escape and not a single attempt to bar yourselffrom me. If you ever do try to run, make no mistake, I will catchyou, and when I do, you will know nothing but pain and sufferingfor a very long time.”
Fuck him; I would get out of here eventually, nomatter how much he threatened me. Normally, I was very fast on myfeet, regardless of my short legs and stride. He was just lucky Iwas barefoot and unaware of my surroundings.
“The fifth rule entails your etiquette. You’re ayoung lady, and, thus, will be expected to act like one. You are toremain polite, well mannered, andmaintain an excellent posture. No slouching and no swearing. Youwill pay me the proper respect I deserve at all times. You willcome when called and answer my direct questions accordingly. ThoughI thoroughly enjoy your feisty attitude, there is a time and aplace. You should watch the amount of sass you let fly off thatsilver tongue or yours unless you want to find yourself