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Brax was worried at once. Had he pushed her too far? He could tell by the way she talked that the indoctrination she’d gone through at the Convent had been really intense. A lot of shame had been pushed on her—the feeling that giving herself pleasure was wrong and dirty.

It made him sad and angry at the same time.

As a male with Kindred DNA , he believed that all women were beautiful—all of them had a touch of the Goddess inside them—a touch of the divine.

And the Goddess had made their bodies to receive pleasure—it was their right and no one ought to try and shame them out of it.

“Are you okay, baby?” he asked anxiously, rocking her gently in his arms. “ Did I push you too far? I’m so sorry.”

“No, it’s not…it’s not that.” She sniffed and swiped at her streaming eyes. “ I just… I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It felt so good, so intense, but I don’t regret it. I don’t…don’t know why I’m crying.”

Finally, Brax understood.

“It’s okay, sweetheart,” he reassured her. “ I’ve seen this happen before. Sometimes when the coming is really intense, it brings up an emotional reaction.”

“It…it does?” she whispered, sniffing again.

“Sure,” Brax told her. “ It’s likely your body has been holding onto a lot of emotional tension and when you came so hard, everything inside just released. It’s all right—you can cry if you need to,” he added.

“Thank you.” She turned so she could put her arms around his neck and Brax pulled her even closer.

As she pressed her hot face to his chest, he stroked her shaking shoulders.

Gods , she was so soft and small and yet so beautiful and strong.

He really was so proud of her for letting go of her inhibitions and the shame she’d been raised with to reclaim her pleasure and her power.

“You’re so beautiful, little one,” he told her, stroking her shoulders. “ And so much stronger than you know.”

“I… I don’t feel brave.” She wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand and looked up at him. “ Except when I’m with you—you make me brave. I couldn’t have let myself do that—couldn’t have given myself pleasure—without you.”

“You just needed someone to show you the way.” Leaning down, Brax pressed a soft kiss to her sweet mouth. To his surprise, she kissed him back hungrily. It seemed that her momentary sorrow had turned into something else.

“I love how good you made me feel,” she whispered, when the kiss finally broke. “ How you helped me make myself feel good. But now I want to make you feel good too.” Her small fingers slid down to find the hard ridge of his cock inside his sleep trousers.

“Mmm, baby—what are you suggesting?” Brax raised an eyebrow at her.

“I want to suck you again,” she murmured. “ I want to taste your cream—want you to come in my mouth.”

“Gods, baby!” His words were a low groan and her little hands were already busy, opening the drawstring at his waistband and pulling out his cock.

As she bent to suck him, Brax stroked her hair and watched with half-lidded eyes. Goddess , he couldn’t believe he was doing this with his new Mistress . But somehow, Serenai felt like more than that, just as their relationship was about more than ownership.

Though he hadn’t known her long, he had the feeling they were meant to be together.