Page 16 of Ondine, Vol. 2 (Cash City Omegaverse)

Punishment

Jake

“ I think he’s a beta.”

“No, he’s an alpha.”

“I think he’s just tall.”

The three security agents argue with each other as they relay to me that Ondine has ran into a tall, red-haired man.

“He’s a beta. It’s Arnold Meier, my pack’s beta,” I correct. They said she had “stars in her eyes” and he kissed her.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you had…we didn’t know about him.”

“It’s ok, just stay with them. I’ll be down there soon.”

I guess Ondine wanted a little break and ran into the beta. I had a plan for his introduction to her, but it’s nice to know these two are like magnets.

It does make me wonder why she needed to stop the car. They were just a few miles from the house. Was she having doubts?

A smile curls all the way up on my face. I guess that’s why I found her little boyfriend, isn’t it? To make sure this would be her choice.

“Shadow,” I say when he answers the phone.

“Hey, did you know that omegas don’t always fall asleep after knotting? It’s only something like 30% that do. It also says if you pass out during knotting, you’re 300 times more likely to have heats longer than three days and require five or more partners.”

I guess Shadow is learning a lot at the nest store.

“Shadow, where is the beta?”

“I don’t know. Looking at light bulbs. Let me go get him.”

I wait for him to realize the beta is no longer in the store. I slide into my car and get it started, before Shadow starts saying: “Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.”

“Relax, I have eyes on him. Ondine happened to be strolling past the nest store and he spotted her. I’m on my way there now. Can you feel him?” I ask. I get out of the neighborhood quickly and park the car in front of the nest store.

“I have to be standing right next to him. He’s a beta. I can’t even track him. What is the point of bonding a beta?”

I huff a laugh out at him and end the call.

He meets me outside of the car.

“I’m so sorry. I totally let him out of my sight.”

“Sorry? Ondine found our bait the moment we dropped him in the water,” I say and I can’t keep the smile off of my face. I’m so glad I bonded him already. “Did you get the stuff for the nest?”

“Yeah, just checked out. They’ll be delivering it later.”

I suddenly catch on to her scent. Shadow follows close as I let her scent lead me to an alleyway. It’s all red brick and it opens up to some municipal gardens on the other side. There are three bathrooms: male, female, and pack. Shadow and I stop in front of the pack restroom.

And we hear her cry out in ecstasy.

That guy has my omega screaming in pleasure. I’ve never heard this sound from her. What is he doing to her that’s got her sounding like that?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

I pound on the door. They go silent.

“Ondine! It’s Jake. Open the door.” My voice is entirely too stern.

I give another moment before I lift my fist again.

“Give me…give me a minute,” her breathy voice calls out from the other side of the door.

I turn to Shadow and say, “As soon as she opens this door, I’m grabbing her. You deal with the beta.”

“Deal with him?”

I roll my eyes. “Don’t hurt him. Just…be a better beta keeper. Get his location on our security app. Finish up the nest.”

The door flies open and I don’t even let my eyes focus before I’m yanking Ondine out of there. Shadow rushes past me, pushing Arnold in. The door shuts with me and Ondine alone in the alley.

“You naughty girl.”

I get my hands on her upper arms and pull her into me.

“Jake!” She cries.

“Yes, baby?” God, I love being this close to her. Her body pressed into mine. She doesn’t fight me at all as I pull us even closer.

“Are you mad at me?”

“No, baby. But I am wondering why you are fucking a beta in a bathroom when Freddie told me you were coming to the house.”

I won’t let her turn her face from me. I want every expression, every breath. I don’t want her to hide from me.

She darts her eyes all over, not wanting to meet my eyes. Finally she just closes them and says, “I needed some fresh air. The drive was long. I…Jake, I’m sad to be apart from Freddie and I needed a minute out of that car before I was suddenly at your house.”

I wrap my arms around her and tuck her under my jaw. She hugs me back.

“You weren’t having doubts?”

“No, I just got a bit in my head. I needed fresh air.”

“So you ran into a beta and decided to fuck him in a public bathroom?” I tease.

“Well, yeah.”

“Come on, let me take you home.”

I take her to my car, and open the passenger side door of my car and she climbs in. I shut the door and race to the driver’s side.

The car already smells of her when I get inside. And Arnold. The exact combination from the first day I’d found her. I push the start button but lean back and fill my lungs. It smells like all the anticipation and excitement from that day.

Ondine misses Freddie.

I understand being apart from your love.

“It’s been horrible without you.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I don’t say that for you to be sorry…I’m sorry. I just missed you.”

I pull away from the curb and drive.

“What’s Shadow going to do to him?” She asks.

“He’s fine. He won’t hurt him.”

She hears the truth in my reply.

“I told him to come to the Meier house to find me. Would you let him come see me?”

I look at her confused. She doesn’t know Arnold is mine. This will be fun.

“Whatever you want. But he might find you tied to my bed.”

Her head whips to me.

“What?”

“I told you that if you tried to leave me, I’d tie you to my bed for a week.”

She can’t hide from me. I can smell her arousal.

“You can’t do that. I’m Freddie’s.”

“Try again, baby. He left you with me. And even still, I can call him right now and see what he thinks. But what he thinks doesn’t really matter, does it? I heard about the wilding bond. You’re in charge, baby. So tell me, do you want me to tie you to my bed?”

She squirms in her seat.

“I can’t be in your bed for a week.”

“You better be a good girl then, so I’ll let you go tomorrow.” She whimpers and I nearly crash the car in my own garage. I throw it into park, rip off my seatbelt, undo her belt and pull her across the seat. I kick the door open and pull her up and out with me.

I love throwing this woman around.

She wraps her legs and arms around me and squeaks.

I don’t even know if I shut the front door. I carry her through the house to my bedroom. Where she fucking belongs. I throw her on the bed and she bounces nearly right off of it.

“Now I have you right where I want you. And I’m not holding back, baby. Tell me, has anyone punished you before?”

I move about the room getting my supplies and clearing up my mess from earlier when I crashed for a four hour nap. I text Emmerson, who’s nearby.

“No.”

“No, what?”

I look at her, telling her what I want with only my expression.

She says, “No, Alpha.”

I look up at the ceiling and exhale.

“You’ve always been a good girl.”

“Always.”

I close the curtains and fill a glass with water and set it on the nightstand.

I grab her ankles and pull her to the edge of the bed.

“There are no safe words.”

Her nose crinkles in confusion. So I clarify, “You want to change something, use your big girl words and tell me. Do you understand? A safe word is there if you want to play around with the word ‘no’, but if you tell me no, I’ll listen. Stop. No. Don’t. Slower. I’ll listen.”

I truly fucking hate safe words. Red or watermelon or buttercup are stupid as hell when you are horny. And I don’t get off with my partner telling me to stop. Plus, Ondine needs better training on expressing her needs during sex. What better way than to make her be honest and clear?

I’ve got a rope already tied to her ankles. She sinks back into the mattress, ready to let me fuck her up.

Emmerson knocks on the door and I go retrieve the glass of chocolate milk he’s brought up. I thank him and tell him he can go, holding the door so he can’t see into the room.

I bring the glass to her.

“Drink.”

“What? Why?”

“When was the last time you ate? This morning at breakfast? Drink this.”

She studies me warily, but then drinks it.

I take my clothes off except for my boxers, grab my cords, and then climb into bed.

“Are you ready for your punishment?”

“Punishment? What are my crimes?”

I take the empty glass from her and set it on the nightstand.

“Let’s see. Maybe that you found a way out of my contract? That you got sick and scared the fuck out of me? Should we talk about how you were surrounded by security agents and still got yourself kidnapped?”

She scoffs at me. I pull her leg and turn her so I can slap her ass. Hard.

I rub her gently as the sting wears off.

Then I take the rope and throw it over my head so it’s around my waist. I pull her up and turn her around so her back is to my front.

I throw the rope around the two of us, around and around, until the two ends are in front of us.

The cords trap her clothes to her skin, but I’m bare.

I don’t know how she is with ropes and I don’t want to hurt her, so her clothes stay on for now.

“What about catching me in the bathroom earlier?”

I pause.

“What?”

“Are you mad for what…”

“No, Ondine. You want to fuck guys with small dicks in public bathrooms, I’ll have them line up on the sidewalk for you.”

I direct us both down, laying on our sides. Her ankles are tied together, and our middles are wrapped up tight.

She laughs lightly. “He has a bigger dick than anyone. The biggest I’ve had.”

I grip her hair and pull her head back.

“You naughty girl. You want to make a cuck out of me?”

She doesn’t know what that means. And I don’t want to explain it. I’m not going to sit here and pretend I like being told a beta has a bigger cock than me.

But she just smiles and I smile back.

“Grab these two ends.”

She grabs the ends, but just holds them still.

“The way this works, if you want us closer, you pull. Try it.”

She crosses the ends and pulls, it yanks our bodies together tightly.

“You can loosen us too, but you can’t untie us. Try loosening us.” She lets the rope slide through her palms, the cords loosen and I pull away from her slightly.

“You tied us together?”

I pull the blanket up over us.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Have you got any sleep?”

“A couple of hours.”

“Exactly. You’re going to sleep, and I’m going to make sure you don’t run away. When Freddie comes back I want him to see how well taken care of you are.”

She’s stunned.

Good.

When a moment has passed, she relaxes and settles into me. She tightens the ropes and secures us close together.

“This is my punishment?”

“Yes.”

“Ok.”

“Sweet dreams, Ondine.”