Page 34 of Tying Little Tay (Littles of Rawhide Ranch #13)

Guilia

Holding Tay in her arms felt so damn right.

She hated that Tay was crying—of course she did—but the fact that Guilia was the one Tay turned to, that they felt comfortable enough to be vulnerable around… that meant everything.

She held them close and rocked them gently as they cried softly.

When they looked up at her, blinking away the tears that clung to their eyelashes, she couldn’t help but press a kiss to their lips. Not because they looked sexy, but because they clearly wanted comfort and they took comfort in her kisses.

Guilia had spent a long time living and working at Rawhide Ranch, and she’d never considered her Daddy-ing style to be particularly soft before.

When she’d thought of what she might want from a dynamic, she’d thought more about the spanks that she might deliver, but with Tay it had been completely different.

Neither of them were as fussed by spanks as they thought they would be. Instead their connections lay in soft indulgences—whether of pleasure or comfort—and Guilia wouldn’t change it for the world.

“Daddy,” said Tay.

“Yes, tesore?”

“I love you.”

“I love you too.” The words, already spoken aloud, still held that frisson of excitement. Still new, still fresh, even after years of working side by side.

It was, of course, different now. Everything was different. Guilia now knew the taste of Tay, how their body responded to the pressures of rope, and the way they came apart as they orgasmed.

They wiped their eyes, brushing away the final few tears from their cheeks and grinned at her. “I’m a soppy mess.”

“That’s okay,” said Guilia. “I’m a soppy mess for you as well.” She might not show it all the time, but she was totally besotted with her Little. “Well, we have the rest of the evening off; what would you like to do?”

Tay waggled their eyebrows at Guilia comically, before bursting out laughing. “Is that weird? That I want to go from crying to sex?”

“Not at all; they’re both releases of sorts. What did you have in mind?”

She watched as Tay froze for a moment, probably running through a million and one scenarios in their head. “Too many options?”

They nodded. “I want to do everything with you; picking just one thing is far too difficult!”

Guilia thought for a moment; there was one idea that could work very nicely, but she wasn’t sure what the rules were around Littles. “Give me a second and let me make a call.”

She got through to Derek almost immediately.

“How did the book go down?” he asked.

Guilia couldn’t stop grinning, even though she knew he couldn’t see her smile through the phone. “They loved it. I’m so happy; it was a very good idea. Do thank Sadie again for me, for helping put it all together. She’s a wonderful woman.”

“Yes, she is,” said Derek, his love for Sadie shining through his voice. “Anyway, how can I help?”

“I wondered whether it would be possible for us to use the Dungeon together. Jenna said that there’s a St Andrew’s Cross in one of the private playrooms, and I think it would be something that both Tay and I would enjoy using. I just wasn’t sure whether the Littles were generally allowed in there.”

“I think,” said Derek thoughtfully, “that as long as Tay is in Big headspace it shouldn’t be a problem. Let Drake know that I approved it, and your thumb print should let you into any of the spaces without a problem. Have fun!”

“Thank you,” she said, and hung up. Tay was hanging over the back of the couch, staring at them, wide-eyed.

“We’re going to the Dungeon?”

“We’re going to the Dungeon.”

“And you’re going to put me on a St Andrew’s Cross?”

“I’m going to put you on a St Andrew’s Cross.”

“What’ll you do then?”

Guilia just smiled enigmatically.

“It’s a surprise? It’s a surprise. Okay, I can cope with surprises. That sounds like fun!” Tay was as excited as Guilia had thought they would be. “Shall we go now?”

“ Uno momento ! Just a minute, why don’t you get changed? I’ll pack a bag and makes sure that we have plenty of water and snacks for aftercare.”

“Oh that’s a good idea; I hadn’t thought of that!” Tay bounced off the couch and ran over and threw their arms around Guilia. “You’re amazing, Daddy. I’m very lucky to have you.”

“One thing though, tesore . Signore Derek has said that it’s fine you to go to the Dungeon, but that it wouldn’t be appropriate for you to be down there in Littlespace.”

Tay scrunched their face up. “Oh no. I want to do all the Big things with you. I don’t want to be Little down there. Does that mean I can’t call you Daddy?”

“I think that’s fine; I’m your Daddy whether you’re feeling Little or not.”

“Yeah?”

“Of course, always.”