CHAPTER TWELVE A shiver shot through Nick’s veins and muscles, and he leaned into Jake’s touch. Why? What was it about this man that made him want to beg for forgiveness? How was he supposed to be what Jake wanted when he hadn’t a clue as to what he even wanted? This was all so f*****g new and weird to him. Yeah, he’d observed a lot of D/s couples at The Covenant, but there was so much to the lifestyle that he didn’t understand. He clearly hadn’t thought this whole thing through when he’d agreed to try it. Part of him wanted to stand and tell Jake to forget it—this wasn’t for him—but it was the other part which wanted to please the man that had him staying on his knees, waiting for the next command. Behind him, Jake’s voice rumbled low and sexy. “You do that very well, Nicky-boy. It almo

