A muscle in his jaw tightened. She shoved to her feet and glared down at him. “You big jerk. You tell me there should be honesty between a Dom and his sub. It goes both ways, you know.” Her voice rose to a shout; she couldn’t control it any more than she could her temper. “There’s more between us than just s*x, and you know it. But you’re afraid of me. You’re afraid to live.” She unbuckled her ankle cuffs and dropped them onto the ground. He sat silently, watching her with unreadable eyes, his jaw tight. Rage swelled inside her until she choked with it. She fumbled with the wrist cuffs. They came off finally, and she threw them at him, watched them bounce off his unmoving chest. “Damn you.” She choked on the words, pain growing inside her. “I d-deserve more than this. I’m going to find

