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    Xavier’s new wife cried out when he tightened his grip around her and pulled her forward sharply to meet his thrusts. He looked down at her, taking in her wide, frightened eyes. Her long hair was sprawled out on top of the pillow, and her back arched as he buried himself deep within her.
    She was beautiful in his eyes, and he had no plans of ever letting her go.
    Finally, he stilled, his body shuddering with his release. He collapsed on top of Leawyn, still completely astonished at the amount of pleasure her young, supple body provided. Xavier groaned, shuddering from his climax. The feeling of her untouched body clenching around him as it forced itself to accommodate him and his length drove him mad. She was so tight and warm around him it was almost painful.
    Xavier nuzzled his wife’s neck, smirking when she shivered in reaction but otherwise did not pull away from him.
    “You are learning,” he said smugly, his voice low as he kissed her neck.
    She stiffened further when he moved his lips across her jaw. She jerked her head away with a glare when he went to capture her lips with his own. He stared down at her, his eyes boring into hers in warning when he dipped his head to capture her lips again.
    He reached out and grabbed her jaw in one hand, a fistful of her hair in the other. He leveled his furious glare with her own as he tilted her head up more.
    “Why do you turn from me?” he asked in his deep, raspy voice. “Why do you deny me the touch of your lips, knowing they belong to me?”
    Leawyn’s eyes flashed. “They’ll never belong to you,” she hissed between clenched teeth as she struggled to release the pressure of his hand from her hair.
    Xavier’s expression became dangerous at her words. Did she not know that everything she was belonged to him now? She was his wife. His to own and possess.
    His lips curled with a snarl as he shoved her down harder against the bed. He caught her wrists when she went to hit him, holding them high above her head.
    “Everything you are belongs to me, Leawyn. You’ll do well to remember that,” he told her, brushing a strand of hair away from her face, ignoring her flinch when his hands touched her cheek. “Now be a good girl,” Xavier warned, dipping his head down to her lips.
    This time, when he went to kiss her, she did not pull away.
    Xavier pushed away from her quickly, uncaring of his nudity as he walked across the room to dress.
    “Clean yourself up. We’re going.” And without a backward glance at her, he left.

    Leawyn lay on the bed for a moment longer before she slowly pushed herself into a sitting position. Taking a moment to collect herself, she stood up, whimpering at the pain between her thighs. Looking down, she saw her thighs were smeared with blood. Leawyn looked away, unable to bare the sight.
    Gingerly, she made her way across the room until she stopped at the large basin of water there. Cupping her hands together, she plunged them into the cold liquid and splashed the glistening drops against her face. Leawyn dipped her hands into the water again and paused when she saw her reflection.
    With a shaking hand, she fingered the bruises on her chin, the black and blue marks of fingerprints contrasting against her pale skin. Her hand trailed down, tracing her fingertips over the bruises on her neck.
    Leawyn bit her lip, blinking away her tears so she could continue the survey of her body. She gave a muffled sob as her hands skimmed over her hips. Looking down, she noticed the fresh bruises there too. Bruises in the shape of fingerprints.
    His fingerprints.
    His mark.
    His ownership.
    Leawyn felt sore and stiff, as if she had been used. Well, she had, hadn’t she?
    Her face contorted in anger, and with a shout, she knocked the basin of water over. She watched as it crashed to the floor, the water soaked up by the animal skins littering the surface.
    Her anger faded away, and all she was left with was the feeling of disgust for herself and