Meadow’s POV:


    I failed.


    I failed the fucking test. And now ric wasn’t going to give me what I wanted.


    But I couldn’t help it. The onught of emotions and the pleasure and the pain just… it was too much. And so I gave in. The worst part about this was knowing that this was only a glimpse of what ric could and would do to me if I had passed.


    And I couldn’t take it.


    My throat tightened as ric uncuffed the spreader bar from my ankles. I was breathing hard, trying to swallow. He kissed my ankles, rubbing against them with his thumb even though they weren’t sore. Something fluttered inside of me.


    A few seconds passed before I felt him pull the plugs out of my ear. Relief washed over me like a wave when he gently loosened the blindfold, the silk sliding against my skin as he took it off.


    The first thing I saw was his face. The corners of his mouth were slightly curved, eyes glinting with dark


    amusement. How was… How was he amused right now?


    ric leaned over, his lips brushing over my temple in a soft kiss. “Good girl,” he whispered. “You did it.”


    My voice was like air when I replied. “I failed. What do you mean I…” I trailed off as realization mmed


    into me hard. He wanted me to fail.


    “You rigged it, didn’t you?” I breathed as ric worked on the handcuffs, taking them away from my


    wrists. “You wanted me to fail.”


    Anger swirled in my stomach, making its way up my chest. Why would he do something like that?


    “I didn’t rig it, Meadow,<i>” </i>he replied simply. “You failed because you couldn’t handle it. I didn’t even push


    you too hard.”


    My nostrils red and I sat up, running my hand through my hair. “You didn’t push me too hard? ric, you edged me more times than I could count. How is that not pushing me too hard?”


    ric was standing right in front of me, and from my position on the bed, I was at eye level with his bulge. His very hard, protruding bulge.


    It was so hard I was surprised his cock hadn’t even burst out of his pants yet. But that wasn’t the focus of this conversation.


    He smirked as he reached out to cup my face with a rough palm. “Trust me, baby,” he murmured. “If you thought that test was hard, then I’m sorry to say it, but you’re nowhere ready for the tether room yet.”


    A frown pulled at my mouth. “You think I’m weak, don’t you?”


    “No,” he replied without hesitation, his eyes shing as they dropped to my breasts. “You’re perfect, Meadow. Fucking perfect.”


    My lips parted, ready to argue, but the words got caught in my throat when he pushed me further into the bed,ing on top of me so he was hovering. ric shoved out a breath as he trailed his hand up my naked body, leaning in to brush his crooked nose against my cheek.


    “Perfect,” he repeated into my ear, softer this time. “But not ready.”


    I didn’t know if the words were supposed to hurt as much as they did, but they cut me deeply. My chest ached like he had struck me harder than when he pped my pussy. I wanted to scream, to tell him that I was ready, that I just needed to prove it. But my body betrayed me, burying my anger and frustration as it


    trembled under his touch.


    I was still soaking wet between my thighs.


    “You…” I swallowed hard, ring at him when he pulled back to look at me even though my cheeks


    burned. “Did you enjoy watching me break, ric?”


    His mouth curved. “I enjoyed watching you fight to pass the test,” he corrected, his voice deep and smooth as butter as he pressed a quick kiss to my mouth. “But I won’t enjoy destroying you, Meadow. And


    that is what would happen if I let you into the tether room too soon.”


    Something inside me snapped at his words. That was what I wanted! God help me, I needed him to destroy me. I wanted to know what he was holding back, what more he thought I couldn’t handle.


    But all I managed was a damn whisper. “Then what am I supposed to do?”


    He reached for my lower lip again, dragging it down until my lips parted for him.


    “You’ll keep learning,” he muttered. “One test at a time, until I know you can take everything I want to


    give you.”


    I gasped when he rocked his lower half into me, directly against my clit. And then he kissed me deep and slow, as as if he was reminding me that I was his.


    “You ready for the next lesson, Doe?”


    My eyes widened, and a fresh wave of heat shot to my core. “Lesson? What lesson?”


    ric smirked, scraping his teeth over his bottom lip lightly. “How to take your husband’s cock like a pro.”


    My breath caught in my throat, his words filtering into my ears and settling deep into me. I let out a nervousugh, involuntarily arching into him. “Oh really? What’s point one then<b>?</b><b>” </b>I teased.


    ric’s smirk darkened as he gripped my jaw. “You let me in, baby,” he murmured. “And you take it. Every single inch, every thrust I give you. You take your husband’s cock like it was made for you. Because


    it is.”


    I whimpered before I knew what I was doing. My thighs trembled as he ran his hand up them once, making his way to my core. He ran a finger through my slit, humming.


    “Looks like my wife is ready to take her lesson.”


    I tried to wrap my head around the fact that this was actually happening. That ric and I were finally about to have sex. That I was about to feel a cock–his cock–inside my walls for the very first time.


    ric pushed off the bed, taking off his belt and pushing his pants and briefs down all at once. My tongue dried in my throat as his cock sprang heavy and curved, the piercings underneath his shaft that I’d only seen once glinting in the dim light.


    “ric…” I breathed as he wrapped a hand around his cock, running it up and down the shaft, not taking his eyes off me except when he reached for the bedside table and pulled out a drawer.


    When he looked back at me, he had a foil wrapper in his hand.


    “Are you scared, Doe?” His voice was rough as he stepped toward the bed. “Come here.”


    I sat up instantly, and he tore the condom wrapper open with his teeth and stretched it out for me to take. “Roll this over my cock.”


    Slowly, and with shaky hands, I took the condom out of the wrapper, scooting to the very edge as ric’s cock jerked in my face. And then, I rolled it over his length. He groaned as I did it. “Fuck, baby. Your hands feel so fucking good on this cock.”


    Just to tease him, I wrapped my hand around him when I was done, pressing a kiss to the head.


    “This belongs to you, Doe,” ric murmured. “And tonight, I’m going to make sure you never forget it.”


    Heat shot through me, and so did fear.


    How was he going to fit inside of me? He was so… big. And pierced.


    In a sh, ric reached for me, hooking his hands under my thighs as he tossed me back onto the bed. His mouth moved to my breasts almost instantly, licking and sucking on my hard nipples.


    “ric…” I moaned, and it turned into a whimper when he slid his cock through my folds, coating himself with my wetness as his eyes darkened with lust. “Fuck, you’re dripping, baby. You’ve been leaking all over the sheets all night.” He moved up so his lips were on my jaw. “You want this more than you want <b>to </b>even breathe.”


    “Yes,” I gasped, raising my hips helplessly. “Please, daddy. Fuck me.” 1