Chapter 119

King POV

I gaze at Alyssa’s ass in awe. It’s bright red, covered in tiny welts and marks from the flogger, but neither Niko nor I broke the skin. Good. She should heal fast.

With fifteen strokes to go, I’ve decided these final ones will break her—not physically, but emotionally. She needs it. Not just because of the shit she pulled today, but because I can see it in her eyes, in the way she’s holding herself together too tightly. She’s ready to shatter, and she’s trusting us to help her do it.

Bent over Mason’s lap with the side of her face pressed to the couch, she waits patiently for the sting of the flogger to come. She breathes in shallow gasps, her body arching just enough to beckon the next strike, a silent plea written in the curve of her spine.

I drop the flogger on the coffee table and trail my hand from the nape of her neck all the way down to her reddened ass. Her entire body shivers, and my chest constricts.

In moments like this, I fe