Chapter 296: Where We Begin

He gestured to the bag over her shoulder. “You have those things I asked you to bring?”

She clutched the leather straps of her bag. She’d forgotten all about the things she’d packed at his request. Wordlessly, her heart pounding, she bobbed her head.

A look of annoyance flashed briefly across his face, then he nodded. “I need to get a little firewood. While I do that, you will change into the nightie you wore that night you came to me at the lodge. And I want you to put the toy on the bed. The bag you can stash beside the nightstand.”

He tilted his head. “How do you answer your King, Princess?”

Jackie’s eyes widened. “Oh. Yes, Sire.”

“I wasn’t planning on starting with a spank tonight, but now I don’t know.” His visage was stern, but she saw the gleam of mischief in his eyes.

“I’m off for firewood. Be ready when I return.”

She bowed her head. “Yes, Sire.”