Hellbound Heart

Elle silently swallowed as her heartbeat sped up within her. Why did those words sound so dangerous in her ears? "Wh-what discipline are you talking about?" she forced out a nervous laugh, trying to dispel the tenseness that she was feeling. "I'm afraid I'm not keeping up with you, Sebastian. Why don't you enlighten me?" r

She hoped that his dark and hard expression will melt even a little with her joking around, but it did not. In fact, those eyes turned even harder if it were possible. And she could not help but feel a little scared that she had really done something wrong that might have angered him. Cracking her mind, she scrambled in trying to think back on the things that she had done which might have been the trigger point.r

"Do you truly not know why you need to be disciplined, hmm, Izabelle?" Sebastian's tone was deceptively light. But Elle knew better as she shivered lightly. It was the calm before the storm.r

"I don't." She replied stubbornly, hardening her stance. She refused to just back down and cower. "I don't know why you're looking at me like I had done something grave to anger you. I don't think I have done anything that had wronged you, Sebastian." r

"I had warned you before, didn't I? That you need to be very careful with Elijah. And yet…" he trailed off and his jaws tightened. "… and yet you had stubbornly gone on ahead and attended his party despite all the warnings I and everyone have given you. Why do you always throw yourself into the wolves' den? Huh, Izabelle? Do you find joy in encountering situations where you can't get out of? Do you like being cornered with no way out?" r

Elle's eyes widened for a moment before they slowly narrowed, her brows creasing before she replied. "Did you just call your brother's home a wolves' den?"r

"Yes." He replied confidently and without hesitation. The raging storm in his eyes intensified as he reached one hand out to cup her jaw. "You absolutely have no idea what might have happened to you tonight had I not…" the tiny muscles in his jaw twitched as he seemed to struggle to control his emotion. After a few moments of silence, he managed to speak again. "There's a reason why everyone is warning you about Elijah. He is not as harmless as you think, Izabelle. He's a man who's capable of doing things you couldn't even begin to imagine. So you need to listen to the warnings, do you understand what I am saying?" his words came rushing out in an low but angry tirade. But Elle could hear something like worry that was concealed within his tone as well.r

Elle swallowed. The look in his eyes was so intense that it had her heart shivering a little. She was not expecting this. She could see how utterly serious this matter about Elijah was for him. She could not deny she had already felt something very off about Elijah when she had interacted with him earlier. But Sebastian's reaction right now was what had convinced her that her guts about Elijah was not all false. r

As she was still reflecting, Sebastian went on to say, "If you really think I am just scaring you, then consider our family's words. Would they simply tell you to stay away from Elijah if there was no real need to do so? Would they be such a petty people to warn you away from another person just for the fun of it?" And these words from Sebastian hit her hard. What he said was true. r

"Yes… I understand." Was all she could say in the end. She just wanted his rage to subside now. She could not even make herself ask any more questions about this matter related to Elijah even if she wanted to. Because all she wanted for now was to have that burning quiet anger in his eyes to just dissolve first. She did not like him being like this. This was the first time she had seen him behaving like this and she was afraid of what might happen if this continued. "I get you." r

Silence reigned thickly for a moment and to her relief, the set of his jaws loosened. He shut his eyes closed tightly and when his long thick lashes fluttered open again, his grey orbs were back to normal. r

"Good girl," he muttered before plopping down to sit next to her. "But I'm not done yet, Izabelle. Like I said, you need some discipline for you to never forget about this." His heavy voice sounded out from beside her.r

Elle snapped her head back to look at him. r

"Come here," he held her arm and then quickly pulled her towards him.r

The next thing Elle knew, she was brought over his knee. Her eyes stretched wide after registering the position she was in. She then quickly turned to him. "Seb –" well, she tried but he held her down.r

"Shh… Izabelle. I've already promised you, didn't I? Tonight, I will be a man of my word." His sultry voice echoed out in her ears. "So, since I already said that I need to discipline you, I should do it or else you'd label me as man with only words but no action." r

Oh lord... why on earth was her heart throbbing so wildly at this moment as though she was thrilled instead of scared? Was it because of the seduction in the way he spoke to her right now? Or was it because she was… oh my lord… r

Her face burned as she realized how embarrassing her position was at the moment and she struggled in his grasp. But his strong arm continued holding her down and a second later, one sharp spank landed on her behind, jolting her and making her gasp out loudly. r

"Stay still, baby…" he whispered as he caressed her ass, and she felt her entire being heating up again. Oh, dear lord in heaven! r

"From here on…" he continued, "… promise me that you will never… ever go to that place again or anywhere near that Elijah invites you to go without me. Understand that? Izabelle?" r

When Elle was still struggling to process her answer, Sebastian yanked her dress up and slapped her right across her butt cheek. She jerked sharply at the contact. r

"Answer me." His dark velvet voice sounded.r

"Yes…!" Elle did not know what was going on with her anymore. She should be dying with humiliation with what he was doing to her at this moment. She was not a child to be laid across the knees and spanked like this. And yet, she was actually feeling something completely different from this 'punishment' and it might even be stronger than any other emotions she's feeling right now. r

"That's my good and lovely princess," he praised as he caressed the expanse of skin he had just slapped, soothing it so lovingly, reminding her of the pleasure he had made her experienced just a few nights ago.r

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Goal for this month

Top 2 in GT ranking= mini mass release

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