A/N: This is a longer chapter. I thought about breaking it up but then it wouldn't make sense to break it where I was going to. So, long chapter. Also, most of it is in flashback, which is indicated by the italics. I don't think that should be any question of how they got together after this chapter. Time line isn't important at the moment, but this was after "Ghost" for those of you who just need to know. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 12

Olivia sat on her couch and stared at the wall. She was nervous. She was patiently waiting for Mistress to come to pick her up. She had her bag packed.

In it was her dress, as Mistress had requested, two pairs of well-worn jeans, a t-shirt, some underwear and a long sleeve turtle neck. She was dress in a cream colored shirt and black pair of tactical pants. The pants fit her like a glove. She knew that Mistress would approve. She had a leather jacket laid across the back of the couch, next to her bag, ready to go.

Her mind was racing. She couldn't believe that Mistress would actually be there for her in…she looked at the clock…two more hours. She decided that she would make some tea in hopes that it would calm her nerves. She didn't think that she had ever so nervous; except the first time that she and Mistress shared a scene.

"What do you want from me, Alex?"

"I want you to listen to what I have to say and realize that I do it for you."

"I don't need you to tell me how to deal with the case. I have been doing this longer than you've been out of law school. So, why don't you go back to your office and let me deal with case solving? Trust me, we'll give you enough to get the guy and keep up your stats up," Liv told her.

"That isn't what I am talking about," Alex told her.

"Then what do you want?"

"You are in need of some discipline, Liv. If Cragen won't give it to you, then I will. I can't have you running around half-cocked and without some sort of direction."

"You don't get to tell me what I do with my life."

"You know what, be stupid. Go out there and get yourself killed. I am not going to stop you. I can just see that you have so much more potential that you know. You aren't willing to tap it. I know that I don't look like much, but I can help you become a better detective. If you want to find out more," she told her, handing her a non-descript business card, "This is where you can find me Friday night. If you hear something that intrigues you, then we will talk more."

Alex left her standing there in the precinct bull pen holding the card. Olivia didn't know what Alex was hinting at, but she could see something in Alex's eyes that made her question what the blonde was trying to tell her. The fact that Alex was angry with her intrigued her as well. Alex had always been good at her job. So had she. She just didn't understand why Alex was so mad with her for chasing the perp.

"You don't get it, do you?" Elliot asked, walking up on her.

"Understand, what?" Liv questioned.

"She worries about you. You're going to have to replace your shirt. Looks like he got more than just your jacket, Liv."

Liv looked down at her shirt and cursed. It was one of her favorite shirts. She decided to go to the locker room and change. She knew that she had an extra shirt in her locker.

She made her way into the locker room. It was vacant. She sat down on the bench in front of her locker. She took of her sliced shirt and threw it into her locker. She reached her in locker to grab a fresh shirt. She had to root around for a second before her hand landed on an older NYPD physical training shirt. She cocked her head, but pulled it out to put on, anyway.

She didn't hear the door open. She didn't hear her coming up on her. She didn't think that anyone would bother her there. She let her guard down. She didn't feel anything or sense anything until Alex was already on her and she couldn't get away.

"You need to learn, Liv," she told her.

Liv turned around quickly on the bench. She saw Alex's eyes. There was something wild and passionate in them. Alex pulled her up and shoved her against her own locker. Liv cocked her head, but didn't make a move to push her away. She was studying Alex's cobalt blue eyes looking for something in them that would explain her behavior.

Alex raised her hand to the hem of Liv's shirt. She pulled it up and tucked it into her bra strap. She ran her fingers over the knife scratch gracing Liv's side. The tenderness in the touch and the softness of Alex's fingers against her skin made the muscles there dance beneath Alex's touch. Liv suppressed a moan and stared harder at Alex.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, challenging Alex.

"What I should have done a long time ago," Alex answered simply.

"What is that?"

"Sit."

"Excuse me."

"Sit."

"I am not a dog and I definitely don't take orders from you."

"Sit down, before I make you."

Liv didn't move. She couldn't tell what was pushing Alex to be there. She was upset with herself for not being able to detect her earlier. She didn't know what she was going to do. There was a look on Alex's face that she couldn't place.

"Would you sit back down, please, Olivia," Alex stated, trying to change tactics.

Liv actually sat down on the bench straddling it. She turned up to stare into Alex's eyes again. Alex sat down on the bench, sideways, but never lost sight of Olivia as she did it.

"Are you here to bust my balls some more?"

"In a manner of speaking, yes."

"I don't have time for this. I have got stuff to take to the lab, notes to review, a case to solve. I don't have time to play with you, Counselor. So, just tell me what you need and I'll be on my way. I don't have time for you to waste fussing at me," Olivia told her.

"I am here to fuss and you will listen to me."

"Alex, I –"

Alex cut her off with her hands. She put one to her mouth and one to the scratch. Liv shut her mouth and looked at Alex dumbly. She smiled at Liv with her room brightening smile. She didn't move her hands. She kept her grip on Liv's side.

She moved her fingers from Liv's mouth. She replaced her fingers with her mouth. She felt Liv stiffen but she didn't stop her. She wondered if Liv knew how she felt. She finally felt Liv relax and return the kiss. Alex deepened the kiss and forced Liv's head back with her free hand.

"Now, you are going to listen to me."

"Okay?"

"You are going to be ready for me to pick you up Friday. We are going to go to the club. I want you to wear the dress that I will have delivered to you tomorrow. If for some reason it doesn't fit. I want you to call me at the office tomorrow. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

"Good. Depending on your behavior between now and Friday night, I will make a decision on what to do with you. We will see how your respond to direction first," Alex told her.

"What does that mean?"

"From here on out, I'll be the one asking the questions."

"What are you playing at Alex?"

"Nothing it seems that you don't want. I'll come by your place later. I'll explain things better for you then. Do be a dear and let me in when I get there, alright?"

Liv just sat there. She didn't know what to think of what Alex was doing. She didn't know how to respond. Alex didn't wait for an answer.

She walked out of the locker room, leaving Liv sitting there confused out of her mind. It was exactly what Alex wanted. She wanted to keep Liv on her toes. It was the only way that she could feel out what was going to happen between them.

Liv sat up a little straighter. She couldn't forget the way it felt when Alex kissed her. She should have known that Alex desired her before that. She just couldn't understand why Alex never said anything before then. What was it about that day and the knife fight she found herself finally unable to deny her feelings towards Alex? She knew that she liked her more than as just a friend, but Alex had never made any overture towards a sexual choice for Olivia to make a move. She just knew that Alex exuded sexuality and made anyone with a pulse want her. How could they not?

She thought about that day longer. She had gone home and showered. She dressed simply because she wasn't planning on going anywhere that evening except to bed. She grabbed her one luxury, her laptop, and decided to research the club on the card that Alex had given her. She didn't have much time to delve into her research before Alex had appeared on her doorstep. She shook her head, because it wasn't until she heard Alex knocking that she remembered her words about coming over later.

"You didn't think that I would come, did you?"

"Honestly, I don't know why you are here. I…don't know what you want from me. I certainly don't understand what happened back at the precinct. Alex, I…what do you want?"

"I thought I made that obvious."

"Evidently not," Olivia told her.

"I am here to make sure that you are disciplined for your miscalculation earlier."

Olivia just looked at her. She didn't know what the hell Alex meant. She could see the fire in her blue eyes but she couldn't see the want behind it. She couldn't believe that Alex actually thought that she was going to punish her. She didn't know the deceptive strength that Alex bore.

"Are we going to have a battle of wills again? Or, are you going to listen to what I tell you do? Can you believe me when I tell you that it is for your own good?" Alex asked her.

"How about this?"

"Yes?"

"I'll listen to what you have to tell me and then, I'll form an opinion. I think I can give you that much, but more than that, I am not sure that I owe you. I don't know what you think that I have done wrong, Alex, but you aren't my captain. I don't understand why you feel the need to personally discipline me. Cragen does enough of that."

"Obviously not enough for you to go running after an armed suspect without a vest on."

"I couldn't let him get away."

"Where else was he going to go?"

"I don't know. I couldn't let him escape. I couldn't let him find another victim."

"So you let yourself become the victim instead?" Alex questioned.

"Better me than some random kid he decided to rape."

"Oh, I will enjoy this. You know pride goes before the fall, Olivia," Alex told her getting dangerously close to her, "You might not respect your life, but others do."

"I never said I didn't want to live. I am cop. I do whatever it takes to get the bad guy. I find out everything that I can. I get them to confess. I give you the evidence to lock them away. It is how I work. I do it well. You should know that."

"I do know that you do your work well. I do know that you help make my job easier. But, that doesn't mean that I don't worry about you while you are out on the street. It doesn't mean that I don't expect you to take precautions while serving warrants."

"It is part of the job."

"Well, you need to take better care of yourself," Alex told her, walking into her kitchen.

She went in the fridge and pulled out a glass of wine. She dug through the drawers until she found the cork screw and opened the bottles. She searched the cabinets until she found two glasses. She poured a glass of wine for each of them. The entire time that she was doing this, Olivia was just watching her with wild amazement. She couldn't believe that Alex was just taking over her apartment and telling her what to do and she was taking it.

"Drink this."

Liv took the glass of wine and took a sip. She followed Alex with her eyes as she moved around the apartment. She watched as Alex took everything in that was Olivia. She noticed when Alex stopped and took something in and when she kept moving. She wondered what Alex was really going to do to her. She never expected her to actually come over and now, she was walking around like she knew Olivia's place first hand.

"What are you looking for?"

"I am trying to figure out why you hide so much behind your badge," Alex told her.

Liv didn't take the statement well and was on her feet in seconds. She was beside Alex, fire in her chestnut eyes as she stared her down. She didn't know what to say, but she was done with Alex's games. She wasn't in the mood to play and Alex wasn't telling her what she wanted.

"I think you should leave."

"But, I have just got here."

"And, why are you here?"

"I already told you."

"To discipline me, I know."

"Will you allow me to do it?"

"Will I allow you to do what? Punish me? I don't see how that is relevant. I think that it is time for you to go, Alex. I don't have time for games. I need to get some sleep," Olivia told her, turning her back to her as she took her glass into the kitchen.

Alex was on her in a second. It was like a hunter stalking their prey. Olivia really never had a prayer once Alex had her sights on her.

"I will tell you when I am going to leave."

"Alex, if you think that I won't kick you out, you are sorely mistaken."

"I have no doubt that you might try."

"Might try? You are thinking highly mightily of yourself, tonight. Just go. I don't feel like company and I don't feel like dealing with whatever you thought you were starting earlier."

"Oh, I have just begun," Alex told her.

Olivia turned around sharply. Alex just smiled at her. She didn't wait for Liv to say anything else. She stalked off to Liv's bedroom. Olivia did her best to catch up. She didn't see what Alex was doing on her way. She knew that Alex had a good head start on her to her own room, but she wasn't prepared to see a naked Alex on her bed, waiting for her.

"Alex, what are you doing?" Liv asked quietly taking in the scene.

"What I told you I was going to do," Alex answered firmly.

"This is my punishment?"

"You have no idea, Dear," Alex said as she crawled across the bed and came to her knees in front of Olivia.

She reached out and tugged Olivia closer to her own bed. Olivia didn't fight her. She was wondering what Alex had in mind. She didn't stop her when Alex kissed her. She didn't stop her when Alex buried her hands into her shirt and physically threw her on the bed. She didn't stop her when Alex mounted her hips and stared down into her eyes. She didn't stop Alex when she tore Liv's T-shirt from her pants. She didn't stop Alex when she bent over and kissed her lips.

Liv just opened her mouth and allowed Alex to deepen the kiss. Alex took the invitation quickly. She plunged her tongue into Liv's mouth and was rewarded with a moan. She shimmied down some and started working on Liv's belt. Liv only stared at the woman that she had dreamt about for years as she undressed her quickly.

"I've dreamt of touching you, Olivia. Never in my wildest dreams did you ever look so exquisite. I have so many things that I want to do to you. Will you let me?" Alex asked.

"You're asking for permission?"

"Yes," Alex asked.

"You profess that you want me. You strip me down. You tell me that you are going to punish me. And, now, you stop to ask me for permission?" Olivia asked, dumbfounded.

"I am not going to do anything that you don't want me to do. I am not that stupid. I would love to do things to you that would make you question your sanity, but I will not do them without your permission. No matter how much I want to them, I will never do anything without your permission. It is part of how I play," Alex told her.

"How you play?"

"Surely, you understand what I am proposing," Alex stated.

Liv gave her a questioning look. The arched eyebrow at Alex was enough of a challenge to Alex to show her exactly what she meant completely. She reached down to Liv's belt. She pulled her up off the bed, enough to reach behind her to find Liv's cuffs, and let her back down on the bed. Alex arched her eyebrow back at Liv as she slowly, methodically and without any preamble cuffed her hands above her head.

Liv just stared up into the most beautiful blue eyes above her as she let Alex cuff her. She was surprised at Alex's boldness but her overwhelming need to have Alex overrode Liv's reasoning. She returned Alex's smile. It was tentative but the permission that Alex wanted was conveyed enough for her to continue her with her attack.

"Now, I need you to be a good girl, Olivia."

"And, how do you propose that I do that?"

"I want you to tell me if something that I do bothers you. I want you to tell me when something that I do makes you feel good. I want you to tell me if you aren't enjoying anything."

"I think that I can handle that," Liv replied.

"Good. Now, I want you to be quiet. I want you to only say something if it hurts, is very pleasurable or you don't like it. I want you to just lay there and enjoy what I am going to do to you. I assure you that it will be well worth the wait if you let me have my way."

Olivia just nodded. She pulled on the cuffs, realizing that Alex had cuffed her around the headboard. She really couldn't go anywhere without Alex's permission, now. She was completely at Alex's mercy and she was finding that she liked it.

Alex ran her hands down Liv's front. She felt her skin move beneath her fingers. She heard Liv's gasp as she continued down her body. She couldn't get enough of how her skin contrasted with Liv's. She couldn't believe how soft Liv's skin really was. She could feel the tautness of her muscles as they moved in underneath her skilled hands.

It was her choice that she was allowing Alex to take her. It was her want that she didn't care that Alex was using her body like an instrument. It was her body that was responding to Alex's expert touch. It was her mind that was reeling at the feelings that Alex was making her feel.

Liv could do nothing but watch Alex as she continued down her body. Liv could do nothing but feel as Alex kissed her body. She could do nothing but let Alex have her way with her body. She could do nothing but respond. She could do nothing but enjoy. And, all she could was let Alex know how much she was enjoying every slight touch, every brush of her lips upon her skin and every light breath that floated over her heated skin.

"Do you like the way I am touching you?" Alex asked.

"Yes."

"Good. I am happy that you are enjoying it. Do you want more?"

"Yes."

"What do you want?"

"Excuse me?"

"What do you want me to do?"

"Seriously, now you are going to ask me what I want?"

"I can't give you what you want if I don't know what you want," Alex told her.

"You were doing fine."

"You want me to continue as I see fit?" Alex asked with a delighted smile on her face.

"That would be the general idea, yes."

"If that is what you wish," Alex said.

"Yes, that is what I want."

"Just remember that later, dear. This is what you wanted. I only gave you what you asked for from me tonight. And, that is all I wanted to give you," Alex stated as she made her way between Liv's legs.

She spread them further open. Alex knelt between them and stared up Liv's body. Liv lifted her head just in time to see Alex dip her body lower. She fit herself to Liv's lower body. She could feel Alex's breath on her core and she got wetter. She couldn't believe that Alex was there…between her legs, staring at her sex…wanting her.

Alex's hand ran down her sides again. She found her perfect hand holds on Liv's slender hips as she fixated her gaze on her sex. Alex dipped her tongue out of her mouth and gave a quick, fleeting lick through the wet folds. Liv did everything that she could to move further into Alex's mouth. Alex just laughed.

"In time, Dear, promise," Alex stated, pushing down on Liv's hips.

She held her firmly to the bed. Liv wanted to thrash. She wanted to sit up. She wanted to touch Alex. She pulled on the cuffs and felt the cool metal cut into her wrists.

"Careful, love, you'll hurt yourself. I'll end up blaming myself. I can't have you in pain."

"Sorry," Liv said quietly as she continued to watch Alex.

Alex ran her hands up to Liv's breasts and began to toy with them. She enjoyed over stimulating the obviously aching nipples. She rocked up enough to take one in her mouth. She gave a nipple a quick flick with her tongue and then bit down. She heard Liv's moans and the quiet request for more. She denied her request as she continued to play with the nipple in her mouth.

"Please," Liv stated.

"Please what?"

"Don't…"

"Don't what?"

"Please…"

"Liv, dear, you aren't making any sense. I need you to tell me what you want. Tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it. I need to know, though. I need you to tell me."

"Please…"

"Please, what, Liv?"

"Will you please take me?"

"Where do you want me to take you?" Alex asked her.

"I don't want you to take me anywhere."

"Then, what is it that you want?" Alex asked as her hands now busy with both of Liv's nipples.

"Ah…Alex…please," Liv groaned.

"Tell me," Alex commanded a little more sternly.

"Take me."

"Where is it you want to go, dear? I'll take you anywhere. Just name it and we'll go."

"Alex…please, end this madness."

"And, what madness would that be?"

"This has to be a dream. There is no way that you would be here without it being a dream. Why can't I just move forward? Why can't I control the outcome?" Liv mused as her body writhed.

"Because this isn't a dream and I'm in control," Alex whispered into her ear.

Alex rocked back onto her heels and stared into Liv's eyes. She could see the questions and the subtle answers finding their way to her. She stopped moving beneath Alex and stared up into the soft blue above her. Alex let her smile spread across her face when she realized that Liv knew what she was about now. She smiled because she knew that Liv was about to acquiesce to her every desire and it made Alex wetter than she had been. Liv was her dream pet and Liv was about to submit to her will. Her mind was racing with desire, need, want…pleasure.

"Yes," Liv replied.

"Yes, what?"

"You are in control," Liv stated.

"What do you want?"

"Please make me feel."

"What is it that you want me to make you feel?" Alex asked her.

"Everything. Anything. Whatever you want."

"You are giving yourself to me?"

"Yes."

"Of your own free will?" Alex asked, having to know.

"Yes, make me yours," Liv replied.

"Oh, I will do that and so much more, Olivia. Trust me. I will make your body sing. I will make you crave me like a drug and I'll be the only person that will be able to quench your thirst."

Liv just nodded. She didn't know what else to say. She didn't think…she couldn't think of anything but Alex. And, she knew that Alex was doing her best to keep her on the edge of reason just long enough to get her to admit her desire for domination.

Alex descended Liv's body again to her apex. She pushed her legs open to allow her better access to the prize that she wanted. She knelt down, again, and found the hidden jewel that she wanted. She touched it with a fingertip and watched Liv quiver. She smiled bigger. She could smell the obviousness of Olivia's arousal and it pushed her closer. She took her glasses off and laid them on the pillow far enough away from Liv's thrashing head.

She got comfortable. Her hands found Liv's hips and she used them to drive Liv where she wanted her body. Slowly and steadily, she reached out with her tongue to touch Liv. She heard her response in the hitch in her breath. She finally found the mark she was after and she pulled it into her mouth. Liv surged off the bed and Alex used her strong hands to bring her back down and back into her mouth.

Alex continued to suckle at Liv's sex until she could feel her about to crest. She would stop and look up into her eyes, sapphire to caramel. She would watch Liv's eyes plead and beg for more, but never once did Liv voice her need more than a moan or gasp of pleasure. Alex would smile at her, letting her body cool some, before she would lean back down and start the process all over again. Liv thought that she continued in this fashion for hours, making her wait and not letting have the release that her body, but not her mouth, was screaming out for.

"Now, you may when I tell you," Alex whispered just loud enough for her to hear as she went to her core again, teasing her with her mouth and tongue.

Liv just nodded as her body fought to keep Alex in one spot long enough. Her hips were bucking wildly and her moans were becoming deafening on Alex's ears. She had done well for her first time and she knew that she should let her climax before the pain and pleasure line was crossed.

"Let go, my pet. Let go. I've got you, now. I won't let go."

Olivia came, harder than she ever had before. She was sure that the neighbors were going to call the cops because of her screaming, but Alex knew the deafening sounds that Liv heard were all in her mind as her silent scream of pleasure tore through her entire body. She came off the bed high enough for Alex to snake her arms around her torso as she continued to drink from Liv's fount. Liv's body was finally at the breaking point and Alex could sense it.

She let her down on the bed gently. She pulled away from Liv's center. She got off the bed and found Liv's pants. She dug out her keys and then unlocked the cuffs from around Liv's hands. She pulled them down, rubbing her arms and wrists to encourage the circulation back. She place Liv's hands by her sides and then climbed in bed with her. She reached down and pulled the blanket, that had been folded at the end of the bed, up over them.

"Go to sleep, Liv. We can talk in the morning. You did well, my pet. You did well."

"Yes, Mistress, as you wish," Liv told her as she turned to spoon her.

Alex allowed the gesture. She smiled as she listened to breathing even out and get deeper. She could only hope that Liv would live up to her body's potential. She hoped that she would make her the perfect pet. She hadn't wanted anyone the way that she wanted Liv. There was just something about her that made her want her, pet or no pet, but preferably Pet.

Olivia drank some more water. Her body was on fire and she wanted Mistress to put out the flames. She needed her. She looked at her watch, and she would have her, soon, very soon.

There was a knock at her door. Olivia put down her glass of water and went to the door. She opened it and found Mistress standing there in a grey suit.

"It isn't polite to stare, Dear," Mistress told her.

"Sorry, Mistress, please come in," Liv stated coming back to her senses.

"Have you been taking care of yourself?"

"Yes, Mistress."

"Have you missed me?"

"Yes, Mistress."

"Has anyone else touched you?"

"No, Mistress."

"Not even the monster?"

"No, Mistress, not even him."

"Good. I'm glad that I want have to erase the memory of him touching you from your mind. That would be a painful and daunting task for anyone, including you, my pet. Goodness, you look good enough to eat."

"Thank you, Mistress."

"I only have one question for you: What do you want from me?"