" You really want to go out to dinner?" Gabriel shot Rase a skeptical look out of the corner of his eye. " As opposed to what?" " Getting on your knees and begging me to beat you." There was no inflection in Gabriel's voice, no heat, and no emotion at all. He wasn't even looking at Rase. ... " I don't want one more than the other," he answered, fully aware that he was being challenged. " They're not interchangeable. I want them both." Rase took a breath to calm the pounding in his chest and continued, even though Gabriel wouldn't look at him. " I want to go out to dinner with you, anywhere you want, on a date. And then I want to go back to your place or my place and I want you to beat me until I bleed. "