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Chapter 1

Gideon

I watch the pretty nineteen-year-old girl standing on the podiu Her voice is trained from years of voice coaches and her et her to a level that et to until they’re in their mid-twenties

When she finishes up her final chorus, silence falls around us and I give her the thuht, hopeful, and I know if I said anything negative right now, it would shatter her drea as a mentor for ten years, and as I near forty, it see it professional is part ofmy head, I lure h stool, causing her short skirt to ride up her hs

“I think that’s the one,” I tell her, hoping she doesn’t want another go at the goddaain, I knohat it’s like when you want your work to be one hundred percent

“Thanks, Gideon” She grins playfully, but I know I can’t do anything about it She’s legal, barely, but if I were to give any indication I’irl will be up for it However, she would balk at what I’d like to do to her

Tonight, I’ll have to pay a visit to Tee off It’s been weeks since I’ve been in a playrooht of toying with someone ants and craves it

Glancing atthe button on the sound board “I have aI’ll see you tomorrow” Before she has adown the hallway toout my phone, I scroll to a friend’s number and hit dial

When his deep voice co time” Oliver Michaelson is an old friend who while He’s one of the o, and since I left and made my way to Seattle for work, he and I haven’t seen each other as much as I’d like

Oliver and I first crossed paths at Seven Sins, an exclusive BDSM club in Chicago, run by partners, Mason and Carrick, and since I’ve been away from my old haunt, I found myself at Temptation, a club I’ve since called home It’s an exquisite, up-market venue that allows me to play out a scene when I need to

“It has been I heard a rumor you’re in Seattle,” I say as I settle behind my desk The expensive leather chair leans back as I twist and take in the city fro s