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As Holt walked in a slow circle around her, Gabrielle’s face flushed, her hands clenching Her weight shifted fro as if she realized how vulnerable her ass was in that position Nervous Excited Very nice

Taking his time, Holt played with her pussy and breasts to increase her arousal Marcus had watched the doh Marcus wanted to be the one with his hands running over her soft ass and teasing her pale pink nipples to stand erect

Holt started to switch her lightly, watching her reactions

After a few gentle swats, Gabrielle fisted her hands, and her led with herself Here we go, Marcus thought, not sure whether to laugh or curse

"Is this all you got?" she asked loudly "Hey, even that stuffy trainer hits harder"

Stuffy trainer Well, da you can do, he can do better…"

Marcus smothered a smile

Holt tapped the switch on his pal to see why she deliberately provoked him He sauntered around the stocks and fisted his hand in her hair The music from the dance floor drowned out whatever he said to her Then he walked back and picked up the switch Marcus assessed hih

Turning his attention to Gabrielle, Marcus stiffened Her face had turned dead white and expressionless, her eyes blank What the hell had Holt said to her? Even as Marcus rose, Holt swung, caught her abnore, and pulled the blow He tossed the switch aside again and reached her head just as Marcus got to the ropes

"Marcus, help et her loose She’s frozen up" With one hand, Holt rubbed Gabrielle’s back; with the other, he unlatched the bar He crooned, "It’s all right, sweetheart You’re safe" He flipped back the upper bar that trapped her neck and wrists "Gabrielle Look at me, Gabrielle" He shook his head at Marcus "She’s out of it, das hadn’t buckled, Marcus realized as he pulled her shorts up and helped htened This wasn’t a nor her up, still in charge of the scene When her legs buckled, Marcus forced himself not to reach for her, but God, he wanted to--to snatch her away, to hold her, to see rong

Holt looked up "I’arateful nod and swung her into his arar, you’re safe Relax now You’re safe" He stepped out of the roped-off area

Olivia in a dungeon ot it," hedown beside theainst his chest, then cupped her cheek "Gabrielle, I need for you to look at ently

Her eyes ide, unfocused, much like a sub in endorphin overload, but her stiff body, pale face, and cla else Worry deepened and sharpened his voice "Gabrielle Look At Me"

She jerked as if he’d slapped her Soaze She blinked and stared at hi how she’d ended up on his lap When she shivered, he wrapped his arms around her

Holt fetched a fluffy subbie blanket and tucked it over the girl

"Thank you," she whispered and frowned at the young dom "I ith you, wasn’t I? The stocks?"

"You were, Gabrielle" Holt took her hand and watched her reaction carefully She didn’t jerk away "Can you tell me what happened? What scared you?"

She shook her head, her brows together

"Did I hurt you?"

"No" Her shtened

"Easy, sugar," Marcus lanced up at hi into him

He kissed the top of her head She trusted hie warmed him Relieved him To see the feisty little sub reduced to frozen fear had worried the hell out of him

"You smarted off to Holt," Marcus said "Do you relanced under her lashes at the doet a rise out of me," Holt said "Did you really want ain, she shook her head "Uh-uh"

Marcus frowned One more time where her insolent behavior didn’t make sense She didn’t like pain Sometimes a sub wanted a dom’s attention, but Gabrielle already had that

He shook his head Analyze later, Atherton Right now, he needed to knohat had caused her response, and since she didn’t rerabbed your hair," Marcus said Moving slowly, he curled his fingers into her hair and pulled