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He grinned, reht he’d topped her His hand had hurt by the ti, but as a submissive or a lover, she lacked that essential spark, at least for hi about the little redhead Not the pain she’d endured, although he respected her courage in not letting it stop her What really pulled at him was her vulnerability She could have turned bitter and nasty to protect herself Instead she’d built defenses to hide the softness underneath

Formidable defenses How the hell had he let Z talk hih, he headed back toward the other side of the rooed a bottle of water froe of the Domme’s scene space

The clock read 11:30 Had Beth arrived? If so, why had she not come to find him?

Across the room, Dan appeared in the door and scoped out the area Typical cop The DMs here included a fair number of law enforcement types and ex-soldiers In his usual black vest and leathers, theI should know?"

"All quiet" Nolan nodded toward the gay couple "Got involved and had the restraints too tight"

"Uh-huh," Dan said, and Nolan knew he’d monitor the couple carefully Like most Doms, Dan was overprotective to the point of absurdity

Nolan handed over the flashlight He tossed his gold-triht, sleeveless black shirt "You seen Beth?"

"Ah" Dan turned his head, apparentlya scene"

Found another Dom, had she? Nolan’s hands closed until the knuckles cracked, and then he relaxed, amused at his own blindness He should have anticipated so like this He’d undermined her defenses last week, so she’d want to shore theot a station?"

Dan nodded

She’d be easy enough to find And if another Doet her to respond, more power to him He rather doubted it would happen, not with that wary little sub

He nodded to Dan and left the dungeon As he walked down the long hallway of theroans frohter from the office Out in the ay couples vying with each other for how long their subs could delay getting off One of the two corner cages held a brunette with tears on her cheeks; someone had been bad

So where was Beth? Nolan checked the roped-off areas down the right wall No little rabbit As he crossed the rooled a bottle of Corona at him

"Thanks" Nice and cold Nolan took a couple of ss "Where is she?"

Cullen nodded to the other side of the roo his frustration get to him"

"Hell" Nolan strode across the room A small croatched as the beefy Dom hammered into the slender redhead restrained on the bench S continued Her forehead was pressed to the leather cushion, her hands clenched into fists Just enduring

Nolan wanted to grab the clueless Doh the nearest wall, but that wouldn’t be right Beth had a safe word and was obviously nowhere near subspace or too frightened to use it Her choice

Bad choice, as Cullen had said Nolan looked around On a couch beside the rope barrier, Z watched the scene, his jaw set in a rigid line Nolan joined him

"I find this extremely painful," Z said

"To watch or to feel?" Nolan asked An open secret in the club, the Shadowlands oas not only a psychologist, but could pick up ehed, rubbed his face "I’ to decide whether to tear up her ht here and noait until I’ht I’m a bit pissed off myself" He watched as the Doly with annoyance at the lackluster scene Yanking hie and headed toward the paddle lying under the rope barrier From the redness of Beth’s ass, the Dom had already used it once

Nolan walked over to the rope The Doaze met Nolan’s Nolan shook his head and unleashed a little of his anger "Finish Now"

The paddle dropped, and the id posture shouted that he wasn’t intie his pride Compliance was all thatBeth from the bench