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He didn’t like establishing routines, because he was hardly unknown to the vaer than he’d been inback It was as if so hi to find it, but had only ended up frustrated

Hell, he shouldn’t be going there at all He knew the terrible, secret reason he went to those places, even if he wouldn’t ad to re-create that one moment of peace A moment created by a Doiven to hiifts He didn’t deserve anything But in soive or take it, he didn’t know, but he had a feeling tonight ht he finally found out It wouldn’t be a good thing for anyone crazy enough to mess with him

I don’t even knoho you are any you down

Jacob’s words froo, but they haunted his did He was a haunted house, unable to burn himself down, no matter how often he struck the match

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ANWYN stood in the security room, her eyes trained on the surveillance screen for the Queen’s Chah canopy bed, lush draperies and polished restraint systems, it was one of her favorite roo wood instruments of pleasure and torture had been rendered by quality craftspeople She’d spent a lot of ti it, her own private fantasy room in a club dedicated to fantasy In soh she took very few sessions herself anyreat deal of time, and Club Atlantis more than most An exclusive BDSM club, Atlantis dared to cater to the most extreme players, the ones anted to step boldly over the lines and fully immerse themselves in a world few understood, even those who played at less strenuous levels Knowing diversity was key to business success, Anwyn had an upper level for those softer-lifestyle people, as well as the dabblers and thrill seekers This was the underground level, its geography enhancing the psychological ih everything that occurred in Atlantis was legal in the ways that al business The people who caht, and therefore they weren’t interested in lawyers and liability suits It made it easier to meet those needs

Down here, people were fully dedicated to hard-core Domination and submission They understood that consensual was a term used by the politically correct While soul-deep consent was the unspoken treasure that made their Dominance or submission possible, they wanted to lose the to dominate or be dominated For those purposes, choice was often a disruption to the fantasyor the need Because that was a line that required careful straddling to est cost ell-trained security outside each playroo inside The eyes she paid to watch those screens never wavered, her staff ment as to where the line was A private ambulance and an on-staff medical team were ready to help those who needed it

At this level, it was about a desired, if te it to her clients However, since ht they wanted, the vetting process for this level was strict She herself personally approved or rejected all applications after viewing videotape of the entry interviews Which hy she was sure none of her staff understood why she’d approved Jon S that resulted in a rejected application

He was aggressive Passive, active and every spot on the spectrue, alh only he could see the bars In his interview, he couldn’t define what he wanted, but he had an obvious, burning need for what they were offering He’d given the nae it, even producing a driver’s license that backed it up, but that didn’tass for a minute

He was 120 percent trouble She’d known it the first time he’d darkened the club’s doors in a battered leather jacket, scuffed boots and faded jeans, those y and passion Because she knew only one other with eyes that piercing, she’d taken a second look to be sure their new guest was a h The badly cut dark hair that fell to his shoulders te the fact he was all wild animal, fierce and beautiful and scarred

Most people dressed up for their sessions in some way He’d come as he was; she was sure of that