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She shook herself loose, feeling cold sweat trickle down her back I’m free At the Shadowlands And as she listened, she realized the noise was different fro was that of a release; the shriek had excite the pain There were none of the hopeless cries, the pleading, and the screams of pain that wouldn’t end She shuddered

"Linda Look at

"I’ His voice, his steady eyes had settled her She gave him a shaky smile "Thank you" Her deep breath caled ht the don BDSM club smelled of leather, sex, pain, and fear Now she knew fear stank of piss and blood and sour sweat Nothing like here

The Shadowlands held laughter, and not only fro To one side, sootiated with a Do to Kie of Doms to subrinned at her "Good eye I’lanced around the room and answered Linda’s unspoken questions "Master Z keeps the ets It’s nice I’ve visited clubs where I felt like a sheep surrounded by a pack of wolves"

"That’s it," Linda agreed "There’s no sense of being stalked" In fact, the unattached subs were having a good tiht lifted from her shoulders She’d be safe here, if… Could she really do this? Let a sadist hurt her? Her fears and needs see aWhy couldn’t she be noraze fell on aup his toy bag after using a cane on a younger woman who’d quickly wimped out But he hadn’t tried to doaze and nodded politely

She continued to stare at hi her

Raoul’s hand covered hers "Are you sure, chiquita? Edward is a sadist but not a Doht be--"

"Not Sam" When his eyebrows rose, she winced at her bluntness "I’aze stayed on her face "Continue"

"Just…I don’t want a Do that--"

"No No, it’s nothing I just likemy own choices" To escape y, then went to meet the sadist halfway

AS SAM CLEANED the equipment and kept an eye on Dara, he half listened to the sounds fro a cane on a sub her arousal Fro an excellent job

After putting the cleaning supplies in the stand, Sam went down on one knee beside Dara With a blanket around her shoulders, the Goth trainee had eaten her chocolate bites and was sipping the sports drink he’d given her

"How you doing?" Saood" Her eyes were clear, skin warm, speech coherent He’d learned Dara didn’t wantaround and enjoying the buzz She grinned at hiht then" He stood and helped her to her feet After giving hi, she trotted off toward the restroohs and ass

Feeling a tad deprived, he headed to the bar What was the world co to when a Dom enjoyed aftercare more than the subent Vance Buchanan and his partner, Galen Kouros, were sitting at the bar

Sareeted the linebacker-sized agent, "Buchanan," then nodded at the lean, dark one "Kouros" They were both in jeans and white button-up shirts "Here on Fed business?"

"Not this tih, so we’re talking to Z about membership here"

"You’ll be welcoh it wasn’t co together into an art And Kouros had soah the Feds had netted the bastards who’d kidnapped Linda and Ki association’s reach extended across the entire United States

"Not quite The northeast is still going strong" Buchanan scowled "We think that area has sohly placed contacts"

"Bad news"

"A bad crime" Over the past months, the lines in Kouros’s face had deepened