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“This collar is a sy collar and I want you to understand that going into this phase of our relationship” He studied her face, searching for any hint of what sheShe only seemed moreof the collar he wanted to place around her neck “To put it in layman’s tere in the vanilla world”

“But we’ve been living a vanilla life, like you said” She looked slightly confused

“Yes, but you knew early on that’s not who I am”

“Have I disappointed you in some way, s you enjoy?”

“God, no,” he said, al between us has been perfect so far”

Her se than ever before He kne she felt about his for one another mirrored the other

“I want you to accept this gift and wear it all the time, not just in private, but in public, too I want everyone to know you belong to -terree we’re devoted to one another I want to educate you about the lifestyle but as we round rules to set and things to discuss

“For exainable a reflection on me When you’re in public, how you act and how others perceive you shows the world what kind of training you’ve received from me I want our relationship to be honest and open at all ti that, I want you to trust that I’ll always keep your best interest in mind I have no desire to pursue other submissives and I won’t Those days ended the first time I saw you”

“For me, too”

He hesitated Had he misinterpreted how she’d responded to Hales and Dallas? Had he introduced thely accept them at his request? After a brief silence, he said, “There’s so I want you to consider forI want you to think about e begin setting soft and hard limits”

“What are those?”

“It’s a e determine whether or not you’ll be open and receptive to certain activities within our relationship”

“You want me to play with other Doms”

“I…” His first instinct was to immediately say that’s not what he had wanted to discuss first, but she’d obviously picked up on his need to bring in another play partner for her “It’s soht now”

“Can we discuss who?”