“I will never lie to you,” she vowed. “I may…not tell you things, but I will not lie.”
“Some would say that’s a lie of omission,” I countered.
“Would you?”
Touché. “There will be things that I demand to know,” I tell her. When she looked uncomfortable, I explained, “But not everything needs to be said tonight. Whatdoesneed to be said is the answer to my question. Now.”
“I don’t know what happened two weeks ago. I’ve never…” I was holding her chin so she couldn’t turn away, but her eyes flicked to the side. “What happened between us two weeks ago has never happened before. I don’t know how to explain it other than that. No one’s ever done or tried to do what you did.”
I shook her chin to remind her to look at me. She brought her eyes back to mine. “Then why did you let me do it?”
She licked her lips. “I think it was how you approached me. You just…took control. You didn’t ask.”
I didn’t ask her if shelikedthat because it wasn’t the answer I required. “And you need that? For me to make the decisions?”
She nodded. “I didn’t realize it until then, but I think so.”
“And being taken from behind?” I inquired with a raised eyebrow.
She looked away again, but it wasn’t out of shame. More like she was thinking before answering, which I appreciated. I did not want half-answers or -truths. “I’m not sure,” she said, eyes back on me. “I’m prepared to move it to a soft limit rather than a hard.”
“Thank you for your honesty.” I lowered my hand from her chin. “If we do have sex tonight, it will be face-to-face.”
She tipped her head to the side. “If?”
I nodded. “Make no mistake, Little Owl. I want you, and I will have you again, but you came here to dance and I am very much looking forward to watching you again.”
Her eyes lit up. “I’ve never danced for anyone but me before.”
“You’re still dancing for you, Little Owl. I just happen to be a captivated eavesdropper tonight.”
That made her smile. “No bondage doesn’t bother you?”
“Should it?” I challenged. I wanted to see why she thought it would.
“That’s why—” She cleared her throat. “That’s why Master Kade stays with me. Some Doms have not respected that limit. Or they think that can ‘cure’ me, like it’s a fear of needles.”
“Those Doms aren’t real Doms then. There’s so much more to submission than bondage, Little Owl.” I leaned closer, putting my nose directly in front of hers. “I can show you a world of pleasure without ever restraining you. I can make yousoarhigher than the clouds without ever tying your hands.”
Her breath caught. “Tonight?”
The right corner of my mouth twitched. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, Little Owl. True pleasure requires more than a single night.”
Movement to my left drew my attention. Noah, one of the bartenders, was standing behind us. I’d been coming to this club for years and I’d never known Noah to be involved with any of the Doms here. Nor had I known that he was either gay or bi.
To each his own, but it was still a shock to see a six foot-two bodybuilder in nothing but a pink frilly skirt. He also did not look entirely comfortable.
But he still knelt. “Master Valentino says the room is ready for Dani.”
“Thank you, Noah,” I replied for her. “We’ll be right up.”
It seemed just in time too, as others were starting to arrive for the deflowering ceremony. As Noah stood, I saw something silver glint in the overhead lighting of the bar at his crotch. The skirt was so short that it barely covered him as he moved.
I turned away, not wanting to know. What passed between him and Master Kade was their business. I trusted that it wasconsensual, because Valentino wouldn’t allow otherwise, even if he and Kade were friends.
“From this moment on until we part ways tonight, you’ll refer to me only as ‘Sir’ or ‘Master’. You will ask permission before you do anything. The only place where you have free reign is on the pole. Should you require a drink or a break, you will ask permission. Should you want a different song, you will ask permission.” I crooked a finger under her chin. “And you will absolutely require permission if you wish to come tonight. Do you understand?”
I loved seeing the way her eyes flared with desire.
