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her.
The other Dom was giving him smug looks, which Patrick ignored as
he settled a blanket-wrapped Lexie in his arms. Michael could clean up
the station on his own. Patrick was taking over aftercare. He
stalked towards the corner of the Dungeon where the couches were, passing his
friends on the way. Angel and Jessica were still getting their butts
paddled. As he walked past, Chris did a double-take as he saw Lexie in
Patrick's arms, his eyebrows going up nearly to his forehead.
Whatever. Patrick wasn't going to stop and explain himself right now.
It had been hard enough watching Michael do the scene with
her. Seeing how deeply she'd gone into it. When he'd realized that
she was in that after-scene, glowy haze that affected so many submissives, he
hadn't been able to take it anymore. He just couldn't let someone else
care for her when she was that vulnerable.
At least, that's how he justified it.
The knowledge that Lexie had given Michael instructions to let
Patrick take over... it only underscored how much she thought she wanted
him. But could she still handle him? Could he handle her?
On the other side of the equation, it was obvious that Lexie was into
the scene. He really couldn't deny that. Continuing to deny her
entrance to the club wouldn't just be cruel, it would be dangerous. The
reason he'd hired her at Stronghold in the first place had been in hopes that
she'd see what it was like and go running, because otherwise she might have
gone to less a secure club to explore her curiosity. At least here he'd
been able to control her, keep an eye on her.
Now she'd not only quit, but she'd gotten a taste of the
scene. A taste that she'd obviously liked. There was no way she'd
want to stop exploring now.
There was really only one possible course of action. Keeping
her away from the scene until Jake got home and Patrick could talk to him was
out of the question now, he knew Lexie wouldn't wait. She'd just laugh at
him and go somewhere else, somewhere he wouldn't be able to protect her.
What he could do, the farthest he was willing to go, the
responsible thing, would be to continue her introduction to BDSM.
Slowly. Planned carefully. With his hand on the helm. Then,
when Jake got home, he might be pissed that Patrick had been scening with her,
but he could at least explain how and why he'd been pushed into it. Plus,
by then, he'd know whether or not Lexie could handle the kind of relationship
he wanted. Needed. So he could ask Jake, with a clear conscience,
what he thought about Patrick dating his little sister.
Jake would understand Lexie's impetuousness and that Patrick had
stayed within acceptable boundaries. At least, Patrick hoped he would.
Things could still blow up in his face. He didn’t just want a woman who was
into the scene, he wanted a woman who could handle a nearly 24/7 relationship.
A past girlfriend had said he wanted something closer to a Domestic Discipline
relationship than BDSM. Like his other girlfriends, she hadn’t been able to
handle the fact that he wanted to direct their relationship and the majority of
her day.
It was one thing for a submissive to give up control for a scene.
Scenes were short, with finite boundaries. Lexie could obviously give herself
over for a scene. She trusted Michael, that was clear. But would she trust
Patrick enough to give him control over more? To let him set her tasks for the
day and accept punishment for whatever she didn’t complete? He wanted a
stay-at-home woman, but only if that’s what she wanted too. He didn’t consider
himself sexist, he absolutely knew that women could manage just as well as any
man to whatever task they set their minds to, but for his woman… he
needed one who would thrive under his domination, allow him to dictate rules
and structure for her day-to-day life, and accept being cherished and protected
in the way that he needed to.
Granted, he’d
The other Dom was giving him smug looks, which Patrick ignored as
he settled a blanket-wrapped Lexie in his arms. Michael could clean up
the station on his own. Patrick was taking over aftercare. He
stalked towards the corner of the Dungeon where the couches were, passing his
friends on the way. Angel and Jessica were still getting their butts
paddled. As he walked past, Chris did a double-take as he saw Lexie in
Patrick's arms, his eyebrows going up nearly to his forehead.
Whatever. Patrick wasn't going to stop and explain himself right now.
It had been hard enough watching Michael do the scene with
her. Seeing how deeply she'd gone into it. When he'd realized that
she was in that after-scene, glowy haze that affected so many submissives, he
hadn't been able to take it anymore. He just couldn't let someone else
care for her when she was that vulnerable.
At least, that's how he justified it.
The knowledge that Lexie had given Michael instructions to let
Patrick take over... it only underscored how much she thought she wanted
him. But could she still handle him? Could he handle her?
On the other side of the equation, it was obvious that Lexie was into
the scene. He really couldn't deny that. Continuing to deny her
entrance to the club wouldn't just be cruel, it would be dangerous. The
reason he'd hired her at Stronghold in the first place had been in hopes that
she'd see what it was like and go running, because otherwise she might have
gone to less a secure club to explore her curiosity. At least here he'd
been able to control her, keep an eye on her.
Now she'd not only quit, but she'd gotten a taste of the
scene. A taste that she'd obviously liked. There was no way she'd
want to stop exploring now.
There was really only one possible course of action. Keeping
her away from the scene until Jake got home and Patrick could talk to him was
out of the question now, he knew Lexie wouldn't wait. She'd just laugh at
him and go somewhere else, somewhere he wouldn't be able to protect her.
What he could do, the farthest he was willing to go, the
responsible thing, would be to continue her introduction to BDSM.
Slowly. Planned carefully. With his hand on the helm. Then,
when Jake got home, he might be pissed that Patrick had been scening with her,
but he could at least explain how and why he'd been pushed into it. Plus,
by then, he'd know whether or not Lexie could handle the kind of relationship
he wanted. Needed. So he could ask Jake, with a clear conscience,
what he thought about Patrick dating his little sister.
Jake would understand Lexie's impetuousness and that Patrick had
stayed within acceptable boundaries. At least, Patrick hoped he would.
Things could still blow up in his face. He didn’t just want a woman who was
into the scene, he wanted a woman who could handle a nearly 24/7 relationship.
A past girlfriend had said he wanted something closer to a Domestic Discipline
relationship than BDSM. Like his other girlfriends, she hadn’t been able to
handle the fact that he wanted to direct their relationship and the majority of
her day.
It was one thing for a submissive to give up control for a scene.
Scenes were short, with finite boundaries. Lexie could obviously give herself
over for a scene. She trusted Michael, that was clear. But would she trust
Patrick enough to give him control over more? To let him set her tasks for the
day and accept punishment for whatever she didn’t complete? He wanted a
stay-at-home woman, but only if that’s what she wanted too. He didn’t consider
himself sexist, he absolutely knew that women could manage just as well as any
man to whatever task they set their minds to, but for his woman… he
needed one who would thrive under his domination, allow him to dictate rules
and structure for her day-to-day life, and accept being cherished and protected
in the way that he needed to.
Granted, he’d
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