taste her, wanted to be tasted by her again. Wanted
more than anything not to be blindfolded this time, so she could see what the other
woman was doing.
A persistent image had haunted her all afternoon, of going down on Mara while
Daniel did various lewd things to her from behind. It wouldn’t leave her. She had
needed to resist an almost constant urge to disappear into the restroom and ease the physical consequences of the image. But she knew she would enjoy herself more if she waited. The idea of having to wait, of needing to hold off until Daniel told her to come, only enhanced her mood.
And yet here were her two would-be lovers, talking in a language she could barely
recognize as English.
“Are you planning to go resto with that cleric? I haven’t played that class much in
this game yet, I usually do tanking,” Daniel said as he led them to the play room.
“Probably. My main is spell DPS, but the guild needs more resto so I’d probably get
to raid more that way. But I’ve just started leveling this so I haven’t really decided yet. I don’t know, I really need to study the talent trees a little more, read up on it.”
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Roses and Chains
“Cool. I’m still trying to get Delia to play.” This last as if he’d belatedly realized they were leaving her out of the conversation.
“Oh, you totally should,” Mara urged her. “You get to run around and whack
things or kill them dead with fireball spells, stuff like that. It’s very therapeutic. And of course, you can also gather flowers and mine for precious metals, if you just want to do that sort of thing. Make potions.”
They were already to the door of the Rose Room. Daniel ushered them in, and once
again they all three stopped on the threshold to take in the room.
It was still rosy and candlelit. It still sported the low, very useful couches and chest of goodies.
A very large, somewhat Victorian-looking device had been added close to one
corner, however, and that was what primarily drew the trio’s collective attention.
Gleaming, polished wood with delicate brass filigree inlay; a soft, rounded top of
distressed, saddle-colored leather. Matching wrist and ankle straps with shiny brass buckles.
“Is that a spanking horse?”
Delia nodded, and noticed that Mara did too.
“Yes, Master,” she added, when it looked as if Daniel hadn’t seen their nods
because his gaze was still transfixed on the horse.
At least it had taken his mind clean off the computer games.
“Giddy the fuck up!” Mara exclaimed, clapping her hands and bouncing on the
balls of her feet. Delia recognized the gesture, the same one she’d made when she saw the toy store. It was odd, like watching a bizarro version of herself.
“Tally-fucking-ho,” Daniel said in agreement. “I like it. I can work with that.” He
turned and observed them both, manic glee transforming his usually much more
impassive face. “Oh, I can most definitely work with that.”
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Delphine Dryden
Chapter Nine
Mara had almost made herself late trying to figure out what to wear. Somehow it
seemed much more important tonight, despite the fact that she suspected she would be taking all or most of it off pretty early into the evening.
She had decided on the red because it would expose more without her having to
take it off. And because the idea of removing her skirt and shrug, standing in front of Master Daniel and Delia in just the scrap of constraining red lace around her rib cage and waist, was enough to drive her to distraction most of the afternoon.
Although she hadn’t played too badly, despite being distracted. And it had been a
sweet surprise to find Master Daniel played the game too. They’d had so much fun that after a few minutes they’d forgotten to flirt in game chat, and had just gotten on with playing. Which, in Mara’s mind, had a certain sexy appeal all its own. She liked the way he planned and then implemented his plan, then tried again with the same
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