the time by two people, as well as a dungeon master in each room. We take safe, sane and consensual very seriously, kitten, as do all sensible clubs and Doms. Heard enough?”
“Yes, Sir, and thank you. I feel silly now.”
“Kitten.” His voice was harsh, and Shane flinched. Had she annoyed him so much?
“Never ever feel silly for being safety conscious. It’s not thinking ahead and paying attention to your safety that’s silly. Stay there. I’ll be back in a minute.”
He left the dungeon and sure enough, within a minute the control room door opened and Ross walked in.
“Ready for a wander now?”
It didn’t occur to her that she was about to do something she never ever thought she’d do again. Shane stood up, walked toward Ross and dropped to her knees. Very deliberately she put her hands behind her back and bent her head to look at the floor by his bare feet. She remembered from years before that he hated shoes and kicked them off at every opportunity.
“Yes, please, Sir.”
He tugged her hair so she looked up at him. “That, kitten, is a lovely sight. I hope I’ll see more of it, but for now, welcome to my world.”
Chapter Six
As he looked down at Shane, something indefinable filled Ross’s mind. It wasn’t just seeing a woman he wanted on her knees as a sub, but also the total trust in her expression that gladdened him. Even as a child, her solemn expression and need to know everything had fascinated him. For a brief second, the difference in their ages worried him. Was twelve years too much? In reality, why should it be? As long as he could get the image of baby snatching and dirty old men out of his mind… She was well over the age of consent now, and until he’d seen her again he hadn’t thought of her as anything except Troy and Jase’s younger, pesky, nosy sister.
Now though, everything had changed. The only connection with Jase and Troy was his knowledge that if he messed her up, they’d string him up by the balls. He might like Shibari and love rigging, but having it happen to him around those valuable nuts didn’t bear thinking about. It was all he could do not to cup his palm over that area of his body.
“Do you mean that, kitten? You’re happy to sub to me? Because if you do, we start now.” He was damned sure that she’d probably cry red, now or after she saw what he liked.
“Ross, please be a Dom to me.”
She’d remembered his promise. Once again she surprised him. Her eyes widened and she leaned into him, seemingly unheeding of the sting it must give her scalp.
“I’m happy, Sir, because I trust you to listen to me. Even though I’d promised myself nothing until I speak to Jess.”
There was definitely an undercurrent. All tied in with her need to speak to Jess? No matter, I’ll be patient. He hoped. Although he had infinite patience in a scene and drew out the best in every one he played with, outside that sphere, Ross knew he wasn’t renowned for his patience.
“I will never ignore you or give you a reason to doubt me, kitten. That’s a promise. So, up you get.” He tugged on her hair, and Shane stood up straight in front of him. She blinked, swallowed and looked down at the floor once more.
“Kitten, there’s only us here, no need to do that. Although when we scene in the club with others around, I’d expect it.”
She paled. “Red.”
“Red? Red what?” He would make her spell it out, even if it ended there and then.
“Nothing in public. Hard limit there. I am not showing my wobbly bits or my vulnerability to any old passerby with a hint of kink in them. If, and I’m stressing the if, we do anything beyond tonight, I’m for you to see and you only.”
Ross wondered if she truly thought that. Her skin was once more glowing and her ashen hue had disappeared. If she did, then there would need to be a lot of hard thinking done by both of them.
“If you’re for me to see, then strip.” He hadn’t known that he was going to
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