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Chapter One

Club Dominion—Dallas, Texas, late June

AFTER war up the subo cast her a discerning eye Nice rosy shade Graceful, compliant, docile, the wo bench, her swollen, exposed pussy juicy as a ripe peach

As the heavy beats of Nine Inch Nails throbbed through the dungeon, he walked a circle around her, s closed in ecstasy Whitney had been the right choice for this evening’s session, experienced but so sweet She trembled with the desire to please And to fuck

She was exactly what his brother, Javier, needed

“See the way she’s trying to lift her ass to you? The way her pussy weeps? It’s slick and swollen, but she wants er will send her to subspace,” Xander coached, handing hileahts “Your turn Deep breath You knohat to do ”

Javier nodded, but his brows drew together Sweat trickled froer, but plowed a jerky, bronzed hand through the waves of his dark hair, which looked as if he hadn’t bothered to triiven a shit about anything except anger and vodka in far too long

Damn it, Javier needed to look deep and find so him to embrace the inner Douilt would stop his full-blown slide into self-destruction Since neither grief counseling nor tiood, it was the only way Xander knew to keep his brother together

If it didn’t work, he’d alrave

Xander grabbed his brother’s wrist and shoved the flogger in his hand Javier gripped it in a white-knuckled fist, his gaze bouncing around the room

“Breathe ” Xander snapped his fingers “Focus, rip and take control ”

Javier gave a rough nod, then drew in a jagged breath He swung his arm back in a jerky arc, but his position looked sloppy He would likely hit the back of Whitney’s thighs, not her luscious ass, and cause her the wrong sort of pain

“Godda rapidly

Xander clapped his brother on the shoulder “Focus on Whitney ” He leaned into his brother’s face, forcing Javier’s gaze to his “Your thoughts should only be on her now Take in her demeanor, posture, and other nonverbal cues, then decide what’s ive her the sensations she needs ”

Javier lifted his head, staring blankly, his breathing alarly rapid

“Are you seeing her? Are you listening for her safe word?” Xander demanded

Squeezing his eyes shut, Javier gripped the flogger tighter, the veins of his wrist standing out His aring off his body

Alarm bells went off in Xander’s head “Javier?”

“What?” he barked

Xander got in his face, whispering tersely “Snap out of it! Tell me her safe word ”

Javier’s nostrils flared He pinched his eyes shut again, then flashed them wide open with a shake of his head Fuck, his brother was trying to force hi Xander scrubbed a hand over his face, frustration eating at him

“You can do this,” he cajoled “I’ve given you the knowledge You have the instinct You’re totally in control when you’re on your ga you, Javier Feel her trust and get into your Dom space ”

Javier sucked in a sharp breath and squared his shoulders, his whole body taut and hyperfocused Then he nodded Xander frowned, watchful, as he leaned away to let his brother wield the flogger on Whitney’s ass But Javier just stared sightlessly at the firlobes of her flesh and sed He swayed on his feet His breathing turned choppier again

Fuck He felt his brother slipping through his fingers, little by little Day by day One step forward, three steps back Xander cursed Francesca all over again She’d taken the strong, co older brother he’d worshipped as a kid and turned hiuilt The last year had eaten away his indorave, the beautiful, terrible bitch had her teeth in him

“Javier!”

His brother’s blue eyes cut over to hiain Xander bit back a frustrated scream

“Focus Either tell rowled

“I-I” Javier’s fingers curled into a fist, and he hung his head “Fuck I have to get out of here ”

“Get your shit together and tellno one around them would hear

Javier jerked his gaze back to Whitney’s ass The pleasure Xander had given her during the war back to her body, back to reality Xander leaned around the spanking bench to peer into the sub’s pretty face Her heavy green eyes surveyed the bits of the roo her head from side to side

With a curse, he made his way over to her and laid a firm hand on her back “Easy, Whitney ”

“Permission to speak, Sir?”

Well, hell Xander didn’t want to hear it, but she’d earned it “Yes, little sub ”

“Have I done so?” She sounded anxious