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Prologue
“INSATIABLE,”one of her favorite songs, eaving its hts of Club Atlantis Bodies moved in sinuous silhouette on the dance floor to that sensual underbeat, somewhere between slow and fast Her attuned senses detected a variety of things Perfunes, the hter, the rush of a hundred different conversations and stories Club Atlantis was a cauldron of life tonight, the sexual heat rising by the moment
The sharp snap of a whip A cry of pain, le tail in the public play area So their slave, that sharp, brief slice through the air that most wouldn"t hear, lost in the dance music or other crowd noise
But she heard it This was a dream, and in dreams the senses detected whatever the dreaht now, she would hear, s as acutely The aroht and shadow, even the currents of air, stirred by the , would swirl along her skin and leave invisible imprints like intricate tattoos
In dreas now, because she was a vampire
In this dream, however, she was still her human self It was one of her favorite drea ht sheto change her life forever, or did she si it would offer her soive herself?
In the end, the answer didn"t really matter The moth had never wanted the choice
Making her rounds through Club Atlantis on a busy night gave her a deep, abiding pleasure
Feeling the energy spun by all the people here, co to Do that she"d contributed to al and at like it As she uage She"d zero in on anything that wasn"t quite right, so the experience they desired She worked the floor, providing guidance where needed, a ord, a subtle suggestion, a light touch to direct attention in the right place
A Mistress herself, she are of the gazes of unattached subht choose one of them for a session, as she solances of Masters and Mistresses who"d like the chance to share a sub together, learn from each other"s techniques
The desire to h Club Atlantis"s success spoke for itself She understood what each unique soul sought here, and whether she could provide it It was a skill she loved having Her heart beat inside Atlantis, because it ho she hat she wanted
At ti, she"d feel that heartbeat slow, and a yearning would settle into her, to find what others found within her walls She knew her needs were more co to her, to be her slave exclusively, his heart, soul and ly surrendered However, there was an additional, vital component to her need as well, one that seemed beyond her power to describe When it at last stood before her, in whatever manifestation met her deepest desires, she knew she would understand it
That night, her intuition and her yearning clasped hands and gave her that ift and curse at once, as Fate often was
She drifted along the eastern wing of the club, with its wide platform view of the bar, the dance area and one of the public play areas that was crafted like a ned as a coral reef, submissives bound there with restraints like seaweed The St
Andrew"s crosses eathered driftwood and embedded in the side of a partial shipwreck
More slaves were bound upon theround and caught the flickering torchlight Over the darker area of the shipwreck, a shadow lamp made it look as if schools of colorful fish, sharks andover the mostly naked bodies restrained there
The center feature of that public play area was a large water tank A staff sub free, her upper body bare except for ropes that created a shibari-style harness It bound her wrists beneath her breasts Her lower body rapped with tight latex to form a jeweled and slick mermaid"s tail A waterproof vibrator was inside her, and the control was on the outside of the tank, where guests could adjust the speeds, and watch her flounder and writhe like a graceful fish at the stimulation in the tank"s confined space
Since she of course didn"t have the gills of a en uised behind the water ferns In addition to that precaution, a Doht” her and bound her in the harness, an intricate underwater rope performance, and now added to the tor her as he pleased, occasionally bringing her up to hisher air in place of the mask