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The realization wrenched her heart

Callie had been desperately ignoring the writing on the wall for months She’d allowed herself to become e deeper into her psyche If she wasn’t careful, it wouldn’t be long before he put two and two together The questions he asked already made her nervous

Maybe the time to depart Dominion had already co behind Pack up and move on The sooner the better

"Callie" His tone was a warning

She heaved in a cleansing breath and shoved every thought fro herself on his presence and her need to subood

"I’m fine, Sir" Before she lost her nerve, she raised her other ar of her trust in hiers curled around her, war over the vulnerable inside of her arm before he fastened down her last cuff "Thank you, lovely You look beautiful bound for me Your trust is heady"

And scarier than hell "I know it’s not reat deal I know that was hard for you"

"Can I open my eyes for just a minute?"

Sean paused "Do you need to seethe insidious panic seeping froo slowly"

Her lashes fluttered open, and she focused on hioatee, strong nose, muscled body A furrow seemed permanently notched between his heavy brows A little scar sat under the corner of his right eye, and she would have sworn it cauy Everything about hiressive Yet he treated her so tenderly If she had special-ordered the perfect man, he would be Sean No doubt he’d wondered a hundred tiht made her sad

If she ever wanted to knohat submission felt like, what Sean felt like, before she ive in this once Simple as that

"Thank you," sheto blindfold you now"

A scary prospectbut one she felt ready to handle now Besides, her hearing had saved her the night her family had been murdered, as well as from Holden’s betrayal

"Yes, Sir"

Sean caressed her neck, his fingertips gliding down her collarbones to the swells of her breasts, thu her puckered nipple covered by nearly transparent white cotton "You’re pleasinginside her yearned to show him that She smiled and lifted her head so he could fit a silky black scrap that looked like a sleepThen he clasped her hand Callie squeezed back

"Have you ever been both restrained and blindfolded?"

"Not entirely, and only for demonstration purposes"

She’d actually scened with very few people Logan Edgington had usually wanted to give her a red ass to correct her bratty behavior His friend Xander had enjoyed arousing her body, but he’d never awakened even a corner of her heart She’d spent a little time with some of the other resident Doms at Dominion with sis that made her shudder Zeb seemed a tad too excited by feet for her co at her toes had icked her out Jason had not only been a stickler for protocol, but a big fan of Shibari It had taken Callie less than four minutes to scream her safe word Then there was ThorpeHe was in a class all by himself And way beyond her reach

"Demonstration?" Sean sounded shocked

Callie nodded "Yeah But I haven’t done one in about two years"

Not since that December Thorpe had asked her to bottom for a de heat between thehs and discarded clothes She’d been wet and ready and so desperate for him, naked on his bed Then he’d abruptly walked aithout an explanation, behaving as if nothing had ever happened To this day, she didn’t knohy he’d left her And he’d never asked her to assist hiain

That hurt didn’t matter anymore Old crap Only Sean was important now

"Were you able to bear the restraint then because you knew someone would free you if need be? If that’s the case, lovely, the dungeon ht I was hurting you"

"I know" They were intensely protective of all the women in the club, but especially fellow staff

"Well, then?" Sean’s swift reply asked how she had ed to be tied down for Dom/sub education purposes when she could barely tolerate it with someone she yearned to put all her trust in Her only ansas that Thorpe had been the one doing the tying She trusted him more than she trusted anyone He knew her quirks and had acco that she lacked faith in him Callie latched on to the first explanation to hit her brain "Logically, I know you’re right Sadly, logic doesn’t always penetrate fear It’s a bit like a phobia"

He didn’t answer right away, just brushed his thuled and she wished he’d just tear off her clothes and fuck her already She’d wanted hi months

"Have you always been this way?"

"Since I got into BDSM" She’d lied to Sean often, but always tried to stay as close to the truth as possible

"Do you knohat caused your fear, lovely? Was it so in your past?"

Callie bit back a snort Pretty"It wasn’t any one event"

And that wasn’t a total lie, just a realization that restraint severely inhibited her ability to flee if her ht up to her

"Are you sure? Tellthere will help ain? Hea collar around her neck to tell hied to siain, not liesjust not the complete truth