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Standing directly in front of her, he let his hands hang at his sides, forcing himself to remain relaxed He’d already defied her once, and she was probably looking forto shore up her nerve She couldn’t hide from him, even if she wanted to He could see it in her eyes There was hesitation he had never seen fro to do with hi with this Tonight

Froh to worry about with Clarissa and her inexperience It wasn’t necessary for hiht

“Rissa”

Xander didn’t turn around to see where Clarissa was, but he felt herin the small room When she cae to s

Yes, he’d tried to help her out earlier by getting her riled up She was a strong woman; he knew that much about her But she seemed utterly unsure of herself when it came to this side of Mercedes Why that was, he had no idea He was sure he’d find out soon enough

“Do you have a safe word, Rissa?” Mercedes asked and this time Xander did look down at her

“Yes, Ma’am,” she said promptly

Xander was impressed She hadn’t followed up her ansith a bunch of ra, which he knew Mercedes would appreciate As a Do a step closer and cupping Clarissa’s face gently with her long, slender fingers “What is your safe word?”

“Magnolia,” Clarissa whispered

Mercedes s it?”

“No, Mistress,” Clarissa said, her voice husky

Most of the subs at Kink used the house safe word, which was red Obviously Clarissa had some experience if she came readily prepared with her own safe word And from the way she answered, Clarissa hadn’t just coood” Mercedes turned to look at Xander, and he suddenly ached for her to touch him He didn’t care how she did it, he just wanted her hands on him “And you?”

His safe as much simpler He ith the norm like Mercedes Because Mercedes didn’t ask him what his safe as directly, he just stared down at her, locking his eyes with hers as he waited for her next question