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Part Three: Stormy WeatherZane Colby checked the time on his computer screen. Six o'clock. His heart rate sped up just a little. Dara would be coming through the door any minute now. He could not believe how much his life had turned around in six short months. When he'd left the military lugging with him a heavy case of PTSD, he had never dreamed his life would ever approach anything resembling normal ever again. But the day he fished Dara Hanover out of Estero Bay, for the first time in what seemed forever his life changed for the better. Dara's, too. What he and others called a copycat Dom had kept her under his thumb until she feared for her life. She had still never told him how they'd met or how she'd ended up a virtual prisoner. And as someone who was finally dealing with his own PTSD, a lot of it because of Dara's care, he hadn't pushed her. She'd been scared enough, though, to risk an escape in a small boat on Estero Bay in the middle of a heavy storm. He still remember
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"I told you how most days I have coffee in the break room with some of the girls from the office. The ones I've gotten to know on shift." Lily blushed. "They really like me, Zane."The fact that she still had a hard time believing it once again made him want to kill the man she'd been with in a most painful way."Of course they do, girl." He gave her a lopsided grin. "What's not to like?""Well, anyway. One of the girls has a friend who said she'd visited a brand new dungeon in the city." She giggled. "They all had a shocked look on their faces. At first I thought it was because of the BDSM thing. But then I realized they thought it was a real dungeon." "Not the first time that's happened," he told her."Anyway, her friend is into the lifestyle and told her all about this place. It's called Indulgence. Have you heard of it?"Zane frowned. "Not that I remember. I'll ask about it when I see him tomorrow.""Are you taking another assignment?"His friend Derek Pierce, who'd done
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Zane had removed his shirt and shoes and left them in their bedroom before he went to put things together for their evening. They had turned one room of their little cottage into a playroom. Derek had offered to get them guest passes to The Playroom, the private dungeon where he was a member. Zane had turned him down, at least for now. He was sure Dara was a long way from having sex in that environment. The man she'd been with belonged to a dungeon that Derek told him had one of the worst reputations in the area. The man had pimped her out to his friends, putting no restrictions on anything. She had both physical and mental scars from that experience. Zane himself wasn't sure he was ready for a club environment again. He had his own bad memories, wrapped up in the whole situation with Lily. No, they were much better off in the privacy of their own home. Little by little he'd learned what turned her on, what level of pain gave her pleasure and what level frightened her. He learned wha
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That night Dara told Zane how, after so many hours in that position she almost passed out, her Master - no, Captor - would bend her over a chair and rape her from behind. And that was the only word to describe it. Rape. One of these days he hoped their relationship would finally have wiped out all those memories.Okay. No more of that tonight. Bit by bit he was teaching her what a true and good D/s relationship was. That was his focus. He needed to push the rest of the garbage out of his mind.Dara stood at the bench, back straight, head bowed, hands clasped behind her back. Zane stood behind her and ran the palm of one hand over her smooth skin from her shoulders to her thighs. A network of scars still crisscrossed the delicate skin, a memento of the cruelty she'd suffered. He had bought some cream a friend recommended and applied it to her every night. The scars had faded over time but they would never disappear. Fuck.Okay, put those thoughts away. Tonight is for pleasure.
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"How did the girls enjoy Phillip Hansen?"It was Saturday morning, the day after the Hansen speech. Dara had attended with her friends at work. Because Zane worked the event she had driven herself and gone out for a drink with the girls afterwards. Now they were having breakfast on their little back porch, enjoying the soft breeze in the air and the sun-kissed scenery. One thing the house had that they loved was a vow of Estero Bay. That particular body of water would always have a special significance for them. Dara took a sip of coffee before answering him."It was all they could talk about." She set her cup down. "I'm telling you, Zane, they were like kids in a candy store.""Did Elise go with you?" He wanted to know more about this person who had turned them onto Hansen and who had some kind of connection with the new dungeon.""Oh, yes. She kept asking them what they liked, what intrigued them the most, if they thought they wanted to try any of those things.""Did she eve
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Zane lifted Dara's legs, bent them at the knee and placed her feet on the edge of the bed so she was wide open to him. Holding the dildo, he slowly inserted it into her pussy, giving it an extra push to make sure it was fully seated."Okay." He leaned down to brush a kiss over her mouth. "Now you can stand up.""That's it?" She tried to figure out what was going on. "Almost. Put your shorts and bikinis back on."Finished, she stood in front of him, waiting. He opened her hand and showed he a small disc in his palm. "Know what this is? The magic button." "The what?"He held it between thumb and forefinger and pressed. Immediately the dildo began vibrating. She was so startled that for a moment she almost lost her balance. Zane watched her, doing his best to swallow a grin, heat flashing in his eyes."I thought this would spice up our shopping trip a little."She lowered her gaze. "Whatever pleases my Master."He laughed, a sound that always made her feel warm and secure
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It had taken every bit of Zane's restraint not to go back, find Jason, and smack his face to pieces. And he hadn't even heard the whole story yet. He drove one-handed, holding onto her hand with one of his. After he parked he all but carried her into the cottage, tossed their packages into the bedroom and had her lie down while he removed the little dildo. He'd keep that for a better time, when his girl hadn't had the life scared out of her.He wanted her to put on her nightgown and get into bed but she shook her head."It's two o'clock in the afternoon, Sir. Please don't make me get into bed. I want to sit on the porch with you."Zane nodded, but he made her put on her short robe so he could get his hands on her. He knew just how to ease the tension gripping her body. He also poured two glasses of wine and set them out there before he led Dara to the lounge chair on the porch and sat her in his lap. He made sure she'd taken at least two sips of the wine before he settled her in his
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"Jason Reynolds? What does he have to do with it?" Zane asked."I can answer that." Pat set his beer down and leaned forward. "The cops have been after Reynolds for a long time. He's connected to a lot of clubs that open, stay in business for a short time, then close their doors."Zane frowned. "Why's that?""Because as fancy as they make themselves, these clubs are dirty. They don't have the same rules as the approved dungeons. They don't screen their membership. They don't monitor activities. But that's not all." He looked over at Pat."I have a friend who's a detective with the Lee County Sheriff's Department," Pat told them. "They've had complaints over the past three years about girls disappearing from the clubs."Dara stared at him. "Disappeared how? What's going on?""That's what they've been trying to find out." Pat hitched forward a little more. "Here's how it works. One of the owners, sometimes Reynolds, sometimes one of the others, makes a connection with a female who
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