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“You’re in love with him, though, right?”Rae asked earnestly, leaning toward Avery as if she needed to know the answer.
“I mean…” It was scary saying it out loud, but Avery made herself tell the truth.“Yes.”
“Don’t mind her.Since she started writing romance, all she wants is happy endings for everyone.”Domi smiled when Iris snickered.“Not that kind of happy ending.Well, that as well.She writes the sexy stuff.”
“Damn right I do.”Rae grinned.“That’s the fun stuff.Domi’s not wrong, but it’s not the romance author thing.I just like to see my friends happy.Is that so wrong?”she teased, but there was a little edge to her voice, and Avery couldn’t help but wonder if Rae was living vicariously through her friends.
One subject that had not come up tonight was Brian scening somewhat regularly with Morgan at Stronghold lately.Domi had invited Avery over before tonight and given her the heads up not to bring it up.She assumed Iris had been given the same warning.
“What about me?”Iris raised her hand, amusement dancing in her eyes.“When do I get a happy ending?”
“Well, first, we have to find the perfect guy for you,” Rae said enthusiastically, lighting up from within.“Like Mitch was for Domi, and Nick is for Avery.”
“To be fair, Nick wasn’t completely perfect for me.I didn’t want to date a guy I was working with.”
“Yeah, but it turned out it was perfect,” Domi said.“Just like I didn’t want an actual relationship with Mitch, then it turned out he was perfect for me.”She held up one finger.“Please note, I did not say he is perfect.I specifically said perfect forme.Please, for the love of God, never tell him I said he was perfect.”
Rae snickered before turning back to Iris.“Okay, so what kind of guy does Iris need?”
“Someone fun,” Iris said immediately.“With a sense of adventure.”
“Don’t forget loyal, honest, and bossy in the bedroom,” Domi said, ticking the points off on her fingers.She tilted her head to the side, studying Iris.“At least, I’m assuming those are things you want?”
“Sounds good.Q is pretty cute, but since he’s friends with Adam and Angel, I’m guessing he at least knows my brother, so I’m not sure I want to go there.Plus… sometimes, I get the feeling he’s more switch-y than Dom-y.It also might be that he’s new to everything.I think I’d like someone a little more experienced since I’m picking and choosing,” Iris said, grinning.
Interesting.Avery hadn’t thought to ask Iris about the others in the class, even though she’d been taking turns as their sub.That was a good point about Q being new to the scene, but Avery also trusted Iris’ instincts.There were plenty of kinky people who could be a little switch-y.
“What about Connor?”Avery asked.The big guy was probably the quietest in the class, like a massive gentle giant, which made her even more curious.Despite his size, she didn’t get the same aura of confidence from him she did from Nick or the other Doms.Though that also might come down to being new.
“He tries hard.”Iris shrugged when the others laughed.“He does and does a decent job, but I’m not sure his heart is really into it.Sometimes, I think he’s not actually all that kinky.”
“Well, if he’s not, this is a hell of a class to get through.”Rae shook her head at the idea of someone putting themselves through the Doms course for no reason.
ChapterThirty-Two
Nick
The insideof his ass was sore as hell.They’d gone through three different plugs, anal beads, a probe, and a lifelike dildo.It had been one hell of a primer.Granted, none of the toys had been used on them for long.Mistress Julie had pointed out when they used them on a submissive, it would be for longer periods with fewer changes between toys, but the overall impact gave them an idea of what those longer times would feel like.
Nick had a newfound respect for what the submissives went through, especially when it came to physical reactions that they couldn’t control.He hadn’t meant to get a hard-on while Master Law was inserting the probe, but his body had had other ideas.
On the other hand, it had opened his mind to what he might let Avery do to him.He’d heard a finger in conjunction with a blowjob could be pretty spectacular.That was something he hadn’t been willing to try before that he might try now—at least, in a few weeks when he’d recovered from tonight.
The Doms had elected to stand through the last lecture in the class.Thankfully, Olivia had left the room as soon as the hands-on demonstration portion was over, so Nick didn’t have to avoid her gaze.Looking at Mistress Julie was hard enough.He couldn’t look Master Law in the eye right now, not after the man had become even more intimately acquainted with Nick’s body than his own doctor.
“See you all next week for the final class!”Mistress Julie said cheerfully.“Don’t forget to talk to me or Master Law if you want to sign up for individual sessions of any kind of edge play.”
As interested as Nick was in fire play, he was going to pass.Doing the ‘regular’ kinky stuff would keep him busy for a while.Maybe when he felt more comfortable, he’d talk to Avery about doing the individual classes for some of the extra stuff.
Q and Connor seemed to feel the same.They all moved out of the room quickly, if a bit stiff-legged, into the lobby, which was thankfully empty.As if by some hidden signal, they all slowed.No one said they wanted to talk, but Nick knew they did.Tonight had made them feel more like a cohesive group since they’d all been through something together.He felt bad Sam hadn’t been here but had to admit he wasn’t sure it would have been the same if she had been.
She’d already been through it, whereas he was pretty sure it had been entirely new for Q and Connor, the same as it had been for him.Butt virgins no more.
“One more week.”Q shook his head in disbelief.“And then we’re Doms.”
Connor made a noncommittal noise, but he wasn’t a chatty guy, so Nick wasn’t expecting much more from him.
“I’ve already been practicing with Avery at home.Do you two go to Stronghold?”He couldn’t help but be curious.He hadn’t seen either of them scening the night he’d been there with Avery, but he and Avery hadn’t stayed much longer after Iris got into trouble.That had put a bit of a damper on the evening for their whole little group.
