Page 166 of Masters of Pleasure
If she was someone else, Iris might not have believed her, but Amy was nice, even if most of her friends weren’t.Iris tried not to judge Amy by her friends since she was hardly one to talk.Besides, she was pretty sure Amy’s niceness was exactly how she’d gotten caught up in that particular group of Stronghold subs—she was too nice to break away from them.
Iris snorted.
“That’s because he’s sure the second he takes his eye off me, I’ll get into trouble.”Something flipped in her stomach—she really didn’t want to get into trouble.
Every night, at the end of her shift, when she’d done a good job, Master Law told her she’d been a good girl in that gruff way of his.Sure, he’d said it almost suspiciously the first few nights, but now he just said it, and every time it happened, it was the best moment of her day.
There had only been a few days when she’d missed the mark.Though when he’d threatened to spank her for pouring a drink out on Chad’s lap, it hadn’t been her worst moment.
The worst day had been when she’d mouthed off to her brother—who’d deliberately been a dick—and Master Law just shook his head and looked away.No ‘good girl’ that day.No praise.No reaction.
Iris was willing to be very, very good if it meant avoiding another day like that.
“You’ve barely gotten into trouble all month,” Amy replied, shaking her head.“By now, he should know he doesn’t need to worry about that.The only times you do something are when it’s deserved.”
Warmth filled Iris’ chest, and she smiled.It was nice to have that acknowledged.Why was it so much easier for women to notice her effort and praise her?Master Law was the only one who seemed to notice out of the Doms.Her brother sure as hell didn’t.He’d spent his whole life only paying attention to her when she was affecting him, which hadn’t changed now that they were adults.
“I’m trying.Only a few more days and I’m free of my Watch Dom.”Oddly, she would miss it.She’d been pissed when she’d realized Patrick had assigned Master Law to keep an eye on her, but with every ‘good girl’ she’d received, she was a lot less mad about it.
What was she going to do when it was gone?
Oh, go cry about it, why don’t you?
Yeah, melancholy was not her normal state.
“Who are you hanging out with tonight?”she asked Amy.
“Morgan’s coming by soon, and I think Zach might be in later, but I don’t know if he’ll be available to scene.”Though Amy’s expression didn’t change, there was something in her voice whenever she said Zach’s name.She was still wearing another man’s ring on her finger, and she was devoted to her fiancé.Iris’ understanding was Amy only scened platonically because her fiancé was completely vanilla but knew about her kink and was ‘understanding.’
They were also monogamous, so either he was onereallyunderstanding guy, or he didn’t care about Amy.Iris hoped it was the latter because she was pretty sure Zach was in love with Amy, and he was a nice guy.He also had a boyfriend, who didn’t mind that Zach and Amy scened together, and Kincaid was definitely completely in love with Zach.
Kink was very complicated sometimes.
“Great, well, I’ll be right back with your drink.”She gave Amy a smile and straightened.Back to work.
She had a ‘good girl’ to earn by the end of the night.
Law
Hanging out with Connor and Asad was always interesting.Connor rarely glanced over at the Lounge area, where the submissives were gathered, hoping to be approached by a Master who wanted to scene, and Asad never took his eyes off it.Commitment-phobe was Asad’s middle name, but he loved to scene, whereas, so far, Connor had to be pushed into finding a submissive to connect with.The Dom class had been to help him find confidence, but he was still shy, even though the subs loved him.
“Only a few more weeks until Renn Fair.We’re still going Opening Day, right?”Asad asked, grinning as Connor groaned.
“I hate Opening Day.It’s too hot.Can’t we wait a few weeks until the weather cools down?”
“And miss out on the day when the women will be wearing the least amount of clothes?Absolutely not.”
“It’s not like you can’t come here to see half-clothed women,” Connor grumped.“You’ll even see a lot of thesamewomen there.”The kink community and the Renn Fair community as a Venn Diagram were basically one big overlap.Add in cosplay and nerds, and the Venn Diagrams turned into a stack of pancakes.
Law’s lips twitched.Connor had a point, but he didn’t think that would stop them.
They’d met at Renn Fair, and it was tradition to go to Opening Day together.
“Some, but not all.”Asad’s grin widened.“And some I haven’t met might be eager to ride the Persian Excursion.”
Connor and Law groaned.Asad had found out that was what the Stronghold subs called him, and he’d embraced the nickname wholeheartedly.Even used it as a pickup line.
“The fact you actually like to be called something that makes you sound like a tourist trap is really telling,” Law said, shaking his head, but he couldn’t stop smiling.
