Page 68 of Dark Bonds

“If that were the case, I wouldn’t be asking. I would be going directly to that person and kicking their ass. So, again, who screened him?”

“What is going on, Jason?” Cam asked. “Did something happen?”

I told him about the interview, what there was of it anyway, and about the fact Thomas and I had to drag him out kicking and screaming. Everyone’s faces instantly morphed to rage. Everyone but one.

“Lacey,” Chase snarled, “I can tell from your reaction that you know something about this. You’d better start talking… now.”

“I… I…”

Chase actually launched out of his chair, strode across the room, and shook his finger at her. I’d never seen him so angry. Seb and I jumped up and pulled him back.

“He’s my boyfriend’s brother! I’ve known him for years. I didn’t think it would be an issue to just push him through to the interview stage.”

“You thought fucking wrong,” Seb snapped. “You’re fired. Jason, grab Thomas please.”

I grabbed Thomas and gave him a quick warning about what he was walking into. Lacey was escorted out of the office, taken to clear out her room, and marched out of the club.

“Sasha, I want you and Jason to screen every member that was approved by her at any of the three stages. I’m guessing she’s the reason we’ve seen an influx of problem members,” Chase asked. “First, though, tell us about the other interviews.”

“Other than Butch, none of them were bad, but I would only approve three of them. The Domme is fantastic. She reminds me a lot of you, Sasha.”

“Another Sasha? That’s fucking terrifying,” Cam chuckled.

“I can’t disagree with you there, but she is a good fit. There are also two subs that I would bet my job on. They’re Inhibition material, 100%.”

“Okay, you can call them tomorrow and set up a time to do an orientation with them. Is there anything else we need to go over, Seb?”

“No, I think we’re good, Chase.”

“Sasha and I will go through the files now and weed out anything Lacey touched.”

“Great, thanks guys,” said Chase, relieved. “Tomorrow we’ll split up tasks to get everything sorted out.”

Everyone walked out of the office and I blew out a frustrated breath. Sasha popped into her office to grab her laptop and then we headed to mine to work together. Leah wasn’t in the office when we walked in, so I assumed she was downstairs dancing with Raven. Figuring she knew where to find me, Sasha and I went to work. It took us two hours to get through everything, but we finally had a list of online screening, background checks, and interviews Lacey had been responsible for. Everyone was going to be very busy tomorrow.

Sasha and I made our way downstairs after updating Seb and Chase. I scanned the dancefloor and beelined for Leah. I looped my arm around her, enjoying how she leaned back into me.

“Hey, baby girl.”

“How was your meeting?”

“Long and eventful. Come with me, I have a special plan for you tonight.”

She smiled wide and grabbed my arm, letting me lead her to the crowd that was watching the window rooms.

She’s forgotten she’s not allowed to come.

“I think Sasha and Nico have a scene in the end room. Can we go there?”

“Of course, we can.”

We stopped in front of the room and I had to bite my cheek to stop my grin. The scene wasn’t anything over-the-top, likely because Sasha and I had been upstairs far longer than expected. Nevertheless, we weren’t there more than thirty seconds before Leah started rubbing her thighs together.

“Fuck me,” she moaned, as the whip landed on Nico’s ass.

Nico’s wrists were cuffed to an overhead rack and his legs were free, spread shoulder-width apart. The whip cracked against his other ass cheek and he took a small step forward.

“Be still, sub,” Sasha hissed.

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