Page 74 of The Dom with the Kink Monsters

Silence fell between them, and Saya figured he was continuing his rant internally. They tried to be careful not to discuss what was going on where Spider might overhear, but there was only so much privacy nowadays.

“We didn’t have to do this tonight, you know. The Kink Monsters could have survived a two-week hiatus.” Master knew how much harder her life had been over the past week, and did what he could to help, including housework, which she usually refused to let him do. All of her time was going toward homeschooling. Bronwyn hadn’t thought it was a big deal for Spider to miss two weeks of preschool, but Saya worried that he’d be bored if he wasn’t challenged. They could only hang out at the park so much.

If she had a car, she could have brought him into Felix to go to the children’s museum and plan other outings, but there was only so much to do in Cobalt Harbor. Luckily, he loved the beach, which wasn’t a far walk when she put him in the wagon she’d bought at a yard sale. They’d been hunting little crabs and counting shells, learning about fish.

“I know the band could have survived, but I...”

He glanced at her speculatively. “You miss Winter.”

Saya’s cheeks burned. “I miss both of them. We usually hang out with them every day. Not seeing them for a week has been hard.”

“Boy kisses aren’t good enough for you anymore?”

Her jaw dropped and she made an inarticulate noise. “Master, it’s not like that. It’s just...”

In the pause his mouth twisted into a smile he tried to hide. “Mmhmm. Just remember she can’t do the same things for you, princess. You like...male organs...too much to replace me.”

She checked on Spider, but he was out cold, face smooshed against his bear, whose eyes she’d sewn back on properly. A few holes had been sutured closed too. The boy and bear had weathered the stuffy’s operation with a minimum of discomfort. As sweet as he was when he was awake, the child was like a cherub when he slept. Part of herwanted him to go home so her life with Master could get back to normal, but when he did she was going to miss the little guy.

“She could always get a strap-on, Master.” Saya suggested helpfully. It had been a joke just to be a bit of a brat, but now that the thought had come into her mind, the idea of Winter fucking her that way was hot.

“You’re damned lucky there’s a child in the SUV. This is a long, empty highway – plenty of spots to pull over and teach you to watch your tone.”

Master was so fucking sexy when he was irritated. Saya sneaked a hand between her legs and pressed.

“Did I say you could do that?” His voice was dangerous and, if anything, made her want to touch herself more.

“No.” She sighed and squirmed in her seat, but moved her hand away. The plug he’d put in her ass wiggled with her movement and she gasped. This new one felt huge, but Master had told her there was one more size before he’d try fucking her there. She was endlessly pleased that he was being more patient with hers than he’d been with Mack’s. Poor Mack.

She’d been busy this week, but she’d still found plenty of time to miss their...bandmates. She’d had friends in California, but this was different. Being away from her old friends didn’t make her feel so unsettled. At various times during the day she wondered what they were doing, wondered if they had plans to hang out with another couple. Winter and Mack had never played with another couple before, but now that the door was open, did it mean they’d be more likely to seek out other partners? The idea scared her and made her feel anxious and sick. Was this something she could discuss with Master without making him upset? Maybe it was time to make an exclusivity agreement or something. Was that even a thing?

Unbidden, an image of Winter kissing another girl floated into her head. It felt like her heart was being squeezed and for a moment she couldn’t breathe. She had no hold on Winter – she could do whatever she wanted. Even if Master didn’t think talking to them about exclusivity was necessary, Saya couldn’t keep going without that agreement in place. People lusted after Winter just as much as they did after her. They teased each other about it often, but she’d never thought about it seriously. At any given moment Winter could have another girlfriend.

Another? Was she even Winter’s girlfriend?

She hadn’t felt this uncertain since she’d dated Master in high school and girls hadfollowed him around like he was the Pied Piper.

Chapter Thirteen

Winter had been watching out the front window for them, on and off, for an hour. It was a weird, uncomfortable feeling, being excited to see people. The waiting sucked, but it wasn’t as bad as wondering when they’d get there and hoping they wouldn’t have to cancel because of the kid.

It had been a long week. Without Saya and Ramsay around, she and Mack had plenty of time alone together – time she would have paid for not long ago, when the others had started encroaching on their date nights. Now it felt weird to be just the two of them all the time.

Sure she had a small infatuation with Saya, and a tiny crush on Ramsay, jerk that he was, but that could end at any point and she’d be fine with it, right? The idea that maybe she’d be less content with Mack after this thing with them ended twisted in her stomach. He’d been her purposely tiny universe for a long time. She’d cut her family out of her life almost entirely, bloodsuckers that they were. A few people had made overtures of friendship and she’d warded them off. These two, though, they’d snuck in and now the concept of going without them made life seem too quiet.

Not that Mack was boring in the slightest, but how could one person compete with three?

Finally she’d spotted dust down the road.

“They’re here?” Mack laughed.

“What are you talking about?”

“You’ve been hanging around the window like a lovesick teenager. I was starting to worry that you’d be making an emo mixed tape if they didn’t show up.”

“Fuck off, Mack.”

He came over to stand next to her at the window and slid an arm around her waist. “I love you, Winter. Even if you’re currently obsessed with Saya, I know you love me, too.”

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