Page 8 of Blood Ties
"You still there?"
"Yes."
"Good, I think I have the perfect sub for you tonight. He does have a few conditions though."
I lift a brow. "Oh? What are those exactly?"
"He doesn't want to know who his play partner is and insists on remaining blindfolded the whole time. Oh, and he doesn'twant you to talk too much during the scene. Only when necessary."
"I can handle that."
"Good, be sure to be here tonight by eight p.m. When you get here, come to the front desk and we will show you the room you'll be in."
"Does this man have a name?"
"He prefers to keep that information private, but he does have a nickname he'd like you to call him. Mi conejito."
I hang up the phone, smiling. Looks like I'll be in the same room with Marcus sooner than tomorrow. I had chosen the perfect day to go into town. Only a few hours until I get to touch him again and hear him fall apart beneath me. It's been way too long. My heart is nearly beating out of my chest from the anticipation alone.
Just a little longer.
Chapter 4
Marcus
Rain pours hard against the glass as I glance out the window, watching electricity shoot across the sky. I resonate with storms a lot more now that I'm older. Like me, they are angry, unpredictable, and destructive. I close my eyes, listening to the world crying, releasing my tears right alongside it. I imagine the clouds, the way my mind feels most days, full of chaos and on the brink of eruption. Releasing some of the built up tension, lessens the pressure. I only wish it could be enough.
I hear a loud knock at my office door. I wipe my eyes, pulling myself together. "Come in."
The knob twists and the door is pushed open. "Your car is waiting for you, boss."
"Gracias, Germo. Let Isaiah and Joey know I won't be coming into the office tomorrow." We have many businesses and locations we run together. Club Rio, my North location is where I have my main office, the place I spend most of my time.Tonight, I'd be taking some time away from the place I feel safest, stepping into open waters.
It isn't easy letting go and making myself vulnerable to another person, especially someone new. Even if Venny at Red Dungeon had made sure to have my play partner carefully selected for me each time I visited. It's been months since the last time. The guy only touched me twice, and each one felt too off to continue. Needing to escape from my own mind and responsibilities, I'd decided it was time I tried again and called the club earlier, hoping they would have a match for me by tonight. I got an email not long ago letting me know someone called in meeting all my expectations and would be there at eight p.m. We'll see if he truly is what I need tonight when I get there.
Germo is waiting for me by the car when I exit the back door of the club. He's the only one I've trusted with my secret. He doesn’t like me going anywhere alone and has fought against my stubborn ways. He's a good friend, my right hand man, and one of the very few people I trust with my life.
"Ready?"
I nod, getting into the back seat. "You don't have to come inside if you don't want to. The club is very good about having enough security and keeping its guests safe."
"Would you feel better if I did?"
I sigh, pulling my seatbelt over my chest. "You're going to do what you're going to do either way."
He chuckles. "Making sure you're safe is my job. Besides, your son has threatened my life twice this week over how easy it was for him to get to your office. I can't let him know I let you enter a club alone too."
"Then don't."
"What if he found out in the worst way?"
"You worry too much. Just drive, pendejo."
He turns onto the main road, and we have a silent drive to Red Dungeon. I glance out the window and the sky is clearing up. Hopefully my mind will soon too. Germo stays at my side even when we're in the club. He doesn't follow me inside the private room though, and instead waits outside the door. "Call out if you need me, boss."
Waving him off, I close the door behind me and set my small duffel bag on the floor. "Did you already want to be tied up when he arrives or would you like him to do it," Venny asks with a gentle smile.
"I want to be strapped to the whipping horse naked and blindfolded before he arrives."
