Muchtomydismay,I couldn’t convince Beckett to fly us back to New York City the night he told me about The Pendulum.Although now that it had passed, I was happy we stayed the rest of the week in Colorado.It was nice, just the two of us.We spent a lot of time talking about what the future would look like now that I had a better idea of everything he had been hiding from me.I also learned he had sent Pamela off to his offices in Chicago and hopefully she wouldn’t be returning any time soon.He told me about his time in Miami training as a dominant under a woman named Roman Lopez.Apparently she owned a similar club to The Pendulum and taught Beckett just about everything he knew.At first, that was a hard pill to swallow.I knew Beckett wasn’t a virgin, of course, but learning about his past with other women made me uneasy.He made it very clear his time with Roman wasn’t about sex.In fact, he seemed genuine when he said they never actually fucked, but most of that sounded like it had to do with her husbands… yes, she has two.Roman is a dominatrix, and he was her student.Kink and BDSM had so many aspects it made me feel like I could never learn it all.

“Are you almost ready?”

“I am.”

Beckett came up behind me in the mirror and wrapped his arms around my waist.“I mean really ready, not just dressed.”

“I know what you meant and I really am.I’ve been looking forward to this since I found out places like this existed.The only thing I’m unsure of is how not to embarrass you.I mean, this is something that you know so much about.You have lived as a member of this community for years, and I know nothing.”

“You will not embarrass me; you never could.The Pendulum is a piece of me, and now it will be a piece of you.Our staff will learn who you are tonight and they will respect you as they do me.Not only are you going to be my wife, but you are my partner in everything.That means The Pendulum will be yours just as much as it is mine, and as the owner you will have the respect of the staff and the members.If they choose not to abide by that, then they can leave.That is one joy of owning a private club.”

“This sounds like a ton of responsibility.”

“Don’t worry about it.Tonight is for you to see what it’s all about.I have a friend meeting us there.Her name is Trinity, and she trains other dom and dommes in the city.She understands what it is like to be new to all of this, and I thought maybe if you two met, you’d feel better about everything.”

I turned and wrapped my arms around Beckett’s neck.“I love you.”

“I love you too, baby girl,” he said as his lips brushed my neck with a sweet kiss.

The drive to the club didn’t take very long.It surprised me at how close we were, but Michael seemed to know his way around the city better than I ever had.

“I’ll call when we are ready,” Beckett said as we exited the car and said our goodbyes.

I followed Beckett into the lobby of a large building I never would have noticed before.That’s the thing about a city as big as New York.You could walk by something a dozen times but without a need to go there, you may not realize it even existed.There was no sign out front, but there was a man standing to open the door and usher us in.

“Good to see you, sir.”

“Thank you, I’d like you to meet my fiancée, Raven Wessex.She is to be taken care of while she is here, as if she were me.”

“Of course, sir,” the oversized man turned to me and reached out his hand.“It’s a pleasure to meet you, ma’am.”

He stepped back and opened a second door that opened to an enormous lobby.One you would have expected to see when you entered a building of this size.It had white marble floors and a large desk in one corner.The high-backed couches were a dark blue velvet, and I couldn’t help but run my hand over them as we walked by.

“Amanda, I’d like you to meet my fiancée, Raven Wessex.”

The woman came around her desk with an outstretched hand.“It’s lovely to meet you, ma’am.If there is anything you need while you are here, please let me know.”

“Is she here?”Beckett asked, as Amanda directed her attention back to him.

“Yes, sir.Madam Trinity arrived about thirty minutes ago.She is upstairs.”

“Thank you.”

My mind was racing, I was about to meet a real life domme and I couldn’t believe it.As we stepped into the elevator, I looked over at Beckett.He was dressed in a three-piece dark gray suit that was tailor-made for his body.His hair was longer than he usually wore it, and the light scruff on his face made me want to run my fingers along his jawline.

“Is something wrong, baby girl?”

I blushed under his gaze.“No, I just realized I was nervous about meeting a dominatrix, but I’ve been living with a dom for months.”

A small smile shown on his face as he turned to me.“That you have.”

My body buzzed with excitement as the doors to the elevator opened, and I froze as I took in the scene.They had opened to a large, oversized room with a stage in the center.A woman was suspended there, tied with a series of delicate knots and ropes.Her hair hung in her face, but a man stood under her and brushed it away.He appeared to be speaking to her, whispering something in her ear, but we were too far away to hear anything.Others who were watching crowded the stage, and when Beckett’s hand on my back pushed me forward, my amazement didn’t waver.If he didn’t have a hold of me, I likely would have fallen, but he held me close to him as we made our way to a long bar that stretched one side of the room.It wasn’t until we were standing in front of the most beautiful woman I had ever laid eyes on that I realized Beckett had been talking to me the entire time.

“Trinity, this is Raven, my fiancée.”

My gaze shifted up to the woman.She was nearly as tall as Beckett in her heels and was dressed in a full latex catsuit.It hugged her curves, leaving nothing to the imagination.I took in her thigh-high boots and the bullwhip that was attached to her hip.When my eyes met hers, I felt as if she were looking through me and uncovering every dirty dream I ever had.If this was Madam Trinity, then I was in for a really amazing night.

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