And did they actually have a chance of a future together?
“I’m sorry he died,” Patrick said. It was true. He’d never had a relationship end suddenly or abruptly like that. The few submissives he’d trained over the years had all moved on to mutually satisfying relationships with other Doms and the choice had always been one they both agreed on. He had never dropped a sub. He’d never had one leave.
Bianca blushed, suddenly, and she looked at her hands.
“It was why I came here.” She whispered. “Everyone thinks it’s because of Addie, and that was part of it, but the truth was that I needed something new. I couldn’t move on with my life. I was barely eating. I was barely sleeping. I kept trying to find a new Dominant, someone who could help me, but I never found that perfect match.”
Patrick reached out and stroked her cheek. Bianca leaned into his touch. A thrill shot through him. She was the perfect girl for him. She was exactly what he’d been looking for, exactly what he’d been craving.
“Oh, my sweet human,” he whispered. “I think you have.”
5.
Bianca stared at Patrick.
Was he saying what she thought he was saying?
His eyes burned into her and she realized, with a start, that he was saying exactly what she thought. He was a Dominant. She should have known. All those nights he spent chatting her up in the bar, all those times he paid special attention to how she was feeling, all those times he had made comments like “Good girl.” He was a Dom.
And she was a sub.
Bianca wasn’t sure if this was really happening, but then Patrick spoke.
“What do you think, Bianca?” He looked at her like she was the only woman alive. He looked at her like he was dying and being born at the same time, and she loved the way he did. Could she do it, though? Could she really submit to a man again? Could she submit to someone who was only half a man? No matter how attractive she thought he was, he was a shifter and she was human. There would always be a divide between them.
Jeremy had been the one to introduce Bianca to the world of domination and submission. He was the one who had tied her up and taken her virginity, awakening a world of craving within her. He was the one who had shown her just how powerful submitting really was.
And then he had been taken from her.
Now she had a chance, an opportunity to try again with someone who had saved her life tonight. It had been so long since she’d found someone who felt the same way that she did, was she really going to turn that down?
In the end, there was only one thing she could do.
Bianca met Patrick’s gaze, then dropped to her knees in front of him. His mouth dropped open as he watched her: his cock fighting to break free from his pants. She placed her hands on her knees, palms up, and bowed her head.
“I am yours,” she whispered.
6.
The bedroom was dark, but Patrick lit several candles to give the room a nice, soft glow. Bianca looked around at the huge bed and the massive wardrobe, wondering exactly what she was getting herself into. She had craved submission for two long years, but now that she was here, she felt nervous and afraid.
Patrick could sense her fear, though, and he came up behind her.
“It’s going to be okay,” he whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist. “I’ll go slowly, and we can stop if you need to.”
“Thank
you, Sir,” Bianca whispered.
“Do you have a safe word, pet?” He never played without one, no matter how experienced the other person was. In Bianca’s case, he wanted to be careful since it had been so long since she played. He didn’t want either one of them to get too caught up in the moment that something went wrong.
“Yes, Sir,” she whispered again. She bit her tongue and hesitated for a moment, then she said, “Jurassic.”
Patrick let out a hearty laugh.
“Can I ask why?” He wondered aloud.
“Addie was already dating Joseph when Jeremy and I started playing. I knew he was a shifter and I used to tease her about it all the time. It was a subtle way for me to keep myself grounded during heavy scenes.”