She turned her attention back to Brian. “What are you going to do, then?”
“It’s a surprise,” Brian said. “But I promise you’l like it. Jace is just helping me set it up, that’s al .”
She hesitated, and then went to kneel beside Jace in the center of the bed.
“Lift your hands above your head.”
She obeyed.
“A little higher.”
Jace fastened the chain to a hook in the ceiling and then whispered something to her that Brian couldn’t hear. She looked slightly less pale when she lowered her arms to her sides. Jace hopped off the bed and returned to Brian’s side. From his suitcase, Jace pul ed a pair of leather cuffs that were lined with fleece. “Make sure you leave enough room for blood flow, and take her arms down from the hook occasional y or she’l lose circulation to her hands.” Brian was surprised by how much experience Jace had with this stuff. Jace retrieved a gag—a leather strap with a rubber bal —from his case of wicked delights.
“When she starts crying and begging, you’l probably want to gag her so you don’t give in to her pleas.”
Brian wasn’t going to gag her. “Crying and begging?”
“She’l break eventual y and be submissive to you forever.”
He glanced at Myrna, who was staring up at the chain and chewing a fingernail. “I like her not submissive.”
“Your loss.” Jace pul ed a candle out of the case and lit it. He set it on the dresser and pul ed a second candle from the case.
“Make sure you blow it out and let the melted wax cool a little before you pour it on her. You don’t want to burn her skin. You should probably avoid the flails. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you’l draw blood, but there are some paddles in here somewhere.” He rummaged around in the case. There were al kinds of things in there that Brian didn’t recognize.
“I’m starting to think there’s more to this than I realized.”
“Don’t be afraid to experiment, but be careful not to damage her trust. If she starts freaking out, you should stop what you’re doing and do something you know she likes for a while. Push her, but not too hard. You guys haven’t been together very long.”
Brian took a deep breath and nodded.
“Once you get her bound, blindfolded, and unable to hear anything but the music in her ears…” He pul ed an MP3 player out of his pocket and pressed it into Brian’s free hand. “…cal for me and I’l show you some techniques. She’l never know I’m there.”
“I’l cal you if I need you.”
Jace winked at him and cal ed to Myrna, “Have fun.”
Brian showed Jace to the door, closing it behind him, and then headed for the bed, hoping Myrna was as open-minded as he thought she was.
Chapter 24
Wary, Myrna watched Brian approach the bed. Her eyes moved to the camel-colored leather restraints in his hand and then to the chain suspended from the ceiling above her. She’d never been restrained before. She was pretty sure she wasn’t going to like it. She was, however, open to new experiences and wil ing to experiment with Brian.
“Before you start,” she said, “I want you to promise me you’l stop if I ask you to.”
“Jace said I should gag you when that happens.”
Her eyes widened and her heart began to race.
“But I’m not Jace,” Brian continued. “I’l stop if you ask me to stop. Do you trust me?”
She hesitated, her eyes dropping to the restraints again. “I think so.”
He walked around the edge of the bed and placed the restraints and an MP3 player on the nightstand. Empty handed, he crawled onto the bed with her. They knelt in the center of the mattress, facing each other. He took her hands in his and stared into her eyes. He stil had his stage makeup on, which reminded her how sexy he’d looked wailing on his guitar earlier. He seemed to realize she needed a moment to col ect herself. Her heart rate slowly returned to normal as they stared at each other silently. She leaned forward to kiss him. He took it as a signal to begin his latest assault on her senses and turned her chaste kiss into something deep and passionate. Her heart rate picked up again, but not from anxiety. He unbuttoned her suit jacket and pushed the garment from her shoulders. His fingers worked at the buttons of her blouse, unfastening the first two before he lost patience and ripped it apart at the chest. He squeezed her br**sts in his palms and then unfastened her bra’s front clasp. His mouth moved to her jaw, her throat, her ear. The fact that he was stil so worked up surprised her. He jerked her blouse and bra from her body and tossed the garments aside.
Brian removed her skirt next, fol owed by her garter belt and stockings. When he had her entirely naked, he reached for the restraints. Her apprehension returned. Maybe this wasn’t the best idea. He could do anything to her and she wouldn’t be able to fight back.
“Are you okay?” After much fumbling, he got the first cuff fastened. “Is it too tight?”
She shook her head. “Brian, I’m not sure about this.”
The fastening of the second cuff didn’t take him as long. “About what?”
“Being restrained.”
“I thought you trusted me.”
“I do.”
“And I thought you liked to try new things.”
“I do.”
“Then what’s the problem?”
She took a deep breath and released it slowly. “No problem.”
“Good.” He pecked her on the lips, then stood and pul ed her arms up over her head. He hooked the chain between her wrists to the chain Jace had suspended from the ceiling. Her knees touched the bed, but she couldn’t rest her bu**ocks on her heels. Brian jumped off the bed and stared at her.
“You look real y sexy.” He reached behind her head and released the clip holding her hair in a loose knot. The long strands were stil damp from her earlier shower and felt chil y against her bare shoulders and back. Brian careful y arranged a strand over her shoulder to encircle her breast. When his fingers brushed against her nipple, her hands, suspended far above her head, clenched. Brian retrieved something from Jace’s open case and returned to her side to slide a thick, black mask over her eyes. She twisted her head to the side trying to avoid being blindfolded. “Don’t.”
“Everything wil be okay.” His face disappeared from view as he slid the blindfold in place. “God, that looks sexy, too. I’m starting to think I’m going to enjoy this as much as you wil .”