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“Oh.” Gemma had a tight grip on Damon’s hand.
He squeezed her fingers. “If you get uncomfortable at any time, tell me, and we’ll leave.”
She tipped her head back. “I’m fine.”
He narrowed his gaze. “I can see you’re fine now. But if that changes…” He gave her a stern glare. “If I think for one moment you are—at any point—enduring something you don’t like without using a safeword, I will withhold spankings from you for a week. Understood?”
She nodded. “Yes, Sir.”
When Damon turned around, he found both Ella and Macy looking at their husbands with wide eyes. Wide mischievous eyes.
Robert groaned before he tugged Ella’s hair back, forcing her to pay attention. “Opposite rules apply to you, Ella. If I ever caught you holding back on your safeword…” He growled. “Actually, maybe Damon is on to something. I’d find a far more powerful way to punish you than spanking. I wouldn’t even let you set foot in this club again for a month.”
Ella grinned and shrugged. “Just checking.”
Boyd snagged Macy at the back of her neck and set his forehead against hers. “Same goes for you.”
“Yes, Sir,” she breathed.
Damon stroked Gemma’s cheek with his thumb. “The only safeword we’ve discussed is red. Would you rather use something more creative?”
“No. Red is fine. Do people really use them?”
Damon’s brows shot up. “Yes, baby, they do. No matter how seasoned a Dom is, he can’t know the mind of every single submissive he scenes with. He can follow every instinct and watch her as closely as possible, but sometimes, the submissive needs the scene to stop for any number of reasons.”
Robert nodded. “He’s right. Often whatever triggers a submissive might not be something they were even aware of. He or she might not realize until the middle of a scene that blindfolds make them panic or they don’t like everyone staring at their nudity or caning is far too painful. Using a safeword doesn’t in any way indicate a sense of weakness. It just represents your limits. If, for any reason, you realize you don’t like something, never endure it. Use your safeword.”
Damon cupped her face. “This is the most important part of BDSM, baby. I will never ever be mad at you for using a safeword. We’ll learn together, take a step back, and try something else that makes your blood pump. Got it?”
“Yes, Sir.”
He hoped to fuck she wasn’t humoring him. “You’re new to the BDSM world, Gemma. Playing at Roses and Thorns is nothing like the slave training you endured. You get that, right?”
She nodded. “Yes, Sir.”
“Safe, sane, and consensual,” he reminded her. “Always. Everything that happens in this club is for your pleasure. If you’re not receiving pleasure, we move on to something that titillates you.”
She nodded again. “Okay.”
Damon turned her around so she was facing the others before wrapping his arms around her below her breasts and nodding toward Ella over her shoulder. “Ella likes to be restrained. I’ll never do that to you.”
Macy grabbed Boyd’s arm and leaned against him. “Boyd likes to torment me sadistically with orgasm denial.”
Gemma shuddered in Damon’s arms.
He kissed her cheek. “See? You’d hate that too.”
“Yes.”
“So, those won’t be your kinks. We’re going to explore other means of impact play since you like being spanked so much,” he informed her.
“Okay,” she murmured.
He knew she had to be nervous. This was a huge step. It also wasn’t necessary. He turned her back around and held her shoulders. “I want to make sure you fully understand that my heart belongs to you no matter what. I do not need to dominate you to be happy. You will not force yourself to endure something you don’t like in an effort to please me. You please me by existing. Any fetishes we take part in will always be for your pleasure. If I detect you aren’t fully engaged or enjoying yourself, we’re done.”
He couldn’t state any of that enough times. He wanted to be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that Gemma wanted this for herself. Not for him.
She wrapped her arms around him. “I get it, Damon. Show me your world.”
