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Prologue
Archer
IsighedasIfell onto the sofa, my head throbbing and my stress levels through the roof. “Did we pull the short straw when they were handing out management teams? Ours are the worst. I’ve just got an email from Steve telling us that they are at their wit's end with us and are going to talk to Addi about finding us someone ‘more suitable’.” I did dramatic air quotes and rolled my eyes just to make sure Fox and Charlie, the other two members of our band, Alchemy Myth, understood my annoyance.
“Yeah, I don’t think we’re a good fit at all. Let’s just get through these next few gigs and we can go back and renegotiate our contract with the label. This isn’t working for any of us,” Fox’s voice of reason agreed, barely tearing his gaze from the enormous flat screen he was playing FIFA on.
“Well, we’re off tonight, so who wants to get up some mischief? I mean, if Steve is writing us off, he’s not going to care what we get up to, will he? We could doanything,” Charlie pointed out eagerly before scoring a goal that made Fox swear and drop his PS5 controller onto the coffee table.
“Yeap, mischief sounds like a plan,” Fox agreed, pushing his fingers through his shoulder-length blond hair that was still damp from his recent shower. “You need to get laid, Arch. You’ve been a miserable bugger lately and we know it’s down to your blue balls. I mean, you’re the only person I know who’s in a band, with a number one single in eight countries, and refuses to make the most of the groupies,” Fox laughed.
I flicked him the middle finger, but he was kind of right. I’d not had sex in… well, way too long. It was on offer. Everywhere we went there were women and men throwing themselves at us, but it wasn’t what I wanted. I wanted something more than meaningless sex. The problem was, I hadn’t had the guts or the opportunity to explore what thatmorewas.
My balls ached as I thought about a night playing and exploring whatreallyturned me on. No barriers, no limits, no groupies to sell my story the next day.
“How about the club we were invited to? What was it called? Pitchers?” I suggested, trying to pretend I’d just thought of it and not that it had been playing on my mind constantly since we arrived in Miami and got an invite from the owner.
Charlie threw his head back, laughing loudly, the noise echoing around his large suite. “Hey, I’m usually the first one up for visiting a sex club, but are you sure you want to, bro? I mean, it’s not your usual style and I don’t want you to do something you’ll regret because you’re horny or you think we’re pressuring you.”
I shrugged, admitting, “I just wanted to try something different.”
He paused before shaking his head. “I always knew you were a kinky fucker, Arch. How about I speak to the concierge? I mean, they pride themselves on being able to find whatever their guests want, so let’s give them a challenge. Then we get to misbehave, but we don’t have to worry about it making the front page of some shitty newspaper or gossip mag tomorrow?”
I nodded, happy with the compromise. “Okay, I need to go check in with the girls, so can you sort it?”
Charlie’s face softened. “Tell them we said hi. Is there something in particular you want, Arch?”
Focusing on the floor, I let out the truth, knowing I could trust my two best friends. “I don’t know. I just want someone who can put me in my place.”
Fox started coughing. “Jesus, Archer, are you possessed? I’ve never seen you like this.”
I stood from the sofa, pushing my hands into my jeans pockets, staring at my shoes so I could avoid their gaze. “Don’t you ever get fed up with people doing what we want? Bending over backward to make us happy? And I’m sick of being the sensible one all the time. I just want a night off from it all.”
Fox tapped the coffee table, telling me to sit, and I moved without question. Fox was only a year older than Charlie and I, but he always felt that little bit wiser than the two of us; looking after us even when we didn’t want him to.
When I was seated, he placed his hand reassuringly on my knee. “We get it, Arch. We really do. Your childhood… even now, with the girls. If you ever need to talk, you know we’re here. You don’t have to wait to get some dominatrix to boss you about just so you can relieve some of that tension.”
I rubbed my hand over my face as I thought about how to explain how I was feeling. “I don’t know what I need or why I need it, but I’ll be honest, I need something and this seems like a good thing to try.”
“Okay, leave it with us,” Fox replied. “Go, phone the girls.”
I paused, staring at my friends. “You don’t think I’m weird?”
Fox winked, shaking his head. “We like what we like. Charlie would fuck anyone who promised him a night of fun with no strings attached. I’d happily spend my life in a pile of naked, sweaty bodies, not knowing who was putting what where… liking someone to take charge isn’t weird at all.”
I left without saying anything else, and as I walked to my room to call my little sisters, I wondered if this would work. My cock had been out of action for so long that I should probably seek medical attention. Nothing made me hard. Not even my hand these days. So, maybe this was exactly what I needed.
A couple of hours later, after an almighty fight with our PR team and manager, where we told them we no longer wanted to work with any of them, three women and a man arrived at our hotel suite. A blond woman and beefcake of a man followed Fox to his room, while Charlie whispered something to a small, short girl with pink hair, making her eyes darken before she let him lead her down the hall, leaving me with an older woman.
“Archer, right?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Show me your room.”
Her tone was commanding and serious, making my skin burst into goosebumps and I secretly crossed my fingers that this was the release I’d been waiting for.
In my room, I watched as this nameless woman wheeled in a small suitcase, slipped off her coat, and then stepped out of her dress. I closed my door, not bothering to lock it because we never did. Standing in front of me in red lace underwear, stockings, and suspenders, her face heavy with make up, she felt like she should be the lead in a bad porn movie.
