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Chapter Twenty-Two

"Rules," called Samirah while she pulled the storage bin with all my ropes to the mats. "And limits. We've agreed to co-Domme with Nora's limit of only Caroline is allowed to get her off. What else?"

"I don't want Nora strung up by her wrists or having her arms above her head for any reason." I sat on the mat and allowed Samirah to lead in general at the moment. Just the thought of relinquishing any control to someone else bothered me, but when it came to Nora, I needed to be completely in sync with her and confident that someone else looked out for any of my blind spots. When it came to Nora, I harbored many.

"Nora, do you agree?"

"Yes," she answered readily while seated between my knees. She leaned her back against me and I held her around the middle. "But I do like my wrists tied…"

"We can do that without the stress on your arms." Samirah crouched in front of her, holding two different color ropes. "Caroline will be doing the work with you, and I'll be monitoring. Which color would you like?" Samirah's gentility and cautious handling of Nora soothed me. Other than Sali, Maggie, or Anita, I didn't like anyone close to Nora. Samirah, however, became a fast fourth.

"Um…" Nora stroked the fabric. "Purple is kind of our special color…" She glanced at me and I nuzzled her cheek. "I want to keep that for private things. So, I pick red for this time."

"Excellent choice." She handed Nora the bundle of red rope. "It's very soft."

"I like it," Nora said while smiling.

Nora ran her fingers over it, tracing the curve of the twined strands. My stomach fluttered when she twisted it around her hand. My mind wandered to imagining what she would look like, naked and wrapped in my knots.

"I felt that," Nora whispered, wiggling in my arms. "You're excited."

"I am, baby." I smiled while kissing her neck. "I'm excited to do everything with you…"

She stroked my face, and I kissed the palm of her hand before Samirah drew our attention back to her when she turned on some tonal music. Coupled with the dim lights, she set the scene the same way I usually did when playing with Nora.

"Some people prefer to wear a little bit of clothing when experiencing Shibari for the first time," Samirah began. "What do you think, Nora?"

"I'm okay without it," she answered right away. "Caroline likes me naked."

"I'm aware." Samirah crouched in front of her. "What does Nora like?"

"I like being naked for Caroline," she said, pressing back against me.

"Honey." I ran my hands down her arms to lace my fingers with hers. "What do you want for you?"

"To be with you." She turned so that she could see me better, concern returning to her sweet expression. "What I want for me is to be with you. I'm not sure how you want me to answer…"

My insides melted when we scuttled around her truth. "I love you, Nor. I love all of you. However you are, wherever you are. Naked, dressed, happy, sad. I love you in all ways."

"I love you, too, honey." She rested her palm against my chest. "In all ways, too."

"I know, baby. What Sami is asking is, independent of me, if I have no preference, how would you want to do this? Naked, clothed. It has to be what you feel will make you comfortable, safe, and excited."

"I'm excited already." She smiled and hugged my arms to her chest. "I am. And I want you to take beautiful pictures to keep, just like what you showed me in those videos and images that we looked up."

I chuckled and squeezed her tight while kissing her neck. "How about this? We leave your top off and put on sexy panties that we can take off if you want to later on. What do you think?"

She nodded, squirming about while I nibbled on her. "Yes. Okay."

"And I'm thinking…" I gathered her hands in front of her and she balled her fists, knuckles-to-knuckles, and traced where I would tie the ropes. "We start out like this, with your arms safely in front of you. Bound in pretty red rope. And when we lift you, that feathery hair flutters against your back in the sway."

She nodded, her body quaking in front of me when I clasped my hands around her wrists. "Yes."

"Excellent, Kitten." I kissed her cheek while still holding her from behind.

"Nora…" Samirah crooned as she held up a pair of red panties for her to take. "Tell us how you would like the ropes to caress your lower half."

Nora took the panties from her and gulped. "Um…"