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Shaun had noticed DJ’s stretch marks before, but he hadn’t thought them comparable. Lighter than the rest of DJ’s skin, they wrapped around his waist, a physical reminder of where he’d put on weight. Shaun recalled seeing them on DJ’s legs and buttocks, too.

“They’re not ugly,” Shaun said, now tracing them of his own accord. “I like them.” Shaun thought DJ was irresistible, rounded stomach and thick thighs and all.

“So you’ll believe us when we tell you there’s nothing about your body that makes us any less attracted to you,” Rake stated, as if it were a foregone conclusion.

Shaun paused, then nodded.

“How does rope sound?” Rake asked. “Tight over your body, leaving plenty of indentations. DJ can trace the marks with his tongue after I let you loose.”

Oh.Oh. “That sounds perfect,” Shaun said.

Chapter Twelve

Rake

Rake pulled DJ and Shaun along by their hands into the bedroom, eager to get started.

But before things got more heated, he needed to establish some better practice.

“Now that Lawrence isn’t here, you can speak freely and tell us what your real limits are,” he said.

Shaun gave him a helpless look. “I don’t know, honestly. A lot that Lawrence did, I think I’d enjoy under other circumstances. He would go too far, but I like a bit of pain, and I don’t have a dominant bone in my body.”

“Not yet, anyway,” DJ said, pressing his tongue to the inside of his cheek.

“Deej, I swear I will gag you if you can’t be serious,” Rake said.

DJ pressed his lips together, giving Rake a solemn nod.

Rake continued, concentrating on Shaun. “Even just one limit is a good start.”

“The cane.” Shaun shuddered. “I hated that as a punishment.”

Rake didn’t imagine that any infraction of Shaun’s wouldwarrant the use of an implement as harsh as a cane wielded by a vampire. He had to let go of his anger for now, though, and show Shaun how a good Dominant acted.

“That’s good. No more caning. What about the crop?” Rake asked hesitantly, conscious that he’d already used that on Shaun.

“I liked it. Felt different. Warmer? Not so hard?” Shaun didn’t seem sure of his answer.

“How about we focus on what you like instead? Acts, toys, positions…?”

“I enjoyed everything you did with me before, and everything I saw you do with DJ.”

So bondage was a definite yes, as well as mild pain play. That jibed with Rake’s kinks.

“How about anything you haven’t tried that you’d like to?” DJ asked. “I never knew I liked or even wanted to be rimmed until Rake just dove in one day. Now I can’t get enough.” He shot an exaggerated wink their way.

“I’ve never done that. Either way,” Shaun clarified.

“We need to start a list of things to try,” Rake said.

DJ groaned. “We arenotbecoming the kind of kinksters that keep contracts, Rake. I know the idea of paperwork turns you on, but that’s a hard limit.”

“Admin does not count as a hard limit,” Rake huffed.

“Bad Dom,” DJ said as he attempted to flick Rake on the nose. “You need to respect my boundaries.”

“I do! Fine. No lists.” Rake tried not to pout but, judging by the small smile playing on Shaun’s lips, he didn’t quite manage it. “Anything else you haven’t done that you’d like?”