Author's note: If you have not read previous chapters and you enjoy this one you may want to go back and read previous chapters.
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"Whew," Suzie said.
"Whew is right" I echoed. "Heavy duty stuff."
We had just watched the second of two "scenes" at The Mill Club's Second Annual Gala. The first had been a female submissive, bound standing in a spread-eagle position, hooded with no vision or hearing possible, and tormented for an hour by the guests, each of whom had paid $500 to attend the affair plus extra to participate. The proceeds went to The Club's favorite charity, the Knoxville Sanctuary for Battered and Abused Women. The second scene featured a male and a female submissive, similarly bound as in scene one, with the two naked bodies pressed together, face to face, mouth to mouth, chest to breast, penis to vulva, and legs to legs. They were similarly tormented, some would say tortured, by those of the audience who would contribute enough for the charity.
Suzie added, "I can't believe that these people actually volunteer to be those subs."
"I know. But remember what we've just recently learned. It really turns on and excites some people. Hey, even you, Susie. Seems like you've been pretty turned on watching this stuff. And, you've enjoyed me tying you down while we make love, haven't you?"
"Yeh, I sure have. It surprised me, for sure. But I'm ready for more. We need to experiment."
I said, "I'm all for that, Suzie."
"While we're waiting for the next 'scene' to start I'm going to check on Julie. I worry about her. The way Bob treats her when they play. She
is
my best friend and although she tells me that she enjoys what they do I need to be sure. I'll be right back."
I watched Suzie walk to the back row of seats where Julie was sitting alone, with her hands tied together behind her chair. Her coat draped over the chair back covered her arms. She appeared to be in constant discomfort sitting on her bruised and raw butt that her husband, Bob, had soundly beaten the previous night. The vibrator in her panties, over her clit, was remotely controlled by Bob who was seeing to it that she was kept in a constant state of arousal all evening. Just a few minutes ago she must have been near an orgasm, judging from her squirming and moaning.
While Suzie was gone, Bob moved over to her seat and asked, "How you enjoying it, Tom?"
"It's pretty overwhelming for Suzie and me. I guess I'd say we're enjoying it. Everything certainly has our attention. And it's got both of us aroused, for sure. Is that a sign that we're into this BDSM stuff?"
"I already knew that you were into it, Tom. Tonight just proves it. Hey you both went up there and took your turns at flogging, didn't you? Suzie surprised me. Thought she was a sub."
"I thought so, too," I said. "Guess she wants to try everything. She's still trying to figure out if this whole thing is right for us."
"What about you?" Bob asked. "How do you feel about it?"
"I'm into it, for sure. I've really been turned on with the little Suzie and I have done. Even when we talk about it, and at your house watching you and Julie."
Just then Suzie returned and Bob moved over so she could sit next to me.
"Julie OK?" I asked.
"Seems to be. Uncomfortable as hell but she's OK with that. Mostly she's waiting for Bob to let her have an orgasm. I thought she was going to ask me to reach in her pants and play with her."
While Bob and I had been talking, a crew was working on the stage, putting together a strange apparatus. A small pulley was hanging right in front of the hole in the ceiling/roof of the stage. Another pulley hung from the ceiling about four feet to the left (as you face the stage). Another pulley was attached to the floor under that one and a fourth on the floor under the hole. A cord attached to a clear plastic bucket ran through the first pulley, then the second, third and fourth pulleys and there was tied to a short chain. This had everyone guessing what was coming.
The room lights dimmed and once again the drum roll sounded. Ron returned to his table after helping on the stage, and picked up his microphone.
"Ready for the next scene, folks?" he asked the audience. "This'll be the last one of tonight's Gala. I hope it won't disappoint. What have you thought of the action so far?"
A roar of approval came from all around the room.
"OK, Lloyd. Bring in Sub #4."
Once again the drum roll began and the door at the side of the room opened. Lloyd, the dungeon master for the evening, emerged leading the last sub by a chain attached to his bound wrists. In the dimly lit room it was hard to see details, but everyone knew it would be a male since we had been told earlier that there would be two males and two females used. When they got to the stage Ted, one of the committee members went up with Lloyd to get things in order. Nancy, another committee member, went up the stairs that led to the roof over the stage. After three or four minutes, everything seemed to be in place and everyone left the stage, leaving Sub #4 alone.
The drum roll which had continued all this time, but softly, started a crescendo until suddenly the spot lights on the stage came alive, all pointed at the figure in the middle of the stage. He was naked except for a black leather hood with only two tiny air holes for his nose and a hole cut out over his mouth. His mouth was filled with a black ball gag which had a tube running through it. He did also wear black leather wrist and ankle cuffs which were attached to rings in the ceiling and floor, forcing the sub into a spread-eagle position just as the others had been earlier. One more item he wore was a leather strap around his scrotum, spreading his balls away from his body. The bucket we had noticed earlier hung in front of his chest, under his chin.