He had never told me his name.
That realization hit me suddenly, forcefully, as I hesitated in the doorway of the large, immaculate, well-appointed suite. The very upscale hotel clearly lived up to its advertising -- which used words like "discerning tastes," "classically comfortable," and even "the ideal destination for enjoyment of discrete leisure activities."
No wonder he'd chosen it.
"You seem surprised to be here," he said softly, his voice shiveringly smooth in the soft light.
"I am," I admitted, a little unnerved at the cool stillness of the man in the armchair on the other side of the room. "I didn't really think I was going to come."
My hand gripped the doorknob. His smile was reassuring, but I sensed the simmering tension just underneath. I hesitated another second or two, then stepped fully into the room, closing the door behind me.
"Come here, Vanessa." His voice drew me deeper into the room, toward him, till I stopped just a foot from his chair. I looked down into his eyes. They were darker than I'd noticed from the photographs he had sent; almost black. His voice, previously heard only by telephone, was warmer, richer, more intimate. Only his hair seemed familiar, its thick silvery-black waves contained only by the pony tail behind his head. God, his hair was gorgeous.
"You are even more beautiful than your pictures revealed," he said, echoing my thoughts. His voice was low as his eyes painted me. I could almost feel the strokes of the artist's brush, starting at the top of my auburn hair, lingering over the curves outlined by the blue wrap-style dress clung to my curves, and finishing at the toes of my pointed high-heeled pumps. "Elegant. Graceful. Exactly as I expected. Beautiful."
"You asked meβ," I began, and then stopped when his voice interrupted:
"I asked you to dress in such a way as to reveal to me the woman you are, and you've more than satisfied my expectations. Vanessa, I know you are nervous about being here. I know you are -- uncertain -- about what we've talked about doing." He paused, allowing me to process his words, even to object to them, had I chosen to do so. But I didn't. "My first question to you is, are you willing to show me more?"
I knew perfectly well what he was asking. Our conversations had begun in a chat room late one night when I was alone and bored and under great pressure before a trial, and had progressed to some very intimate telephone calls. We had gradually narrowed the subject matter from the generally erotic to the specifically, blatantly, explosively sexual.
There was no question that he was a Master. Indeed, he acknowledged it directly, when I asked. He told me he practiced BDSM in real life, as well as on line, and that he never did anything on line that he hadn't first done for real. But rather than demand my participation from the beginning, he was willing simply to discuss the subject with me, accepting both my curiosity and my ambivalence at face value.
He had asked if I could take direction well, and if I enjoyed being directed - sexually. I readily admitted that I do. He had made clear his need to be completely in control, and I had found myself more and more strongly attracted to the power he projected.
Over time, he asked me questions, defining my personal boundaries. He asked if I had ever played with nipple clamps, restraints, blindfolds, and with each question, we explored a scenario acting out the subject in question. He showed surprising consideration for so dominant a man, never trying to force me to participate in any activity, even an imaginary one, I wasn't ready to try.
One night as we talked about favorite fantasies, he asked me if I had ever had sex with another woman. I told him I hadn't, but for the right man, I would be willing, even eager, to do it. He said he knew a woman who was willing to play out a fantasy like this, if I was willing to join them. He would arrange it, and all I would have to do is show up at the appointed time and place.
I was here. The decision had already been made.
Without speaking, I opened the fastening of the soft blue dress, and let it slide down my shoulders to the floor. I stood there in my black lace bra and matching bikini panties. He smiled, eyes gleaming, and placed the palm of his hand lightly against the front of those panties, then moved it upward. I couldn't help shivering, though his hands were warm and gentle. He stood, took my hand, and led me into the bedroom.
He introduced me to the girl, standing there quietly beside the windows occupying one wall. She was naked. I could see in the soft light illuminating the room that she was about 5'3", with smooth olive skin and long, dark hair. She was a submissive, he told me, and was required to do whatever I wanted. I had no idea what that might be, but I knew he was testing me. I paused and walked to where she stood, eyes down, hands behind her back. To cover my uncertainty I told her to go to him and undressed him. She smiled, clearly pleased at these instructions, and removed his clothes. Her eager fingers revealed his lean, smoothly muscled body and thick, large cock. He was very hard.
I thought about what he might enjoy having her do, what might please him, so I told her to stroke herself, to run her hands up and down her body, starting with her breasts. I asked, and she told me she wore a size 32DD bra. Her fingers lingered over her very large, brownish nipples, and admitted, when I asked, that they were tingling. I could see they were swollen, engorged, but she didn't pinch them. I assumed that would wait until I gave her permission.
I told her to put her fingers between her legs, over her slit, and spread the moisture from her pussy all over. She told me how kind and gentle I was, which annoyed me; I hadn't given her permission to speak. Besides, I didn't want her thinking I was also a submissive. Abruptly, then, I told her to kneel in front of him and take his cock in her mouth.
She did it eagerly. She dropped to her knees and her head came back, looking up into his eyes. I couldn't see her expression, but her pose was so adoring I had no doubt what I'd have seen. He was watching me, and I had the eerie feeling he was reading my thoughts; perhaps it was my face he was reading, and he knew I needed help in establishing my position over his little sub. He put his hand out and stroked her hair, the dark strands slipping through his fingers, and then he gripped her hair, hard, and shoved his cock in deep into her mouth. Unprepared, she gasped, and made a whimpering little sound, and as he thrust in I heard him draw his breath in sharply.
"Look how she accepts it," he groaned through gritted teeth. "Look how good a little submissive she is. Oh yes, look at her choking over my cock," and his voice trailed off.
He loved doing this to her. I could see it in his laser-bright eyes burning into hers, I could hear it in the way his sexy voice deepened and trailed off. Every little gagging, choking sound she made drew an answering groan of pleasure from him. I shuddered, shocked, but too fascinated to look away.
As if knowing he could not last long that way, he pulled his cock from her mouth as abruptly as he'd shoved it in. The little submissive coughed, and the long strings of saliva clinging from her lips to his cock linked her to him. She made a whimpering little cry of disappointment, and he laughed, holding her head between his big hands and rubbing the head of his cock over her mouth and chin and face.