βValerie! You're finally here..."
βHi James, sorry for being late... I forgot how long it takes by taxi."
"
You
took a taxi?"
"Well, yeah, I had to, I'll explain, but first, maybe you could invite me in?"
"You know you have a standing invitation. You can come in anytime you want. I even gave you keys..."
"And you know that's not how it works! You have to invite me in, each time and in person. We even tested video calls. So...?
"Well, of course, come in."
"Thank you!"
She came inside. As James closed the door, he turned around just in time to see her drop her coat (her scarf was already on the floor), and she presented herself in only her collar, the leather cuffs on her wrists, and the high boots.
"Val! Whoah, you look stunning... But everyone is already here!"
"Did I really take so long getting here? I'm so sorry, I thought we would have some time to ourselves..."
"Don't worry about it, we'll have lots of time later. But now you need to scoot over to the bedroom, there are some of your clothes, I believe you'll choose something nice. Wait, are those", he gently grabbed one of the cuffs in his hand, "The reason you had to take a cab?"
"Yes. I can't change with restraints on. And I wanted this to be a nice surprise for you, I wanted to be ready as soon as I got here..."
"That's lovely, but isn't this dangerous for you?"
"There wasn't a hunt in over 70 years, and I can take care of myself. Plus, would you ever expect anyone of
us
to wear restraints? And a collar?"
"Ok, you've got a point. Right... Just run to the bedroom, I'll be there in a second."
Val ran upstairs, while James went to the living room, got some snacks out, and told their friends he will be back in a moment, then he also went upstairs.
Valerie was waiting for him, kneeling beside the bed, still in her "attire". He sat on the bed, close to her.
"I appreciate the effort, Honey, and you've been an incredibly good girl lately. So I think you deserve a reward."
She looked up at him, with a sly, hungry smile.
"Plus," he continued, "I want you to be a bit... Calmer during the party. So..."
He unbuttoned the end of his shirt's sleeve, rolled it up, and put his forearm under Valerie's mouth.
"Really, Master? Thank you so much!"
"Just a sip. You'll get more after the party... And after our fun. And, before you dig in, hands behind your back."
She did as instructed, leaned in, and bit down on his forearm. He sighed, closed his hand into a fist, and buried his other hand into her hair. A while later, James pushed her away, gently.
"Thank you, Master," she exclaimed, licking her lips.
"How are you feeling?"
"Well, I'm still hungry, and as you know, when I'm this kind of hungry I'm also... horny. But at least I can think straight..."
"Good, so you'll behave?"
"Of course, I'll be good for you."
"Then get dressed and meet us downstairs, I can't wait for you to meet my friends. But, either take off the cuffs and collar or cover them," he said, smiling as he rolled down his shirt sleeve and buttoned it.
Next, James helped Val onto the bed, kissed her, and stayed with her in a hug for a moment. A while later, he smiled at her again, as he was leaving the room.
"Master?" She almost gasped before he closed the door.
"Hmm?"
"You installed the mirror above the bed... thank you..."
"Well, you asked so nicely. I still don't get why you wanted it, you won't reflect on it."
"Oh, I know, that's kinda the point... You'll see! If it works as I think it will, you're gonna love it!"
"Wow, you got a lot more cheerful."
"I drunk a bit and I'm... Here... Of course, I'm cheerful!"
"Ok, ok, just don't make us wait too long."
As he was closing the door behind him, James heard Valerie whispering to herself "thank Heavens for selfie cameras..." which obviously meant she needed to adjust her makeup.
Once in the living room, he sat down and informed the others that Valerie would join them shortly. He could swear Anna was looking at him strangely... Still, a few moments later, in the middle of the sentence another friend, Martha, almost jumped as she got spooked by seeing Valerie sitting between her and James - she could swear just a second before there was no one there... It was as if Val appeared from a thin air...
James introduced Valerie to everyone, which went well.
Later they held each other hands as they sat back down. And he started squeezing.
"... --- / -.-- ---..- / - --- --- -.- /.-.-...-.. /.-..... -.-..-.. -. -... / ---..-...-...--.."
("So you took all restraints off?")
"-.--.... /... --- / -.-- ---..- / -.-..- -. /.--...- - / -..... -- / --- -. / --. / -.-- ---..-.-......-....-. / -.-- ---..- /.-.. ---...-. / -.....- -"
("Yes so you can put them on me yourself you love that")
They shared a sly smile.
The rest of the party went very well, Val was positively surprised with the food delivery (yes, she mostly ate normally, she needed to drink only from time to time). She also had a long talk with Anna, seemed they got some sort of a connection.
After the last couple left, James took Valerie upstairs, to his bedroom. As soon as she walked in, she threw off all her clothes, and naked kneeled in front of the bed, with her hands behind, leaned a bit forward, and her head arched slightly back, presenting her neck, waiting for her Master's collar.
She loved to hate that position, for years and years she had others present their necks for her, never the other way around. Until James demanded it. Until he made her present her neck to him. The symbolism of this little ceremony they had always made her shiver, and it would be the same this time...
He sat down on the bed, in front of her, with the collar already in his hand, in the other was the chain-style leash with leather loop, which he dropped onto the bed. He reached under Valerie's hair, moving them out of the way, lightly stroking the skin on her neck. She looked straight into his eyes, as she felt the leather snaking around her neck, as she felt his fingers reach around to fasten it and pushed the lock-in. And there it was, she shivered as she heard the click. James kept one hand on the back of Val's head, and with the other, he reached for the leash, which he attached to the collar. Valerie shivered a second time and sighed with relief.
"Stand up," he said, pulling on the leash.
He positioned her in front of the bed, facing toward it. It was a big bed with an upper frame for the curtains. As she was standing, still with her hands behind her, he put the cuffs on her wrists and moved them to the upper corners of the bed frame. She waited patiently, she knew what would come next.
Then, James tied the cuffs to the bedframe, forcing Val to keep her hands spread above her. Then she heard steps behind her, a drawer opening and something being taken from it. Soon, her Master came behind her, and reached around for her breasts. He squeezed her nipples hard enough that she screamed.
"Ohh! Already? I thought I was a good girl?!"
"I received a strange gift from you. Care to explain?" As he moved closer, she felt a flogger handle pressing against her back, he must've hung it around his shoulder.
"I... I need to dominate too! I'm sorry, I couldn't bring myself to ask you... To let me... I thought that maybe once you see it, you'd be willing to try it..."
"Oh, Valerie..." He squeezed her nipples harder and pulled on them.
"Ahhh! Oh! I'm sorry, Master! You know what I am! Please don't be angry at me... Ah!"
"You should have just talked about it with me. If this is really that important to you, I might switch at some point. Let's say as a reward if you'll be incredibly obedient."
"R-really? Thank you!"
"Still, you went about it in the wrong way and you need to be punished."
"Of course, Master... Don't hold back!"
A whoosh and a crack of the flogger hitting her upper back, hard enough it made her inch forward, made her gasp and scream in pain as she wrapped her fingers around the ropes tying her cuffs to the bedframe...