Dana gets invited to a second sex party. She invites Zoe, Randy, and Bobby to join her. She and Randy have a difficult but necessary conversation. The party is slow to start, but Tito gives Dana what she needs to make it a lot better. But that's only the start.
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
Saturday morning meant time to hit the gym. Dana stopped by her room long enough to collect her gym bag. Zoe and Bobby were both still asleep in Zoe's bed, no doubt exhausted by fucking all night. Zoe woke just long enough to catch Dana's eye, smile and wave a few fingers at her before drifting off again. Dana closed the door quietly behind her and headed out.
She wasn't looking forward to her workout this morning. She was short on sleep herself. But she knew herself well enough not to give herself an excuse to slack off. It would be too easy to get in the habit of finding excuses not to go. Dana enjoyed the results of her strength training--she liked getting stronger and she knew she looked better--but it was hard fucking work.
Her workout wasn't as unpleasant as Dana expected. She felt tired, stiff and weak at first, but by the time she'd completed the warm-up sets for her squats she felt better. She set a new personal record on it. But that was the high point: she improved her bench press slightly, but struggled to complete her dead lifts. It took everything she had to drag the barbell up her thighs for the final rep.
But she did it. She completed the workout.
She felt victorious. And virtuous. Virtuous, victorious, and sweaty. A quick shower and she could go back to her room and fall into bed to catch up on her sleep. She had the weekend ahead of her to rest, and study a little, and get ready for another week of classes. There was just a little over a month left in the term before finals.
* * *
A little over a week later Dana was playing in the weekly game session in Kevin and Eric's dorm room. She lounged on Kevin's bed next to Leanne, Eric and Nick were on Eric's bed. Kevin was, as usual sitting at his desk facing them all. Dana had made an effort to be more reliable about being there the last few weeks, and she was glad she had. She was enjoying the game.
"Okay, Dana, Lucinda is in the Governor's study. He's pouring drinks from a crystal decanter. 'I'm pleased that you've come to your senses, Lucinda,' he said. 'Things will go more smoothly now that you've accepted your situation.'
"What do you do?" Kevin asked.
"I smile at the Governor, and toy with my necklace. It's my focus object for spell-casting. I cast a First Magnitude spell to bind him motionless and silent."
Kevin nodded. "That's five Arcane Power. How are you doing it?"
Dana glanced at her notes, then counted on her fingers. "I have my focus, but that doesn't reduce the cost. I can see him, I have the letter he wrote me in my pocket, and I chant a few lines in Latin to cast the spell. That should reduce the cost to the minimum of two Power."
"Let's see your roll," Kevin said.
Dana rolled her dice and studied the results. "I rolled a ten."
Kevin nodded again. "Okay." He rolled his own dice. "The Governor fails his saving throw. He suddenly stands motionless, eyes wide. He tries to shout for the guard, but he can't speak. His eyes widen in shock and dawning horror as he realizes you've cast a spell on him. What now?"
Dana sat up now. "I saunter over to stand in front of the Governor. 'It really doesn't do to underestimate me, Governor,' I say to him. 'It was a serious mistake, and you'll be lucky if it isn't your last.' I'll lock the door to his office if--"
"It's already locked," Kevin said. "The Governor didn't want any interruptions."
"Okay, then I open the window for Eric's character and then start rifling through the desk."
Kevin grinned and turned his attention to Eric. "What are you doing?"
"I've been waiting in the shadows below the window," Eric said. "When I see the window open, I glance around to make sure nobody is watching, and then climb up and into the window."
"None of the guards are in sight at the moment."
"Okay, with my modifiers, I got a thirteen on my dice."
"More than enough," Kevin said. "You climb up quickly and now you're in the Governor's office with Lucinda. Now what?"
Eric glanced at Dana. "The safe is supposed to be behind the large painting, right?" Dana nodded. "I move the painting and start working on the lock."
"Okay, back to you two," Kevin said to Leanne and Nick.
Dana's phone buzzed in her pocket. She pulled it out to see an incoming call from Tito Mendoza. He was the stocky Hispanic man who'd hosted the sex party she'd attended a month ago with James. He'd taken her number but this was the first time she'd heard from him.
"Sorry, guys, I have to take this call," Dana said. She put her gaming materials aside, stood and walked out into the hallway, closing the door behind her. Was he calling to invite her to another party? She hoped so.
She accepted the call. "Hello?"
"This is Tito Mendoza. Am I speaking to Dana Smith?" He sounded more formal than she'd expected.
"That's me," Dana replied. "Why wouldn't it be?"
"Hey darlin'," Tito said, his tone much more flirtatious now. "You never know. You might have given me a fake phone number. It's been known to happen."
"Really?" She'd given her number to several people, hoping for a repeat of the party immediately. But there had been no contact with any of them until now.
"Sometimes. I didn't figure that was the case with you, but better safe than sorry."
"You didn't, huh?" Dana asked.
"I saw you at the party, doll," Tito said, as if that explained it. "You took to it like a duck to water."
Dana paused for a moment. "Yeah," she said. "I guess I did."
"So I think you can guess why I'm calling."
"You're having another party?" Dana hoped so. She'd had an amazing time at the last one, and expected the next one to be even more fun. She wouldn't be so nervous.
"I am. This Friday, the tenth. You up for it?"
"You know it," Dana said with enthusiasm. Yes!
"Great," Tito said. "I'll text you the details when I have them. Got any questions, sexy?"
"Can I--can I invite other people?"
"Who'd you have in mind?" Tito asked.
"My roommate, and our boyfriends."
"And they're all the sort who'd appreciate this sort of party?"
"Definitely. My roommate, Zoe, is responsible for making me the woman I am today," Dana said, entirely truthfully.