Vikor blinked.
“Yeah, she’s still upset about that.”She smirked.
“And you aren’t working on that line.”
“Nope.If she wants to send me the data, not a problem.But you can’t expect someone like me to work without feedback.”
Vikor nodded.“Could I ask for direct items?”
“What, like bondage cuffs that get stronger but remain comfortable when she’s thrashing like a caught fish?”
Drin blushed and grinned.“Ours keep breaking, and the heavy-hitter cuffs are kinda hard.”
“I can add them to my to-do list.No guaranteed dates.Price will be about fifteen thousand for something that will hold you or any of your party comfortably.I like to safe-word release them.It makes for faster ends to confinement.”
Vikor frowned and asked a few questions.
Keska answered, and the other males of the consortium gathered around her, minus one.
* * * *
Jienne smiled as thequestions flew toward Keska, and when the hand on her arm caught her attention, she was eased away from the grouping.Nigel moved with her.
Klauz looked down at her.“Why can’t I feel what you want?”
She smiled.“Two reasons.The first is that you are sated and that always limits your senses, and the other is that I am afraid to want anything right now.”
He sighed.“Nothing like this has ever happened before.”
“Tell me about it.May I have a kiss?Will it interfere with your attachment to Drin?”
“No.We have an open contract.More could be added if a need is determined.”As he stepped closer, he touched her cheek.
She lifted her head to him, and he kissed her softly.The press of his lips was warm, but she tasted Drin and felt disappointment.Right.A crush was just a crush.She touched his neck, and he lifted his head.
She smiled.“That worked well to kill the fantasy.”
He blinked.“It did?”
“I have an acute sense of taste.”
He paused.“Oh.”
“Yeah.I will go through the therapy and then see if the BDC can find me a new dance partner.”
“Did you have other patrons?”
“No, the creep was my first.”
He said, “Not your first lover.”
“Thankfully, no.That would truly have been depressing.”
Klauz sighed.“We will miss you.”
“I am a hostess, not a chef or even a server.You just need someone pleasant with a tolerance for having her ass grabbed by the great and good of the city.”
“You kept people happy if they had to wait.People feel good around you.That is an important skill.”
