Out of the Ashes (Trust Book 2)

by A M Raulerson

“You think I made a mistake too?” I turned to Alexi, already on the defensive.

  “Lucas, I admit I don’t understand why you chose this path, but I don’t doubt you. You’re smart, methodical, and I know you can do anything you set your mind to. I won’t lie and say I’m not worried about it blowing up in our faces. I worry about them, the unknowns. No plan is perfect or foolproof, and it’s the things we cannot predict that I worry about. I have faith in you.”

  Holding Alexi close helped to settle me a little. Knowing he had faith in me was a double edged sword though. Jamie had always had faith in me too, but I couldn’t think about that right now. I had to stay focused on my plan, the little bit that I’d figured out so far anyway. Alexi and I needed to talk, and I had to make sure he was on board.

  “Come on, we need to talk and I don’t want to do it standing in the kitchen. The playroom is sound proofed so I think it’s best to have this conversation in there. I need to be completely honest about what I want to do and I don’t want the chance of us being overheard.”

  Guiding him up the stairs and into the playroom, I considered that he might not be open to my idea. He, of course, had the option of saying no. I could change the plan up a little. If I did, I would have to explain why I wasn’t using my own sub like I’d said I would.

  I wouldn’t force Alexi to do this though. It had to be with his consent or I wouldn’t do it. As I led him to the big leather chair in the corner, I wondered what excuse I could possibly make other than he was too injured to do it. I needed to tell him my plan and see what he thought before I jumped to conclusions. Pulling him into my lap, I held him as I started to explain.

  “I don’t know if you’ll be willing to do this, and if you don’t want to I’ll come up with another plan. Don’t think for a minute that I expect you to do something that’s a hard limit for you. I don’t want that and you have to understand I’ll be very upset if you lie to me because you think it’s what I want. Do you understand, Boy?”

  “Yes, Patron, I understand. I won’t lie about my hard limits, I promise.”

  “Okay. We need to be able to speak frankly about this. I know you have the dermal piercings, but have you ever tried suspension with body modification? I’ve seen you do play piercing so I know that’s something you enjoy.”

  I waited, watching Alexi really think about what I asked. It meant a lot that he hadn’t just jumped in with an immediate yes, that he would do it. I doubted he’d ever done suspension the way I was talking about. Sure, he’d probably suspended with ropes, but I was talking about metal hooks and rods being pierced through different parts of his body. They were temporary and wouldn’t scar if done properly, but it was still scary to a novice.

  “Okay. I have to be honest here. The idea isn’t a hard limit, but it’s scary as fuck. I know you’ve probably done it before or you never would have even considered the idea. I think I know you well enough to know, you also wouldn’t consider it if you didn’t really know what you were doing. You must be very good at it, but how would this work? I mean… well, having another sub sounds like this would be more than just a simple suspension. So maybe you can explain it more? Just so I know what exactly would happen. It’s scary, but I think part of that is not knowing what you’re going to be doing.”

  Nodding my head in understanding, I was impressed with his reasoning. Yeah, the unknown usually was the scariest. I thought I’d explain when he said yes or no, but he was right, now was the time.

  “My plan is to do a combination suspension. Part Shibari rope bondage, and part temporary body piercings. Both of you suspended in a joint, almost fetal position circling around each other. Your fair skin and his dark skin would almost look like Yin and Yang. It will be beautiful if you agree, I think. You would be suspended higher, to the right and downward facing. He would be the mirror to you, lower to the ground and facing you. What do you think?”

  The faraway look in his eyes as he thought about it let me know he was imagining what it would look like. He didn’t look scared, still hadn’t said no, and that was promising. I was becoming more and more excited as I watched him. If he was willing, this would be a show for the Osiris Circle, but we would be able to focus on each other too. He was quiet for another moment, before finally speaking.

  “The idea of using both Shibari as well as the piercing helps with some of my fear, and I can see exactly what you’re thinking. It would be beautiful, and I think I would like to at least try. I’ve done demonstrations of Shibari with Simon before, so I know I can handle that part just fine. I’ve just never taken piercing that far. Not that I’m against it in any way.”

  Alexi’s breathing had slowly begun to pick up speed. His eyes dilating the more he envisioned being tied up and defenseless in his mind. My Boy was so turned on he was practically panting now. I never would have guessed just talking about it would do this, but I wouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Lowering the tone of my voice, I shifted Alexi until his entire body draped across mine, his ear right next to my mouth so I could growl into it.

  “My Boy likes the idea of me taking absolute control, I can see it, feel it in the way your body trembles. You want me to bind you up until you cannot move, Boy? Will you let me do anything I want to you? Right now I want to spank your ass, then fuck you until you scream and beg to cum. I can make you fly and you know it, don’t you Boy?”

  As I had been speaking, I’d slowly run both my hands over his arms, shoving them down by my thighs and trapping them with my own arms over the top. I continued to run my hands down to the front of his pants as I kicked his legs over mine and trapped them against the chair. Holding him as tight as I could without having rope or cuffs, I stopped with my hands resting gently over his cock and waited.

  “Yes, Patron.”

  His whisper made my own cock jump as it pressed tightly to his ass. The idea of his complete surrender turned me on so quickly, it almost hurt and my cock hardened fully. I couldn’t hold back the moan in my chest as I pushed up against his ass again, grinding against him.

  “What a good Boy you are. You make me so very happy, Boy. Do you want to cum before you go to bed, Boy? You have a choice to make. You can either go to bed with that hard little cock of yours, or you can let me make you cum. It’s a simple choice, but make sure it’s what you want.”

  I couldn’t help the dark chuckle in my voice. He would cum if that’s what he wanted, but it would be a hard won orgasm. I wasn’t going to tell him that though. I think he heard some of it in my voice so he had some forewarning, but that was all the warning he would get.

  “I think I want to cum, Patron.”

  “You think, Boy? You have to do better than that. Now tell me what you want, right now.”

  I waited, feeling him shiver as my breath rushed over his ear, running my hand over his cock to help tease his answer out of him.

  “Patron, I would like to cum. Please.”

  Oh, this was going to be fun. I couldn’t help chuckling before barking at him again, much louder and more commanding than before.

  “First position, Boy. Move it. Don’t make me repeat myself.”

  It took him only a second to shake the fog out of his head before he stood up, hands behind his back, feet shoulder width apart, his arms back, chest out and eyes down. Perfect posture. I could tell from his rapid breathing just how turned on he was.

  “Strip and then lay over the spanking bench. Arms down ass in the air.”

  I knew he would follow my orders, so I went to my armoire and pulled out the top drawer, picking up this and that, a few things for me, a few for him. Smiling, I grabbed a leather paddle. It wasn’t very long or wide, but a hard spanking wasn’t what I wanted tonight. I just wanted something to keep him focused.

  I walked back over to find him in position, exactly as I’d told him. I placed my things on the low table nearby and walked in front of my Boy. Crouching down, I locked the wrist restraints attached to the lower leg of the bench and made sure they weren’t too
tight. Walking behind him I did the same to his ankles, smacking his ass as I went back to grab my toys.

  My boys cock was already starting to get hard and I couldn’t have that yet. I pinched the skin near the base, hard. It caused him to soften, and the lovely shout made me smile. Now that it was much softer, I placed a cold steel locking ring around his cock, heavy enough to be felt and tight enough to keep him from cuming until I said he could. I rubbed my hand over his ass to gentle him when he jumped at the cold steel and pulled on his cock to help him harden again.

  “I control everything, Boy. I give you pleasure and I give you pain. I give you your orgasms, but you will have to beg for them. I’ll push you boy. You wanted to cum, and you will, but not until I say you can.

  “Now I need to know a bit of information from you, because I don’t ever want to truly hurt my Boy. I want to push you pleasure higher, with just the right kind of pain. Have you had your balls stretched before? Have you worn a split collar ball stretcher before?”

  Caressing my Boys back, I could feel the fine trembling in his legs. He had most of his weight on the bench, but the little bit he was holding up with his legs seemed to be getting the better of him. He was trying to hold on, but I knew he was already flying, his breathing hitching in and out of his lungs as he tried to pull himself together enough to answer me.

  “I have, Patron. I’ve worn weights before, but nothing very heavy. Just playing a bit.”

  “Good Boy.”

  Pulling gently on his balls, I massaged a bit while I grabbed the lube. He would not be comfortable without it, and the chafing would be painful afterwards if I didn’t put enough on him. I wanted him to enjoy this but a little frustration from the cock ring and the added weight to his balls would make his eventual orgasm mind blowing.

  Grinning, I stepped back to look at my handiwork. The combination of jeweled butt plug, cock ring and ball weights was something I would not forget. Reaching into my pocket, I grabbed the remote. Pressing the button, I watched his back arch and ass cheeks squeeze. Listening to his cry sent shivers down my spine. My cock hardened and I almost came. Oh yes, I wanted to push my Boy. He would beg and cry before I finally relented.

  CHAPTER 10

  Alexi

  Back at the office the next day I tried to work up my courage to talk to Lucas. We’d had that conversation last night, but it dealt with his plan on what he wanted to do to us. I was scared, but the idea was definitely ringing my bell. I was more than excited to try it.

  My problem is that we knew nothing about this sub we’d left sleeping back at the house. Dom Leo had agreed to babysit while we were working. The door was locked from the outside, but we weren’t expecting any problems from him. Leo would call if anything went wrong.

  I was worried about how to approach Lucas without upsetting him, or making sure he didn’t think I was questioning his judgment. I really wasn’t, I was just… wondering how this was going to work. Sitting in a chair in the conference room we’d taken over, I drew a deep breath and just said it.

  “Lucas how in the world is this going to work? This guy is a complete unknown. I know I recognize him from somewhere, but really? The only thing we actually know about him is that he’s fucking huge and addicted to drugs. I’m not questioning your judgment, I just need to know how you think this is going to work. We have until tomorrow to work on this plan. I’m all for it, green light. I just don’t know what to expect from him, and that concerns me more than a little. Can you just go over what you plan to do with him? I mean… he’s going to tell his supposed Dom what happened. I know you understand that. Just let us know what we are doing.”

  I waited to see how he would react and I was more than surprised when he smiled and started to laugh. He was gorgeous when he laughed. I almost forgot where we were for a minute. Everyone at the table chuckled and I blushed hard. I could almost feel the heat from my blush creep over my cheeks.

  “You should see your face. First of all, I’ve told you that what happens at work may be discussed later, but I do realize that you have to do your job. You are just as important in this case as anyone here, and I agree that we all have to hear about and discuss parts of my immediate plan. So, for those of you who do not know anything about what I’m going to talk about… Look it up on the computer. We need to move fast. If I have to stop every few minutes to explain something, it’s going to take all day.”

  He stopped for a second when his cell phone buzzed in his pocket. Pulling the phone out, he looked at the screen, tapped a few buttons and laughed again.

  “It seems we have a creeper. Rogue is out front thinking he’s stealthy, hiding in the fucking bushes.” Lucas said, grinning from ear to ear.

  He passed the phone around and the laughter came down the line along with the phone. When it was finally in my hand, I could see what everyone was talking about.

  Right in front of the police department there was a stand of scraggly bushes with a small band shell behind it. He was crouched down behind one of the bushes and was completely visible to anyone and everything. I couldn’t help the laugh that formed in my throat.

  “What is that little twerp thinking? He’s more of an idiot than I thought.”

  “I agree with you there, but back to the plan. We can decide what to do about the fake Dom later. Make him wait for whatever it is he thinks he’s going to see.

  “Now, the plan to earn some respect and show off skill will be a combination of Shibari, play/temporary body piercings, and suspension. A Yin and Yang look: Alexi will be the top curve, the new sub will be the bottom curve.

  “One thing about the sub that I do know, is you will never believe who he is. He is most definitely a missing person and the whole country knows he’s missing.”

  “Oh come on, Lucas. Enough of the theatrics, you already have our attention, just spit it out.”

  It seemed Aaron was a little impatient today. He looked like he had his own news. It made me wonder what it was.

  “Alright hold your britches up, Aaron. It’s Octavius LeBraun, the football player that disappeared after a positive drug test. He’s just a shell of his former self, it’s sad. Still a big chunk of muscle, but his eyes are vacant and staring, seeing nothing. His drug of choice, LSD, has been used against him to control him. I have no idea just how long he’s been using or how much he’s been given. I told them all I was taking him off the drugs. We’ll have to see how much of him is really interested or if it’s all been the drug.

  “For the moment we have the attention of the group, or Circle, whatever. I’m hoping they open up some more once they see that not only am I a Dom, but I’m a Master with skills.”

  “Okay. Are you done for now? I have some news that might change your decision to go back into that pit of vipers.

  “We got a hold of one of the members from out of state. He was pulled over after he crossed state lines from Georgia to Florida. He’s giving me all kinds of information. Names, addresses, and who has what sub. Biggest thing is that a few of the Doms in the Florida Chapter are true sadists. We have enough to break this circle right this minute. I promised we wouldn’t jump in and take over and I’m going to keep that promise. But I don’t think you going in is a good idea anymore, Lucas. It’s dangerous and we can take them.”

  “What about the murders Aaron? They’re happening here, so the Dom is most likely here too. We can’t just break this down and hope one of the members in custody is the one killing these boys. You know I’m right, Aaron. You know that I won’t let this killer go. If he’s not stopped, he’ll move to a different place and start again. I can’t live with that on my conscience, can you?”

  Lucas starring Aaron down was hot as hell. I apparently wasn’t the only one affected either. Sam was practically drooling. When he looked over and saw me watching him, he dropped his gaze to the papers as if they held the secret to immortality. I couldn’t help the smile on my face.

  “Lucas, I don’t like the idea of you going in there, but I can’t
stand the idea of even one more death. I’ll follow your lead, but we need to take stronger safety precautions. We have some lovely new gadgets that I want to talk to you about before you leave. Nifty stuff that we can monitor all sorts of things, stuff that will never be suspected.” Aaron was still concerned, but willing to help anyway he could.

  “We would appreciate any help you can give us. Thank you for understanding. As a cop, I understand the need to take them down, but I need to know for my own peace of mind that I did my best to protect and serve. We need to get down to the bottom and start our way up. Your information and everything we have, I need to know what I’m looking for. That’s where you come in, Mr. FBI Profiler.”

  The laugh that circled the room again broke the tension we were all feeling and we did just as Lucas said. Started from the bottom.

  *************

  Lucas

  With the case laid out in all its gruesome glory, we were able to get a feel for not only the Circle, but the murderer also. Full blown sociopath, obsessed with certain details, and always meticulously dressed beyond normal behavior. Seeming friendly because it helped to further whatever aims they had, but it was a fake, superficial attempt at friendship. They use people whenever it is expedient in furtherance of their plan.