by Davis, SJ
The outside of the club is dark and uninviting, more like an empty warehouse, than somewhere to fulfill sexual desire. I don’t know much about this place except it is invitation only. Until now I never gave it a second thought how they determine who gets invited.
Now it’s a little late for worries, I’m here. The parking lot has minimal lighting, a misty fog rolls across the edges by the forest. I’ve never seen anything in the news about illegal activities and they have never been investigated. They wouldn’t still be open if it wasn’t mildly safe, right? I park my car by one of the overhead lights closest to the door and lock the doors.
With a deep breath I steady my nerves, grab my purse and lily off the roof of the car, and head to the entrance.
The tallest man I’ve ever seen holds the door open for me. He must be at least six foot eight inches tall and built like a brick wall. He’s wearing black leather pants that fit like a second skin and his black t-shirt ripples with his every movement.
“Invitation.” He holds his hand out.
“Yes.” Caught in a stare, his voice jolts me back to reality, and I hand him the invitation.
“Do you have your consent form and medical release papers?”
With a shaking hand, I surrender the paperwork. There is no backing out now.
He ushers me in the door, files the papers and flashes me a predatory smile that does nothing to quell the butterflies dancing in my stomach.
“This way, Miss.” He motions for me to follow.
We go through another doorway, into a dimly lit hall. The bass from the music inside vibrates through my bones.
“Take the door at the end of the hall to the barroom. You may have one alcoholic drink at the bar tonight, whatever you wish. The man that sent your invitation will be with you shortly.” He nods and shuts the door to the office.
Alone in the hallway, I assess my surroundings. Wrought iron sconces line the corridor dimly lighting the worn stonewalls. I feel like a sacrifice walking to meet the dragon at the edge of the cliff. My breath hitches as my footsteps echo down the long hall.
The closer I get to the door at the end of this tunnel, the louder the music gets. The second I enter the bar I freeze. Nothing here is what I expected for a BDSM bar. Smoke covers the floor, making me feel as if I’m on a cloud. The strobe light makes people look like they’re blinking in and out of existence. The huge wooden bar almost covers the length of the wall, and tables are spread along the outer edges of the room with plush booth seats.
In the middle of the room people dressed like me are dancing and mingling together. Thus far this reminds me of an upper class nightclub.
As someone who doesn’t frequent bars or nightclubs, especially on my own, I make my way to the bar, sit, and order a glass of red wine.
Thus far I don’t understand why this place is touted as BDSM, it’s just like every place else I’ve been. I lean back on the bar stool, twirling the lily and study the people dancing. Upon closer look, I finally spot a difference, not so much with the club, but the people. Some are wearing collars with leashes attached and some have whips on their hips.
I take a gulp of the wine in an attempt to calm my nerves and stop myself from running back to my car. This is not like me at all. I’ve never been on a blind date or tried any kind of bondage. While the idea has always appealed to me, I’ve never had the courage to try. I’m not sure I can completely give up control or let go during sex. I’m always concerned about where to put my hands, questioning if he enjoys what I’m doing, second-guessing every move I make. I lose the moment and never get any pleasure.
Though I can communicate well in my personal life, I can’t talk about sex. I don’t know how to tell a guy what I like or want. What if it turns him off? What if he doesn’t do it right and I still don’t get off? Then I just look uninterested at the least, at the most I look like someone who has no idea what they’re doing having sex in the first place.
I sit up. This was a bad idea, I should go. I don’t know that first thing about submission or what I need. From what I’ve read, the BDSM lifestyle has different levels of dominant and submissive. Communication is key. If I don’t know what I want how am I supposed to do this?
I take a breath. I can’t leave now. I have to try, and worse that happens is I don’t have to ever return. I can go live happily ever after with BOB.
My internal pep talk talk relaxes me, allowing me to enjoy the ambiance. The men working here are straight out of some supernatural romance novel, all over six feet tall, built solid and strong, just the kind of men to sweep a woman off her feet. I didn’t know men like this existed outside movies and books. Maybe tonight will be a lucky night after all.
***
She’s here. I felt her the moment she entered my domain. Her soul calls to mine, a lyrical melody meant only for me. I watch her as she walks to the bar, her body swaying with the sound of the music, her long auburn hair cascades down her back, and the heels I sent for her accentuate her long legs. The black lily she carries marks her as mine for all to see.
She sips the red wine so eloquently, displaying manners and grace. The thoughts flitting through her mind do not match the air of confidence she exudes, arguing with herself to stay or run. I can smell the sweet scent of her even through all the smoke and sweat of the club. My fangs ache for release, my body burns to claim what is mine.
My sweet Jasmine, a name to match her beauty.
For most of my two hundred years I have walked alone searching for the one who competes me. The one who calls to my soul, and, I opened this club in the hopes those of my kind have a safe haven to search for their soul mates.
As a species we enjoy the darker side of sex. While most of us prefer the dominant side of the relationship there are those who prefer subservient roles.
Our makers teach us the pleasures of the body, the thresholds of pain, dominance and submission. I believe it occurs naturally in us during the change, just as the need for blood occurs too, at least to the extent that we like to take things. Some of these tendencies are born in us as humans, just like those humans who chose dominate or submissive lifestyles. The change allows us to explore this natural progression. I knew none of this when I was turned long ago. These things were not spoken of, as it was not correct for socialites to discuss what happened in a bedroom. The night I turned I was taught what polite society refused to talk about. The deviant acts of pleasure that humans refused to acknowledge.
My maker was a wonderful teacher. She taught me about the body, the bliss it could behold was delightful, if not strange. I wasn’t her soul mate, but she loved me in her own way and taught me for many years. She told me there was something about my soul that called to her. I was the one that would change things for our kind. I didn’t believe her, I was only thirty when she turned me and new to sex, and never had a partner before her. I had no idea that pain and submission could bring about that much satisfaction. To understand exactly what someone needed to make them happy was a new experience for me. Never any fumbling around in the dark hoping to figure out what made a woman reach that pinnacle.
I was an educated man, but not a worldly one. I had no idea how to change the world for the supernatural beings, but my maker dreamed about the future, as it would come to pass, though she didn’t know when. Two hundred years later, her predictions were correct, I am changing things for our kind.
Our basic sexual needs are coming to light as humans come to terms with their own wants and needs.
Yes, there are many who condemn those who seek to find release in the darker side, but it’s becoming more mainstream. People are searching for pleasures untold, and this club is the playground.
It’s also a hunting ground for my kind. We meet people here without persecution, safe to indulge in our sexual wants and gratifications. No one needs to know what we are. People still don’t believe we exist, keeping us safe from our own hunters. We search in the city at night, but humans are only allowed in by invitation and then only on the top t
wo floors. A select few humans are allowed in the private rooms, only when I’m aware in advance.
Most humans believe the bottom floor, the one under what is considered the basement, is storage, and that’s the way I keep it.
The floor below is for our kind, vampires and other nonhuman races, to let loose and enjoy thirsts that cannot be quenched with just bondage. It is an area for more extreme play, Vampires and shifters alike tend to share blood during sex, and keeping those activities out of sight is safer. The humans are only told of our existence if we consider turning them. Not all of the humans invited are given such a choice, and those who are, have the opportunity to refuse. If they decide not to take us up on our offer, we conveniently alter their memories ensuring the safety of our secrets. It’s the only way to maintain safety for ourselves and the human we seek.
I approach her, stalking across the bar and slide silently into the stool beside her and lean down to her ear. “Hello my sweet, Jasmine, I’m Marcus.”
Her breath catches and she turns to me, a pink blush creeps into her cheeks. Jasmine holds out a delicate hand while the other presses to her chest trying to still her racing heart.
“Hi, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you.” She smiles, lowering her eyelids, a quiet giggle slipping past her ruby lips.
I kiss the hand she extends to me, her warmth radiating through my lips. “Should we move to a booth where we can talk a little more privately?” I keep her hand in mine and assist her off the bar stool as I stand. Her pulse calms, as her breathing returns to normal.
As we walk to the booth her scent wafts over me. Pure and clean like fresh morning dew, the sunshine in my darkness. My fangs pulse for release and my cock strains against my pants. I haven’t had this hard of a time controlling myself since I was a new vampire.
Jasmine calls to the animal in me to claim her, have her. The urge to throw her to the ground, taking her body and blood is almost more than I can bear. I’m not sure how long I can control myself when it comes to her.
She is perfection.
Chapter 2
Marcus. That’s the name of the man who invited me. He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever laid eyes on. Now, sitting in the booth, I have a better chance to examine him. The candle light glints off his ebony hair like the stars in a midnight sky. It curls seductively at the nape of his neck, brushing the collar of his white button down shirt. The shiny black strands sweep softly across his forehead in thick waves. My fingers ache to run through it. His eyes like the finest whiskey, amber flecked with gold, shadowed by long dark eyelashes that touch his cheeks as he peers down at me. A straight aristocratic nose highlighted by chiselled cheekbones.
My gaze is drawn to the most kissable lips, full and luscious with a perfect cupid’s bow. A five o’clock shadow graces his jawline making him appear more dangerous, than the black leather pants his legs are packed in. The leather clings to him, moving like a second skin, leaving little room for imagination, as he leads me to a corner booth. His white shirt, open at the neck, revealing a smooth and perfect chest, direct from the gods themselves.
He holds my hand as we sit in the booth, rubbing his thumb across my knuckles, the electricity of his touch igniting a slow burn low in my belly. I find it hard to concentrate on mundane conversation as my clit throbs in wanton desire, begging for attention
“Jasmine? What do you do for a living?” His voice filters through the fire racing through my mind.
“I...uh... I run a homeopathic remedy store in town.” I look into his eyes, losing myself in the swirling golden depths. “What about you?”
“I own this club.” His eyes sparkle, pulling me deeper under his spell. “Is there any questions you have about it?”
“Yeah, I guess I do. I mean well I don’t want to sound rude, but I don’t get how this is so different from any other club? The people are just mingling.”
“My dear this is only the social area. We don’t do scenes on this floor.” His laughter floats around me curling around my body, sending shivers down my spine.
“Oh, I see. What other levels are there?” I adjust my position in the booth, pressing my legs together to quell the insistent throbbing of my clit.
“There are private rooms upstairs. They are for patrons who wish to have one on one time together.” He strokes the pad of his thumb over my knuckles, raising goose bumps across my flesh. “There is a lower level, playroom, with different areas set up, depending on one’s fancy.”
“Oh.” I take another gulp of my wine, attempting to wet my own thirst.
“Tell me more about your business. Do you make all the things you sell?” He smiles.
“Yes, I do. I grow all the herbs in my garden at home. I love making things that are good for people and safe.” My heart skips a beat, at his interest in my business.
“You must be very talented to do all of that yourself.”
My face heats and I know I am blushing. “Thank you. I love what I do. It’s a rewarding job.”
He strokes his thumb across my palm, sending electric tingles shooting through my body. Every touch he places on my hand ignites a spark in my belly. My curiosity for the other levels of the club makes my heart pound in my chest. I don’t want to appear too eager, I could lose myself in a place like this. There are safety rules in place, people monitoring and watching the happenings, and safe words that must be adhered too.
Ever since he touched me the first time, my body has ached for him, a slow torturous poison swirling through my system. The lust encompasses me, like a snake coiled around me squeezing the breath from my lungs. The venom scorching though my veins, scalding my blood, Marcus is the only antidote for my passion. My nipples rub into the corset, fighting the restraint. I don’t know what is wrong with me. My hormones have taken up the driver’s seat in my brain, logically reasoning has not place here, lust and desire are in control.
“Would you like me to show you any of the other rooms?” The smile he flashes me tells me knows something, but I’m not sure what.
I nod, and he leads me to the doors along the back wall.
He tilts my chin up, forcing me to meet his gaze. “Up or down?”
Knowing he means private or playroom, I decide public playroom sounds safest. I’ve never been into public displays, but I’m not sure I can contain myself in private. “Down.”
The sounds coming from the playroom assault my ears, as we walk down the stairs. The moaning, screaming, the distinct whistle of whips being whirled through the air before the loud crack, reverberates through my bones. My heart races and adrenaline floods my system, my muscles tense, as I go into fight or flight. I don’t know if I can do this. I don’t even know anyone who does it.
I back up into a solid wall of muscle. His arms come around my shoulders, stroking my arms, blazing a trail of lust in their wake.
“It’s okay. We are just down here so you can look around. I’ll keep you safe. You don’t have anything to worry about.” His hot breath bathes my ear.
I know it sounds crazy, but I do feel safe in his arms, protected.
Marcus opens the door the smell of sweat and sex hit me hard, my clit throbs in time with my racing heart. My arousal seeps onto my thighs, as my core clenches in need.
Though part of me wishes I chose to go up to the private rooms to have him quench my need, curiosity gets the best of me.
He takes my hand leading me into the room. A woman is tied to a large wooden X shaped rack, naked and writhing as a man dressed in black pants teases her with a riding crop.
Her moans grow louder with each stroke he makes on her body. Angry, red welts streak across her back and thighs. I bury my face in Marcus’s chest, hiding from the site as the man raises his arm to bring the crop down across her ass.
Marcus wraps his arms around me and leans down. “Look closer, listen carefully to her.”
I do as he asks and notice the wetness running between her thighs, the moaning for more, in fact, she is begging for it.
We walk further into the room and my gaze is riveted to where shackles and cuffs line the wall.
People in all manners of undress are locked in the shackles. Moans drag my attention higher in the room; large birdcages hang from the ceiling with naked bodies locked inside.
“These areas are reserved for a submissive that needs to be punished.” Marcus points as he continues as my guide.
My gaze continues to dart around the space. The spanking benches? I recognize those from Internet research. There are various whips, floggers and crops hanging on one of the walls. There are also various dildos and vibrators on the shelves next to them.
Drawn to the area where the spanking benches are, I curl closer to Marcus. There is a young man strapped down with shackles, his ass high in the air, covered with vicious red welts. The woman behind him holds a cane high in the air. She strikes him across his exposed ass, the skin opening up and a trickle of blood oozes down the cheek. The man is sobbing and apologizing, but it falls on deaf ears. As she brings her arm up to strike him again, Marcus turns to me.
“Stay right here Jasmine, I need to check on this.” He leaves me to go to the woman in black. Marcus takes the cane from the woman’s hand, her eyes sparkle with unshed tears as she runs from the room. He releases the man from the shackles and motions over the dungeon monitor. After handing the man over to the monitor He turns and stalks back to me,
“I’m sorry about that Jasmine, that woman’s name is Sam, her and I have been friends along time.” His eyes tell a story of sorrow. “Sometimes she gets a little out of control. I-”
I put my finger against his lips, silencing his explanation. “Marcus, that is her story to tell, if she wants me to know she can tell me.”
Marcus flashes that predatory smile. “Well then love, lets continue your tour. These are the examining tables.” He motions to the far corner of the room.
My heart hammers against my rib cage, threatening to break free, my breath coming in ragged gasps when I spy the medical examiner table in the corner of the room with a petite woman strapped down and her feet buckled in the stirrups.