Desire's Awakening (34 page)

Though still pinned beneath the larger Dom, Damien twisted to reach for the chain when Victor bent over to retrieve the knife. The chain lay inches beyond his grasp. Damien balled his hands together and crashed his fists down hard on Victor’s neck. The big Dom fell face-down on the ground. Damien struggled desperately to reach the chain before Victor recovered and was grateful when a bystander kicked the chain to him.

Victor rose up and turned over in time to be hit in the head with the chain. The skin near his right eye split open. Blood pooled in that eye, forcing Victor to pause to wipe it away to clear his vision. Damien took advantage of the moment to wrap the chain around Victor’s neck and pull hard. Victor tried to pry the chain away from his throat by clawing at it but did not succeed. Finally weakening and gasping for breath, he gurgled out his response.

“All right, all right. You win. You can have her! Let me go before you kill me.”

Damien released the chain and stood over Victor. The crowd cheered.

“Get up! I could turn you in for attempted kidnapping, you know. But I just want you out of town. And I don’t ever want to see your ugly face ever again. You better be gone by morning.”

Victor stood shaking and clasping his throat. He was a bloody mess. He nodded his head.

“You still owe me a sub, Damien, so I’m taking Corinne,” he growled.

“She’s yours. You deserve each other. Now get the hell out of here.” Victor picked up his coat from the ground and walked to the driver’s side of his truck.

Damien went to the truck and opened the passenger door. He lifted Kaitlin into his arms. He saw Corinne sitting in the backseat, a look of sheer disgust on her face. Victor crawled into the driver’s seat and closed the door.

“You win, Damien. I hope you’re happy. Good luck with your bitch!” Victor spat at him.

“Same to you!” Damien closed the door and Victor sped off with Corinne.

“Good riddance!”

Damien slid Kaitlin down to the ground and removed her blindfold, gag and rope. She smiled up at him.

“Sir, thank you. I was sure I’d never see you again, Sir.”

He placed his hands on both sides of her head, looking at the beautiful, courageous sub.

“I’m not that easy to get rid of.” He leaned down and kissed her tenderly. The crowd cheered. He looked around and smiled, nodding his head in thanks.

“We’ve come this far. Let’s get it over with. Come on, we have an auction to attend.” Taking her hand in his, he led her back into the castle. When he got to the line, he turned her over to the Domme in charge of leading the girls on stage. Kat turned eyes bright with tears toward him.

“Sir, I…um… just wanted to tell you…”

“I know. You don’t have to say anything.”

“But…”

Damien walked away from her and joined his friend in the audience. He was pleased to note that Melissa was seated next to Tim. He smiled warmly at her and she smiled back at him.

“Good job. And you did it all by yourself. I’m proud of you. Congratulations, my friend.”

“Thanks to you. Is everything all right, Sir?” Timothy pointed to the bruises on his face and arms. “It looks as if you ran into a train.”

“No, just Victor. But he’s hurting a lot more than I am. Everything’s going to be all right very soon. Watch.” He nodded to the stage and the announcer called out Kaitlin’s statistics.

“Here we go folks, this one almost got lost, but we found her. She’s a native Floridian…a local no less and she’s twenty-five years old.” He led her over to the center of the stage and turned her around for everyone to see.

“She’s quite the beauty, isn’t she? Look at these lovely piercings. Why, you could just have hours of fun leading her around with these.” He tugged on the dangling gold chain and Kat jumped. “And this one is fully trained and ready to serve. Do I hear an opening bid? Ten thousand? Yes Sir. Twelve thousand, okay. Oh, there’s another for fifteen thousand. No, now I have eighteen thousand. Now twenty thousand. Do I have any more bids? Twenty thousand dollars going once, going twice, sold for twenty thousand dollars to the gentlemen holding number seven hundred eighty-eight.”

Kat was led to the edge of the stage and stood waiting for her new owner. The bright lights shone in her eyes. It wasn’t until she reached the bottom of the stairs that she was able to see her new Master for the first time. It was Damien! He accepted her leash from the announcer.

“It was you?” she said incredulously. “You bid on me? I thought you wanted to get rid of me.” Tears trickled down her cheeks. He swiped them away.

“Shh, shh, easy now. Why would I want to get rid of you? I love you, Kaitlin. I knew it from the moment our eyes met. I had to do it this way to make it legal. I’m tired of being accused of taking advantage of my position to get what I want, so I figured I’ll just pay for your training package and get it over with.”

He pulled a new collar out of his pocket and displayed it to her.

“Kat, will you accept this collar and be my submissive?”

“Oh yes Sir! I would love to be yours!” Tears of happiness slid down her cheeks.

“And I want to be your Master.” He brushed away the tears with his thumbs. Just saying the words freed him from the pain and suffering he had gone through during the past two weeks.

“Sir, I love you so much! I’m so sorry for what happened.”

He placed his fingertips against her lips. “Shhh. It doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you accept me as your Master.”

“Oh Sir, I do! I do, Sir!”

“Then what do you say? Let’s get out of here and do some celebrating of our own in my bedroom. I have this great technique that I’ve wanted to try on you. It involves some pink fur-covered handcuffs, a bottle of wine and some ice.”

He placed her hand in the crook of his arm and they headed for the door.

“Sounds like our kind of play, Sir.”

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