DEEPER

Demi demands that her lover leave her with marks that are as strong as the feeling was.

Mickey and Naomi play a game that has only a handful of rules. Rule 1 is simple: always be ready. The game is not knowing what for.

Roommate matters run most smoothly when they tread lightly near each other’s partners, and when Morgan catches Paige’s boyfriend spying on her, she thinks she’s doing Paige a favor by showing him as the culprit he is. Paige is unrelenting though. She makes him finish the crime. Then she punishes him in biblical fashion—an eye for an eye.

First dates are always a gamble, and Evelin finds Kyle to be a losing bet. When a more suitable mate interrupts their meal, Evelin doesn’t look back. She should have, though, because Kyle is right behind them.

Megan’s only desire is to serve as a slave to Kenna, and serve she does. When Ryan questions the relationship, Kenna cuts to the center of what he’s asking. “Do you want to try her?” Of course he does. No need to pretend otherwise for the sake of nicety.

Given the chance to audition for a great, Mia takes the stage with a quiet apprehension. Her performance is good enough, but what Markus demands is exactitude. He sets her legs apart by forcing her to suspend a chain between her ankles, then spreads her knees wider with a crop. “Do you know my methods,” he asks. She nods. “And do you consent?”

Karla’s partner begs her to try a cuckold fantasy he’s had his mind on, but Karla knows him well enough to know better. She also has a large enough soft spot for him that she does it anyway. But once it begins, a line is drawn in the sand. Both choose their sides, and both are surprised by what they find there.

"She was me. Her face, her hair, her skin, her breasts. And the question suddenly became not who he was cheating on me with, but whether he had found my twin to be attractive on account of her likeness to me, or attractive on account of her difference from me, the only difference being, as far as I could tell, our identities. My personhood versus hers." Lena forces her husband to fuck his mistress in front of her, then compares his energy to how he fucks her.

It's his special day - and Emily has the perfect birthday present for Marcus. Forget watches, aftershave and other gifts, because this birthday surprise is one he is never likely to forget.

The sound of the rope-do you hear it? That’s the sound of you being let off the world’s hook.

Rebel refuses the idea of holding back for the sake of propriety. When her boss denies her advances with the tired suggestion that the two remain friends, she makes it clear that two people on opposite sides of the line cannot be friends. Opposing forces are enemies.

Haley tells the oldest story in the book—the one about a woman who sets her sights on what she wants and the man she pulls in with her.