Blurb
At twenty-six, Emilia knows three things for sure: she's queer, she's a born submissive, and monogamy hurts her more than it helps. After breaking her own heart trying to live under one collar, she swears her next relationship will match her wiring on purpose.
Ren seems like the answer.
A high-powered lawyer and meticulous Domme, Ren runs her relationships like a well-tuned household. One long-distance sub, one local, clear hierarchy, written rules. When Emilia joins as the third submissive, high protocol feels like heaven: choreographed scenes, polished rituals, three bodies at Ren's feet. For the first time, her desire for "more than one" isn't a problem to fix — it's built into the structure.
Then Emilia and fellow sub Tess start covering the gap Ren's rules don't touch: the late-night softness, the crying after scenes, the simple need to be held. When Ren discovers their hidden tenderness, she rewrites the household rules to include it — for a while.
As work pressure builds and old patterns return, Emilia has to choose: stay in the best-constructed poly/D/s system she's ever seen, or walk away from a collar that fits her kink and fails her heart.
Story
(Excerpt )
“Breathe in,” Tess said.
Emilia inhaled. The leather cinched around her waist, not tight enough to restrict her breath, tight enough to remind her of its presence.
“Too much?” Tess asked.
“It’s good,” Emilia said. “Feels like being held.”
“Fitting,” Tess said. “Given the engraving.”
Emilia touched the collar at her throat, the words inside it almost a phantom sensation now. Held, not tamed. On the bed, Brooke sat cross-legged in stockings and a half-done garter, painting a thin line of eyeliner in the compact she’d balanced on her knee.
“I still can’t believe I’m actually here for one of these,” Brooke said, “Party nights always feel less real through a screen.”
“You’ll change your mind when you smell the dungeon,” Tess replied. “It’s very real.”
Emilia laughed before she could stop herself.
“What, leather and sweat?” she asked.
“And the cleaning fluid afterwards,” Tess said. “Don’t forget the romance.”
Ren was at the dresser, back to them, adjusting the cuffs of her dark suit. Tonight she wore charcoal instead of black, the lines of the jacket sharp. The only concession to decoration was the silver tie clip shaped like a narrow bar.
“Less commentary, more readiness,” Ren said, tone dry, watching them all in the mirror. “We’re leaving in fifteen minutes.”
Format: Ebook/Paperback
Length: Full-length novel, approx. 115,000 words · 459 pages
Genre: Lesbian romance
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