The Billionaire's Son 7 : Equinox (A BDSM Erotic Romance) (Billionaire Erotica) (5 page)

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Derek peeled back the flap of another tent and peered inside the dimly lit interior. The crack of a whip had him hastily retreating. His brief glimpse of the proceedings had him convinced that Elise was not in that tent.

He had already searched the lower floor of the enormous house and most of the grounds. Methodically, he checked every tent. Nowhere did he spot Elise. He was getting almost desperate to find her - he wanted to end this crazy quest tonight
.
He needed the ghost of Elise out of his life so that he could concentrate fully on Julia.

Derek grabbed the arm of a girl in a rope harness who was rushing past him, stopping her in her tracks. "I'm looking for Sasha."

The girl shook her head and scampered away. Grimacing with frustration, Derek looked for another girl to ask. Most girls were fully occupied, so he was having trouble finding anyone to question.

After several fruitless minutes, he sat on a small garden bench. He thought about Julia, sexily displayed in that box, for anyone to see. He wondered if she was enjoying herself.
If other men turned her on.
His stomach clenched as he considered it.

Was Ethan right? Maybe he wasn't enough for her. He certainly hadn't been able to hold on to Elise. And now the obligation he felt to Elise had led him here, to this crazy party, where he just might lose Julia.

He wanted to drag Julia out of that damned box and bring her home. Lock her away from all other men. But he knew that crushing Julia's adventurous spirit would not keep her with him for long.
The only way to hold on to her was to let her go.

Derek headed over to the stage. It was littered with groups of people having sex in the spotlights. A particularly large orgy was in progress at center stage and was broadcast in fine detail on the large screen to the right of the theatre area.

Derek paused to search the participants for Elise. The scene looked like badly produced amateur porn. Drunken people of various shapes and sizes fumbled and groped wildly at each other. Derek searched the women, ruling out most by body shape and some by their masks. He looked everywhere for a red and yellow mask.

He was almost ready to give up when he spotted the mask. He stared in disbelief for several minutes before he was convinced that it really was Elise. She was splayed across two seats in the amphitheater, her head hanging upside-down off the edge of one seat. A man was between her spread legs pounding into her pussy, while another was ramming his dick down her throat.

Derek focused on the red and yellow mask, the black feathers flapping with every thrust. When the man at her head finished, he walked away without a backwards glance. The other man continued thrusting into her with force.
Derek waited impatiently for another ten minutes before the second man was done. Elise didn't move when the man left. Instead
she started fingering herself.

He had spent so much time and energy searching for her, that he didn't care if he had to interrupt her lewd display. He wasn't going to let her get away. He made his way through the rows of chairs over to her.

The mask did not hide her lips. She smiled up at him and licked her lips suggestively. "What took you so long? I was beginning to think that you only liked to watch."

Derek nearly growled back at her. "I'm not interested in what you're offering, Elise."

Elise hastily scrambled to sit up. "Derek!"

She was wearing the standard rope harness that most of the slaves wore, but
it did nothing to turn him on.

When she had finally
up righted
herself, she turned a nasty glare on him. "I thought I told your girlfriend to warn you to back off."

Derek suppressed his anger. "Leave her out of this. This is about you, Elise. You disappeared without a trace - without even letting your family know. They're worried sick about you. They think you could be dead."

Elise looked around and lowered her voice. "They can just go on believing I'm dead - it's better that way."

Derek shook his head. "It's not better for them. They're in agony not knowing what happened. They have the police investigating.
The police even suspected I might know something. Elise, you have to let them know you're okay."

Elise smiled smugly. "They'll get over it. I chose this for myself. I'll never go back to that boring life again. This is where I want to be and I have very powerful people protecting me. I'm warning you Derek, don't tell anyone you saw me or you'll regret it. Elise is dead."

The culmination of his anger bubbled up as he thought about all she had put
her family and
him through her with her selfish behavior.
"Dammit, Elise. If you don't tell them, I will. I can't believe you're so selfish to let them suffer like that."

Elise looked petulant. "Don't Derek. Does Jackson know you're a member of his little club now? I doubt it. And what about your girlfriend, Katia?
How would you feel if Daddy
fucked
another one of your girlfriends? You know, you could learn a thing or two from your Daddy. His cock is - "

"
You're threats are childish, Elise.
" Derek interrupted her rant. Besides turning his stomach, this conversation was going nowhere.

Elise slipped off her mask.
"You never could satisfy me, Derek. I had to turn to Jackson. You're a nobody."

Derek was surprised at the venom in her voice. He had never done anything to deserve her wrath. In fact, if anything he was the injured party. But he didn't care about past history. He just wanted to convince her to let her family know she was okay.

"Elise, just one phone call to your parents would do it. Just so that they know you are okay."

Elise scowled at him. "No! Once they find out, they'll never
leave me alone
. I'm happy without them. I'm warning you not to tell them, Derek.
Or you can kiss your girlfriend good-bye.
"

"It's not fair to them."
Derek felt his impatience growing.

Elise jabbed her finger at him.
"Well, if that doesn't convince you, maybe this will. You've heard of The Senator, Derek? Well, I'm his favorite. One word from me and he will crush you like a bug.
So I suggest you
just back the fuck off
."

Derek's eyes narrowed in annoyance. There was no convincing her. Elise really was dead. The woman before him was somebody completely different. They stood at an impasse for several minutes before Derek
left, "Good luck, Sasha."

His head began pounding as he walked away. He
sidestepped
an amorous couple on the ground and headed away from the amphitheater.
He just wanted to find Julia and get away from th
e
whole mess.

***

At last, the spotlight went out. Everything w
ent
momentarily black as my eyes adjusted to the sudden darkness. While I began making out shapes of people moving
outside
my plastic enclosure
, I felt the cool night air wash over my body as the box was opened.

I gulped in the fresh air as the rubber-suited man helped me out of the box.

"Follow me." He guided me away from the sounds of the party into a small tent set up behind the stage. Other girls were already there, chatting excitedly about their experiences. The handlers and a few other women were helping the girls back into their collars and rope harnesses.

I asked the man helping me, "What happens next?"

After all I had been through, the man's
rubber
costume
,
which I had found so creep
il
y
disturbing
only weeks earlier
, seemed almost amusing now.

He finished tying my ropes. "Now you're free to enjoy yourself as you please. If you're looking for some fun, I can show you a thing or two."

I shivered as I remembered his gloved fingers penetrating me earlier. "Uh, maybe later. I need to find someone first."

I left the tent with a few other girls
who were
eager to join the party and followed the dark path towards the sounds of activity. The lawn was brightly lit with torches and lanterns. Everywhere I looked, people were engaged in outrageous behavior.
I didn't stop to
watch
, I was only interested in one thing, finding Derek.

I hesitated for a moment as I passed
numerous
masked m
e
n
, all looking eerily similar,
all engaged in sexual acts
. How could I expect Derek to keep up our pact in the face of such extreme
surroundings
? Especially after all I had experienced this night. Should I be searching these men more carefully? Could Derek be one of them?

Shaking off my doubts, I moved through the grounds. Except for when he was drugged, Derek had never seemed too interested in the sex club. His
sole focus
was always to find Elise.

I stood uncertainly under a torch searching the lawn
s
. My heart started beating fast as a masked man approached. Could it be Derek?

He stood before me inspecting
me
thoroughly
.
Like all the other women present,
I was quite naked except for the
collar and rope harness. Despite the fact that I had performed a striptease in front of the entire crowd and had been displayed in an acrylic box, I still blushed under the heat of the man's gaze. Derek had told me that I looked sexy in the harness. Was
the man Derek,
thinking the same thing at this very moment?

A hand reached out from under the robe and caressed my breast. It was long and thin
and roughly calloused,
and most definitely not Derek's.

"I've been waiting for you. It's not midnight, but I don't think I can wait any longer."

I froze at the sound of the voice.
It was the man from the box who wanted me to meet
up with
him.
I knew this man
, but I still couldn't place his voice
. Who was
he
?

I backed away from his hand, shaking my head.

He stepped towards me. "You don't have to play shy with me. I could tell how much you liked my finger sliding in and out of you." His fingers captured and squeezed my nipple.

He had backed me up against a hedge of pruned shrubs
,
which scratched and poked at my bare back
. I tried to slip past him but he held tightly to my arm.
"Just think how you would feel with this sliding between your legs."

The man parted his cape to reveal his bulging cock. My eyes widened at the incredible girth of it.

"No, I'm not interested. Now please let me go." I was beginning to worry, but I spoke with what I hoped was an authoritative air.

The hand not restraining my wrist slipped down my body
, moving towards my hip. "Just relax, baby. You're gonna like this."

Before I could even contemplate my next move, the man let go of my wrist and spun around. I saw the hand on the man's shoulder and knew it was Derek before he even spoke.

"I believe the lady said no." Derek had found me at the right moment.

The man spat out his reply belligerently. "This is none of your business. Stay out of it."

Derek spoke calmly. "I'm not sure The Club condones this sort of behavior, Mr. uh, and what was your name again?"

The man
tried to wave
Derek aside. "We were just settling a disagreement.
Everything is okay now. You can move along."

Derek stood watching the man for a moment. Suddenly, he reached up and removed the
mask
from the man's face
.

I gasped in shock. It took only a moment
for me
to remember the man's name. It was Mr. Thomas, Jackson's aide that had interviewed me for the forensic accounting job months ago.

Mr. Thomas flailed uncertainly. "Give
that back to me
!" His desperation was evident.

Derek handed him the mask, which he quickly put back on. Mr. Thomas was gone in less than a second. Derek chuckled at the man's hasty retreat, but I trembled. Not only were Jackson's hands all over me tonight, but so were his assistant
'
s.
This was just getting too much for me.

I let Derek mistake my trembling for fear of what might have happened. He gallantly offered me his cape. Instead, I just crawled inside it with him.
I pressed against his warm length and never felt so content.

Derek wrapped me in a warm embrace. "This has been one dull party without you, Princess. I've been missing you all night."

I basked in the
exhilaration
I felt at his words. "I just want to be with you Derek. Let's get out of here.
I've had enough of this place."

Surprised,
Derek cocked an eyebrow at me. "Me too. You don't have to ask me twice. Let's go."

I held onto him for a moment longer. "You don't have to look so surprised about it.
I'd just like a little privacy - when I
finally
have my way with you."

Derek laughed. "C'mon. Scott is waiting for us. With some normal clothes this time. Until then, you can have my cape."

I was about to tease him when I remembered Elise. "Wait! What about Elise?"

Derek finished fastening the cape around me. "Let's not worry about her anymore. I found her and she's not willing to come out of hiding. She doesn't even want her parents to know she's alive."

My heart sank. "
But then you're back
to
where you started.
"

Derek grabbed my hand and started leading me out of the party. "Not exactly. For one thing, I know she's alive and not being held against her will. And despite her threats, I'm going to tell her parents."

I stopped walking. "Derek, I don't know. What if they don't believe you - it's all so…strange. And what will Elise do when she finds out?"

Derek shrugged. "I snapped some photos of Elise while she was, um, occupied. Scott gave me a miniature camera, and I was able to get close enough that I think she'll be recognizable by her parents. I even got some photos of her without her
wearing a mask
. I'll let them know about her
circumstances.
She is an adult so I'm not sure they have any recourse.
They may very well write her off with what I'm sure they'll call her 'deviant sexual lifestyle'. It might be too embarrassing for them. At least they'll
know
.
What they do
with it is up to them."

Derek continued nonchalantly, "
As to her threats, she made all kinds of wild ones. I'll deal with that when the time comes.
Finally,
I feel like a big weight is lifted from my shoulders.
And it feels great.
Now, i
t's time to focus on the future. Our future."

My stomach did a funny little flip-flop. "And what is our future?"

Derek pulled me against his body. "Our immediate future is getting the hell out of here and getting some
where
private so I can ravage you. I have been aching for you all night. But beyond that, I want to let the whole world know that you're mine. No more sneaking around, no more games. Just you and me."

I felt my guard slipping. "S
o far those plans sound okay
."

Derek laughed. "
Just okay?
I see I'm going to have to do some convincing.
Well, I'
ve
got
plenty more plans for us. And I'll spend all my energy convincing you
how good they are
.
"

I looked up into his stunningly piercing eyes. "M
aybe you should start now.
"

"Maybe I will." Derek flashed me a mischievous smile before his lips lowered against my own. I yielded to his demanding kiss
as waves of desire shot through me.

I clung to Derek with desperation. I was drowning in a sea of delirious happiness. And I was right where I wanted to be.