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all mine,” Alec said in a silky tone.
    “And mine.” Jared’s fingers slid under her chin and he pulled her face up for a brief kiss before grinning at Alec. “That’s quite a sack you’ve got there, Santa. Did you bring something fun for us to play with?”
    “You know it.” Alec walked to the bed and set the silky black bag on the mattress.
    He was the one who’d gotten Jared interested in sexual domination, and Jared had always spoken of the “dungeon” in Alec’s apartment and his vast collection of toys with awe. “You in the mood for rope?”
    “Definitely.” Jared pointed to the center of the floor. “Kneel with your back to the bed, Princess, and tell Alec your safe word.”
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    Robin L. Rotham
    “Prince,” she replied as she knelt easily and spread her knees, placing her hands in the small of her back. Instead of bowing her head, she looked him in the eye. “But I won’t be needing it, Sir.”
    For a second, he frowned at her. “What’s gotten into you, Grace? A week ago you were skittish as hell at the thought of needing a safe word.”
    “A week ago, you were skittish as hell when I kissed your cheek too,” Alec added, sounding very much like the criminal attorney he was. “Now you act like my seeing you naked is the most natural thing in the world. You almost seem like a different woman.”
    Thirty years of hell on earth will do that to a girl . “I guess I’ve just…matured a little in my thinking.” She looked back and forth between them. It was hard to believe that tomorrow they’d both be dead and she’d be alone. Again. “Life is short,” she said unsteadily. “I don’t want to miss a thing.”
    Alec’s brows rose. “You know something I don’t?”
    Grace hesitated. It was probably pointless to try to change the past, but she didn’t see where she had much to lose by making an attempt.
    “Don’t go to the game tomorrow,” she finally said.
    “Grace!” Jared frowned at her. “That was supposed to be a surprise too!”
    She shook her head. “I don’t care. Just…don’t go to the game. Please.”
    “You don’t want to go?” he asked.
    “Me?” Grace was stunned. “You mean I’m supposed to go with you?”
    “Of course you are! Who did you think?”
    “I thought…Alec…”
    “We’re all going together, as a surprise .” He narrowed his gaze at her. “But apparently you’re not an easy woman to surprise.”
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    Seniorella
    Her mind worked to wrap itself around the truth. Even if she hadn’t run away, Jared and Alec would still be dead—and she would have died in the car wreck with them.
    “Stay home,” she said urgently. “No matter what happens tomorrow, don’t go to the game. Please. If you love me, Jared, please don’t go.”
    Silence reigned as they stared at each other for a long moment.
    “We’ll see,” he said at last, crossing his arms over his chest. “But first, I think you’re overdue for some punishment, Princess. Eyes on the floor.”
    As he waited for her to comply, Grace took a deep, cleansing breath and felt the weight of the world flow out of her. That was probably all he was going to say about the matter, but she knew Jared would yield to her wishes. Master or not, he always did when something was really important to her.
    Why hadn’t she realized it thirty years ago? Why hadn’t she seen that there was nothing demeaning in offering her submission to this beautiful man, that it wasn’t a sign of any deficiency in her mental makeup? On the contrary, she felt immensely powerful as she lowered her eyes to the floor. Jared had always claimed that his domination was nothing without her submission, and it broke her heart that she hadn’t understood before it was too late.
    There was some rustling and murmuring behind her, and then Jared said, “No blindfold this time. I want her to see everything.”
    Thank God! It hadn’t occurred to her that they might blindfold her—that would really have put a kink in her plans