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Switch Dynamic

Author: Tyson Roy
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When Marco first suggested I try topping him, I thought he was joking.

“Me? Dominate you?” I laughed, nearly choking on the wine we were sharing in one of Elysium’s side lounges. The room smelled faintly of sandalwood and leather, the low hum of music from the main floor just a heartbeat away.

He grinned, leaning back with his trademark easy charm. “Why not? You’ve trusted me enough to let me show you the ropes—literally. Think of this as… empathy training.”

I raised a brow. “Empathy training?”

“Exactly.” He leaned forward, his tone dropping into a teasing purr. “You’ll never truly understand what Victor feels until you’ve had someone look up at you with those wide eyes, waiting for your next command.”

Heat rippled down my spine at the thought, though I tried to play it cool. “And you want to be that someone?”

Marco’s smile was sly. “What can I say? I like variety. Besides, I’m not asking you to crack a whip. Just… play. Experiment. See what it feels like to hold the reins.”

I bit my
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  • Shadows of Desire   Marco Shares Clues

    Marco found me in the library lounge after hours, when most of the club had emptied and the air smelled of leather, wax, and a faint trace of espresso. I’d curled myself in a chair with my notebook—pretending to write, but mostly staring at blank pages.He slid into the chair opposite me with his usual grin, but tonight it was thinner, stretched over something sharper. His fingers tapped a restless rhythm on the armrest.“You’re brooding, kitten,” he teased, his voice low enough not to carry.I arched a brow. “Says the man pacing in his chair.”He chuckled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “Touché. But I didn’t come here for banter. I came because I think I’ve found something.”My pulse quickened. “Something… about the devices?”His grin vanished. He leaned forward, elbows on his knees, voice dropping to a whisper. “Patterns. You know how Victor and I catalogued when each recorder and camera was discovered?”“Yes.”“Well, I cross-referenced them with shift logs—staff, dungeon monitors, e

  • Shadows of Desire   Victor’s Fury

    I’d seen Victor angry before. I’d seen his eyes turn sharp when a club rule was broken, when a scene grew unsafe, when someone tested his authority. But this was different. This wasn’t a flicker of frustration—it was fire banked beneath steel, waiting for the right moment to erupt.The morning after Rafael and Nadia’s scene had leaked, Victor barely spoke. He prowled the penthouse like a predator caged in glass, his shirt sleeves rolled, his jaw clenched so tight I could see the muscles twitch. He spent hours on the phone with Marco, with security, with legal contacts whose names I didn’t know. And when he wasn’t on the phone, he was pacing.I sat on the edge of the sofa, clutching my tea, watching him. The collar around my throat was a constant reminder of his vow, but it also felt like a chain tonight—binding me to his fury.Finally, I whispered, “Victor, talk to me.”He stopped mid-step, his gaze cutting toward me. Blue fire, cold and hot at once. “Talk?” His voice was low, dangero

  • Shadows of Desire   Rumblings of Betrayal

    The first whisper reached me on the balcony.I’d just adjusted the new collar around my neck, still not used to the weight of it, when Lena came rushing up the steps, her eyes wide. She pressed her phone into my hands without a word.At first, I didn’t understand what I was seeing. The grainy clip showed a dim room, candlelit, the familiar outlines of one of Elysium’s private chambers. A couple moved in rhythm—a Dominant’s voice low and commanding, a submissive’s cry soft and full of surrender. It wasn’t explicit in the vulgar sense; it was intimate, vulnerable.And yet… it was online. Public.“Oh my God,” I whispered, my stomach twisting.Lena’s voice shook. “It’s Rafael and Nadia. One of their private scenes. Someone filmed it.”I couldn’t breathe. Rafael and Nadia were pillars of Elysium—married, seasoned, endlessly generous with their guidance. They were the kind of couple everyone looked to for stability, for wisdom. To see their private intimacy stolen like this felt like watchi

  • Shadows of Desire   D/s Ritual

    The room smelled faintly of leather and candle wax. Victor had chosen his penthouse playroom for this moment—not the club, not the Red Room, not anywhere touched by others’ eyes. Just us.I stood barefoot on the thick rug, my heartbeat thudding louder than the soft cello music drifting from the corner. The envelope of our signed contract lay on the low table between us, its edges crisp and final.“This is more than parchment and ink,” Victor said, his voice low, steady, the kind of sound that wrapped around me and pulled me closer. “Tonight, we make it flesh. Visible. Felt.”My lips parted, breath shaky. “You mean…”He reached into a black velvet box on the table and lifted a collar. Not the rough kind I’d seen others wear at Elysium, but a smooth band of midnight leather, polished and supple, lined with satin. At the centre was a simple silver ring, gleaming under the candlelight.My knees weakened.“Victor…” My voice caught on his name.His blue eyes pinned me in place. “Little one,

  • Shadows of Desire   Turnabout Scene

    Victor chose the one room that had never been touched by Elysium’s eyes—his private playroom in the penthouse, the one he swore he swept himself after Marco’s latest discoveries. Before we began, he made a simple show of it, passing a slim detector along the vents and crown molding, pausing by the sconces, the mirror, the heavy velvet drapes. The device stayed quiet, its little green light unblinking.“For tonight,” he said, turning off the scanner and setting it aside, “we let the world fall away.” He looked at me the way he does when he’s about to take the reins—except tonight, he wouldn’t. “And you,” he added, voice softer, “will not be my submissive.”The words landed like a bell struck in my chest—bright, thrilling, a little terrifying.“I don’t know what I’m doing,” I admitted, palms damp. “Not like you do.”“Of course you don’t,” he said, stepping closer, thumbs brushing the inside of my wrists, warming the chill there. “That’s why we practice. That’s why I’m here.”I tried for

  • Shadows of Desire   Cassie Contemplates Honesty

    The letter began and ended a dozen different ways.The first draft was cold, clinical, more like an article than a confession. “My name is Cassandra Monroe, and I entered Elysium on assignment…” I crumpled it after the second line, hating how impersonal it sounded.The second draft was too apologetic, bleeding with guilt. “I never meant to hurt you. I only wanted a story.” That one went into the trash too, because it wasn’t true. I hadn’t only wanted a story. I’d wanted to understand desire, to peel back layers of the city’s most secretive club. And now—now I wanted Victor. All of him.By the third draft, my hands were shaking, the ink blurring from the sweat on my fingertips. “Victor, I lied to you. I came here as a journalist, not just a woman curious about surrender. I wrote notes, I planned to publish them. But then you touched me. And you made me see myself.”I stared at the words until my vision blurred. They felt truer, but still incomplete.I pressed the pen to the page again,

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