Chapter 312: The Big DayOne last time, Jackie checked her hair and makeup in the mirror. She and Amy had slept late and had been awakened by the squeals of Emma and Grant when the elder Walkers had brought them home mid-morning. After spending the remainder of the morning relaxing at the house, they'd all made the pilgrimage to the lodge, where they'd joined Trina in adding the last few touches to the reception set-up. Jackie had finished decorating the cake and returned it to the cooler.Jim and Grant, already dressed for the wedding, had headed over to the island to hang out with Blake and Scott until it was time for the ceremony. Eve and Sam had arrived, and Eve had busied herself setting up a delicious spread of finger foods, none of which appeared to be bat skewers, Jackie had grinned to herself.Now, she and Amy were upstairs in the lodge, having commandeered one of the guest rooms for a dressing room. While everyone waited downstairs, Jackie had gotten dressed in her shor

Chapter 314: I'm Going to Be an AuntLife at the new and improved Lake Miranda Lodge settled into a routine. Scott's early sessions were highly successful, generating positive reviews that helped fill his schedule for the foreseeable future. Walker's on the Lake opened its doors to the public the weekend after the wedding. As Jackie had hoped, locals joined lodge guests for the grand opening, and word spread throughout the surrounding area that there was a new date-night destination.With Trina's expertise, the lodge was also enjoying record bookings. With a crack team in place, Jackie found it easier than she thought to release much of the day-to-day duties.In the mornings, after sending Emma and Grant off to school, she headed to the lodge office to meet with Trina and the staff. If Scott's guests were arriving that day, she managed the Nielsen Outdoors desk. Otherwise, she spent the remainder of the day in her home office overlooking the lake, where she began to make headway

Chapter 316: His PrincessJackie shivered in anticipation as she gently tugged on the black Velcro cuffs that restrained her wrists and ankles to the four posts of the bed in the play cabin. After Scott had bound her, naked and spread eagle, he'd headed outside to bring in more firewood on the cold early December morning.Scott had a couple days' break in his schedule, and he and Jackie had headed to the cabin as soon as Grant and Emma left for school, planning to spend the entire day enjoying each other.The cabin door opened, admitting a swirling gust of cold air along with a dusting of snow, raising goosebumps over Jackie's body, her nipples tightening into sharp peaks. Scott came in carrying an armload of wood.He leered at her appreciatively. "Such a beautiful sight. My Princess all tied up and ready to be used for my pleasure."At his words, a renewed waved of desire washed over her and she felt a rush of moisture at her core. He knelt beside the fireplace, adding a log to

Chapter 318: Leaving Toronto For GoodScott set down the cardboard box he'd been carrying and took the one from Jackie's hands. It was the last one, the last of his things from the studio apartment in Toronto. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jackie shiver. Inside the building's parking garage, the wind was blocked, but it was still cold.A few days after Christmas, Blake and Amy volunteered to keep an eye on Grant and Emma while Scott took Jackie to the city for New Year's Eve, which also happened to be his birthday. Ready to let go of his apartment, it was the perfect time to retrieve the few things he had there worth keeping.Odd as it seemed to him, given the fact that he was ending his lease, he was excited to show her the place he'd considered home for the past ten years. He planned on showing her some of his favorite haunts, too, even driving past the BDSM club on their way to the apartment."They'll have a big masked ball for New Year's Eve," he'd commented, thinking o

Chapter 320: Winter SessionPulling the hood of his black parka lower over his head, Scott ducked behind the windscreen of his snowmobile and headed back to the lodge. At the bunkhouse cabin, he'd just welcomed Tom and Patty Payton, the only married couple he'd had thus far in his wilderness school.Having checked in with Jackie in the reception area of the lodge, the pair had made their way on foot across the ice to the island where they joined fellow survival students Justin Sapp, a stocky young man with an infectious sense of humor, and Paula Martinez, an attractive thirty-something Latina who wrote a Spanish-language adventure blog.Everyone in this session had broad outdoor survival experience, including the Paytons, who had once spent a year in the Amazon cataloging wildlife. They'd told Scott they were excited to learn winter survival skills in the wilderness of Ontario.That leaves four more clients yet to arrive, Scott mused as he pulled up the slope to park beneath the lodg