“Toys? When a man—a dom—said toys, he didn’t mean stuffed animals or baseballs.”

“He'd seen when she began to panic, but he hadn't offered comfort like other Doms or changed his plans. He'd just waited her out. She could hate him a little for that.”

“A girl could get to hate Doms.”

“An older dom snorted. “Atherton uses the word escort loosely. The last time someone messed with a trainee, he threw the guy across the bar. Strolled over, waited for the idiot to stand up, punched his lights out, and dragged him by his jacket collar out of the place. Escorted him, my ass. Didn’t even wrinkle that fancy suit.” He took a sip of his beer and added, “Atherton is invariably polite, but nobody in their right mind fucks with his trainees.”

“I felt sorry for myself since my wimpy dom can’t catch a snail crossing the sidewalk.”

“Christian Gray visited the Shadowlands and the real Doms laughed him out of the club.From Chat with Cherise Sinclair 08/17/12”

“My cousin fell in love with a dom, so I checked into it to see if I needed to kill him before they got married.”