Release In The Dark (DARK erotic romance series) by Natalie Kristen

Dell,” I answer
sweetly. “But I hear that sometimes the Commanders of the
Imperial Army seek out rich and powerful men like yourself to aid
their cause.” I pause and lick my dry lips. “Do
you...would you happen to know any Commanders, or ex-Commanders of
the Imperial Army?”
    “ No.” There is a
touch of anger in his voice. “I don't mix with brutish
military men. They're not politicians. They're just dogs!”
    He yanks hard at my leash and I
lose my footing and careen towards the wooden wheel. My shoulder
smashes into one of the spokes and rattles the chains.
    Dell's black eyes widen as he
breaks into a smile. “Well, well, Ana, I see you gravitate
naturally towards the Wheel. Excellent.”
    “ What? I didn't...”
    Pulling me up roughly, he snaps
off my collar and pushes me back against the Wheel. I cry out as he
pulls my arms up over my head and with a grunt, pushes the cuffs
firmly down over my wrists, locking them in place on the Wheel. I
try to kick out but he winds the chains around my legs swiftly and
steps back.
    With my body stretched out on
the Wheel, I can only raise my head slightly to glare at him. But he
is not looking at me.
    Dell is facing away from me,
standing in front of Pam and Kylee, cocking his head as if trying to
decide between the two of them. He reaches out to touch Pam's hair
and she flinches. Her reaction seems to please him. He runs his
forefinger down her chest, over her nipple and down her flat tummy.
With the same finger, he points to the bedded platform in the corner.
Pam bows her head and silently kneels at the edge of the platform.
    Pulling out a flat, silver card
from his back pocket, Dell slides his thumb across the flat surface
and looks up expectantly. I realize the card is a remote control
when I hear the ominous creaking and clanging of metal as chains
start to lower from the darkened ceiling.
    I see the chains snaking down
towards Kylee. Dell removes her collar and reaches his hand up to
grab a fistful of chains. I twist against my cuffs, trying to see
what Dell is doing to her. But a movement directly above me catches
my attention. I flick my eyes up, and a cry bubbles from my throat.
    To my horror, something is
descending from the ceiling directly above my stretched out, naked
body. They look like clamps, and they are plunging down towards my
bare breasts. I try to jerk away but my body is flattened tightly
against the wheel, my back arched with my breasts jutting up in
offering to those evil looking clamps whirring down from the ceiling.
The clamps are poised directly above my quivering nipples.
    “ No, no...” I start
to shake my head madly when the metal jaws of the clamps widen. As I
blink rapidly, I see that the clamps are padded but that does nothing
to tamp down my terror.
    I can't watch anymore. Bracing
for pain, I squeeze my eyes shut as the clamps latch onto my erect
nipples. I bite down a cry at the pressure and the sudden shot of
pain. But as I force myself to breathe and my body slowly relaxes, I
find the pain not unbearable. The pressure is not crushing, and the
sensation becomes oddly pleasurable after the initial burst of pain.
    I blink hard to chase away the
fog from my eyes and mind. Dell is smiling down at me, drawing lazy
circles around my breasts with his fingers. “Beautiful. Just
beautiful,” he drawls. “Perfect!”
    He straightens up and smirks,
“I'll go adjust her chains, then we can play.”
    Panting, I manage to raise my
head a little. I see Kylee immediately. She is being suspended in
midair with chains around her body. There are shackles around her
ankles, which are attached to the tangle of chains rattling from the
ceiling. Dell swipes his thumb across his silver card again, and
there is the buzz of pulleys and machinery from the ceiling. Kylee's
legs are slowly being spread wide apart as unseen machinery move the
chains into the required position.
    Dell moves to stand between her
legs. Kylee's body is lifted until her crotch is