Downstairs it wouldn’t be as much a problem, although there would still be Dungeon Monitors stationed around the room and there was also a small break room and security office on either side at the bottom of the stairwell.

It was an amazing club and, even being smaller and much pricier than Stronghold, it was going to make the guys a hell of a lot of money and be a place to be proud of.

Several hours later, Olivia was standing on the first floor of Marquis, in the restaurant area (which she thankfully wouldn’t have to manage at all, it was being kept almost entirely separate from the club upstairs unless someone ordered room service), trying to hide her proud smile as she looked over her group of Baby Doms. They were all lined up along the bar, confident and self-assured, and already making the new subbies nervous.

Olivia only counted four new subbies, which meant they were still missing one for the class. Patrick had sent her a message only fifteen minutes ago saying there was a last minute addition, but he hadn’t provided a name. It didn’t really matter, since they weren’t going to be doing anything too crazy tonight; showing them around the club, going over soft and hard limits, safewords, and maybe starting just the bare beginnings of dominance.

That way if any of them decided to chicken out after seeing more of what was involved, they’d do so before any clothes needed to come off. Olivia couldn’t help but wonder if all five would come back on Thursday.

This was the first time they were doing a subbie class instead of Introduction Scenes and then hooking the submissive up with mentors if it was necessary, but all five of the new submissives were completely new to the scene and Patrick was running low on instructors for the Intro Scenes. His trusted dominants were all getting into serious, monogamous (or committed poly in one case) relationships and preferred not to do scenes with others even if sex wasn’t involved.

Besides, this way the Baby Doms got to play mentors in a controlled situation and Olivia could see how much they’d really learned.

She smiled at the group of women huddled at one booth in the back of the restaurant, giving them a little wave, which only one of them returned nervously. Despite their chosen seating arrangement, Olivia doubted they all knew each other. They were like a small herd of prey, feeling there was safety in numbers when there were predators nearby.

The predators in question were Olivia’s Baby Doms. Personally, Olivia didn’t find them particularly threatening, but the new subbies definitely did and her boys were getting off on it. Which made her smile. She loved seeing her students enjoying themselves.