Before Ruby could question them further, Yvonne returned, taking a seat next to her.

“Madison and Blair got caught up with some kind of wedding emergency, but they’re on their way.” She slipped her hand into Ruby’s. “Is everything okay here?”

Was Yvonne worried that Gabrielle and Amber had interrogated Ruby in her absence? Ruby gave her a reassuring smile. “Everything is great.”

Gabrielle and Amber picked up where they left off, grilling Yvonne and Ruby about their relationship. They were soon joined by Gabrielle’s girlfriend, Dana, as well as Madison and her fiancée, Blair. After a flurry of introductions, Ruby found herself fielding an endless stream of questions about herself and Yvonne.

When the conversation finally moved on, Yvonne spoke quietly to Ruby. “Enjoying yourself?”

Ruby nodded. “I am.”

“And what do you think of this place?”

Ruby glanced around the room. Nearby, there was a woman in a cage while another woman sat casually on top of it. “It’s… intriguing.” It wasn’t just the club that intrigued Ruby. This whole world Yvonne inhabited—one of glamour and luxury, pleasure and power games—was exhilarating.

“What you see before you is only the tip of the iceberg. There’s so much more to Lilith’s Den than what’s down here.” Yvonne glanced toward the others, then back to Ruby, a dangerously sexy look in her eyes. “We’re going to play nice for everyone for a little while longer. Then I’m going to give you a taste of what you’ve been begging me for.”

Chapter 12

After a couple of hours, the others slowly dispersed, leaving Yvonne and Ruby alone.

“It’s time I showed you the real reason I brought you here.” Yvonne rose from her seat, beckoning Ruby to follow. “Come with me.”

Ruby followed Yvonne toward the back of the club, drawing more than a few glances as they passed through the crowd. Ruby couldn’t help but notice that every time someone’s eyes fell upon her, as soon as they spotted Yvonne with her, they would look away. Was it that obvious that Yvonne was Ruby’s Mistress? Was it that obvious that Ruby belonged to her?

They reached a set of doors which were guarded by a bouncer. Yvonne flashed a key, and the bouncer waved them through.

They continued up some stairs to find a long hallway with an endless number of doors at either side. Yvonne walked purposefully toward one of them and unlocked it with the key.

“Go on in,” she said.

Ruby stepped through the door and looked around the room. It was plain and bare, with only a couple of wooden chairs and a scattering of cushions on the floor as furniture. There were a series of wooden beams along the ceiling, low enough for a person to reach up and touch. The wall at the far end of the room was covered with a seamless mirror, and on all the other walls were tasteful, artsy photographs of nude women bound up in ropes.

Heat rose to Ruby’s skin at the sight. “What is this place?”