DESPITE THE late night, Rowan wakes the next morning before his alarm goes off. To his surprise, when he checks the time on his phone, he sees an email icon. After swiping open the app, he gawks at the reply from the club, sent an hour after he’d sent his email.

Good evening, Rowan,

Thank you for your interest in The Menagerie! We are always accepting new members. Attached you will find our info sheet, club rules, and application form. If you are interested in applying, simply fill out the PDF application and email it back.

Please know that if accepted, we require all members to submit a driver’s license, a credit card to keep on file, and monthly negative STI test results from a physician’s office or clinic. While positive results do not preclude membership, there are additional steps we require to keep all of our members safe.

Please reach out with any questions you may have and we’ll be happy to answer!

Best,

Clover Monroe

Membership Coordinator

The Menagerie

He’s about to download the attachments, but as he stretches out his legs, he remembers he’d come in his underwear last night like a teenager. His lower half is a mess, dried come and spit clinging to the fabric of his briefs. He hops out of bed and showers quickly, despite having more time than usual to get ready this morning.

Freshly changed in record time, he downloads the attachments and opens the info sheet first. Because the one thing that he hadn’t learned from the website was the cost of becoming a member. And really, that’s going to be the determining factor of whether he fills out the application or not. He skims down the page, heart beating perhaps a little too fast for 6:00 a.m. as Boston’s Most Exclusive BDSM Dungeon & Club rattles around in his head. The word exclusive is almost always synonymous with expensive.

But when he finds the membership fees several pages down, it’s not as bad as he was imagining, though it certainly isn’t cheap.

Silver Membership: $100/month

• Allows admittance 4 times per month

• One complimentary alcoholic drink per visit (excludes gratuity)

• Invitation to special events once per month

Gold Membership: $200/month

• Allows admittance 8 times per month

• One complimentary alcoholic drink per visit (excludes gratuity)

• Invitation to special events 2 times per month

Platinum Membership: $300/month

• Allows unlimited admittance

• One complimentary alcoholic drink per visit, all other drinks 50% off (excludes gratuity)

• Invitation to all standard plus additional exclusive special events

• Priority room booking