HotTango by Sidney Bristol Read Free Book Online

perfect place since he stayed away
from that closet. Usually. Maybe he shouldn’t have gone looking.
    Cole hadn’t expected the kit, but there had to be a reason
she’d purchased it.
    Pandora’s Box still sat on the foot of the bed. He grabbed
one of the cards at random. Chances were he could handle whatever it suggested
better than the box.
    “Try something new in bed,” he read under his breath. “Being
adventurous in and out of bed has its perks. The body produces a spike in
dopamine, a neurotransmitter that improves muscle movement, attention and
concentration. Now, aim that at your partner.” Well, fuck.
    Cole tossed the card onto the TV table where the one from
last night lay.
    It would be so much easier to go grab a glass of iced tea
and settle in to watch a little of the games since he wasn’t on duty at the
Olympic complex. But last night after he’d come home and found Tanya curled up
in the bed, her hand splayed over his pillow and a sweet smile on her face,
he’d known he needed to step up to the plate. She was trying, so he should too.
    He took a deep breath and reached for the black box again.
    “Contains velvet restraints that can be attached to a
bedframe or mattress. Let your partner bind your body and heart at the same
time.” He dropped the box back onto the bed and stalked out of the bedroom.
    What was he supposed to do with that?
    Though Cole knew he might regret it, he went to the office
and pulled out his laptop. He had at least another hour before Tanya returned
from a pancake fundraiser. He couldn’t remember if this was charity-related or
derby. Either way he had time to do a little homework. He typed the product
into a search and brought up several retailers but also the manufacturer’s
website. Two words stuck out to him in the text below the maker’s website.
Fantasy scenarios.
    He clicked it and glanced over his shoulder. There was no
logical reason for anyone to be in the house with him, but he couldn’t shake
the feeling that someone might be watching him research sex games. As if he
were a teenager.
    The webpage was sleek, not sleazy. Even the picture of a
woman blindfolded and restrained on an antique metal framed bed was artistic
and beautiful. Not like the BDSM porn he’d gotten an eyeful of as a teen. He
breathed a sigh of relief and scrolled to where the text began.
    Whether you want to ease into the bondage lifestyle or
merely spice up your intimacy, the Beginner’s Bondage Kit is a stepping stone
to fulfilling your fantasy. Below are five scenarios to get your creativity
going. Follow the link to the forum to post your own scenarios or share tips
and tricks with other customers.
    He bypassed the forum and skimmed the scenarios. The first
two were innocent enough, suggestions for how controlling his partner’s body
could increase arousal and freedom, indulging in forbidden desires. The third
was straight-up role-play that made the skin between his shoulder blades crawl.
He wasn’t going to throw stones at people he didn’t understand, but the capture
fantasy screamed of Stockholm syndrome. The last two were obviously geared
toward those interested in graduating to more extreme bondage. The kind that
left bruises and made him question a person’s sanity.
    Cole would be lying to himself if he didn’t admit that the
idea of Tanya tied to the bed, unable to escape and enjoying what he did to
her, was arousing. He was comfortable with the fantasy. But could he bring it
to reality? He thought about it for a moment. It wasn’t a bad idea, but he
didn’t know how far Tanya wanted to go.
    It was the path that led to a more hard-core type of bondage
he couldn’t bring himself to accept. It could be professional suicide to dabble
in the alternative lifestyle. He’d also pledged his life to protecting people,
and where the second path led went against his morals.
    He went back to the first two scenarios and mulled them
over.
    These he could do.
    But what did Tanya