pull her into his arms but when she flinched and instinctively stepped back, his heart dropped into his stomach. Jameson had stepped over to grab the black silk robe they’d purchased for her months earlier. When he approached her, Trev watched as Kit seemed to shrink into herself as she wrapped the robe around her like a protective barrier. ‘ We’ll give her a bit to settle but then we have to talk to her and fix this. I’ll die if she leaves us,’ Jameson’s haunted voice filled Trev’s mind. ‘ She isn’t going to leave.’ ‘ Brother, there are many ways to leave and they aren’t all physical.’ Trev knew Jameson was right, but even thinking that they might lose Kit was more than h e could even begin to process. They slowly walked Kit back to their suite of rooms and the silence that had surrounded them had been almost deafening in its significance. When they entered their suite Kit quickly disappeared into the master suite’s bathroom. Trev had followed her to the door and turned to walk away to give her a little privacy when he heard the water start. But just as he started to step away, he heard soft sobs that stole his breath. Jameson was at his side in an instant, obviously he’d heard Kit as well. Trev opened the door and stepped in to find her curled in the corner of the shower. Shedding his own clothing quickly, he stepped in and pulled her up and into his arms and just held her. He’d noted the nipple clamps on the counter and the realization that she’d removed them herself without crying out, but had folded from heartache, was tearing him apart. “Shhh, baby. You are going to make yourself sick.” Tracing rune protection symbols over her slender back as he slowly moved them both under one of the large rain showerheads, he whispered against her ear , “Remember our first night together when I traced those symbols on you?” When she nodded, he continued, “I was so impressed when you recognized them. I felt like my mom had sent me a special nod of approval from the other side. That it was a message from her telling me ‘yes…you’ve finally found her. This is the one ’. It was one of those moments in your life that you never forget…one of those rare ones that only becomes sweeter and more poignant over time.” Kit pulled back just enough for him to look down into her red-rimmed eyes. Their emerald depths were filled with apprehension and for just a moment he realized she was floundering. He had always believed the worst thing a Dom could do to a sub was ignore them because by nature most are driven to please others so being ignored doesn’t give them anything solid to hold on to. It was that moment of clarity that told him that was exactly what they’d done, but it didn’t tell him how to repair the damage. ‘ I think we need to delay the discussion we had planned, brother. Let’s get her settled and then I’m calling Marcus.’ Trev just gave a short nod and they finished their showers quickly and then settled Kit into bed. They knew Kit had already made arrangements for the babies to spend the night with their nannies, and Trev was grateful when he saw how quickly she had fallen deeply asleep. Moving downstairs, he nor Jameson talked about what had happened. By unspoken agreement , they’d kept to their own thoughts while they set up the video call with Marcus’s personal assistant at The Dark Knights Club. Marcus Hines was the owner of New York’s most exclusive sex club, he was also their friend and mentor. Marcus had trained he and Jameson as Doms and they’d often sought out his help and guidance both in and out of the bedroom. Marcus had been in a twenty-four/seven Master-slave relationship with Reagan for over almost ten years and Trev knew that they had experienced more than one rough patch in the beginning. Reagan had been a fiercely independent career woman who had nearly worked herself to