Ellis Parker is a military man who puts his faith in truth, duty, honor, and living for the moment.<br><br>Keeping that peace isn't easy, and he reveres the person who helps him stay on his chosen path: Ellis' former Dominant lover and New Amsterdam's most well-connected bartender, Maxwell Clark.<br><br>So when Clark makes a rare and unexpected offer that might let Ellis relive the days when Ellis was Clark's, who is Ellis to refuse such a chance?

Shot in the Dark

“You can do this, soldier. Ten.” The paddle left Ellis’s skin. “Starting now,” Clark warned, and a sharp, stinging blow struck Ellis’s backside.


Ellis’s thoughts scattered at the sound of the slap like beads from a broken necklace. The blow hurt. Not bad. Nothing broke. Ellis could take it. Like Daddy’s belt but without the anger. Without the fear. Without them, the sting felt good. “Yeah,” Ellis breathed and filled up. Confidence. Courage. Want. “Like that, Sarge. Yeah.”


Chapter 10