adrenaline rush."
"And I can guarantee you mind blowing orgasms if you submit. Are you suggesting we switch? You one night and me the next?"
Kendra smiled. “No, actually, I was just suggesting that you submit to me."
He shook his head as he disconnected the webbing from one of the trees. "I'm pretty sure that isn't going to happen. Once a relationship is established I might agree to submit to you for one night just for the adrenaline rush, but I'm wired as a Dom and that's the only way a relationship with me will work. I've tried vanilla with people who weren't into power exchange and it's just a road to heartache because it isn't enough for me. I don't date like a normal guy, my only relationships now are with people I know are in the lifestyle before we even start. But something about you made me want to learn more about you. That kiss on the way back up was so I could see if you had submissive tendencies. And you do. Deny it if you want but you responded, I didn't imagine that. You responded to the kiss and you responded to my instructions once we were back up on top."
Kendra thought about it. She liked this human, and he'd be a great companion. If she could, well, tame him into it. And she didn't see how that would happen if she submitted to him. But, damn, he was right – she was turned on when he kissed her while they were in the harnesses.
She deflected the conversation. “Can I help you pack the ropes up, or are you picky about the way they get stored?"
He smiled. “I'm picky about the way they get stored. Just sit and we'll talk while I do this, don't feel like you need to help. If we do this a lot I'll show you how I like it done, but tonight it will be easier for me to just do this part of it myself."
"Give me a minute. I'm going to walk into the woods a second while you do that."
He shook his head as he worked, "It's not safe to walk around on the edge of a cliff at night. If you just need a minute to think then sit there and do it and I'll be quiet while you think."
She wanted to argue about her night vision but decided it wasn't worth it. So she just walked a few steps and sat down on a rock that was the perfect size for a seat, and sent the feelers in her mind out to Abbot.
Abbot?
Just a minute Kendra, let me finish up what I'm doing. Are you okay?
I'm okay, just need some advice.
Okay, just a minute or two, please.
And, true to his word, a few minutes later he came back with, Now you have my undivided attention.
I found a human tonight who will make an excellent human companion. He's so full of life. And we really hit it off. He took me rappelling off the side of a mountain tonight. Anyway, turns out he's a Dom. And, when he kissed me, I felt, well, I reacted. You know, like a submissive. It's been over a thousand years since I submitted to one of us, and I've never submitted to a human. I know this is hopeless, but Abbot, he's so full of life. I've only known him a few hours but I don't want to walk away from him. What's going on? And how in the hell could it work for me to submit to him anyway? I'm so much stronger than he is, there is no way he'd ever be able to overpower me.
Human men submit to human women who are weaker than them all of the time Kendra. For humans it isn't about who is stronger, it's all about an agreement to exchange power. An agreement that one is turned on by submitting and the other is turned on by being in control. You may have some challenges to your status if it gets out that you are submitting to a human, but once you make a few examples of those who challenge you no one else will say anything. If you find yourself wanting to submit to him, go for it. I'll back you with the other vampires if anything is said about it. I'd have a hard time doing it if you wanted to submit to another vampire of course, but submitting to a human doesn't effect the vampire hierarchy.
But, if he's in control, how can he be a human companion? I need to be in control in order to feed