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PARIS
“Oh!”
Nomi fumbled her laptop, her exclamation loud in the cozy garret where she and her new wife had been peacefully absorbed in their respective activities. Amanita looked up from her canvas, eyes sharp, wondering if the blissful lack of danger and intrigue was coming to an end. All had been calm on their honeymoon so far, but the world was wide and full of fuckery.
Nomi didn’t seem distressed, however. Well, she didn’t seem alarmed. She clapped her hand to her mouth with an indelicate snort, silently shaking as she keeled over on the sofa.
“Nomes, what the hell?” Amanita looked at the laptop screen, but the scrolling code and ZooBabies Cam offered no insight. The cheetah cubs were awfully cute. Nomi wheezed with laughter, and Amanita found herself starting to grin. Ah, okay then. Clusterfuckery.
“Lito—" Nomi gasped, “he- oh god, and Wolfgang—” she convulsed into giggles and then yelled, “I KNOW, right?!” to… someone. Amanita looked into the empty space and tossed her hands up, splattering paint, waiting for her beloved to get her shit together long enough to share. Her phone dinged.
[ACAB Exception]: I think I owe you 50 bucks
[Amanita]: …?
[ACAB Exception]: Remember your Domme of the Dance Floor theory?
[Amanita]: …!!
[Amanita]: TELL ME
MUMBAI
“Verdammte-!”
Wolfgang shot upright in bed, jostling Rajan, who moaned a little and tugged the silken sheets back onto himself. He was pleasantly sore and VERY tired.
“Wolfie, what’s wrong?” Kala murmured, then her doe eyes widened. “Oh. Ohh! Oh my goodness.”
“What is it, love?” Rajan raised his head an inch off the pillow. Surely no one truly expected him to move right now.
“It’s Felix,” she replied.
“Is he all right?”
Wolfgang spluttered incoherently.
“I… I think so? Wolfgang and Lito are agitated, but I think their reasoning is not sound.”
Wolfgang spluttered at her. Kala coolly raised an eyebrow, then frowned in concentration, eyes going distant as she looked from a closer vantage point. She blinked, then Riley’s impish grin quirked her lips. {Oh, yes. I’d say he is quite content.}
MEXICO CITY
Lito’s hot expression went icy as Wolfgang took over his body. {What are you doing?} he demanded.
Daniela smiled sweetly and panted, “only what he begs me to do. And only when he’s good.”
Felix spit out a loose gag. “Excuse you, dude. Love your movies, but can you come back later?”
Wolfgang stared at the restraints, the bite marks, and the rosy redness of Felix’s ass cheeks. {Are… are you okay?} His voice cracked the tiniest bit.
“Wolfie? Is that you?”
{Ja.}
“Fuck’s sake, man, don’t you have two hot Hindus to keep you busy right now? What are you doing up in my business?”
Dani thrust sharply. “Who is up in your business?”
“Ungh! You are, my queen!”
{I… uh…}
“Wolfie, if you don’t get the fuck out of here, you’re going to ruin my orgasm, and not in the fun way. Tell India Plans B and C I said hi!”
CHICAGO
“For cryin’ out loud,” Will growled, exasperated but amused, “it’s not like you both weren’t thoroughly reamed last night. Are you going to begrudge someone else the opportunity?”
{I KNOW, right?!}
Nomi’s remote commentary reminded him of a drunken conversation he’d had with her bride. “Aw, hell,” he muttered. “I owe Amanita 50 dollars.” Riley blinked back to herself and burst out laughing.
NAIROBI
“Capheus, you have been very loud these last few minutes. What is going on?”
“What? How have I been loud? I haven’t said a word.”
“Well, your face is deafening. And you look as if you were about to choke on the words you’ve not said. What on earth is going on in that head of yours?” Zakia narrowed her eyes. “And who is involved?” Capheus flushed darker, eyes bright, but lips clamped shut.
PARIS
[GoddessZ]: Is this a sex incident?
[Amanita]: Yes. Wait, what are you talking about? But yes.
[GoddessZ]: Capheus will not speak, but he is looking at me with such speculation that I am both alarmed and intrigued. I won’t admit it to him until he uses his words like the big boy that he is, but I think I am aroused.
Amanita barked a laugh, then looked over at Nomi, who was still cackling but also gesticulating fiercely at… someone. A new message popped up.
[DJRiley💙]: Lovely Amanita, can you tell me the name of that sex shop you like in Chicago? Will is wanting to expand our horizons now. 🍆🫦😂
[Amanita]: OMG, Riley! He still hasn’t told me what happened! Is it Dani and Felix? Was I right? I can’t get anything coherent out of Nomi.
[DJRiley💙]: Oh yes, you called it. Lito walked in on them. Felix is cuffed to a wall sconce, and Dani is pegging him quite expertly. Excellent technique with quality gear. She looks amazing in a bustier. The sex shop, please?
[Amanita]: I knew it! Early to Bed, up near Edgewater. Hang on, I was texting Zakia. And ✨whomst ✨ is Nomi fussing at?
NAIROBI
[RainbowWarrior]: Hey girl, sorry to leave you hanging. But I do believe your strong silent man over there wants to get pegged.
Zakia’s jaw dropped at this unexpected assertion, and her eyebrows climbed toward her hairline when Amanita sent screenshots of her conversation with Riley. She fixed her gaze on the hero of the Kenyan Democratic Reform Party and drawled, “oh, INDEED?” Capheus nodded, his answering smile as bright as his blush.
PARIS
[DJRiley💙]: You wife is, what was your expression? Reading Lito and Wolfgang for filth. She’s quite eloquent on the themes of free love, frequent communication, and clear boundaries. There was also something about not letting jealousy turn one into a toxic masculine tool of the patriarchy. I’m quite inspired.
[Amanita]: Ah, yes. She’s written papers.
[DJRiley💙]: It’s hysterical. They’ve gone from being outraged that their pets would get off without them to being outraged at being accused of patriarchal toolship. Kala and Rajan are wishing for popcorn.
[Amanita]: I saw the wheels turning in Dani’s head when Felix was flailing around on the dance floor at the reception. Her ambition and his thrill-seeking? I knew she’d wreck him, and I suspected he’d love it. But what the hell are the boys jealous about? They weren’t sleeping with either of them, were they?
[DJRiley💙]: I… hmm. They’re sorting through their feelings, and some of it is too tender for me to share. Wolfgang was mostly startled. He didn’t know that Felix was into submission, and he had a bad reaction to seeing him cuffed.
[Amanita]: Oh, yikes. Yeah, I could see that.