Brie’s Denver Desires (Submissive in Love, #2) Read Online Free PDF Page B

walking distance of the training facility. It was lovely to stroll beside the handsome Dom under the blue skies of Denver. “Do you like it here, Baron?”
    “It’s different from LA. I’d say it’s more laid back and more outdoorsy, but the people seem genuine. Yeah, I like it well enough.”
    “But your heart’s still in Los Angeles?” Brie asked, detecting a hint of sadness in his voice.
    “I miss the places and things that remind me of Adrianna.”
    It hurt Brie’s heart to know that Baron was missing his submissive. She could only imagine how she would feel if she ever lost Sir. “Do you mind me asking how she died?”
    “No, kitten, but let’s get a beer and sit down first.”
    When they entered the Denver Brewery he ordered two of their darkest brew at the bar, then settled beside her at a booth near the window, sliding her glass over to her.
    Baron took a long drink and licked off the foam that rested on his upper lip. It was casually sexy, an unintended effect that made it all that much more charming.
    “You were saying?” Brie started.
    “Adrianna…” He said her name in a wistful, anguished tone. “She was my dream made flesh. Sir Davis invited me to her graduation party and introduced us personally. I knew then that she was the one. Our courtship was quick, her submission unconditional.” He looked up from his beer. “I knew the love of a good woman, and it is because of that I survived the aftermath of her death.”
    Brie was gutted to see the love and pain expressed in his hazel eyes. “What happened?”
    “We were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Adrianna and I had gone to a late-night movie at our neighborhood theater. It was raining, so I went to get the car. Three hoodlums walked past Adrianna, saw an opportunity and attempted to mug her, but when she wouldn’t give up her purse, they beat my baby unconscious. I got there to find her on the pavement, bloody and unresponsive. I rushed her to the hospital but…” He paused, then said gruffly, “My baby never woke up.”
    Brie grasped his hand. “I’m so sorry, Baron.”
    He smiled sadly at her. “As penance for not being there when she needed me, I’ve dedicated my life to protecting other women from the scum of the Earth.”
    “So that’s why you were at the Kinky Goat…”
    “Yes, but the last thing I wanted to see was you there, kitten.”
    Brie hung her head in shame. “It was a terrible mistake.”
    “You did nothing wrong, other than meet with your friends at a place you weren’t familiar with. In some ways it was similar to what happened to my Adrianna—wrong place, wrong time.”
    “She must be so proud of you now. Proud of your strength to carry on, proud of the many women you’ve helped.”
    He furrowed his brow, his eyes dull with unresolved pain. “I hope she has forgiven me for not being there.” He shook his head and looked away. “Every time I think of that night, I hear her crying out my name, trusting I would save her…but I never came.”
    Brie swallowed the lump in her throat. “Adrianna wouldn’t have blamed you. I only have to put myself in that situation to know how she felt. Although she would have been praying you’d come in time, she died knowing she’d see you again, and that would have brought her peace.”
    He blinked away the tears that welled up in his eyes, and took another draught of beer. “Thank you, kitten,” he said hoarsely.
    Brie nodded, picking up her glass. “Do you think you’ll end up going back to LA, then?”
    He shrugged his broad shoulders. “I’m uncertain at this point. Mentally I understand the benefits of moving on, but my heart does not. It’s not an easy thing to do.”
    “Do you like being a trainer at the Academy?”
    He chuckled. “I enjoy being in the trainer role. It’s much less formal than the Submissive Training Center, but I appreciate Master Anderson’s vision.”
    “He’s no Master Coen.”
    “No, he’s not. However, they both have