It has been a few days, since, she saw that man. She had gone repeatedly to the "Atwater market", hoping to see him again, but, without success.

This morning was worst than ever. When she awoke, she could not find her necklace. She looked everywhere, but she could not find it. To make things worst, the phone was ringing, but no one was at the end of the line. The television was not working right, the channels would change by themselves, all the time. When she tried to turn on the computer, it simply did not work.

She was inside the apartment alone. When she started to feel a presence around her, and she looked, no one was there.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" She shouted!

Of course, there was no answer. The spirits usually, did not answer her call, unless they wanted it.

"Ding, Dong!" The door bell…. She goes to the door. She opens it, carefully. It's one of her submissive friend!

"Oh! Hello Sweet!" She said to the newcomer. Sweet was someone she had met on the Internet. Sweet, was a short, round woman, with always a big smile on her face.

"Hello Katy!" She said.

"I sent you an email yesterday, an you didn't answer! Did you read it?" ask Sweet.

"No I couldn't, the computer is down!" Said Katy.

"Oh! Then you don't know! There is a munch, in downtown Montreal. It's a group of people like us, who are in the lifestyle. Would you come with me, to it, tonight?

" Katy opens her mouth to say no, but, from the corner of her eyes, she sees a book, falling of the bookcase without logical reasons. It makes her almost angry…

"Ok, but at the condition, we go to Montreal right now!" She said to Sweet.

Sweet raise an eyebrow, surprised, but didn't comment.

"Well, it's kind of early, but, let's go, we will spend the day downtown!"

So, Katy, without looking back, she took her coat, her purse and just left. She needed a break from the spirits. She and Sweet. Spend a large portion of the day window shopping, relaxing and having fun. It almost made her forget about her problems.

When it was time to go to the munch, they went to the restaurant, where it was happening. There, she was introduced by her friend, to many new friends, all in them lifestyle like her. She ate and had fun, talking with numerous people, about the fine details about the lifestyle. She was amused, when many men, obviously dominant, tried to pick her up, with sometimes, bad lines. She didn't want to go with anyone else, she knew whom she wanted for a master, but it changes her mind, from her troubles.

She was relaxing, having push away an other dom who tried to pick her up, when she heard the topic of the conversation between her new found friends….

"Yes! The Comte is getting old. I heard that he is trying to find new blood, to pass his power to them!" said a very tiny lady, who was introduced to her as a Dom.

"Who is that Comte?" Katy asks!

"He is the keeper of the BDSM circle in France" Answer the small Dom lady!

"BDSM circle? What is that?" said Katy.

Sweet, understanding that Katy did not know about it started to explain.

The BDSM circle is a very prestigious and select fetish club, involved in the BDSM community word wide. The only people allowed to join are the best in the lifestyle.

"Oh!" Said Katy. She remembered her old master, talking about it

"Yes!" Said Sweet.

"And this club has been under the supervision of The Comte, but he is getting old. Now, he is looking for someone to take over the club. !" "

Ah! And who gave the club to The Comte, when he was young?" Ask Katy.

"He had this club from his father, who had it from his father, who had it from his father and so on. The origin of this club goes way back, during the time of the knight. It is call a club, but actually, it is almost a religion. It's a group of peoples who dedicated their lives, in saving and protecting the lifestyle. And the Comte is the head of this gang!"

"Oh! So, why everyone seem to be so excited about this?" ask Katy

Before Sweet could answer, the tiny lady dom said:

"Well, because all the group in the lifestyle, wordwide have received the invitation to compete in a competition, in France! Now, some of us, want to go, to compete in it!"

"So!" said Katy.

"Well!" said Sweet, "It mean, that the winners of this competition, will become the new keeper of the BDSM circle. " And before Katy could ask more…

"And the winners will be crown like a King and a Queen, for the BDSM circle. Did I mention that, a lot of money is involve here, and the winners, well, they won't be poor after that!"

"Oh! Now I understand!" said Katy.

But, before, she could said something else, somebody tap on her shoulder. She turns. It's one of the waiters of the restaurant;

"Madame, this gentleman over there ask me to give this gift to you!" said the waiter, in his French accent. And, holding a blue rose, he gives it to her.

She turns and looks in the direction the waiter shows her.

A man is sitting at a table. The man has a black beard, with a little white in it. He has glasses, and a very mysterious smile.

It's him, It's the man from the market, the man from her dreams.

©THE BDSM CIRCLE 2001