Doubling Down

Ophelia Bell's narrator has a clear view on partners: one is a letdown, two crosses a line, and three is the ideal number. Her closest friend, Casey, vanished for an entire summer, and the narrator's life took a sharp turn. Her thoughts keep returning to their final conversation, which took place the night after Casey's first experience with two dominant men. Now the narrator wants to reach Casey again, because she believes that for once she may have the upper hand in the world of kink.

The narrator has her own pair of kinky men, and they happen to be twins. She has not seen them in three years, and the reunion promises to be overwhelming. The three of them are no longer the naive people they once were, and their circumstances no longer hold them back.

During their time apart, the twins have been designing and building an elaborate sex toy. When an attractive venture capitalist arrives to fund their creation, the three of them find themselves in a competition. He is ready to stake millions on the plans, and he wants full ownership of the invention. He is also willing to pay even more to bring the inventors and their girlfriend into his orbit.