Patron's Muse by Mira Lockwood (Dark Muse 1)
Length: 8,100 words
Kendric is an aspiring painter desperate for a breakthrough. His stunning wife Ava is his greatest inspiration—and his deepest insecurity.
When wealthy art patron Octavius notices Ava at a gallery opening, everything changes.
What begins as innocent networking quickly spirals into something darker. Private posing sessions. Teasing touches. Late-night “private viewings” where Ava becomes the living canvas for powerful men who can make or break Kendric’s career.
Kendric watches. He directs. He curates every humiliating, intoxicating moment—because the commissions keep coming, and because a twisted part of him can’t look away.
Ava discovers a raw, addictive power in being desired by Octavius and his cunning associate Orson. The more she surrenders, the more Kendric’s jealousy and arousal collide, transforming their marriage into a dangerous performance of submission, voyeurism, and control.
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