And thank you so much for joining us once again.

It is the Nightly Pleasures podcast, Season 1, Episode 9.

I am your host and the author of the piece that you're about to hear today, The Grey Niant.

You can call me Jack, and I promise I'll stop trying to be so stilted in my speech for the rest of this introduction. It's just,

I don't quite know what to say. You see, I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I know I'm supposed to be

a bit more of a host here, but that's never really been my role. I've always wanted the work

to speak for itself and to sort of

fade away after I made it. So how do you transition into being a more hosty host? A host

with all of the most, if you would. Well, suppose one thing you could do is just admit

that you need to work on it and then talk a little bit more about yourself.

So, as many of you might know, I've actually had some troubles with being sick these last couple of years.

This last week, however, I felt amazing.

I felt so amazing, in fact, I didn't really want to do a lot of work.

There is one exception, and that is the piece that you're about to hear. It's a celebration,

not only of how good that I felt this last week, but how good it feels to be in control.

How good it feels to let go of that control.

How good it feels to be driven in a straight line towards your destination.

Today is a fun piece. No trigger warnings and no concerns.

It is easy and breezy and light, but with just a hint of BDSM and domination at the very, very edge of it.

I do hope you enjoy it.

It's called Road Trip.

Don't.

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