An ordinary family reunion, at first

The ceremony had been held in the ceremony room of the local town center. The room was shaped like a long hallway, about 6 meters wide and 50 meters long. Chairs were arranged sparsely along the length of the hallway facing inwards, while a red carpet was laid down the middle of the floor. The thirty-odd guests stood chatting in clumps of four or five scattered across the room while they waited for the ceremony to begin.

Most of the guests were members of John's extended family, plus a few of John's sister's friends, so it felt a bit like an ordinary family reunion, except that males normally kept in bondage of some kind or other were at least ostensibly unbound. It was important that the guests not steal the show from John's sister.

Not that all of the men in John's family were submissives. One of his uncles was alone and free, and one of his male cousins stood quietly off to the side with his bookish girlfriend. However, they were the exceptions to the rule. Possessing subs, preferably several obedient ones, was key to a woman's being important and successful in society. Naturally, this meant that women who cared about that sort of thing were always on the look out for more subs, even temporary or partial ones. Some of his male relatives were here with their doms, while others had not been permitted to attend.

Now that John was eighteen, his father had warned him that many women would be trying to get him to be their subs, and he shouldn't agree unless the conditions or the woman were worth it. His father, of course, was never allowed unleashed out of the house, but he grinned that the benefits were totally worth it, whenever someone brought the issue up.

John's mother was a well-known dominant, and she had passed that down to John's older sister Lynne. Lynne had always paid intense attention to her mother and how she dealt with her subs, and ever since she turned eighteen and was allowed to have subs of her own she had paid no attention to men below eighteen, only interested in acquiring more and better subs. Her current boyfriend was only with her on the condition that he obey her every command, and she loved showing him off to her friends.

Off to his left, John's Aunt Julie was telling one of Lynne's friends about her own coming-of-age ceremony back when.

"I had told him that he could have a long, sensual massage if he agreed to sub for me just for the length of the ceremony. I didn't mention that the ceremony would be held outside on the beach. The sun was pretty hot that day, so he was practically hopping through the ceremony. After it was over, when it was time for his massage as promised, he was sunburned bright red from head to toe. It was quite the massage!"

As the lights were dimmed and the chill electronica that had been thumping in the background was turned up, people finished up their conversations and went to sit down in their chairs along the hallway. A spotlight illuminated the black curtain at one end of the hallway and everyone hushed as they waited for the guest of honor.

A few moments of tense silence, then the curtain parted and Lynne strode through. She was dressed in all black, thigh-high leather boots and a one piece latex mini dress that left much of her back and tanned thighs exposed. Her expression was tough and proud, easily rivalling her mother. On her left hand she wore an expensive watch, while her right clutched a length of rope that led through the curtain behind her.