Chapter One

It was the big day. Ana sat looking through the newspapers trying not to put too much on the fact they were reporting a Labour landslide. It had been an incredible election period. Christian and Ana had toured the country meeting people from all walks of life. It had been crazy. Ana had been met by thousands of people wherever she went. People lined the streets, she was given cards, letters and flowers and the odd person had even curtsied to her as though she was royalty. It had truly been incredible and completely mind-boggling and the scenes had been very reminiscent of the scenes that had once greeted Diana the People's Princess.

However, none of that mattered. It all came down to what people did today. If they went to the polling stations and voted for the Labour MPs then it would all be worth it. If not, they were looking at another five years of Opposition and Ana would have to consider her position as Leader of the Labour Party.

Christian had been amazing, he'd been by Ana's side every step of the way. People adored him as much as they adored Ana especially when he'd flash them his knicker-dropping smile. He had been a little wobbly when some of the Tabloids did pieces on him, how he was 'just' an accountant, how he didn't have any political history and nothing to be found about his family. However, while it had shaken him, he hadn't let it stop him supporting Ana and she'd got through it all because of him.

The truth was he'd been truly amazed by her. While he always knew she was destined to be great, and that she had the ability to go as far as she wanted to in her career, he had been surprised at how she'd taken all of this in her stride. He had expected her to find it difficult, to struggle with the persona she'd had to create and to be this young woman that the country had fallen in love with. But she hadn't faltered, not in public and not really in private either. Fine, when the doors closed, he'd had to take control and be the Dominant partner she needed him to be, but she didn't falter.

"Well if these papers are accurate, you'll be Prime Minister tomorrow." Christian said as he folded another up and put it back down on the table.

"At least in twenty-four hours we'll know either way." Ana smiled nervously. "You never know I could lose my seat and cause political chaos!" She teased. That had been a big talking point at the start of the election period, that she was still standing in Chesham and Amersham despite it being a Conservative Safe Seat. Everyone just hoped that she'd done enough to secure it over the election period, a huge team had been assembled with local people who had been canvassing, pounding the streets and trying to make sure Ana had the votes she needed to win. Without them, she wouldn't have had a hope in hell.

A cough echoed from the garden room door where Ana and Christian had been having lunch and Ana turned to see Taylor standing there. It was time to go. Christian and Ana had to go into town to cast their vote and it all had to be orchestrated so that the press had the opportunity to capture her picture.

"Are you ready?" Christian asked as he stood. Ana smiled and nodded. She wasn't nervous yet, she probably wouldn't be till the polls closed and she would be nervously waiting for the results to come in.

"Do I look ok?" Ana asked as she smoothed her hands down the floral wrap dress Christian had chosen for her. They'd really focused on her femininity during this election, how different she was to Elena Lincoln as a woman. The team had always made sure she looked softer, more approachable and friendlier and so her business dresses had often been replaced with floral pattern dresses and blouses with heels and her hair always down and wavy around her shoulders. Nothing had happened in Ana's campaign unless it had been perfectly planned. The codename for the campaign had been 'The girl next door' which told the team exactly what they needed to know about the approach of the campaign. It also explained exactly how Ana had felt during the campaign, some of the outfits she had been wearing wouldn't have looked out of place at Church on Sunday.

"You look incredible as always." He said putting his arm around her waist lovingly. Ana leant into him, breathing in his scent and allowing him to kiss the top of her head. "Let's go do our duty." He chuckled.

Ana and Christian sat in the back of the car hand in hand with Taylor driving and Luke in the passenger seat. This was one of the only things Ana would be doing without an entourage in tow because everywhere else she had been her entire team had been with her, making sure everything went according to plan and micromanaging every little detail. Not that this hadn't been planned down to the very minute! Just the team weren't there to keep everyone in step to the last second.

"Jesus look at the people." Christian gasped as they turned the corner onto the road where the polling station was.

Ana's mouth popped open as the car slowed and she could see the crowd that had gathered. Police were there making sure vehicles could get through. It was chaos!

"They're here for you." Christian said pointing at the banners some were holding, Labour ones and handmade ones with Ana's name on them.

"Crazy." Ana muttered, she didn't think she'd ever get used to these hoards of people who seemed to want to follow her like this but everywhere they'd been over the GE period they'd been followed by thousands of people, many of whom had just been there to see Ana!

The car came to a stop just by where the press was gathered, they were allowed closer than the public were so that they could do their job but when Taylor opened the door for Ana she focused on the crowd, waving and smiling at them simply because they were the ones that mattered. The noise that followed was deafening.

"Ana! Ana how are you feeling?"

"Ana, do you think you're going to be Prime Minister?"

"Ana, Ana! This way Ana!"

Christian and Ana held hands as they approached the crowd to shake hands. As often happened flowers, cards and letters were handed over. Taylor and Luke having to step in to take the gifts so that Ana still had free hands to touch all those that reached for her.

"Still amazing." Christian said as he and Ana took a step back to face the press. He had been so reassuring throughout this journey, ensuring Ana knew she did deserve the attention that it was a lovely thing that people came out to see her and to give her gifts. Ana had spent the entire time saying she felt unworthy of the attention while she'd taken it all in her stride, she had little self-belief and self-worth.

She didn't know how proud he was of her, of how far she'd come since Islington. There had been a time, not long after the event, he wondered if she'd ever be strong enough to carry on in politics. Not only had she proven him wrong, but she'd done it in spectacular style. He loved being by her side, championing her, being her biggest cheerleader.

After posing for a few photos Ana and Christian went into the quiet polling booth. It was barely two pm so it was very quiet, near empty, giving Ana and Christian the space and privacy they needed to take part in democracy.

"Good luck today Miss Steele." One of the women giving out the ballot papers smiled as Ana popped her ballot paper into the black box, thankfully it wasn't the first time Ana had been in to mark an X with her own name beside it but it was still as surreal as it had been that first time she'd been to the polling station and her name was there on the paper. There was also something incredibly humbling about the fact she knew that thousands of others would be doing the same today, putting their X next to her name and putting the faith and trust into her.

"Thank you." Ana smiled offering her hand to the lady, who shook it excitedly. "And thank you all of you for your hard work." She continued, going down the table to shake all the hands and thanking the hard-working staff. This was something Rosin had warned her that she needed to do, take the time to thank those who were making sure everything worked and ran properly today because it was likely they'd also be involved in counting the ballots!

"We'll see you all at the count tonight." Ana smiled as Christian put his own vote in the black box and took her hand once again. "You took your time." She teased.

"I just wasn't sure who to vote for." He shrugged making Ana laugh. He smirked and kissed her head again before they stepped back into the spotlight to a huge cheer and a load of applause.

They allowed the press to get some more photos of them by the polling station sign, the obligatory ones that would be pasted on any afternoon papers and posted onto social media and websites, before she climbed back into the safety of the car with Christian once again by her side.

"Aww look at this." Ana smiled looking at a drawing that had obviously come from a child. It was still school holidays until the end of the week, so a load of children had been a part of the final days of campaigning.

"Are we going to the Labour club now Ana?" Jason asked as he slowly rolled away from the crowd.

"Yes please." Ana replied, knowing she needed to go and see how things were coming along and whether or not it was looking like she was going to get her job back as an MP. It was her greatest fear right now that she'd lose her own seat, it didn't matter then what happened to the party in the election. She'd have no option but to step down as she wouldn't be PM if she'd lost her seat and therefore, she couldn't be leader either.

Ana's mobile ringing took her attention. Christian smirked at her, whenever they'd had alone time over the last few weeks the bloody phone would ring. It had driven him up the wall at one point until Ana started telling them not to call after certain times unless it was an emergency, they seemed to get the message eventually. Christian had then had some time with Ana all to himself.

"Hi Kate." Ana laughed as she answered the phone. Christian watched her, admiring how beautiful she looked. The spring sun coming in through the window was casting a glow around her, but she was glowing anyway. It had been the most positive political campaign he'd ever seen. Ana and the Labour Party had managed to grab positive headlines all over the place, drawing away from the negativity of Elena Lincoln who'd been very quiet during this period. "Oh that's good, ok, well I'll talk to you later we're just going by the club now to see everyone. Yeah, ok see you then. Bye."

"What did she want?" Christian asked, knowing Ana would tell him anyway.

"Just to say that they're saying at the moment things seem to be leaning our way but to wait and see what the exit poll says and that she'll be at the count later." Ana explained. "I just can't wait for this to be over."

"What for you to get stuck in to work as Prime Minister?" Christian asked making Ana roll her eyes, she had been avoiding thinking about that prospect as much as she possibly could as it terrified her.

"Did you read the bundle from Number Ten?" Ana asked. Christian nodded and smirked. It had been one heck of a bundle. If Ana was elected as Prime Minister there were things she needed to know before she walked into Downing Street, such as the first things she needed to do as Prime Minister, how the household was run, who paid for what. It had been crazy to receive this gargantuan package in the post all with information that Ana needed to know before today. It had been a reminder that if she was to win this election, she'd be the most powerful woman in the country.

"It was interesting." Christian mused making Ana snort with laughter. "How much of it did you get through?"

"Not enough." Ana said before biting her lip to hold back more laughter, she should have read it all in anticipation she'd be made Prime Minister, but she hadn't had the time. Every hour since before Parliament had even been dissolved had been taken up by the campaign trail. She'd been across the country, she'd been taking part in events and doing talks. It had been non-stop, every single minute was accounted for to the point even Christian had to step in to make sure Ana had toilet breaks and time to eat.

Ana and Christian walked into utter chaos. Everyone was rushing about, playing their part in trying to get an election win for Ana. Ana took a moment to take it all in, it had never been like this when she'd been with the Conservatives, them taking victory here for granted to the point that other than knocking some doors and dropping leaflets it was a pretty laid-back campaign. This was something Ana could never have anticipated. All these people were running around like headless chickens trying to get her into the seat. It would be the first time this seat was held by an elected Labour Party member, her having defected during her last term in office.

"Ana, how are you?" Maggie Lloyd asked giving Ana a warm embrace, she was Ana's campaign agent not that Ana's team had allowed her to do too much, leaving more of the coordinating of the local party to her rather than coordinating Ana.

"I'm ok." Ana smiled broadly, she loved the local Labour Party, they were such an eclectic bunch of people. "How's it looking?"

"In the bag." Maggie replied giving her shoulder a rub. Ana sighed, she didn't like how confident people were because that was when they would get egg on their faces. "How she behaving Christian?"

"If she takes one more trip to the toilet today I might build her a bed in there." Christian teased. Ana was giving away how an edge she was by her constant bathroom trips, her nerves making her pee a lot.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Ana asked, not liking feeling so useless.

"No. Go home, have a nap. It's going to be a long night Ana and the last thing you want to be is exhausted. Go be with Christian, tomorrow you could be waking up Prime Minister and you'll really learn what crazy is. We've got it all under control here."

Ana didn't like that she wasn't being given something to do, being so out of touch with the campaign. She wanted to be out there, knocking doors, telling people to get out there and vote. But instead, like a petulant child, she was being told to go home to bed.

It was the thrill of election day that she felt missing being the party leader. The hours leading up to the polling stations closing at ten pm were supposed to be filled with knocking the doors of known party voters, begging them to go to the polling station and getting their votes in, phoning around, last-minute canvassing hoping to change any swing voters mind. Instead, she was being sent to nap and it was extremely frustrating.

"Come on." Christian said seeing the disappointment on Ana's face. "I think I have a way of occupying your mind for the rest of the afternoon." He whispered in her ear. Ana grinned, that she could definitely use!

Once back at the house, Ana went up to the dungeon, stripped and kneeled. This would be perfect to pass away the hours while also keeping her mind and body very busy and off the election. Christian knew this, it was why he had planned it. His aim would be to get her into subspace so she could sleep for the rest of the afternoon, only waking to have something to eat before going to the count where she would spend hours avoiding the media and waiting while the ballots were counted.

"Good girl." Christian smiled as he entered the room. Ana was clearly in the mindset, her shoulders were so relaxed, her head bowed. He took the time to admire her, his eyes drawing over all her body. She shivered under his gaze feeling him staring at her salaciously.

Christian went around the room fetching everything he needed for the scene he had planned. He needed to see about getting her into subspace today and he knew the best way to do that was to push her limits. She'd started responding a lot more to dirty talk, she had found it hard at first, being verbally degraded, but Christian sometimes let it slip and he'd noticed the more popular she'd become on the campaign trail the more she seemed to enjoy the verbal degrading that could be dished out. Though, she'd talked at length to him about how weird it made her feel to enjoy being referred to as a whore and a slut.

"Come here." Christian commanded as soon as he had finished setting up. Ana rose gracefully to her feet and knowing better than to look at him, kept her eyes downcast as she floated across the floor. Her belly was doing backflips as it always did in the anticipation of a scene. "Give me your hand."

Ana slipped her hand into Christian's and he proceeded to slip it inside a special wrist restraint that covered the entire hand with a bar inside for Ana to hold on to. Ana smirked to herself, this meant they were using the hoist and Ana would be in someway suspended. She loved suspension, there was something about it that drove her wild. He did the same to the other hand too.

"We're going to be introducing you to a violet wand today." Christian said as he did up the wrist restraint. "I have used them before, I know how to use them safely and correctly. I will introduce you to it as slow as I can, if you don't like it at any point I want you to safeword."

"Yes Sir." Ana replied as Christian pulled down the electric hoist above his head.

"Good girl." He smiled before attaching the cuff to the hoist. He didn't lift it yet though. Instead, he picked up a piece of rope. "Foot up to your bum." He said knocking her leg slightly to tell her which leg. Ana complied without question and Christian proceeded to tie her leg up, using a very intricate knot and ties to ensure she was in place. Ana gulped as the hoist was lifted up until she was hanging on one leg by her hands which had been placed quite close together on the hoist. He lifted it till she was on tip toes and was swaying uncontrollably.

"How do you feel?"

"Fine Sir." Ana replied before Christian produced a blindfold and took away her sight. Oh, this would be interesting!

First, she heard a vibration then she felt it placed directly on her clit. She moaned loudly as she struggled to hold herself on her toes. This was interesting, he was going to let her orgasm before they started to play. He'd never done that before.

"Please Sir…" Ana rasped, she could barely get the sentence out as she struggled in her restraints.

"Come for me Ana." Christian replied giving Ana the permission she needed to let go. She vibrated and contorted, fighting against her own body as she struggled to stay on one leg. This was a crazy position to have been put in. As Christian released the wand he smashed his lips into Ana who moaned appreciatively. He held around her waist, allowing her to ground herself and become steady once more.

She felt Christian leave her side and listened as he moved around her. It was always weird not knowing what was going on, but Christian had told her he would be introducing the violet wand which meant electric play. It was something she was intrigued by but had no idea if she'd like or enjoy.

The first thing she felt was an incredible sharp shock on her hip. She gasped and swayed in her restraints. That had hurt. Before she could focus on it though she felt the same on the other hip.

"How's that Ana?" Christian asked.

"Ok I think… Sir." Ana replied.

"See, I told you that you were a little pain slut." Christian smirked but before Ana could even consider a response the wand made contact with the underneath of her breast. Holy cow, it stung but it felt incredible and intense too. Not being able to see and being tied up the way she was added to that. Her calf was aching now, the underneath of her foot too. She swayed in her restraints whenever the wand made contact with her and she wasn't able to move away from the contact at all.

Christian drove her wild with the wand, catching her under the breasts, on her bum, he dragged it up the inside of her thigh and Ana groaned loudly, enjoying everything he was giving her. He loved how excited she was. Her juices were running down her leg showing that she was enjoying everything she was getting.

He thrust a finger inside her while pulsating the wand on her nipple. Ana was near screaming with the intensity of it all, the electricity on her nipple was crazy intense, very sharp but Christian's fingers inside her felt so incredibly good.

"Is one finger enough?" He breathed into her ear. Ana's response was garbled as he continued to pulse the wand back and forth on her nipples. "Or does my little submissive need two?" He said already adding another finger to the mix. Ana rocked and swayed in her restraints, desperate to get to the point of release to get away from the electricity. "Or maybe you need three.." As he thrust a third finger into her Ana screamed. It was so intense now, she felt full while also still dealing with the electricity. How Christian was able to do the two things at once she had no idea but she couldn't think about it too much either, she couldn't focus on one sensation over another. It was crazy overwhelming.

"I want you to come in ten… nine…eight…"

Oh he'd never done this before but Ana knew if she didn't come he'd just stop completely. He could be sadistic like that at times.

"Seven…six…"

"Please…" She begged, she was so close but she didn't think she'd orgasm before he reached zero.

"Five…four…" She didn't need to worry though, the fact he was counting down, the threat of stopping had her tipping over the edge. She swayed in her hand restraints, her leg finally giving way underneath her as Christian pumped his fingers hard and fast into her, taking her through her orgasm.

Ana couldn't hold herself up anymore, it was impossible, Christian was taking all her weight in his arm as he unclipped her hand restraints from the hoist. She collapsed into him, her body heavy, her mind feeling foggy and dizzy. He'd achieved what he wanted with her.

He carried her over to the bed so he could undo the rope around her leg. It had left some red welts on there which he prayed would go before this evening when she would need to be going to the count otherwise she'd need to wear some trousers! She was completely out of it, floating in subspace, incoherently gurgling and even dribbling. Christian laughed to himself, he loved when Ana got like this. While it was a sign he had given her all the pleasure she wanted it was also a sign of her absolute submission to him in the scene. Not that he needed any reassurance of that anymore. He wrapped her up in the robe from behind the door and carried her down to their bedroom. She could have a nice, long nap now. He snuggled into their bed with her, ignoring the raging hard-on he had having focused the entire scene on Ana and not his own needs. She was already snoozing against his chest, content in the knowledge she was safe and protected with him.