Yes, by the time Stay starts, rumors were already starting to float around about who Ford is and by the time Eric sees Vanessa at the elementary school, it’s common knowledge. (The first edition of Proviso had a little mention in the epilogue that rumors were starting to float. Rape of a Virgin, Wild Wild West, and Goddess and Her Lover happen way too close to Sebastian for it to be a coincidence.)

Giselle’s still only wearing a choker. Knox makes the comment, but Eric tells him it’s just a pretty choker she can take off at will, which surprises Knox because a sub/slave can’t take off her own collar at will. Knox thinks they’re a lot kinkier than they are because 1) he knows the pack women like the Beauty books and 2) Bryce’s late wife was a domme and 3) B&G play at it enough anyone who knows the signs would wonder. He’d make that leap.

Aslo, at the dojo someone mentions Giselle wearing a collar. Really? Or just another choker?