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“Can you come from pain alone?”

Master Xavier’s words barely penetrated the twilight-like space where she seemed to float.

“No, Master Xavier.”

“Are you sure?”

The tip of the flogger tails landed on the inner curves of her ass, near her anus, and the sting of pain sent a jolt of pleasure through her pussy.

“No, Master. I’m not.” She wasn’t sure of anything anymore.

A warm palm came to rest on her back. “These last few will be the hardest.”

That was the only warning she got before pain exploded across her ass. Mae screamed, tears leaking from her eyes.

“You’ll take another one.” Master Xavier’s voice was deep, his breathing a bit ragged too.

Mae couldn’t speak, but she arched her back, presenting her ass more fully.

“Good girl.”

Crack. Crack. Crack.

The final three blows came in quick succession. Mae didn’t have time to scream, she barely managed to breathe. Her legs started to give out and she reached back with one hand, grabbing Xavier’s forearm, holding on to him as if he were a life raft in the middle of a stormy ocean.

He grabbed her by the upper arm and neck, raising her to a standing position and turning her to face him. Within the shadows of his mask his eyes glowed like emeralds. He was breathing hard, his jaw muscles tensed.

Mae realized that he was as lost in the storm as she was. This is what had always been missing from her scenes before. Never before had doing something to her, playing with her, had the kind of impact on a Dom that she could see in Xavier’s eyes.

The ground shifted under her feet, the earth seeming to tip sideways only to right itself, the world slightly different than it had been a moment ago.

“Master, please.”

face. “What do you want? To come?

the last of her courage she reached up, laying her palm on his cheek, feeling both skin and leather under

on hers. Mae’s heart clenched, and she knew, though she couldn’t say why,

guided his

his lips were firm and wet against hers. For a moment he didn’t react, and Mae felt a pang of fear—she’d overstepped, she’d read

then his arms were tight around her back,

smooth surface of the mask. She wished she could

deepened the kiss, his tongue dipping into her mouth. Mae sucked on his tongue, and when he shifted, one leg sliding between hers, she eagerly ground against his

back, Mae was left

play time does not include sexual contact, except for what’s on the checklist.” His face unreadable, hidden from

wanted to curse. There’d been something between them. Maybe he hadn’t felt it the way she did. That thought made her stomach

I want sex? What if I want to add that

her questions. “It’s nearly four a.m. You’ll

“What if—”

by the back of the neck, his will washing over her. “You

her frustration—both sexual and emotional, and it showed, her words sarcastic and

jaw clenched, lips a thin line. She’d pushed him too

and forced her to bend over the horse. His

“Grab your ankles.”

I’m

his hand

of pain sent a shudder through her. Disappointment and frustration from the truncated kiss were suppressed by a resurgence of the sweet submissiveness that had filled her while he

her fingers in the D-ring cuffs around her

You will meet me back here at noon. Eat before you arrive. You will

“Yes, Master Xavier.”

your place unless you’re actively being dominated.” He pinched her abused

thinking; all the blood was rushing to her head. “I’m

fact, and it gave Mae some hope that he didn’t sound disgusted. “It means that I cannot let you go without reminders, as I have no desire to start over again. Have you been trained for

“Yes, Master Xavier.”

you taken up your