“Please don’t,” she whispered, tears springing into her eyes. She did not want to leave, nor did she think she could stand anymore. “Please,” she said again.
He rested a hand on the back of her neck and leaned forward. “You can end it.”
“So can you,” she whispered, unable to keep the tears from spilling.
He slid his hand from her neck to her back, between her shoulder blades. He rubbed there, almost soothingly. “A few more strokes so you’ll understand that this is what happens when a person becomes a pet. It means a master can treat you roughly in every sense of the word, and you must endure it. He can punish you hard enough to make you cry and scream. He can make you too sore to sit the following day.”
“Please,” she said, her shoulders shaking. Despite the fear, she was also intensely excited by his treatment of her. Why? she wondered.
The belt struck again, sending a stinging sensation through her roasted buttocks.
“I hate you!” she screamed.
He dragged his nails gently over her flaming backside. “Apologize.”
She shook her head, expecting him to strike her harder, but he didn’t. He waited.
“I’m sorry,” she said, flustered and shaken. “But you’re being merciless!”
“And yet,” he said softly, “you raise your hips for me.”
Was she? Yes, she thought, startled. There was so much warmth in her entire body, including inside her unused pussy. A delicious little ache had started. One that he could likely compound using his body. “I’m not. My body’s confused,” she said.
“Mmm. A sure sign that a pretty little pet needs a master.”
She swallowed. Was it true? No, of course not. It was just her attraction and the release of so many hormones.
“Be a good girl for these last few strokes. Don’t clench.”
“That is very easy to say. Not as easy to do.”
The wicked strap whizzed through the air again and slapped against her. She shrieked and cursed, and finally begged for him to torture her in other ways.
* * *
Evston’s hands werenot wholly steady as he unstrapped the princess’s limbs. He had been sure that after a few hard slaps of his belt, she would crumble and demand her release. Instead, she had borne up like a hearty girl who’d been raised for hard labor. She was a delicate little creature, but she’d withstood more than any new girl he’d ever seen under that kind of first lashing. Even more intriguing was the wanton way she moved her hips and the dots of dew on her lower lips. Her desperate begging for him had made his balls ache. She was almost too beautiful to resist with that reddened ass and moist pussy.
He lifted the sniffling princess from the spanking bench and carried her to the sofa. When he squeezed her flushed butt cheek, she bucked and rolled from his lap onto the floor.
He stared at her for a moment. The delicate curve of her spine and pale skin of her back gave way to the fiery red of her buttocks, which glowed with heat and sported angry raised marks. Of course she could not be expected to sit calmly while he fondled her.
“All right, pet,” he said evenly, gathering her up despite her efforts to evade him. “All right,” he said more firmly. “You’ll lie down on your stomach. Calm down.”
He didn’t truly expect her to settle, and she did not. She had a fiery nature that turned restless when frustrated, and her body had been excited without release. He set her on a floor cushion. She had put her hands and knees out, and so was on them, her head hanging down as she breathed deeply.
“Lie down,” he commanded.
Her head jerked from side to side. She was like a wild colt that someone had tried to ride too soon. He sat on the cushion and gripped her shorn hair firmly, careful not to tug. He held her head in place, controlling her just with his grip.
“Your punishment is over. You’ve paid for your insolence and disobedience. What’s more,” he said softly, leaning closer to her head, “you impressed me with your endurance, which is not easy to do. You were remarkable, pet. Really remarkable,” he said in his most soothing tone.
The furious energy seemed to ease.
“Your body is ready for a different kind of use, but it’s too soon for that. Lie down now,” he said.
She collapsed onto her stomach.
“Good girl,” he whispered. He lay down next to her. “Come closer. I’ll give you what you need.”
