“Okay.”
Dominic growled.
“Think about it first. It won’t always be easy.”
“I choose option two.” I knew it wouldn’t be easy. It didn’t escape me they made sure to clarify thatIwastheirs, not that they were mine. I needed to explore everything happening and it had to be with them. I didn’t think I’d ever venture into any club ever again by myself. “I don’t need to think about it. It’s option two.”
“You broke a big rule, Sutton.” Dominic crossed his arms and stared down at me. “You’re going to be strapped down with your bare ass out. Everyone is going to watch since you want this to be public. Twenty with a paddle. You’ll count after each one. Miss one and we’ll start over. It’s going to hurt, Sutton. Are you sure about this?”
I swallowed. Twenty felt like a lot. And they were going to take my panties off? Oh, god. I was nervous but when I thought about how lonely I’d felt these last two weeks without them, I knew I could do it. I turned around and held my arms up so I could be strapped in.
Theo’s voice was low as he took care of buckling the straps around my limbs.
“Have you picked a safe word?”
“Yes. Red. Simple so I can remember.”
“If it’s too much, use it. As soon as you finish this it’s all behind us. Clean slate, Kitten.”
I nodded and then gasped when my vision went dark. Leon breathed into my neck and nipped me.
“You don’t need to see for this, Kitten. Just keep breathing and counting.”
I tensed as soon as their warmth moved away from me and I was left there alone. With my eyes covered I was doing my best to listen to any signs of where they were. My breathing came faster.
“We have a special show for you tonight, ladies and gentlemen.” Dominic’s voice rang loud across the club. “Our Kitten was a bad girl tonight and she’s going to take her punishment in front of all of you to prove that she’s sorry.”
Oh, god. Oh, no. What the heck did I do?
“It just goes to show that even innocent little kittens can act up. Evenourlittle Kitten.” He moved closer to me and lowered his voice. “And you are our little Kitten now, Sutton. You sold your soul to the devil, baby.”
I clenched my fists and tried to calm down but then I felt one of them behind me, slowly dragging my panties down my thighs. I knew I was wet from being around them but having it pointed out by some random woman in the crowd lit my body on fire with humiliation. That feeling quickly transformed in a way that made me question my sanity. I was painfully turned on.
I heard the whistle of the paddle just before it cracked across my butt. The sound of the paddle hitting my skin was loud and then the sting came. I flinched and my body naturally tried to get away from that pain but I couldn’t go anywhere. I clenched my jaw shut to stop myself from screaming but then I remembered I was supposed to count.
“O-one.”
The next two came back-to-back and left me clenching my cheeks and thinking I’d messed up.
“Two, three!”
Dominic landed the next paddle at the top of my thighs and I lost the battle of crying out.
“Four!”
He was suddenly pressing into me from behind, his scent comforting me.
“You’ve got this, Kitten.”
Then he was gone and I received one more stinging paddle that made me scream. I counted and in the silence that followed I could hear people talking and laughing.
“My turn, brat.” Leon ran his hand over my hot lower cheeks and growled into my ear. “This is for scaring the shit out of us. And for putting yourself at risk.”
Leon swung the paddle with more force than Dominic. The sound was even louder and the instant sting left me panting for breath. I wasn’t sure I could speak until he tapped my hip with the paddle.
“Don’t make us start over, Kitten.”
“Six!”
