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The fear was palpable, not fear of punishment, but fear of rejection, of dis ht her the consequences I kept a stern look on my face as I held her eyes with mine

"What were you supposed to do Gabriella?"

She sed audibly, but she daren't reaze from mine That would be an offense worthy of what had become to her, the severest of punishments, the withdrawal of myself from her presence

She longed forI'd trained her to do in the weeks since I'd claimed her

"I' Gabriella"

"Master, may I?"

"Good girl" I withheld h I felt it tickle at the corners of er to please Releasing et back to it

"Again"

After the removal of my shoes, she sat back on her heels With arms out stretched, she reached up, and with slow, methodical and precise movements, released my belt from its buckle

Her eyes strayed tiain to the tent that had formed in front of them Her hands shook as she pulled the belt free, and laid it aside With my pants unbuttoned, she drew the zipper down ever so slowly, being careful not to touch

She pulled them down slowly, past the silk boxers that strained to contain th These too were neatly folded and placed on the otto down at her, I could see the pulse beat frantically in her neck as she licked her lips

"No Gabriella" This is where she always ran into trouble, where she broke away frouess I should never have let her taste

But hoas I to know she would becoue? So much so, that even the threat of my lash was not a deterrent

She looked up at me with sad eyes and pouty lips as she whily "Soon little onesoon"

She finally stood to re ht tre the rest of , with unhurried ease

She'd learned her lessons well in the last feeeks It had been hard not taking her any one of the hundreds of times I'd held her, but I wanted to savor There was no rush once you'd found The One

It's a testament to my perversity that the one woman I wanted above all others, was the one I abstained from But there was a reason for this; before I take her maidenhead, she must be prepared