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I didn’t like the idea of being with so in co there

Ja, but unbearably close, and I remembered then Oh yeah, that

"Where’s your bedroo than what I had seen so far I highly doubted it

A strong hand fell onI leaned into the contact Even his sirabbed ether into a ponytail He used it like a handle Or a leash He pulled ently, up the stairs by it My chin lifted up with his handling It was fir, but with no pain Yet

We passed by eight doors in the long hallway to his bedroom His room was on the very end, the door already opened

He tookto let me take it all in

The room was softly lit and colossal Double doors opened into a well lit bathroom on the opposite side of the room The walls were a medium taupe, the colors themed to the desert, similar to the rest of what I’d seen of the house

His bed was massive I’d never seen a bed like that It had to have been custom made It had a massive four poster frame, made up of heavy dark wood that was intricately carved and nearly reached the high ceiling

It was topped by a heavy, latticed top of the same wood It was patterned and carved into a piece of art It was beautiful and frightening It was a bed e and pain

I picked out thelittle details slowly, as I took in the entire , attached to the latticed top And more were fastened to the posters theainst the crisp white sheets

"Are those ropes?" I asked in a breathless voice There was some kind of cushioned rae that matched the carpet I wasn’t sure what it was for

"Yes," he answered, and didn’t elaborate

My eyes caught on the object they had perhaps been avoiding A black riding crop lay on the ra, but I knew the answer

"Yes," he answered,rip on my hair until I was several steps closer to the bed "I have more toys that I want to use on you, but I didn’t want to intihed, and it was a desperate kind of noise So this was how he tried not to intimidate me?

"You need to pick a safe word," he told me It was an order

I took a deep breath "I assume you know I’ve never done any of this before?" It was a question

"Yes," he breathed, his voice thick and intense

My h my mind had worked independently of my brain

"Sotnos?" he asked archly He i of the word perfectly on the first try

"Yes" I wouldn’t tell hih it made a sick kind of sense But I certainly wouldn’t explain it to hi aze was hard "There are rules in here I become your master in here, and I will punish you when you defy o too far, but if I do, or if there’s so you just can’t handle, that’s the word you use"

"What about outside of here? Didn’t you say you would punishto you? But eren’t in here when I lied to you"

He smiled at me, and it icked "There are exceptions I will never lie to you, and I expect you to learn to do the same Tell me what your safe word means"

I shook my head stubbornly "No"

"Would you rather take more lashes than just tell me what that means?"

I nodded "Yes" I tried to sound sure, but I wasn’t I had no concept of how hard he would hit me, or howconditioned for pain, and I couldn’t iher tolerance for this than ue over his teeth It was incredibly hot, watching that skilled tongue run across his straight white teeth I hadn’t seen it before, but the teeth on the outside of his canines were a little sharp, alht and perfect Even his teeth were iht, ale? Is there soe for that infor you want in general?" His voice had turned to velvet as he spoke

I wasn’t even terippeded ure out this arrange has ever made me feel this wild before I need to mark you I need to own you I need to punish you I need to open you up and strip every detail out of you And I will get you to tell me what that word means to you"

The last two sentencesto happen, but I couldn’t find the voice to tell hi out of me in a harsh rhythm of mindless fear and anticipation