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I had Sara call Abigail on Wednesday The co weekend, unlike the others, would not start with a meal at the kitchen table For one, I doubted ht before I punished her Second, having her arrive at eight o’clock and head straight to ht

I called the local kennel to ht If Jackson and the team made the play-offs, I’d have to board hiet a trial run in beforehand And, I admitted to myself, I wanted him out of the house

I stood at theoverlooking the drive on Friday night, waiting for Abigail to arrive Finally, I heard the sound of the hired car I closed my eyes

You can do this

You have to do this

My body tensed as I listened to the car door slae in time tip her off that I knew she’d disobeyed me? Would she look remorseful as she walked into the house?

The doorbell rang

I opened the door, and she stood there looking confused but not reht hours

“Abigail,” I said, waving her into the foyer

She stepped inside and looked around

“Did you have a good week?” I asked, wanting her to tell me “You may answer”

“It was fine”

Maybe hers had been fine Mine sure as hell hadn’t been Mine had been a horribly confusing week as I’d tried to work out the best way to handle what had happened on Sunday night

“Fine?” I asked, slightly irritated at her response But ive her one ht out “I’m not entirely sure fine is the appropriate response”

Confusion clouded her expression

Yes It was fine She hadn’t disobeyed me The punishment wouldn’t be needed For the first time in five days, I felt like I could breathe

She gasped, and my hopes plummeted

“Abigail” I took a deep breath “Is there so you wish to tell me?”

She looked to the floor “I got only seven hours of sleep on Sunday night”

I closed my eyes

Da Felicia

Da a rule

Da that twenty strokes for a lost hour of sleep was appropriate

And daail’s doood idea

But

I had given her the rules, I had written down the punishment, and damn it all, I was her dom

I straightened my shoulders “Look at me when you speak”

“I got only seven hours of sleep on Sunday night,” she said, clearly this tiail was a woman ned up to her mistakes

“Seven hours?” I stepped toward her “Do you think I put together a plan for your well-being because I’ better to do? Answer me” Maybe that was it Maybe this was all a joke to her She would never take us seriously if I didn’t punish her

“No, Master”

Apologize for breaking one of my rules

But she just stood there, flushed and fearful

“I had plans for this evening, Abigail,” I said “Things I wanted to show you” And now the library would have to wait “Instead we’ll have to spend the evening inon your punishment” I wanted her to know this was not how the weekend should have gone Her disobedience changed everything

Would she apologize?

“I’m sorry to disappoint you, Master”

Yes Thank you That’s what she’d done She’d disappointed me

“You’ll be sorrier still when I finish with you My room Now”

I watched as she climbed the stairs and headed to my bedroom Then I checked er and gathered h—I needed to be in control

I rolled my sleeves up and headed for the stairs

She waited, naked, on the whipping bench The prior weekend, the sight of her bare ass had fueled my fantasies This weekend it reminded me that as nice as fantasies were, our relationship had rules and Abigail had broken one Broken rules led to consequences As the rule maker, I enforced the rules and handed out the consequences

I ran a hand through my hair I didn’t have to like it and I didn’t have to enjoy it, but I had to do it

I went to the bench and gently brushed Abigail’s ass She jumped

Nerves

That made two of us

“I use three different types of spankings,” I said, wanting to explainIt’s used to heighten your pleasure, to excite you The riding crop, for exaers over her buttocks to her war how and where to strike when the tiht would be, I wanted her to know that spankings could feel good, that I could excite her with a spanking as well as punish her

My touch grew rougher, and I watched her skin for any change of color I pinched to see how red her skin would beco this would helpis for chastisement You won’t feel any pleasure The purpose is to remind you of the consequences of disobedience I ail How h Thursday? Answer me”

“Eight,” she sputtered

“Yes, eight Not seven” Disrespecting ot, so perhaps a sore backside will help you remember in the future”

Perhaps we have both forgotten a few things and this will help us both

“The third spanking is a war” I bent down and picked up the strap fro?”

Silence

I put the strap on the bench, right next to her face She needed to see it

“Because your ass can’t handle the chastise first”

Because you ht bruise otherwise

“Twenty strokes with the leather strap, Abigail” But I needed to remind her she had an out She could use her safe word Neither of us had to do this “Unless you have so you’d like to say”

If she had entered into this arrangement for any other reason than to be my sub, if she wasn’t one hundred percent certain she wanted to be dominated, I would find out now She had only to say the word to bring our relationship to an end

She was silent

“Very well” If she could handle it, so could I

I drew an softly, radually war hs met her butt