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Re her clothes, she tried to make herself as small as possible It wasn’t as if she was underdressed; her skimpy vest and shorts were far

Mason continued to eyeball her expectantly and a flush of heat hit her face as she lay across his lap He’d positioned hi theht of the torches didn’t quite stretch to reach them, but it didn’t matter; even in the dimness she was visible to everyone No amount of preparation would have helped with either the shame or sense of vulnerability She burrowed her head in her hands and waited for the gasps and snickers, so response from their audience

Nothing She peeked between her fingers and if she expected numerous eyes to be centered on her, she was mistaken They continued with the quiet conversations,It was as if she and Mason weren’t even there What rong with these people? Weren’t they embarrassed or upset at their behavior?

Mason cupped an ass cheek and gave it a light squeeze She jolted, re why she was over his knees in the first place She’d asked for this If she didn’t start relaxing, it would hurt like crazy

“Please,” she pleaded, peering over her shoulder “Just a moment”

“Sure, sweetheart I’m in no rush” Mason s spanked one way or the other”

Jade counted down fro in and out in time to the numbers It almost worked Why couldn’t he wait for them to be back on Titan, or at least in the privacy of the other hut where they’d stored their possessions?

“Okay,” she whispered

He war her ass cheeks one at a ti swats Slowly he built the pace and force until the smacks were obvious to anyone in the roo Mason to hold her tight about the waist Resisting never helped, but she couldn’t stop herself If only they were alone

She lifted her head and glanced around the roo there was a lack of interest, or perhaps it was exactly that Maybe what she and Mason were doing was so ordinary it wasn’t anything special

Jade groaned How stupid of her to h her eyes, not theirs These people had never been off world or traveled to the furthest places They’d probably only seen their jungle and met other natives She and Mason had landed in the midst of a co discipline and plenty of spankings They didn’t react to her punishment because it wasn’t different or unusual

The revelation brought about a change in her de and focused on what she should have done fro—Mason and his firm hand

“Good, that’s better,” he remarked, as if he’d read her mind More likely, he’d seen the shift in her body, the way she parted her legs and stopped tensing her thighs She bore each slap with fortitude, but the tears elling in her eyes and her lips trembled The heat in her ass was now a fire, her bottom was ablaze Herubs

“Oh, oh, ow!” she squealed

“This, young lady, is for taking risks Putting yourself in danger” He rattled off another battalion of spanks “Don’t underestimate how important you are to me”