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Nora slid the cane off the bed and Michael’s body stiffened in fear

"Six-bar gate," she said "Just one Upper thighs Then we’re done Ready?"

He couldn’t bring hiain and nodded Behind hiel, some people say it’s the sound of the cane that’s the worst part Personally, I think that’s bullshit What do you think?"

At that, he experienced a pain so excruciating that it would have dropped him to his knees had he not been tied up

The second strike came before he could recover froations?"

"Yes--" he cried out as the third blow fell The pain stabbed into his legs and shot through to his stoony was so acute, the pain so precise he could feel exactly where Nora placed each blow Perfectly spaced, one inch apart

The third felt like a knife on his skin instead of a cane

The fourth and fifth he couldn’t even feel

But the sixth landed diagonally across all five and the sound that escaped his lips sounded foreign to hie, like the cry of a wounded anied in his bonds, barely aware of his surroundings When Nora untied his arht to his sides She unshackled his ankles and he hardly noticed

Nora pressed her body into his burning back

"Good boy," she whispered "I’m very proud of you"

Proud of him? When was the last time anyone said they were proud of hiain, he would have said, "Yes, e leather arers and pointed to the floor by her feet

Michael floated to her ripped hientle throbbing When he knelt at the floor by Nora’s feet, he half hoped she’d let hiood job, Angel, that I’ive you a reward Well, both of us a reward really"

Nora’s shifted in the chair and draped one leg over each chair arht skirt she wore absolutely nothing

"Do I need to tell you what to do?" Nora asked