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"Yes, sir," she said "I want ain, kissed her lips again

"I already haveand made no protest as Søren stripped her naked He unbuttoned her blouse and slid it off her arms Under her shirt she wore a black corset, which he took an unnecessary aer she was to have hi there Her own fault for falling in love with a sadist, not that she regretted it He unzipped her leather skirt and pushed it over her hips and down her legs His fingers on her bare skin as he unhooked her stockings set her to shivering, even more when he tickled the bottoms of her feet as he pulled them off

If she hadn’t loved Søren before, she would fall in love with hiht-year-old body with the saazed on her naked seventeen-year-old form She’d never suffered frohtly--been accused of being egotistical A wo them worship her had to haveherself soused to Tiray in his hair could barely be distinguished from the blond The years had sharpened his features, scraped off the rough edges, and sculpted hiive hier ood

"Someone’s quiet," Søren said as he lifted her off her feet and laid her onto the bed on her back The linen sheets tickled her, made her aware of every nerve in her body "Are you nervous?"

"I was thinking about tomorrow"

"‘Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorroorry about itself,’" Søren said

"Yes, Father Stearns I’ve read Matthew, too"

Søren set a basin on the nightstand by the bed and soaked a s and hold still while I set you on fire"

Nora held still

Fire-play wasn’t so much about pain as it was fear Fear and its mirror twin--trust She closed her eyes while Søren painted her sto alcohol He took each of her wrists and buckled them one by one to the headboard with leather cuffs

Søren lifted the candle off the bedside table and moved it slowly up and down her body six inches or less from her skin When he inflicted his sadism on her, he did so intently, with respect for the act and respect for her willingness to serve hierous and it was rare when Søren asked her to sube-play She knew him When anxious, troubled or under stress, he centered himself with sadism He could pretend he wasn’t worried about tomorrow, but she knew better It was on his mind as much as hers