"What will happen next," said Master Frederic, raising Maria's chin upon the fingers of his left hand as he spoke, "is that you will be beaten."
There was silence in the cavernous room, of which Maria and Master Frederic were the only occupants.
"You will be taken from this room into a theatre, of sorts, where you will kneel upon a block. Should you try to run away, or should you move too violently under the lash, you will be held down by our strong servants. You will be beaten, Maria, because in this house we consider the beating of girls to be indispensable to their becoming better at pleasing us, and because we like to watch girls being beaten. I am not saying that you will not be punished, from time to time, but it is important that you know that this first time you are not being punished, but simply beaten, to remind you of what you are, and where you are."
Maria felt Master Frederic's fingers upon her chin as a restraint beyond any of the leather straps with which he and his associates had bound her hitherto, since they had brought her to their atelier. She had known--of course she had known--that they would beat her soon. But as they had bound her to benches, and pillars, and tables, and had her in every way a master can have a girl, they had never yet beaten her.
Truly, had there been any need? For when they wished to enjoy her, they simply positioned her as they liked, and did so.
Then, this evening at sunset, they had taken the leather away, and given her the thin white shirt, and brought her to this cold, echoing hall. Maria had stood there, waiting, for a time she could not measure, until at last, in the gloom, she had heard the echoing footfalls of Master Frederic's shoes.
(Photo by Raduslaw Pujan, via Sir DuĊĦan Dom of the wonderful Sensual BDSM community on Google Plus.)
I do so love the focus on his fingers on her chin. Very beautiful, Emily. And his explanation of what will happen is amazingly erotic :)
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DeleteVery effective. It has the tension of STORY OF O, and I find that so powerful! Terrific writing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Grant! That's what I'm almost always going for!
DeleteThe only thing I thought that could have made this better was the name of the story you decided to use this in. I read somewhere that most of these make there way into your stories. It would be nice if you use the blurb, if you would tell us where we can find the rest of the story. ♥
ReplyDeleteWell, the visual inspirations are all one-offs, really, though the ideas tend to find their way into my other stuff. If you like this one, try Geoffrey's Rules and the First and Second Notebooks! Also, my book Bought and Trained, coming out next Saturday, might fit the bill!
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