Dex reached into his bag and pulled out a spreader bar, restraints, and a combo, fancy flogger. He wasn’t sure if Kate preferred sting or thud sensations, but the combo flogger would give her both, and he could finesse whatever she most responded to as they went. He also had more floggers, in case this one didn’t give her what she needed.
He set everything he’d gathered on the table next to Kate’s discarded clothes except the spreader bar and the restraints.
Kate fidgeted where she stood against the large freestanding black X. He stepped behind her, and with a smile of anticipation he swatted her ass with his open palm. Only hard enough to give a light sting.
She jumped with a surprised squeak that ended on a husky laugh. “I’m sorry, sir. I just didn’t expect it.”
“Part of my job is to keep you guessing what will come next, beautiful.” He stepped forward and swatted her ass hard, making her jump again. “I didn’t give you permission to speak, Kate. Punishments will be received for noncompliance with the rules. Is that clear?”
“Yes, sir.” Her shoulders rose and fell as she sucked in a large breath and then let it out.
Dex could tell that her reaction was a combination of arousal and anticipation, and not any type of fear or hesitation about the activity or even the punishment. It was clear Kate liked impact play. Liked it a lot.
He ran his hand from her right shoulder, along her arm, to her wrist. “I’m going to restrain your arms.”
“Thank you, sir,” she mumbled against the black leather.
Dex wrapped the restraint around her right wrist and then raised it so her arm was fully extended above her and she was balanced on her toes, before he clipped the restraint to the O-ring on the cross.
She tugged at it lightly as if testing its strength, and then relaxed her arm in the cuff.
He repeated the action with her left wrist and smiled as a visible shiver ran across her skin.
“How are you doing, Kate?” He picked up the spreader bar and knelt near her feet.
“Horny, sir. I need to come.”
Dex chuckled softly before he swatted her other ass cheek slightly harder than he had the first. He was immediately rewarded with a long moan as the sting most likely turned into fiery pleasure.
Kate adjusted her stance easily as he affixed the ankle restraints and then pushed her feet farther apart to accommodate the length of the bar. He clipped the restraints to the bar and glanced up to see her shapely ass in front of his face.
Dex leaned forward, grabbed her hips in each hand, and nipped the smooth skin of her ass firmly between his teeth. The smell of aroused woman made his balls tighten. When he pulled back, he saw the slight mark he’d left on her, and his inner Dom instincts roared. He couldn’t wait to leave more. Marks she would be able to see for several days, to remind her of the pleasure he’d given her tonight.
Kate squirmed in her bonds, reminding him she was impatient for more. Normally he would admonish a sub and teach her patience, but since Kate had been neglected for so long, and this was their first night together, he had another approach in mind.
As he stood, he smacked each of Kate’s beautiful ass cheeks in turn, just hard enough to give her a good sting and to turn the skin a nice shade of pink as blood rushed to the area. Those marks wouldn’t last more than a minute or two, but the ones the flogger gave her would be around much longer.
Since the music was a concern, he fished a long scarf out of his bag and wrapped one end around Kate’s right hand. He leaned down close to her ear, smiling as his warm breath against her skin made her shudder. “Are you familiar with using the scarf in lieu of your safe word? I’m not sure I would hear you over the music and the sound of the flogger, so this is a good alternative.”
“Yes, sir,” she answered immediately.
Dex smiled as the familiar anticipation he always felt before a scene rushed through him. “Look at me, Kate.”
She turned her head toward him, opening her heavy eyelids to reveal her beautiful green eyes, glossy with need, the pupils dilated as the endorphins washed through her.
“Good girl.” He leaned forward and kissed her hard, giving her a preview of the frenzy she would soon experience.