With his other hand, he pulled the flogger back and landed it with another sharp snap. His expression was one of pure pleasure as he listened to Vera’s moans. Just as they started to change pitch and I could tell she was going to come, he moved the wand away. “You didn’t count, Vera.”

“Six! Six, okay? Please!”

He sighed. “Too late. Start over.”

She got to seven that time before Reed held the wand to her clit and we both watched as she soared to the very edge and then he took it away again. “Reed!”

He let out a dark laugh. “I had a feeling you wouldn’t appreciate having to wait for your satisfaction.”

I sat forward, breathing in the scent of her fresh pussy juices. She was leaking, coating her inner thighs even. I held my breath as he did the same thing two more times, getting her just to the edge and pulling back.

Her moans turned into angry shouts after the fifth time. “Just make me come, Reed! I need to come!”

“I need you to follow the rules.” He rained the flogger down on her thighs and her screaming reached a new pitch.

“Don’t stop, Reed! Please, god, please let me come. I need it! I’ll follow the rules! I will!”

I fisted my hands as I watched Reed take her to the edge one more time. I felt like I was right there with her, being tortured, too. I wanted to reach forward and finish her off. It would be so easy. That was my punishment, though, I realized. Reed was forcing me to watch her suffer because of my lack of control.

The flogger was tossed aside and Reed finished the last five spankings by hand, leaving his handprint over top of the other marks he’d left. He took her to the edge once more and then pulled the wand away for good.

Vera had tears streaking down her face, her body was bright red, and she wasn’t supporting herself anymore. The ropes were doing all of the work. She looked up at Reed and sniffed. “Please, Reed.”

He let her watch as he packed up his things, slowly taking the ropes away from her. Once all of his stuff was in a neat pile, he looked down at her and raised his eyebrows. “You think you deserve to come after breaking the rules?”

Vera’s head dropped and she moaned helplessly as she sagged into the bed. Instead of answering, she reached out and grabbed his hand.

“Roll over, Hellcat.” Reed helped her and then smiled down at her. “You took your punishment. Good girl. Now, you can take your reward.”

Vera kept her grip on his hand as he reached down with his other hand and stroked her clit. Her moans grew louder. “Yes!”

“Give her two of your fingers, Dean. Make them count.” Reed rubbed her clit faster and nodded at me.

I made sure my fingers were wet and slowly pushed them into Vera. Her walls were tight and so hot around my digits. The sounds she made just grew louder and I wanted more. I pumped them in and out of her faster, making it count like Reed had said.

“Close! Let me come, please let me come!”

“Come for us, Hellcat. Come on Dean’s fingers.”

I pressed my hips into the bed and groaned in pain as her walls clamped down on me and her orgasms hit her like a freight train. She let out a wail and jerked as she came hard. I watched as her juices ran down my hand and wanted desperately to lick her clean.

Reed stopped me with a look, though. “And so ends lesson two.”

Vera rolled onto her side as her orgasm carried on through mild tremors when she closed her legs. She curled up in the middle of her bed, the pillows too far north for her to use one, and seconds passed before she was asleep.

I turned to Reed. “Can we debrief?”

He nodded towards the door. “Out there.”

CHAPTER 26

Reed

I took the beer Lennon handed me and sank heavily onto the couch, my pants tented with a painful erection. I ignored it as best as I could. I was buzzing from the experience with Vera. She was naturally submissive to me and soaked herself for a good spanking. She’d taken her punishment like a champ. Even her begging, which I normally didn’t like, turned me on. Hearing her plead with me to make her come was a shot of adrenaline straight to my brain.

I’d been with women who were better at being submissive, doing everything I wanted perfectly, but it was different with Vera. It was better. She wasn’t perfect and I knew she’d never listen to me completely. I liked it, though. I liked her fire. I liked the way she’d been sitting normally, waiting for me to show up. She was willing to do what I wanted her to, but she wasn’t going to let me take advantage of her.

“Reed?”