Page 64 of A Master's Destiny
I sigh. “To be honest, I originally thought Slater switched the candles based on our previous altercations. But after speaking with the shopkeeper, I no longer believe that is the case.”
“How can you be sure?” Maestro Leo insists.
“I can’t. However, I have never seen the two of them interact in class.”
The staff member returns and whispers in Master Nosh’s ear.
“Excuse me, gentlemen. This should only take a minute,” he tells the other trainers.
I stand there silently while the three remaining trainers whisper amongst themselves.
When Master Nosh returns, I can feel a wave of quiet anger pouring from him. He addresses me in a solemn voice. “Thank you, Mr. Davis. You may return to class.”
“Can I ask—?”
“No, you may not.”
I walk up to clear the candles off the table, but Master Nosh waves me away. “Leave them.”
I quietly pick up my tool bag and walk out of the room, shaken to my core by the encounter. I have no idea what just happened, but the energy in the room feels charged like the quiet just before the storm unleashes.
When I walk back into class, everyone looks surprised to see me, including Alana. Without missing a beat, she says, “Welcome back, Mr. Davis. You may take a seat.”
Kat looks at me questioningly when I sit down beside her.
I shrug and get my notebook out. I struggle to concentrate on Alana’s lecture about impact play safe zones because I can feel the heat of everyone’s gaze directed at me.
A male submissive walks into the classroom and begins to undress while Alana continues her lecture. Once naked, Alana orders him to stand at the front of the class, facing the whiteboard.
“It is imperative that you know the areas to avoid during any type of impact play. Hitting these parts of the body could result in extensive, sometimes fatal, injury.”
She takes out a pointer and touches an area low on his back. “The kidneys must be avoided and are found between the bottom of the ribcage and the top of the buttocks.” She circles the area at the bottom of his spine. “Then we have the tailbone, which is located at the base of the spine here.”
Alana traces the upper part of his hip with the pointer. “You want to avoid the boney part of the hips because several nerves are located here.”
Tracing down the length of the sub’s spine, she tells us, “The spine in the center of the back has several small bones that can be cracked or bruised.”
When she lightly grazes the base of the man’s neck with the pointer, he twitches slightly. “As you can see, the neck is a sensitive area. Keep in mind that this is where many major arteries, tendons, glands, and lymph nodes are found.”
Pointing to his ears, she warns, “Ears are also off limits for impact play. Hitting a person’s ear may cause permanent damage to hearing—”
Master Nosh walks into the room, along with Vendari Steele, Laird, and Maestro Leo. Their unexpected presence, along with their ominous expressions, fills the room with a sense of foreboding.
Alana quickly excuses the submissive, who immediately picks up his clothes and makes a hurried exit.
“I apologize for interrupting your class, Alana,” Master Nosh states gravely, “but there is an urgent matter we must address with the students.”
“Of course,” she replies, obviously startled by their presence.
I glance at Ashford, who looks bemused as he stares at Slater.
Slater, on the other hand, stares at me accusingly, as if I’ve betrayed him.
Master Nosh addresses all of us. “It has come to our attention that a student in this classroom purposely endangered one of our submissives.”
“Whatever Davis said, I had nothing to do with it, I swear!” Slater cries in his own defense.
Master Nosh turns to him. “This isn’t about you, Mr. Slater.”
