Chapter 58


    “And you, are you wet, Beth?”


    “Yes, Master James.”


    Beth was in an almost dreamlike state—the warmth of his body was seeping into her bare skin, the


    pressure of his hands on her skin had a strangely calming effect and she was able to answer his


    questions with absolute truth without feeling awkward.


    She was so lost in the feelings that she gasped when Master James grabbed her hips and spun her


    around so her back was against his chest. Firm hands grabbed her thighs and forced her legs along


    the outside of his, opening and exposing her sex.


    “Raise your hands, put them on my head.” His voice was rough.


    Beth obeyed, but the peace of a moment ago was gone, every muscle tense with dread. She’d


    forgotten where she was, what she was, and now she’d be punished. Flogging and whipping of her


    pussy were on her list of hard limits, but experience had taught her that there were plenty of other ways


    her sex could bear the brunt of a punishment, and each was painful.


    “I apologize for my disobedience, Master James.” The words were the appropriate response to bad


    behavior. She waited for him to say something like “You won’t make that mistake again” or “You need


    some correction.”


    Instead Master James brushed his lips against her ear and whispered, “I don’t ever want to hear those


    words from you again.”


    One hand slid up to her breast, cupping the mound as he flicked the nipple with his thumb. The other


    settled between her legs, two fingers exploring herbia before slipping inside her pussy.


    * * *


    James pressed his fingers along either side of her clit, rubbing gently. Beth’s body arched, her fingers


    tightening in his hair as she gasped in startled pleasure.


    He forced aside the rage that was churning in his gut, focusing on her. Rolling one nipple with his


    thumb, he pressed his lips to her neck, letting his breath stimte the sensitive skin there.


    Beth’s hold on his hair became painful and the muscles in her thighs were vibrating. He’d been


    touching her for less than two minutes, but it seemed like she was going toe. Not surprising


    considering that she’d been denied pleasure for so long.


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    Ignoring that thought, he nipped her earlobe, pinched her nipple hard, and rubbed her clit with firm,


    quick pressure.


    Beth’s already taut body tensed like an archer’s bow, the sleek lines of her gold-toned skin revealing


    lean, strong muscles. She took a fractured breath and then started to shake, her limbs trying to curl in,


    as if to protect herself from the force of her orgasm—a force so strong he could see her thigh muscles


    quake.


    He didn’t try to force a second orgasm, but did press the heel of his hand against her clit, spreading the


    lips of her sex with all four fingers so he could feel the orgasm. He could have entered her, let her body


    clench around him, but he would save pration forter.


    Beth copsed against him, breath shuddering in what was almost sobs. Part of him wanted to curl her


    up into a ball and hold her, but he kept her spread and open before him, hoping the physical openness


    would help trigger more emotional openness.


    He ran his free hand over her torso, thighs, and arms, taking possession of her bare flesh with his


    touch. When her breath returned to normal, he took his hand from her pussy, wiping it against her belly


    so the smell of her orgasm would be more apparent.


    He could tell the moment she shifted from a ce of pleasure to awareness. She rxed her hold on


    his hair, lifting her hands away from his scalp so her palms were only a light pressure on his head, still


    following hismand but lightening the touch.


    James eased her into a sitting positing, then helped her stand.


    With her back to him, he took a moment to let his feelings show on his face. He could cheerfully


    horsewhip Cat—and every other Dom who’d ever used her.


    True submission—stripping away a sub’s walls to find the core of him or her—was the hardest thing a


    Dom had to do. It took time, nning and skill, because it went against most emotional and physical


    protective reflexes people, especially women, had developed by the time they were adults. Usually


    what happened was a submissive managed to keep some of those walls in ce, resulting in a sort of


    half-submission that was usually fine, especially among casual partners. The trouble came when


    neither Doms, nor the submissive themselves, could tell that they weren’t experiencing full emotional


    truth about what they wanted and needed.


    That’s what he’d helped Master Xavier and Mae ovee—Xavier had managed to bring out Mae’s


    real submissive. She’d been begging Xavier for the kind of domination no one would have imagined


    she would want, but Xavier had his own demons to wrestle with and hadn’t realized how deep Mae’s


    need went. James had seen what neither of them could after watching the two of them together in a


    scene in the library. A scene Beth had been a part of, in so far as she’d been a prop.


    In Beth it seemed there was the opposite problem—the perfect, obedient submissive who followed


    every rule, obeyed everymand, and yet no one had touched the real core of her.


    James doubted Mae would have submitted at that level to anyone but Xavier—chemistry between the


    Dom and sub yed a huge role in how intense a scene or rtionship could be. But it was much


    moremon that good chemistry allowed for more intense y, rather than the apparentck of


    chemistry in Beth’s past rtionships resulting in unfulfilling experiences for her.


    There were people who found the greatest pleasure in kinks that dismissed their sexual needs while


    still making them sexual objects. Some “ves” were used in that way, as were men who enjoyed long-


    term chastity or cuckolding. James was a firm believer in live and let live, though he had no interest in


    those styles of kink, nor it seemed did Beth, despite the way she’d been submitting.


    Every knight in shining armor instinct he had was on alert after only a few minutes with her, which only


    made him angrier, because that was thest thing he wanted. Reminding himself once again that she


    didn’t need to be rescued—she needed to be made toe until she couldn’t remember the word


    “rules”—let alone what they might be. James promised himself that he wouldn’t get emotionally


    involved beyond investing the time it would take to figure out how to make her let him in.


    He was gathering pieces of the Beth puzzle, and though he still couldn’t see how they fit together, he


    intended to figure it out before he let her go Sunday night. He intended to make her submit, truly


    submit.


    Maybe for the first time.


    A bubble of amusement at that thought helped him put aside his anger.


    Beth’s shoulders hunched slightly when heughed. James squeezed her legs between his knees,


    reassuring her with physical contact. When she remained stiff he traced the line of her spine down to


    the crevice of her ass, spreading the cheeks with his fingers just enough to make her think about the


    possibility that he would fuck her there.


    “Do you know why I’m amused, Beth?”


    “No, Master James.”


    “It’s because I just realized that I need to treat you like a virgin.”


    “Uh… I’m not a virgin.” The tone of her voice suggested she didn’t think he was particrly bright.


    If there was one thing he didn’t have to worry about with this sub, it was having her attempt to top from


    the bottom. That required maniption, even if it was done subconsciously. Beth either didn’t like to lie


    or didn’t know how to. It was refreshing.


    “I know you’re not really a virgin, but you’re a virgin to the type of submission I’m going to demand.”


    “I don’t understand.”


    James rose, pressing his front against her back. She was half a head shorter than him and lean, but


    the kind of lean that came from muscles, not diet. He normally preferred curvier girls, but there was


    something deeply appealing about Beth’s body.


    “I know you don’t,” he whispered in her ear. “Raise your arms behind your head so I can look at you.”


    With quick, easy grace, Bethced her fingers together at the back of her neck, thrust her chest out,


    and spread her legs. The arch of her back pressed her ass into his groin. It was suddenly easier to


    understand the appeal of such an obedient and well-trained sub. James put some space between them


    and stroked his hands from her elbows along her shoulder des and down her back to her ass.


    Taking a seat, he kneaded the firm globes.


    “Bend.”