"Ten strokes to each buttock. Count them, slave."
I could barely get out "Yes, Mistress, " before she started, ten hard strokes to my left cheek in quick succession. I winced from the white hot pain she inflicted. Mercifully, it was over quickly.
"Mmm...that's looking nice and red.....and now the other side..."
She did not move, simply reached around and began to smack my right buttock, quickly as I counted up to ten. Each stroke was accompanied by an involuntary grunt from me as I steeled myself against the punishment.
"Mmm...a matching pair. Very nice!" She stroked and caressed my buttocks, admiring her handiwork, no doubt considering her next move. She moved to the bed to select her next implement. She returned with a riding crop and traced it across my shoulders, around my neck, playfully. She liked to show me that she owned me, at least for tonight.
The tip of the riding crop had a couple of leather pieces which she used to tickle me as she moved down my body, to my hands, which she smacked lightly on the palms. Next my arse and between my legs, down my inner thighs, lightly smacking as she went, making me shiver with anticipation. Between my legs, she moved along my calves and came to rest on my heels.
"As your feet are tied together I think twenty will do. Are you ready?"
She grasped the end of the rope hanging from my neck and looped it around her hand, taking up the slack and tightening the noose.
Then followed twenty strokes to the soles of my feet, administered slowly and surely, taking her time to let the pain linger before another stroke. Her cruelty was impressive. I marvelled at her control over me as she held my throat in the noose and ensured my submission. I counted as best I could, interjecting the occasional expletive and towards the end, barely a whisper as I longed for the punishment to end. When I was unclear she gave me another stroke for good measure. I gritted my teeth until the strokes finished, the cruel glow lingering on my feet for an age.
Each type of pain was a new and quite different experience for me. The natural response to pain is to recoil to try and protect oneself against it. Tied as I was, this wasn't an option, she had made certain of that. Even so, I had chosen to stay, so I had chosen to accept more pain. I was trying to understand what was happening to me, because there was clearly some part of me that was enjoying this. It felt dangerous but also safe. The pain was a fascinating sensation, one I'd avoided so actively until now. I began to compare the pain and the pleasure and found them only different versions of the same thing - physical sensation. As I told myself, I wasn't being damaged by the whip, and there was no hatred in her actions, I became more comfortable and could settle into the feeling. That was the closest I could get to an explanation.
I also found a new pleasure from being tied up. It was so - relaxing! This surprised me. Even when the pain reached a peak, I wasn't thinking of freeing myself or getting away. The ropes felt comfortable around my wrists and ankles and the tightness was strangely reassuring. Being in her control, her slave, was the icing on the cake.
"Rest," she said and she pulled me down to sit back on my heels. I breathed deeply as she stroked my face.
"Your Mistress thinks you are doing very well, slave."
She stroked my hair and rubbed the back of my neck, her other hand dropping to my balls which she grasped and fondled, smiling appreciatively.
"Open your legs, slave" she commanded and, struggling, I complied. The way my ankles were tied was tight but permitted some movement. I was able to move my knees apart. She produced a length of thin cord which she slipped under my testicles and before I knew what was happening she had started tying it around the base of my shaft, tightening my erection which was building slowly. I was confused, I had no idea what would happen next. She sat back and admired her work.
"That is very pretty, I must say."
With her finger she wiped away a drop of pre-cum which had formed on the tip of my penis. With a tiny delicate motion, she licked it from her finger. Her hotness made me ache with desire.
"Now for the finale. This next part you may find a little difficult to bear. I understand but I expect you to do your best. I strongly suggest you do not struggle and you stay on your knees."
She moved close behind me and taking the end of the rope which hung from my neck, she threaded this between my legs and brought it up around the rope which tied my ankles. She pulled it taught, tightening around my throat and bringing my head back. Then she tied the rope to secure me. I was shocked. The position frightened me. I could not move and feared I would choke. I could breathe but I had to stay perfectly still. I calmed myself and submitted to my bonds. She stroked my back.
"Open your mouth. Bite on this," she said and she pushed a thin bar between my teeth. It felt like rubber but was hard. I held it in my mouth as instructed and imagined how many others had done the same. It scared me, the thought of what was coming.