Chapter Eight
Total and utter vulnerability. Those words seethed through Zara's mind three days later as she parked her car in the vast car park of the stately home. Set in magnificent and extensive gardens, the house was impressive and a tribute to the craftsmanship of the men who had built it over two hundred years before. However, that was not what Zara was concerned about as she stared out through the rain-dappled windscreen. She studied the handwritten note once more just to make sure that she had followed the instructions carefully then she opened the car door and slid out, making sure that she kept her long raincoat wrapped around her body because she was totally naked underneath apart from a pair of hold up stockings and her shoes.
At least it's raining so nobody will look askance at my long coat, she decided as she walked towards the house. A little ticket office, an incongruous shed just in front of the magnificent building, prevented her getting in without paying so she showed her membership card to the woman there and walked on, heading out into the gardens as the rain intensified, wetting her hair and dripping down the back of her neck before then rolling down her spine and even into the crease of her bottom.
Grateful that she had been before and therefore knew exactly where she was going, Zara strode on, glancing at her watch as she realised that she might be a couple of minutes late. The rain always seemed to bring out more traffic and the council was busy doing roadworks as well so that had held her up for a few minutes. She turned left then left again, shoes splashing through the puddles and finally found the tiny sheltered sanctuary hidden away just off the gravel path. Slipping inside, Zara sat on the bench tucked away at the back and then put on the blindfold, mouth drying up as her vision was cut off by the black velvet.
It was agony waiting. Every sound from outside made her nerves jangle and her heart bound as she wondered if it was her master or just some random stranger. The quick pitter-patter of the rain on the roof of the shelter matched her pulse and she shivered, suddenly feeling cold without any clothes on under her coat. Why had she obeyed the note? She could have been snug and dry at home in bed...and bored stiff, her mind whispered before she jumped as she felt someone sit down beside her on the little seat.
"You were two minutes late, Zara, and therefore I am going to punish you," stated her master's voice quietly but firmly. "Stand up then remove your coat."
Zara obeyed, slithering the wet fabric off her shoulders after unbuttoning it. She felt a cold chill travel across her exposed flesh for a moment or two before warm hands pulled her sharply down and she found herself across his lap.
"I think two minutes of lateness needs a two minute spanking!" he announced, hands roaming across her naked bottom cheeks. Zara swallowed hard, fearing what was going to follow as it was yet another step into the unknown. Yes, she had experienced a few playful taps on her bottom from past boyfriends but nobody had spanked her seriously. She let out a little whimper of fear then squealed sharply as the man's hand struck her flesh abruptly. A stinging sensation shot into her bottom cheek and up into her brain and was quickly followed by more as he set to with a will. His hard hand smacked each cheek in turn, whipping down and instilling pain into her skin while she gasped and wriggled on his lap, feeling his hard cock poke into her thigh. Again and again, his palm spanked her flesh and Zara began to feel pleasure in the midst of the pain. Warmth blossomed in her skin and suffused her body and her clit pulsed in time with the sharp stings that entered her flesh. A hard flurry of spanks on her left buttock made her hiss in pain but then heat rushed in and she sighed with delight, widening her thighs in response then squealing once more as his hand concentrated on her other bottom cheek.