As always it is better to have read the first two chapters before reading this one. May I also reiterate that all the characters in this series are 18 or over.
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It was late afternoon before reality began to creep back in. With Mrs C, my elderly cook, away until tomorrow and Rosea 'busy' elsewhere, Marta and I had the house to ourselves. I had allowed Marta to display her dominant side with her daughter but now I was determined to make sure she still knew her place. During a quick lunch I made her kneel on the cold stone floor of the kitchen. She seemed at first puzzled and perplexed but soon realised her true position in the house hierarchy. When I stood up from the table and ordered her to follow me, she made no move to stand up but did so on hands and knees.
I walked slowly into the hall and up the stairs while she struggled to keep up behind me. She appeared both resigned to her fate and pleased to be back where she belonged. I wondered if this morning's brief journey into my world had been too much for her. At the time watching the look of nervous delight on her face as she applied the paddle on Rosea's backside, I knew I may have uncovered a darker side to her. It was up to her to come to terms with it and it was my responsibility not to let it get out of hand.
At the top of the stairs I opened the door to my bedroom and stood aside to let Marta crawl past me into the room. I left her there while I walked further along the landing and pressed my ear to the door of the guest room. I could hear only silence. Presumably Rosea was still as I had left her, tied securely to the bed. I decided not to open the door to check on her and crept away back to my room.
Marta was knelt dutifully next to the bed patiently waiting for my return. Even approaching forty she was still a lovely woman. Her boobs, that still hung outside her low top, were still pert and seemingly untroubled by gravity. I sat next to her on the bed and reached out to stroke her jet-black hair. She looked up at me and smiled hoping that all was well between us once more. Her smile turned to anxiety when I gave her a stern look in return. I decided to soften things to begin with.
"You did well this morning, Marta," I said softly, and a half smile returned, "however ... I still hold you partly responsible for Rosea's disobedience."
"But Sir..." she tried to say, a nervous look etched across her face.
"Shhh! I am speaking."
She instantly bowed her head and fixed her gaze on the floor.
"I gave strict instructions that neither of you were to touch yourselves before today. I know that I can trust you when you say you did not, but it turned out that Rosea was less trustworthy. She has been punished for this, a task in which you acted very well. However, it was up to you as her mother to make sure she too obeyed me. if you couldn't trust her you should have made sure she was in no position to go against my will."
"But how, Sir?"
Her tremulous voice came from behind the curtain of hair that had fallen forward to hide her face.
"You could have insisted she sleep with you and you could have watched her all night, or you could have secured her, as she is now," I answered her impatiently.
I reached to the side table and picked up the much-used leather paddle. I struck it against the palm of my hand and the familiar 'CRACK' echoed around the room. Marta's head immediately came up at the sound and she looked at my hands as I stroked and flexed the pliable leather. Whereas for Rosea the feel of it had been a shock, for Marta it was an old foe she had encountered many times before.
"I'm sorry, Sir and, of course, you're right," was all she said.
In truth I think she was relieved that the paddle was going to be her punishment and nothing more drastic. Her face brightened slightly. She had felt it before and knew its effect. Not only the sting on her bottom but elsewhere. The first time she had been mystified by the tingling in her pussy but soon learned to accept it gratefully. She knew that often it led on to even greater things.
"Stand up and get undressed," I ordered her.
She stood up and slowly, like peeling a delicate fruit revealed herself, carefully folding each item and laying it on the chair by the door. She knew how to please me with her slow striptease and from my place on the side of the bed I made the most of it as she turned this way and that, as she bent over and then stretched to the ceiling. As each new part of her was revealed I examined her closely. Her tits, even when released from the support of her top showed no signs of sagging, mostly helped by their small size. This lack of volume was more than made up for by her very pert nipples that were already standing proud. Her bottom was delightfully unblemished and evenly tanned thanks to her Mediterranean heritage. I knew from past experience that the marks of the paddle showed well. Her pussy was shorn of hair as had Rosea's been earlier.
When she was finished, she stood before me, hands behind her head as I had taught her, and silently waited, hoping for my approval. I let the silence linger as I looked her up and down watching to see if she would flinch under my intense gaze. When she didn't, I smiled at her and her face betrayed her relief.
"You are still a gorgeous woman, Marta," I praised her, "but it is time to take your place over my knee."
She knew what she had to do, that it was inevitable and that, in both our minds, it was my right. Without hesitating she came to me and bent herself over my knee, her hands touching the floor on one side and her feet floating above it on the other. I laid one hand on the small of her back and the other on her backside. She was soft and warm to the touch and trembled slightly at my touch. We had been in this same situation many times before and we both knew that the outcome would be our mutual pleasure, but we had to go through the ritual beforehand. I picked up the paddle and used it to caress her cheeks.
"We both gave Rosea six strokes for her disobedience this morning. I think you should have at least six as well. Don't you agree?"
"Whatever you think best, Sir," came her muffled reply, and I felt her beginning to tense up in anticipation.
Without allowing her any time I lifted my arm and brought the paddle down firmly. The much-loved double sound of the slap of the leather on her bare skin quickly followed by the sharp crack of leather on leather filled the room. I lifted my arm to give a clear view of the target area and watched as a red mark slowly appeared. I also waited for a response from below.
"Ooof! One, thank you Sir," came Marta's muffled voice, on cue and as expected.
I struck twice more before pausing, being greeted each time by the right response.
"Two, thank you Sir," followed by, "three, thank you Sir."
I could now see three distinctive marks on her bottom, each developing slowly. I knew that by the sixth there would be marks that would last a good few days. I let the paddle slip from my fingers and dangle from the leather wrist loop, as I stroked her arse. I could already feel the faint welts forming made by the edges of the narrow leather strips. I could also feel the heat beginning to rise. I let my fingers slide slowly down the cleft between her cheeks, lingering temptingly when I came to her anus. But that was for later. I explored further and was delighted, but not surprised, to find that she was already wet. My finger slipped easily along the lips of her cunt and she spread her legs as well as she could, eager to invite me in.
"Don't be so eager, little Marta," I chided her, "we still have work to do."
I took hold once more of the dangling paddle and gripped it firmly before striking out.