There wasn't one incident that stood out in Rebekah's mind. It was not a singular act that she wanted to brand into Victor's body and burn into his psyche with fear. It was more like a rage that expressed itself in violence. Don't play when you're angry. Don't play when you're not thinking straight. Responsible platitudes of the bdsm community had fallen on deaf ears. It was precisely when Rebekah was angry that she wanted to play. It was only when a vendetta surged through her veins and crackled and sparked in her fists and her nails that she wanted to cause pain. She wanted to bring the ocean crashing down over her, through her, into another person. In the brimming of impolite emotions, better saved for your therapist's office or a punching bag than a real person, well, therein lay peace.
Rebekah opened the scissors and ran the sharp edge along Vince's inner right thigh. She pressed the blade over the indentations she'd left with her teeth, hard enough so he'd feel the sharp sensation, but not enough to break skin. Yet. Rebekah watched her hands to make sure she didn't cut him accidentally. If there was blood, it would be on purpose.
Vincent tried to jerk his leg away from her, but the taut bondage tape didn't have any give. His muscles strained and shifted under her grasp but there was nowhere to get away.
"Stay still," Rebekah warned without looking at him. She continued to watch the blade trace the teeth marks. "Wouldn't want to cut you before I'm ready." Only when Rebekah was absolutely certain that Vaughn had stopped moving did she slide the blade of the scissors higher up on his thigh and onto the sensitive ring of skin around his asshole.
The cat toy jingled. Rebekah's eyelashes fluttered up in time to watch Vaughn carefully holding the ball, trying to drop it from between his tied hands without moving any other muscle in his body. He was likely afraid she'd cut him by mistake, and in such a sensitive area.
Rebekah withdrew the scissors from between his legs slowly and tossed them off the bed. She held her hands up with a grin as if to show she was unarmed.
Victor blinked, once, twice, and then after several long seconds closed his fingers back around the cat toy to hold it in place. She'd found his edge.