The fear ebbed through my mind slowly as the pain of the restraints bit into my wrists and ankles. I knew that I earned what was coming to me, which made it all the worse. Disappointing Master is something I'm not meant to do. And now I was to punished for it.
Master had spent nearly half an hour tying me up. Making sure my body was perfectly symmetrical on the bed as I lay face down, right in the center of it. My wrists were bound with black rope to the headboard, and my ankles to the baseboard of the bed. Every time I pulled on one of my limbs in an attempt to ease the pain, the ropes tugged harder back at me. He left me laying there, waiting for him to get back with whatever instrument it was that he found suitable to punish me with. But Master knew the anticipation of the pain coming and not knowing what would cause it was nearly as challenging for me as actually being punished.
After several minutes alone, naked and fully exposed on the bed, I heard the door creak open and then close again. He was back. It was time to make up for all the bad behavior of the last few weeks. Cheeky slave. Snarky slave. Bratty slave. Nothing I ever wanted to be but somehow let myself become. I owed this punishment both to my Master and to myself.
I kept my face down and eyes shut as Master traced something cold and hard down my spine and across my ass cheeks. I had a guess as to what it was in his hand, but wouldn't know for sure until I was struck with it.
"So pretty for such a bad girl," Master spoke lowly. "Such a shame that you earned this for yourself."
"I'm sorry Sir," I whispered back to him, lips pressed against the bed.
"Are you ready, little one?" Master asked, though it was more a statement of preparation. He would be hitting me whether I was ready or not.