"You've been a naughty girl."
Meliawen averts her eyes to the floor. "I'm sorry, Mistress," she mutters. She wrings her fingers together in nervousness, her naked body quivering slightly with anticipation and the chill of the room.
"No you aren't," Mistress Krista said, lifting Meliawen's chin with her hand. "You played with yourself on purpose, knowing what the punishment would be. And to make it worse, you gave yourself an orgasm. You know I don't allow that. You didn't ask."
"I'm sorry, Mistress," Meliawen repeated, trying in vain to look at the ground once again, but Mistress Krista held her head in check. She lowered her eyes as best she could, finally closing them.
"Get on the bed, on your hands and knees," Mistress Krista ordered, and Meliawen did as she was told. She lowered her head, her long brown hair hanging down to hide her face. Mistress Krista walked over to the nightstand and grabbed the blue flogger, then returned to the side of the bed. She brought it down hard on Meliawen's back, and she winced, her body convulsing as the pain shot through her.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Mistress Krista brought the flogger down again, just over her shoulderblade.
"I'm sorry, Mistress," Meliawen said, almost a whisper.
"I didn't hear you." Mistress Krista smacked the flogger across her ass, and she shuddered again.
"I'm sorry, Mistress," Meliawen repeated, almost yelling it now. "I won't do it again."
"I doubt the truth of that," Mistress Krista said, hitting her on the small of the back.
"I beg Mistress, please forgive me," Meliawen pleaded as the flogger came down on the small of her back. "Please?"
Ignoring her pleas, Mistress Krista hit her again and again, moving from her back, down to her thighs, and back up again. One right after another, the flogger came down, leaving light red marks on her skin.
"You're doing that wrong," came a voice from the doorway, startling the two women. Meliawen dared not move, though Mistress Krista turned to see the one who had interrupted her punishment of her slave.
"Master Gabriel," Mistress Krista gasped, but regained her composure quickly. "She played..."
"With herself," Master Gabriel finished. "Yes, I know. She told me already. I was planning my own punishment for her when I got home."
Mistress Krista lowered her eyes to the floor. "I thought I would punish her for you, Master." The flogger hung limp at her side now, as did her arms. "Had I known..."
"Now you know," Master Gabriel said, moving to stand before her. He took the flogger from her, and she tried to bury her chin in her chest. His soft, gentle hand caressed her arm up to her shoulder, then to her neck, finally resting on her cheek. "Thank you for your efforts," he said softly, then slapped her hard on the cheek. "But you should have asked me."
"I'm sorry, Master," she said, wincing in pain and fighting to rub the sore skin, fearing his wrath again.
"However, since you were already punishing her, you might as well finish." He held up the flogger, then tossed it to her. "But like I said, you're doing it wrong. You're hitting her too fast. You need to take time between strikes, otherwise the sting from one blurs into the sting from the next."
"Yes, Master." Mistress Krista moved to the other side of the bed, opposite Master Gabriel, thinking he would want to watch from a better angle without her body obstructing his view. She lifted the flogger, looking to Master Gabriel for approval, who nodded.
"Like I was saying," Mistress Krista said, hitting Meliawen as she winced, "You need to ask permission to play. You've been told before. You will learn, like a good slave."
The flogger struck her again. "Yes, Mistress," she said, again almost a shout.
"Why isn't her collar on?" Master Gabriel asked before Meliawen could be hit again.