I had seen videos of the extremely violent judicial punishments carried out by various countries in the Far East. Malaysia seems to be especially keen on the use of the heavy rattan cane as part of it's law and order armoury. Usually wielded by a burly uniformed policeman it is indeed a fearsome implement. The victim is strapped across a timber frame, with necessary padded protection for the kidneys and the punishment administered under medical supervision. From what I have now experienced, the sjambok matches the heavy rattan in every way. At the time of the execution of a sjambok beating there is nothing you would not do to escape the incredible pain that it's hard application delivers. However In the calm and serene aftermath of a twenty stroke beating, bathed in the raging torrent of endorphins that the body produces as an antidote to the agony, one's perspective undergoes a revision. With the fading of the intensity of the pain the intrinsic eroticism comes to the fore, and with it also certain pride in having undergone such an intense ordeal at the feet of such a skilled dominatrix, having taken manfully all that she could offer. There is also of course the knowledge that one is in the custody of a woman to whom many men will gladly pay substantial sums of money for the privilege of being treated in such a harsh and cruel manner.
Arianne de Vries had carried out the threatened punishment to the letter. There had been absolutely no holding back, each stroke being delivered with full force. The sentence had been ten strokes of the sjambok for the theft of the small piece of steak from her dinner plate, ten more for lying about it on being questioned. One could certainly argue as to the fairness of it, but not about the manner of the carrying out of sentence. Despite the former I now felt only deep respect for this beautiful woman. The wounds from the sjambok had been considerable. By the sixth stroke endorphins had begun to take the edge from the agony. Fortunately for me her enjoyment of carrying out the punishment had meant that each stroke had been separated by a period of time during which she had carefully inspected the effects of it's predecessor, in this time the endorphins had begun to work their magic. It had been this sixth stroke that had been the crucial one, the point where my skin had split, giving way under the severe impact of the sjambok, allowing the blood to flow freely, the flesh deeply lacerated from this point had taken on the appearance of raw steak.
That this occurrence had not deterred her from completing the sentence handed down by her for my misdemeanours spoke volumes of her single minded determination and commitment. Arianne would freely admit to having made the transition from a mere professional to that of a true lifestyle dominatrix. She now lived for the thrill that only total domination of another human being could provide to her, it had become a drug that she craved, one that only a true submissive could adequately provide.
Despite the intense pain of the beating once returned to my cell, deep, dreamless sleep came easily to me. This is another aspect of endorphins, their effect is very soporific. I was expecting to be fetched from my cell in the morning by Gerd, having assumed that Ariannes's involvement would be peripheral and confined only to areas of my training. It was with some surprise therefore that I saw her figure framed in the doorway between the holding cell and the dungeon. She was dressed in the same manner as the previous evening, figure hugging black leather jeans, stiletto heeled boots that reached to just above the knee, the slightest hint of a smile now playing on her crimson lips.
The short leather singletail that Gerd usually carried was in her hand as she studied me through the steel bars. The key turned in the lock. "Follow me slave." I followed Arianne obediently from the dungeon up to the kitchen. My breakfast was, as on the previous morning, already prepared on the floor in the steel bowl. I noticed the single plate on the kitchen table, a sign that Gerd was absent. A polished red talon pointed to the bowl on the floor. "Make the most of your food slave, there will be nothing for you except for water until this evening. I don't intend to allow you the sort of leeway that Gerd has given you the last couple of days. We will have a proper day's work from you today or you will suffer for your laziness." As if to emphasise this she drew the tail of the whip through her fingers.