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.
It was another warm and sunny day. Arianne waited until I had dressed in my boots and shorts before leading me out on the end of the leash to collect the tools from the coach house. Once in the woods I began work immediately, clearing the vegetation from the paths. I was soon sweating with the effort. She stood, arms folded, feet apart, watching me as I laboured. "You really need to put more effort in boy." I carried on, maintaining my pace of work even though fatigue was already setting in. She stepped closer in what was quite clearly an attempt to intimidate me, standing directly over me as I cut the overgrown foliage and put it into the barrow. She pointed with her whip to a sweet chestnut tree about twenty metres away. "You have an hour to clear up to that tree, if it's not done, and done properly, you are in trouble boy".
She strode off purposefully in the direction of the house, I watched her slim but powerful body, encased in gleaming black leather recede into the distance. She returned shortly before the hour was up. I had almost reached the tree, barely a couple of metres of path remained to be cleared. Arianne looked at my progress before ostentatiously consulting her wrist watch. "It looks as if you have failed to complete the work in the time that I had allotted you." She said. "I will not countenance either laziness or disobedience, it is my intention to cary out a field punishment." I had heard of field punishments. It was an army term dating back to the First World War when soldiers had been disciplined by being tied to a stake or bound to a gun carriage wheel and left for periods of time. Arianne took several lengths of white rope from a sports bag that she carried. She pointed to the trunk of a small tree, about as thick as my thigh.. "Kneel with your back to that tree." I did as she said.