Author's note: This story contains nonconsensual acts. It is dark and cruel. Reader's discretion is strongly advised.
Chapter 5 - Day 25 - Punishment
Sarah knew that there was a problem even before she finished dinner. The whole cabin might smell of chicken and rice, but there were storm clouds over her owner's head, mirrored the storm clouds outside, and she didn't dare ask about it because she was worried that she knew exactly what the problem was, even if he couldn't have possibly noticed what she'd done this morning.
"Are you sure there's nothing I can do to help with--" she purred, leaning forward from the doorway into the kitchen far enough that he could easily look down her apron and see her exposed breasts beneath it, but a thunderclap from outside interrupted her little show and made her look up nervously as the lights flickered.
She tried to tell herself that she hadn't done this and that this was another mind game. She knew from her psychology classes that alternating between hot and cold was a very effective way to force compliance, so that was probably all it was. Even if that was the case, though, it was scary how effective it was. The coolness with which he looked at her from across the room, like she was almost a stranger to him, made her want to be extra sweet and attentive, but he just shrugged disinterestedly.
"Sorry slut - you focus on your chores," he said after he'd looked back to whatever it was he was reading. "I've got other things on my mind besides getting my dick sucked. Your needs will have to wait until after dinner."
"Yes, master," she answered, quickly going back to the kitchen to check on the rolls.
She spent the next half an hour alternating between trying to convince herself that that interaction had been a very normal interaction with her owner and that nothing was out of the ordinary and being annoyed that she jumped at every little thing he did. She'd been here for almost a month now. Apparently, that wasn't just long enough to make the world think you were dead but to become nothing but a loyal dog to the man that had done this to you.
Those thoughts inevitably led to what she'd done this morning after breakfast and how she'd slipped the piece of junk mail with her message in a bottle in with the other letters he had stacked up to take to the post office. It wasn't enough information for them to find her or to save her. She didn't want to be saved. It was just a message to give her loved ones hope that she was fine, even though she wasn't sure she was. Was aching to be used by the man who had branded you mean that you were fine or that you would never be fine again?
On some level, she supposed the answer was both, but she didn't care. She wanted her real life back, but not if it meant giving this up. Every day he toyed with her, she went a little further down the spiral, and she knew that there was no normal life out there for her anymore. Some nights, while she lay there luxuriating in the feeling of his warm cum sliding out of her, she tried to imagine going back to her old life. How would she get through a week without becoming a complete whore? None of her milk toast boyfriends were capable of giving her what she needed anymore. She'd be stuck with a constant stream of Tinder bad boys. She didn't want that, though. She just wanted David to make her feel like a whore while he fucked her pussy almost as hard as he fucked with her head.
Dinner was a tense affair. She'd hoped that he'd at least break it up by forcing her to eat from the doggy bowl or maybe deny her a meal until after he'd sucked her dick under the table or something, but instead, he just ate in silence while she picked at her food. She was too afraid to ask again, though, so her only choice was to sit there in her underwear while the storm raged outside and the clouds gathered in here. Towards the end of dinner, she felt an overwhelming need to confess her crime, but she held back. That might be something he would literally kill her for, and as hot as his threats to do terrible things to her while he was fucking her could be, she didn't have a death wish.
"Alright," he said suddenly, snapping her out of her reverie as he pushed his empty plate away. "Time to play with my toy." A chill went through her as he got up and pulled her to her feet. She realized she'd barely eaten, but it was too late to change that now as he grabbed her by the elbow and led her downstairs. They hadn't gone back downstairs in almost a week, and the wordplay only meant one thing in her mind anymore: the room. That hideous room filled with toys and cameras where he always did the worst things to her.
Idly Sarah wondered if that meant he was going to fuck her up the ass again, but she couldn't decide how she felt about that. She found that the idea both thrilled and frightened her, but as her owner unlocked the door and turned on the lights, she saw one thing that frightened her even more. The letter that she'd sent this morning was sitting in plain view on top of the nearest table.
"I can explain--" she whined before he silenced her with a slap and dragged her into the room by her hair.
"Shut the fuck up cunt," he growled, ignoring her struggles as he pulled her over the padded X brace in the corner that they used so rarely. "After everything I've given you, you go behind my back like this."
The storm clouds that had gathered in her owner's expression all day suddenly exploded into a storm every bit as violent as the one that was raging outside.
"I'm sorry. I just - My parents - I needed them to know that--" Sarah pleaded as tears started to run down her face, but she was silenced again as he slammed her back against the padded fixture hard enough to knock the air from her lungs.
"Sorry isn't good enough for a broken toy like you to learn your lesson. Not by a long fucking shot," he answered, sounding as angry as she'd ever heard him. "Sorry isn't going to cut it when you try to destroy everything we've built together and get me thrown into prison, is it, cunt?"
His tone scared her more than the way he was throwing her around, and she didn't struggle as he started to buckle the straps around her wrists. She couldn't speak, not even to defend herself. Instead, she just lay there shaking her head to ward off his accusations while he looked at her like she was nothing but garbage.
It was then that she started to feel real remorse. Not for getting caught, of course, but for going behind his back to do something like this. She had been so sure that he would never check the letter that she'd slipped in with other mail and that it couldn't possibly do any harm that she'd never thought about how he would feel if he did, and realizing that, hurt her heart even more.
Then he got the flog.
"No matter how hard I hit you, the pain really won't be the same, but I think it's still important that you discipline your pets, even if they're too dumb to understand or improve," he said casually, striking the floor a couple times with the leather implement to make her flinch at the sound.