"Those tentacles will dry up into husks in a couple of hours," said my captor as he climbed up on his horse. "You'll be free then."
"You're just leaving me like this?! You can't do that!"
My captor waved his hands, casting a spell. A tentacle emerged from the roof above her. "That tentacle will protect you. Anyone touches you, it will grab them. I hope this makes you feel comfortable." He then clicked his tongue, turned his horse around, and pulled me away. I couldn't turn my head back because we were moving too fast and I had to watch where I was walking, but I heard her sobbing. Then she cried out "Stop looking at me!"
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After travelling on the road all day, we settled down for the night. My captor went through our routine - tying my wrists above my head to a tree branch and applying the protective cream. To my surprise, he then cast a spell. A small patch of purple goo shot right out of his hand and onto my face, spreading over my mouth.
"Hey! What the hell?" was what I intended to say, but it came out as "Mmmm! Mmm mmm mmm?"
"I'm going to restate your situation, Megan," he said. "You have been a bad girl. You are being punished. You have already been deprived of your clothes and your freedom. If you try and use me to hurt other people, I will punish you further. I'm going to uncover your mouth and then you'll apologise to me for your actions today. After this, I'll spank you. If your apology is completely honest and accountable, I will only spank you five times. The more you lie, evade, or downplay your actions, the more I'll spank you. Understand?"
I nodded. He waved a hand over my mouth, causing the goo to crumble away. I cleared my throat.
"I'm very very sorry for egging that woman on so that you had to strip her naked in front of everybody." He didn't respond and simply stared at me, which made me uncomfortable. "I'm... also sorry for making fun of her? I think?"
"Is that your whole apology?"
"Yes? I think?"
He nodded. "Seventeen spanks it is."
"What?! That's not fair!" I panicked as he walked around me. WHACK! "Owwwwwww! One! Thank you, Sir!"
I started to cry and shake. The fact that I could have somehow talked my way out of all these spanks only made it more humiliating.
"Awwwww! Three! Thank you, Sir!"
I racked my brain trying to think of what I could have said or done differently and hated myself for feeling like I was giving in.