Marie felt her stomach sink as it suddenly occurred to her that she hadn’t obeyed all his orders. He leaned in close, lightly brushing her ear with his lips as he murmured, “Oh, I intend to punish you, princess. XXX Oh, she wanted to cradle his head with her hands, run her fingers through his hair, press herself more deeply into his mouth. It had taken the bright light of morning to bring on her regrets. Only then did he loop the end of the belt around one of the supports and tie it off. He wasn’t hitting her hard, and when Marie cried out it was with surprise. Her eyes had been squeezed closed, but now she opened them to look at him and gasped out, “Oh, please… I’ll pay
