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Her eyes watched me as I walked back over to her.

“You know the safe word?” I asked. She’d never given me one but she knew mine even though I’d never used it.

With a tiny nod of her head, I had my answer.

“You have anything to say, you better say it now.”

She remained silent.

I pushed her dress up until her ass stared back at me.

My hand fell heavy and the smack against her ass cheek rang out.

Her body barely flinched and I knew she was trying to hold onto her control.

This was all wrong for me.

I never wanted to punish someone like this before.

But I had broken and I knew the only way I could get through to her was to step into her world.

“What did I tell you, Pet?” I asked, my voice was raw and the words came out with a deadly edge.

When she didn’t answer quick enough, I popped her ass again. I let it smack harder and this time, her cheeks clenched.

“You have my back,” she whispered out.

My jaw clenched. I hated hearing her like that, but that didn’t mean I was done.

“What did I tell you?” I repeated the question to make sure she got it.

I brought the paddle back down on her ass. The skin was welted and red. I knew if I touched it, the skin would be hot. I didn’t make any attempts to sooth the burn, not yet.

“You have my back,” she said a little louder.

“And why does that mean so much to me?”

Her eyes closed tight and I knew she was holding back tears.

Not because I was making my point on her ass, but because she realized that she’d fucked up. And she was understanding why.

“Tell me, Pet. Why does that mean so much to me?!”

I raised my arm ready to strike again when she didn’t answer.

My eyes closed and the paddle fell from my hands.

“Rapunzel,” I whispered out as my head sagged.

The room was silent and the sounds of my heavy breaths rang out in my ears.

I released her wrists then fell to my knees on the floor.

I couldn’t look at her.

Petra stood over me for a long moment, the tips of her shoes filled the outer rim of my vision.

Her hand was in my hair a second before she pushed me back on my ass and then climbed into my lap.