Chapter Eighty-Five

Talia's POV:

He stood back once more and waited. Slowly I opened my legs, wider, and wider until he asked me to stop. "Now move your hips back toward me."

As I did as he instructed, I rested my head in the crook of my bound arms.

"Are you ready?" he asked, pausing for the desired effect.

"Fuck you," I whispered, trying to hide my excitement.

The first blow struck me on the calves, flashing through my mind as a blinding white light. My mouth opened in a scream that was devoid of sound. I was most certainly not fucking ready for that! Frantically, I tried to look behind me. There was a whip in his hand. The scream that had been struggling to come out of my chest finally burst out.

The second lick of the whip overlapped the first, coming so fast I couldn't have expected it. My knees buckled, swinging my body toward the bedpost in front of me. My pubic bone struck the post. I wailed in pain, choking on my tears.