Page 110 of Masters of Pleasure
Fuck, that hurt.
Some people found this sexy?
That’s why you’re the Dom.You’re supposed to find doing it sexy, not receiving it.
Right.Okay.Except he was struggling with the idea of making Avery feel like this.
It wasn’t the pain.Nick was no stranger to pain.He was a chef, for crying out loud.His entire life was about blisters, small burns, and cuts.He didn’t have any hair on his forearms because it had all been burned off over the years.He could stand for hours, bend over a cutting board for hours, and do whatever he had to in order to get through the night.
Yes, this was an entirely different pain, and he could handle it, but he didn’t like the way it made him feel.This wasn’t pain to get a job done; it was pain for itself.That’s where his brain fritzed.
“Now the thighs.”
Two burning spots on the backs of his thighs later, Nick was happy to get off the spanking bench.Embarrassment burned through him when he caught Q’s eye.Stiffly, he straightened, avoiding Q’s and Connor’s gazes.It wasn’t until both of them bent over the bench, he realized they hadn’t been judging him—they were both clearly apprehensive as they got into position.They’d been watching him because he and Sam were the only indications of what to expect.
He didn’t feel any less respect for them as they got into position.Connor got on a different bench than Sam, which had already been adjusted for his greater height.If anything, seeing their serious dedication to learning how to properly ‘play’ with a submissive and now understanding how much of a blow it could be to both ego and physical nerve endings, he had more respect for them.
Oh.Oh.
When Luke came out of the bathroom and came to stand beside him, Nick was very aware of his own nipples and ass burning, knowing the spanking hadn’t even been that intense.He had a feeling the ‘prolonged’ demonstration would be much worse.
For the first time, he felt as though he understood Luke a little better.Maybe he didn’t understand what drove his big brother to do this, but now he knew how it felt.And it fucking hurt.Yet, Luke would bear it for Olivia, and deep down—even though he would never say it out loud, even though he didn’t want to think about it—he’d judged Luke and had thought he was weak.
Now…
Fuck.Luke did what Nick wasn’t sure he could do, regularly and with a smile on his face.It might not have been what Nick thought of as ‘strength,’ but it sure as hell wasn’t weakness.The fact Luke could regularly submit like this to Olivia, submitting both his pride and his body, without it affecting his self-image… Okay, maybe that was how Nick defined strength.He was already struggling with doing it once.
“I can leave if you want me to,” Luke murmured, so no one else in the classroom could hear.“I’ll go hang out in the office until they need me for the next demonstration.”
“You’re demonstrating?”
“Yeah, flogging.”Luke shot him a quick grin.“They figured you all knew what a spanking looked like, but they want to show you a flogging and the whips on a real person before showing you what it feels like.”
Nick didn’t hide his flinch, and Luke grinned even wider.
“Don’t worry, Olivia told me she’s going to leave you to Master Law and Mistress Julie.”
“I’m not sure that’s meant as a kindness,” Nick muttered.“Master Law has a hard hand.”
Though now that he could see Olivia spanking Connor and the pink spots that were already appearing on the man’s pale skin, he wasn’t sure she’d be any lighter.Ouch.Was that how hard he was supposed to spank Avery?Or was Olivia using more force because Connor was a man?He wished he’d been able to see how hard she spanked Sam to get a better idea of what a woman could handle.
“Is that how hard she spanks you?”
“She usually prefers a flogger with me, but when she does, yes.”Luke sounded completely unbothered by the fact his girlfriend was spanking another man.
On the other hand, being spanked by Master Law had demonstrated graphically to Nick that kink didn’t need to be sexual.From Olivia’s expression and body language, there was nothing inherently sexual about what she was doing now.
After she finished demonstrating all the pertinent spots to Connor, Olivia straightened.Master Law had finished with Q as well, but the man was still on the spanking bench.
“Since you’re already here, we’ll do the prolonged demonstration,” Olivia said before glancing over at Nick and Sam.“You two are up next.”
“So, want me to stay or go when it’s your turn?”Luke asked, keeping his voice low as Olivia and Master Law started spanking Connor and Q in earnest.The two men grunted when the swats landed, the sound of flesh cracking against flesh filling the room.The spankings were rhythmic and steady.Olivia and Master Law were clearly spreading the impacts over their targets rather than letting them all land in one spot.
Nick’s jaw clenched and unclenched, his fists opening and closing as he watched.Fuck, that looked uncomfortable.
“You can stay,” he said, surprising both himself and his brother.This was what Luke did.He would have to watch Luke be flogged and whipped.Asking him to leave would only make it seem as if he couldn’t handle this, and he totally could.
Besides, if they would be going to the same club, they would see the other doing something kinky sooner or later.Might as well get used to it.
