“You should be terrified of my idea,” The Mistress said. “It’s pure evil genius, just like me. Now Cara...” The Mistress stood in front of Robert’s wife and took her hands. Cara had already begun to pant a little in both in nervousness and anticipation. “I’m going to talk Robert through this. You’re not going to hear a word I say. Once the scene starts only he can hear my voice. You’ll just ignore it. It’s background music and that’s all. You’ll only listen to your husband. You’ll do everything he tells you to do without question. You’re his sexual property. Aren’t you?”

“Yes, Mistress,” Cara whispered. Out of the corner of her eye, The Mistress saw Robert stand up straighter.

“You love him. You trust him. You belong to him. He’s going to flog you and he’s going to fuck you. And you’re...?”

“Going to love it.” Cara’s face broke into a wide grin.

“Did you hear that, Robert?” The Mistress asked.

“Oh, I heard that. Every part of my body heard that.”

“I might help Robert. I might even touch you. But it’ll merely be an extension of him. Are you comfortable with that?”

“Very, Mistress.”

“Good. Now for Kink 101, Cara. You’re going to get a beating and it’s going to hurt. You’ll say ‘ow’ and ‘no’ and that’s fine. You’re getting flogged. It’s supposed to hurt. If you don’t want Robert to stop, you need a safe word so you can keep up with your ‘oh, ah, ow, shit, fuck, damn that hurts’ and he’ll keep on flogging. So pick a word you’ll remember that wouldn’t possibly cross your lips unless you were one-hundred-percent certain you wanted the scene to stop.”

“Um...suggestions?”

“What’s your favorite guilty pleasure food?”

“I don’t know. Popcorn?”

“Don’t insult me.”

“Okay. Funyuns.”

“Disgusting. And perfect. Funyuns it is. Let’s do this. Don’t be afraid. Just have fun.”

“Having fun already.”

“Now, Robert...what do you want Cara to call you. Sir? Master? Daddy?”

“Daddy?” he asked with some horror.

“Don’t judge.”

“I think ‘Sir’ has the least amount of baggage here.”

“Good choice. Sir is a classic. Let’s get started. Cara, take your clothes off and kneel on the bed. We’re going to leave the room while you undress. Robert will come back in and that’s when the scene will start. You’ll be safe. You’ll be protected. You’ll get your ass kicked. Sound good?”

“Sounds perfect.”

“This way, Sir,” The Mistress said as she took Robert by the arm and led him from the room. Once outside the bedroom, The Mistress closed the door and let Cara have a last moment of privacy and Robert a final minutes of mental preparation. “You can do this.”

“I can do this. I can’t do this.”

The Mistress slapped him hard on the side of the arm. Robert winced and mouth an “ow.”

“Did that hurt?”

“Yes, it did.”

“Is it going to kill you?”

“No...”

“There. That’s why you’re doing to Cara. Just giving her some thwaps. It’ll hurt. It won’t cause a bit of harm. If she ends up with even a bruise after this, I’ll be surprised. I’ve got light floggers, great for beginners. You know what you’re doing. If you used to top Toni then I know you know what you’re doing.”