Chapter 58

JULIA

I picked up the blindfold. "I'm going to blindfold you, Janet. Sometimes, something hurts because you believe it should hurt. You see a whip landing on your skin, it's like 'it must be hurting, I need to stop it,' when it doesn't hurt as bad as you think it should. If you can't see the whip land, you can't see the stripe it leaves, maybe it doesn't hurt as much as you think it should. The rules aren't changing. You can stop everything from happening. You can stop it now. But if you want to know how submissive you are, this is a test. Nod if you understand."

She nodded, a little shakily I thought. I kissed her cheek, and put on the blindfold. When she was in blackness, she tugged more against her ropes. I watched her hands to make sure they didn't open. I got close to her, so close our breasts were touching.

I whispered. "The first thing you'll feel is me running the strands of the whip over