"Good," he breathed. "Look at how far we've come. It wasn't that long ago I'd have you going all to pieces on me just for a little tie-up. But you've learned I can be good to you, haven't you?"

"Yes, sir," she breathed.

"And you've learned I don't have to be, too."

The answering shiver, nervous and aroused and eager, jerked through the leather strap of the belt tied at her throat. "Yes, sir." Her voice was barely audible.

For the man who can have anything, she's the perfect plaything. But he's not who she thinks he is, and the more she comes under his spell, the less he's willing to pretend.

Reader Advisory: This story is part of a series intended for mature audiences only and which features intensely erotic situations, forced exhibition, public humiliation, discipline, dominance, and rough sex. All characters are 18 or older.