Reader Advisory: This story is for mature audiences only and features intensely erotic situations, bdsm play, whips, bondage, humiliation, discipline, punishment, submission and dominance. All characters are 18 or older.

As much as his master appreciates Richard's inviting, submissive body, his behavior can leave something to be desired. On a morning when Richard oversleeps and goes to his master later than expected, his interrogation reveals that he often touches himself after their sessions together when he has not been allowed release. His disobedience, his master informs him, reveals not only that he does not understand what it is to obey, but that he does not understand the great pleasure and gratitude that lie within true submission. But lest he worry, the master is here to instruct him.