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My whole form was scorched in flames and I had the strange sensation of feeling at one with Gabriel as though two halves had been joined back together.

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I folded the belt over and pulled it taut before I stood a little to the side to obtain the perfect aim.

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Brandon’s fingers caressed my cheek as we stepped out of the Gare Du Nord station in Paris in to the evening sunlight. “I can make the choice for you, if you wish,” he suggested in a soothing voice.

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Dylan simply held his finger there for a moment allowing her to get used to his dominance guiding her in to surrender but the girl was stubborn and remained silent.

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To Zepar there was nothing more intoxicating than the taste of a female.

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She stared at him, eyes wide as he moved the crop to the second breast and suddenly struck it with the whip. Another cry came from her lips but this time there was a startled aroused tone to it.

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He needed her to be happy and content she belonged to him, accepting of his rule before they took the next step.

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The woman needed taming and to be taught not to be frightened of surrendering to her own needs and desires without shame. Time to crack that defensive armour she placed around herself and lay her bare and vulnerable.

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The Beast was all that I wanted in a man and damn the feminist inside me who told me I was a criminal for my wants.