Finally, Simone spoke directly to Tina, but she was gazing down at Brandi. “Bette’s brought you here to … what?” She blew out another breath of smoke as she finally took pity on all three of them, and put the cigarette out. “What brings you here, little thing?”

Tina’s smile was hidden with just one fiery look from Simone. She even lost her breath for a moment. What would Simone do to her if she had her alone? It frightened Tina to wonder, and that had never happened before. Just looking at Simone, it made her think of all the dark things she wanted with Bette, and why they weren’t fearsome to her. Bette cared for her. Bette loved her so much that she would never truly hurt her. It touched her to really grasp that notion for once in a truly tangible way, no matter how obvious it might have been to know.

And then she realized she hadn’t answered Simone.

Just as Tina opened her mouth to answer, she brought her focus back to the scene unravelling before her eyes, and watched Simone twirl a flogger in her hand. “We’ll start with this.”

Tina’s eyes went wide as ten solid strikes flushed the girl on the table into a trembling mess. But she certainly looked to get off on the feeling. The pain – Tina was curious about that, too. What would Bette want to try with her?

“Someone has to pay your punishment,” Simone smiled, grabbing at the girl’s hair and pulling it all to one side, to show the ragged breathing and recovery the girl was feeling. Suddenly, Simone stared up, into Tina’s eyes and just waited there. “Why are you here?” She just waited there, hunched over her submissive who was tied, squirming beneath her.

Tina swallowed hard, and Bette slowly ushered them off the stairs, surprised at the resistance that met her guidance. Was Tina afraid? She slowly put one arm around Tina’s waist and kept an eye on Simone. She couldn’t wait to hear what Tina was thinking in that moment.

“I …” But before Tina could truly answer, Simone took a step back, and delivered twenty strikes with the flogger that left red marks all over the woman’s backside. So alluring was the submissive, and yet Tina hadn’t even appreciated the nudity until that moment, when she was screaming out.