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But right now there was some getting-even to watch being done…
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Jake watched E
“Killen, save that explanation until after E
“Tandro, that body cloth isn’t appropriate right this moment,” E
Tandro’s expression of calm control didn’t really change as he reached to his covering, but Jake could see the sudden worry in the man’s dark eyes. Not to mention the sudden desperation. It had been bad enough when another man was in charge of them; having a girl being in charge instead was ten times worse.
“Good boy,” E
Tandro didn’t actually pale as he moved as he’d been told to, but Jake saw that the wariness in the man’s eyes had given way to total desperation. Tandro was probably remembering the same thing Jake was: that time in the hostel when Tandro spanked E
A gasp was forced out of Tandro’s throat when E
“You’re a good boy now, but you haven’t always been a good boy, have you?”
E
The stroke couldn’t have hurt all that much, not when E
“When you did this to me you ordered me to say something that you wanted to hear,” E
Tandro groaned as he began to writhe a little, giving Jake the impression that the man wasn’t quite as over the switching from yesterday as they’d both thought they were. Not to mention the fact that Jake had gotten bodily relief the night before but Tandro hadn’t. The insertion was obviously bringing back the arousal Tandro hadn’t had satisfied, but there was nothing either of them could do to stop what was happening. They’d been given orders they weren’t allowed to refuse…
Jake watched his friend get half a dozen strokes of that leather belt before it came to him that this time he hadn’t been ordered to watch the punishment. Jake’s embarrassment on Tandro’s behalf was intense, so he quickly turned away—only to see that the audience was larger than just himself and Tain. All the women who had passed by earlier were now standing in the open doorway, and most of them wore expressions of such grim satisfaction that their presence was more disturbing than embarrassing.
The spanking went on for what was actually only a short time, but every time Jake heard another stroke of the belt land he had to keep himself from flinching. The women in the doorway watched avidly but silently, and Jake could only hope that Tandro didn’t know they were there. Tain stood at the back of the small crowd, her face expressionless as she made no effort to stop what was going on, and that was what got to Jake the most. Tain knew exactly what Tandro was being put through, just the way all the women did, but even she wasn’t prepared to stop the punishment. So much for compassion on behalf of the helpless…
“All right, boy, you can straighten up to kneel on your pallet until I’m out of the way,” E
Jake heard sounds of movement, and then he realized that E
“I think you have something to tell me, Killen,” E
Adding that last made Jake feel a bit better, but the words still made his insides turn over. He’d been told that he didn’t have to obey E
“I’d love to say your opinion of me was wrong, but lying doesn’t solve anything,” the girl said, not very happy with him but far from the rage he’d half expected. “I’ll have to think about what you just told me for a while before I can really react to the news, but I can give you a hint about the way I’ll feel. I think it’s highly unlikely that you and I will ever be friends.”
And with that the girl turned and left the alcove, going left toward where the other women had probably gone. Jake had expected to feel a lot of relief once he and Tandro were no longer the objects of such close attention, but suddenly he heard the almost-silent moaning Tandro was doing behind Jake. There wasn’t a single doubt in Jake’s mind that the moaning came from Tandro’s urgent need for E
Jake lay down on his own pallet without turning to look at Tandro, trying to give his friend as much privacy as the cramped quarters allowed. He also suddenly found himself in a brooding mood, and there was no time like the present to indulge.