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He’s angry, he has every right to be. I disobeyed his direct orders. It’s punishable, he knows it as well as I do. “You did.”
“And yet you decided to do the exact opposite of that?”
“I did.” There’s no point in denying it. We both know I overstepped.
Jakub nods sharply. “You know what to do.”
Without hesitation, I pull off my t-shirt, dropping the material to the floor. Konrad passes Jakub the leash, the very same one Nought was so determined to run from. Out of the corner of my eye I see Nought watching us. Horror rushes across her face as she realises what’s about to happen.
“Make sure you really mean it, Brother,” I say as I step further into the room and give him my back.
“Don’t I always? We learnt from the best, after all,” Jakub replies, and I hear the tightness in his voice. Even after all these years he still battles with his love for his father, the man who stripped him back to nothing so that Konrad and I could help rebuild him into the man he is today.
Locking eyes with a trembling Nought, I hear the familiar whoosh as the leash cuts through the air. She flinches, her hand rising to cover her mouth as the first lash stings my skin.
“Ahhh,” I moan, the rush like nothing else. I fucking crave it.
“Oh God,” Nought cries, unable to comprehend how I could enjoy being whipped. Konrad chuckles, Jakub doesn’t make a sound.
Five lashes, that’s what I’ll receive. Five lashes for disobeying his orders. Jakub doesn’t hold back, he never has because he knows as well as I do that I need this. Pain is my medicine. It gives me strength. A focus. It reminds me of who I am.
With every lash a calmness settles over me, the glorious pain ebbing away to reveal that special place I’ve searched for my whole life. Fucking nirvana. After the fourth lash, Jakub steps out from behind me and walks towards Nothing. He holds out the leash to her. What’s he doing? My fucking breath catches in my throat. Even Konrad seems to have trouble breathing.
“Take it,” he says.
“W—what?” she stutters, shaking her head and backing away.
“You heard me. Take it.”
“N—no. I can’t do that. No!”
Within two strides, Jakub grasps the back of Nought’s head and marches her over to me. She stumbles from the force, her hands flying out to prevent herself from crashing straight into me. Nought’s palms are like fire on my sweat-slicked chest. Her nostrils flare at the touch, her hands lingering a fraction of a second too long before she yanks them away.
“I won’t do it!” she says as he grips her wrist and forcefully shoves the leash into her hand.
Jakub leans in and presses his lips against her ear. “You will do it, or you will receive it. Your choice.”
“Where?” she asks, surprising us all with her question, her gaze fixed on me.
A muscle feathers in Jakub’s jaw, just beneath the curve of his jet-black mask. “Wherewhat?”
“Where will I receive it?”
“Your back, same as Leon.”
“Then I’ll receive it,” she says, surprising us all.
“Interesting,” Konrad remarks. I can hear the excitement in his voice without needing to look at him. I’m betting he’s gagging to be the one to lash her back, then heal her with his false words of affection. Everyone thinks I’m the worst, the most dangerous of the three of us, but at least I don’t pretend I’m something I’m not. What you see is what you get. Konrad’s still a twisted fuck, he just likes to pretty it up with falsities a little more than I do.
“As much as I appreciate you stepping in, Nought, I can take the pain,” I say, smiling like the devil. This is too fucking perfect.
“Don’t flatter yourself. I’m not doing this foryou,” she snaps.
“Then who, if not me?” I bite back. This fucking woman.
She swallows hard but she doesn’t respond. Instead she shoves the leash back at Jakub, turns on her heel and steps a few paces away from us, giving Jakub her back just like I had a moment before. When she reaches for the hem of her dress, and begins to slide it upwards, Jakub stiffens.
“STOP!” he shouts.
