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her. She turned her head to the right and he saw a small tattoo

 

behind her left ear. Not even realizing what he was doing, he

 

reached out to her. Liam grabbed her neck, and tilted her toward

 

him so he could get a better look. She took in a deep breath when he

 

touched her and pressed her lips together. The tattoo was of a little

 

butterfly. Liam instantly thought it was something he would like to

 

kiss. He stood her up in front of him, but kept his hands on her

 

shoulders.
He admired her face, even though most of it was covered by

 

a blind fold. She licked her lips and again he felt the urge to kiss her.

 

He slowly removed his jacket, and again she took a deep breath. He

 

knew what she must be thinking and wanted to comfort her

 

immediately. But he remembered Will’s instructions and resisted.

 

Instead he took her by one arm to the bathroom. He leaned up

 

against the counter, and watched her fidget for a few seconds before

 

he spoke.

 

“I would like for you to take a shower. When you hear the

 

door close behind you, you are to remove your blind fold and all your

 

clothes. Turn the shower on to a temperature you find acceptable,

 

and get in the shower. Wash your body with the soap and wash cloth

 

provided. Wash your hair with the shampoo and conditioner

 

provided.” Liam knew he sounded crazy giving such specific

 

instructions. But some submissive’s did only what they were told and

 

nothing more. He found this out the hard when he found one of his

 

subs standing in an ice cold shower. The next day the same girl came

 

to dinner without rinsing the soap out of her hair.
He had a talk with her about implied orders. He hoped Norah

 

wouldn’t be with him long enough to merit a conversation like that.

 

“Rinse your body and hair completely. When you’re finished get out,

 

turn off the water, dry off with the towels provided, and take care of

 

any bathroom needs you may have. I hope I don’t have to explain

 

what I mean by that.” Before Liam could finish, he was shocked

 

when she said something.

 

“I’m not an idiot, I know that I need to rinse my hair before I

 

get out of the shower. And yes, I know what bathroom needs mean,”

 

she snapped. Liam had a knee jerk reaction, and he couldn’t control

 

himself. He slapped her. As soon as he did it, he regretted it. He

 

didn’t plan on hurting her. He wasn’t use to his subs talking back to

 

him in any way, ever. Liam was known to have his anger issues, and

 

this was not the time for her to try to show her independence with

 

him. He put his hand over his mouth, and swallowed down the need

 

to apologize. He knew if he was going to follow Will’s stages, he was

 

starting off good, because that certainly scared her.
It scared him too. She lowered her head. He cleared his

 

throat and kept talking trying not show that he was affected by his

 

actions as all. “When you’re done, put the blind fold back on your

 

face, and knock on the door.” He stood up, moved her to where he

 

had been leaning against the counter, and walked out of the room.

 

He shut the door loud so she would know he was gone. He stood by

 

the door and heard her crying. Liam put his hand on the door, feeling

 

an overwhelming need to move on the comfort stage already. He

 

stepped away when he heard the water come on. He paced the

 

floor, then decided to change his clothes. He took off his suit and tie,

 

and replaced them with cargo shorts and green t-shirt. He watched

 

the clock. It was after midnight. He wondered if she was tired or

 

hungry. He quickly went to the kitchen and looked in the fridge.

 

Everything needed to be prepared. He just wanted to offer her

 

something to tie her over until the morning. He picked up a few

 

apples, some grapes and some cubed cheese. He grabbed four

 

bottles of water, and returned to the room.
The water was off, and he heard the toilet flush. He stood

 

there outside the door, waiting to hear her knock. He heard her light

 

tap on the door, and opened it. She stood in front of him with the

 

towel wrapped around her, hair wet, and her blind fold covering her

 

eyes. He took her by the arm, and led her to the bed. He pushed her

 

back until her knees hit the mattress and she sat down. He picked up

 

the underwear he had previously purchased for a much different

 

kind of night, and knelt in front of her. One by one he put her feet in

 

the holes, and then held her hand to stand up, while he pulled them

 

all the way up. She kept the towel close to her the whole time. He

 

wanted to pull it away, but decided to let her have some sort of

 

protection. He took the black tank top, and lowered it over her head.

 

He pulled it as low as he could until he couldn’t move it anymore

 

because of the towel.

 

“Drop the towel,” he commanded. She took in a breath and

 

dropped it. He wanted to look, but resisted. Instead he raised her

 

arms through the arm holes, and allowed her to pull the shirt down

 

herself. He stepped back admiring her body. She was very sexy.
The tank top didn’t cover her mid-section completely, so he

 

could see her abs. Her stomach was very flat. He wanted to run his

 

hand over her, but restrained himself. Just looking at her he knew he

 

was going to practice a lot restraint in the next days. He picked up

 

the cotton pants he had for her, and knelt in front of her. He tapped

 

one of her legs, and she raised it. He put her foot in the hole and

 

then lowered in back to the floor. Once both sides were complete,

 

he pulled them up to her hips. He looked in her face again, and she

 

was crying. He saw the tears running from under her blind fold down

 

her cheek. Instinct took over again, and he ran his thumb over her

 

cheek wiping the tears away.

 

“Are you hungry?” he asked. She nodded slightly. “I would

 

like it if you addressed me as Sir, little one.”

 

“Yes, sir,” she said in a very quiet voice.

 

“Good, very nice,” he paused. “I’m afraid because of the hour

 

the kitchen is closed. But I brought you some fruit and cheese. I have

 

a few bottles of water as well. I don’t want you to have to snack in a

 

blind fold, so I am going to leave you for about twenty minutes.
But I will be back. When you hear the door shut, you may

 

remove your blind fold. There is a clock on the night stand. In twenty

 

minutes put the blind fold back on. If I come back and you don’t have

 

it on,” he paused not knowing if he should really threaten her the

 

first night. But he remembered Will’s instructions; fear.

 

“I will be upset. And I think you have had enough of a taste

 

tonight of how I react when I’m upset, right?” She nodded, then as if

 

she remembered his prior remarks.

 

“Yes, sir,” she breathed. He touched her shoulders.

 

“That’s a good girl, little one.” He stepped out of the room,

 

and shut the door loudly again to be sure she heard it. He walked out

 

to the bar area again and found Will sitting at the bar drinking again.

 

He sat down beside him and made himself a drink. Liam liked jack

 

and coke instead of whiskey and lime like Will. Neither said anything

 

for a few moments. Liam wanted to ask Will how it was going, but he

 

was afraid of the answer. Finally Will broke the silence.

 

“Jane is asleep, how about your Norah?” he asked as he took

 

another sip. Liam hadn’t called the girl by her name.
He didn’t want to get to know her. He hoped to get through

 

these next few days and move on and not have to think of this crazy

 

experience again. He didn’t like Will referring to her as ‘Norah’

 

either, but he did like the sound of ‘your Norah’. He liked Will saying

 

she was his.

 

“She’s eating. I left her alone.”

 

“Do you want some sleeping pills?” Will asked. Liam shook his

 

head.

 

“I’m exhausted. I won’t have any trouble falling to sleep. I

 

want to go to sleep and forget this whole nasty mess.” Will laughed.

 

“I wasn’t talking about for you, I meant for Norah. They will

 

knock her out for a while, and you will be able to get her home

 

without her seeing where she is being taken.” Liam held up his hand.

 

“They’re completely harmless, believe me. She will be asleep in

 

about thirty minutes, and you can get her safely in your house. She

 

should wake around 8am.” Will held out two pills for Liam. He didn’t

 

want to drug the girl, but maybe it would be easier that way.
She was scared already, and he didn’t need her knowing

 

where he lived. If this didn’t end well, he couldn’t have her leading

 

the police right to his house. He took the pills and went back to the

 

room. He knocked lightly and then opened the door. She was sitting

 

on the bed where he had left her, blind fold on. Her hands were

 

folded in her lap. She had eaten two apples, a few cubes of cheese

 

and a little handful of grapes, had drank two bottles of water. He

 

stood in front of her admiring her beauty again. He felt that she

 

could sense he was very close because it seemed like she leaning

 

away from him. He took her hand.

 

“Don’t try to get away, little one.” He wanted to add he

 

wasn’t going to hurt her, but after slapping her in the bathroom, he

 

wasn’t sure he could keep that promise. “Are you tired?” he asked.

 

His voice was soft.

 

“Yes, sir.” He smiled. This was a messed up situation, but he

 

couldn’t deny that he loved hearing her say ‘sir’ to him.

 

“I have some sleeping pills,” she flinched. He thought she

 

might have been drugged before.
Possibly when she was kidnapped originally. He decided to

 

go against Will’s instructions. He didn’t want her to be scared. He

 

couldn’t imagine how she felt right now. In a strange place, blind

 

folded, the voice that slapped her, and who knows what she had

 

been through before him. Maybe the slapping was enough fear for

 

tonight, and he could combine the two stages. He touched her face,

 

trying to sooth her.

 

“It’s okay, little one, nothing is going to happen to you

 

tonight. I’ll even make you a promise that you will wake up in the

 

same clothes you have on right now, them never having left your

 

body.” She was trembling. “The pills will just relax you, and make it

 

easier for you to sleep.”

 

“Yes, sir,” she shuddered out.

 

“That’s a good girl,” he said as he moved her hair from her

 

shoulder. He opened her hand and placed the pills in it, and then put

 

a bottle of water in her other hand. She took them without a

 

problem. He took the water from her and sat it on the side table.
He reached over her and pulled the blankets down from the

 

top of the bed. “Scoot back a little bit,” he whispered. She moved

 

back, and felt the blankets, then quickly moved under them. She sat

 

there pulling them to her chest, but not laying down. He watched

 

her, knowing she was still scared to death. His words had done little

 

to comfort her. He leaned her back until her head touched the

 

pillow. He remembered some music he had left on the boat some

 

time ago. He went to the old CD player and put in a CD of piano

 

music. He turned to volume down low, and tried to make it soothing

 

for her. He sat in a chair and watched her until she fell asleep. He

 

was exhausted he wanted to join her in the bed, but decided it

 

wasn’t a good idea.

 

Norah

 

I woke up and saw the sun coming in through the windows. I

 

pulled the blankets to my face, and rolled over into my pillow.

 

Remembering where I was, I jerked up, and looked around. I felt my

 

neck to find my blind fold had fallen off in my sleep.
When I moved my legs, I found that my left leg had been

 

shackled to a chain attached to the floor. Then I saw him. The velvet

 

British voice. He was slumped in a chair across the room. He wore

 

shorts and green t-shirt, no shoes. His arms were crossed against his

 

chest. His hair was dark, and cut close to his head. He looked young. I

 

wondered if this really was the voice, or maybe just someone he

 

assigned to watch me. He looked nice for lack of another word. His

 

calves were muscular and I could see a tattoo of a big orange and

 

yellow sun on his right calve. I couldn’t believe this was the voice of

 

the man who had slapped me so hard last night. He didn’t look like

 

what I imagined at all. He started moving around so I quickly laid

 

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