THE BRANDING by linemstr@aol.com

She allows herself to be bound tightly to the whipping post by her Master for her part of the entertainment tonight. she trusts her Master implicitly, and wants to do anything to please him, and the gathered guests. They are in the dungeon in the basement of their home, and it is the monthly meeting of their little bondage group. They have all been here before, but there is the air of something different in the air tonight...an air of expectation.

Each month, a different sub in the group of 20 is picked to be the entertainment, and tonight is her turn. her Master has prepared her for the unexpected, but so far, she doesn't see much unexpected. she is naked, she is gagged.

Her hands are bound far above her head to a hook embedded in the 12" -inch diameter post. She can stand flat-footed, but just barely. she is bound with her back to the post, which she realizes, is a bit unusual, but he has whipped her front before, not that she particularly liked it!!

Then the rest of her bindings...one above her breasts, one below her breasts, one around her waist, one in her left groin, just above her left knee, her left ankle...why only her left leg?????

Her right leg is left free, and she begins to realize that this is indeed different...what can HE be planning??? Then, abruptly, her right leg is lifted and stretched high above her head and attached with a chain to the same hook as her wrists. she is painfully open and on view to the assembly of eagerly waiting guests...what can HE have in mind tonight...???

Then HE brings it out in view of the guests, and his sub...a brazier of hot coals, and a branding iron embedded in the coals!!! she begins to shake her head, and mew into the gag. A gasp escapes from the mouths of the few subs who are not gagged, and smiles cross the faces of the assembled Doms.

HE tells her it is His pleasure that she be branded with his mark to signify she is his, totally, completely. she is to be branded on her left inner thigh, invisible to all but Him and those HE chooses. It will hurt, HE will not lie to her. she is then blindfolded. HE tells her it will make it easier to bear if she can't see it happening. Then HE calls for silence from the audience as he brings an identical iron out embedded in ice cubes.

HE grabs the hot iron and brings it closer to her crotch so she can feel the heat, than closer, then closer...her unintelligible sounds rise to a fever pitch, and her struggles increase as well, all to no avail, as she well knows. But she feels that if she is to be branded, her useless struggles will make her feel the full effect of her chosen position of helplessness, and will make a much more enjoyable show for the guests.

As the hot iron nears her groin, and just as the heat becomes almost unbearable, he suddenly switches irons, and rapidly embeds the ice cold iron into the flesh of her inner thigh. The result is electrifying!

For an instant, she feels the burning fire of a red hot branding iron on one of her most sensitive places, and must endure it!! she jerks on her bonds as though she were hanging by her neck! she screams into the gag, but all that escapes is meaningless mewing! And then, without warning, she realizes it is cold, not hot, and she is not burned!

She wonders what HE will cook up for the next time it is her turn!!