Nathan began to tremble uncontrollably as the Mistress walked into the room.  There was
absolute terror on his face as she picked up the flogger and came to the side of the table
where he remained bound.  He closed his eyes when she raised her arm to strike him.

“I’ll bet you weren’t expecting it there, were you” the Mistress laughed as she hit him
repeatedly all over his belly and Nathan screamed through his gag.  “Now, confess to being
unfaithful.”

She was looked into his eyes.  If he could have thought of anything to confess to, he
would have done it.  There was nothing, and his eyes moved from side to side then closed. 
The Mistress went to the other side of him.  “You must love pain, you foolish boy.”

The flogger descended repeatedly, but no noise came around the gag in his mouth.  He
screamed, as before, but his voice had gone.  There were tears running down his face, and
he was in so much pain that he was unsure he would last this session.

“That is this session over with.”

He was tired and weak.  The pain was intense, yet he suddenly realised he was also very
hungry.  Apart from the breakfast on the previous morning, he had eaten nothing.

The Mistress came to his side and asked if there was anything he wanted.  He looked up at
her with fear in his eyes, not able to separate in his mind the unmerciful sadist who beat
him and this woman who was politely asking whether he wanted anything.

I need to keep up my strength, he thought.  And then he thought that if they intended to
feed him they would already have given him food.  Starvation was part of the punishment,
he decided.  He would die in this room, and no one would notice; no one would care.  He
started to cry and closed his eyes.’

The Mistress walked away and went back to her room, sitting down and watching his bound,
helpless body on the CCTV screen.