She nodded and bit her lip, his nostrils flared and his breath huffed out raggedly.

     “You remember your safe word?” he asked.

     “Red,” she whispered and he smiled his approval.

     “If you get scared or anything hurts, you use your safe word and everything stops. If you’re unsure, you can say yellow and we’ll discuss what’s happening. Okay?”

     She nodded.

     “I need your words, Lisa.”

     “Yes, Sir,” she said after a small hesitation.

     He nodded and his eyes praised her. “Your hands are bound together, but not to the bed. I need you to keep them above your head, can you do that for me?”

     She started to nod and...