In the Absence of Monsters

by Jp Barnaby

  “Watch,” he instructed quietly and then swung the flogger. As I watched, the leather strips wrapped around her ribs and the very tips struck her exposed breasts. The sound that was ripped from her, unhindered by the open gag, tore through me. Next, he put several long red lines across her naked buttocks. Thankfully, at least to me, this time she didn’t cry out. She only jerked, making me think that maybe the first one caught her off guard. Finally, he walked in front of her, motioning me to follow, where I saw the tears streaming down her beautiful face and my heart broke. He pulled the flogger back and sent one softer blow to her naked breasts. Her head fell back and she cried out.

  “Now, it’s your turn,” Master Ethan said, but instead of forcing me to my knees with my ass in the air to receive the blows, he handed me the flogger. He wanted me to whip Lexi. I looked at him with a horrified expression, but he stood firm. “If you don’t or if you hold back, it will be ten for each of you with the horsehair. I’m guessing that’s what you used on me, right?” he smirked.

  “Now, Lexi, I know I was gagged in the dream, but I’m going to remove yours. After each blow he inflicts upon you, I want you to thank him for it. Do you understand?” he asked, stroking her cheek and she nodded. Unbuckling the gag, he tossed it to the side, giving her a kiss on each cheek. Then, he backed up to watch.

  “Start with her breasts, Jayden. Don’t use too much force, they are very tender.” He instructed and I moved forward. I wanted to tell Lexi how sorry I was, but I couldn’t with him so close, so I swallowed back the lump in my throat and blinked away the tears that were starting to form as I flicked the flogger. It connected with her breasts lightly and Lexi moaned her thanks.

  “Same spot again, only a little harder,” he said as he evaluated my performance. Again, I flicked the flogger with a little more force and her eyes closed tightly as she cried out her thanks.

  “One more time, with a little more force,” he said and I flicked the flogger again as he had instructed. Lexi screamed and I saw angry red lines begin to appear on her breasts. Three things seemed to happen at once…I dropped the flogger, my aching erection throbbed and Lexi spoke.

  “Thank you, Jayden,” Lexi said in a tense voice.

  “Pick it up,” Master Ethan said calmly and I complied quickly. “Now, Jayden,” he said and his eyes were glowing darkly. “Let us move Lexi to a better position for you to whip her sweet little ass.” Pausing, he considered the options. “Maybe over the ottoman?” he asked with a sly smile and I flushed instantly, giving me away. Taking the flogger from me, he went to the back wall, calling over his shoulder, “Put her over the ottoman.” I moved quickly to do as he instructed.

  “I’m so sorry, Lexi,” I whispered to her as I helped her down. She said nothing, but bent over the leather as gracefully as she could in the posture restraint and spread her legs. Master Ethan came back a few minutes later with what looked like a leather-covered ruler with a handle.

  “I want you to make five parallel lines across her ass with this,” he said. As he pulled his arm back and swung it, I heard the thing whistle through the air, landing it with a slap onto her naked flesh. Loudly, she grunted and jerked against the leather, but didn’t scream. “I want you to make them right below mine.” My hand shook as I took the strap from his hand. I didn’t know how I was going to do this. From the angry line it made across her skin, I knew it was going to hurt her and I didn’t want to hurt her. My cock throbbed painfully again at the thought. In my mind, I could see each line appearing on her skin and I realized I fucking wanted to see it.

  I pulled back my arm and let the first one fly. It landed just as it should beneath his first mark. It wasn’t as dark or straight as his, but I had accomplished my goal. Lexi moaned under the pain, thanking me again and spread her legs farther apart. I looked at Ethan surprised and he nodded.

  “Go ahead and check,” he said nodding and I went down to one knee, sliding my fingers between her spread legs and sure enough, she was wet. When she rocked against my hand, I pulled it away and she whimpered as I stood up and pulled my arm back for another blow. It landed just below the last and she gave a deep open-mouthed moan as she thanked me. The next three landed evenly spaced below the others and on the last blow, her thank you came out near to a cry. She was so turned on and it made me so hard to know that I made that happen.

  “Do you want her, Jayden?” Master Ethan asked amused, as if he could read my mind. I nodded and he handed me a bottle of lube. “Then you will take her as you wanted to take me.” Looking down at Lexi, she lifted her ass higher in the air, as if asking for me to take her and I was beyond all reason. Every part of me tingled with the thought of burying myself inside her, so I put the gel on my fingers and prepared her ass for my cock. Using my hands to spread her buttocks apart, I slowly slid into her, hearing her groan as I buried myself. God, she was so fucking tight, I wasn’t going to last long.

  As I start my rhythm, I felt Master Ethan coming up behind me. His voice was low and hot in my ear. “Put your hands on the ottoman, not on her.” Grabbing the sides of the ottoman, I did as he instructed, pulling it back as I pushed into her. She whimpered and moaned loudly in time with my thrusts. They were animalistic sounds that just drove me more into a frenzy. “It could be me over that ottoman couldn’t it, Jayden?” I groaned as I thought about it. “It could as easily be my tight ass around your cock.” Then he moaned and I nearly lost it.

  “Oh, God…” I groaned and my pace quickened which I knew almost instantly was a mistake.

  “Don’t you fucking come until I give you permission Jayden,” he said sharply. Desperately, I tried to focus my mind, finally deciding on the baseball teams and I ran them through my head. Just as I finished with the American League, I felt it building again.

  “Please…” I pleaded, imploring him. “Please, Master may I come?”

  “No,” he said harshly, so I resorted to the National League. “You would have held out if you were fucking me, wouldn’t you? You would have made it last as long as possible.” Then I felt his fingers inside me, preparing me for him, I whimpered uninhibited. I couldn’t come yet…I couldn’t.

  And then I felt him enter me and I couldn’t help it anymore. I wailed incoherently, begging, “God please…Please, Master…I have to…I can’t…Please…” My pleas, my desperate cries, were just background to the incessant pounding of my blood in my ears, to the slapping of my hips against her soft buttocks. I just knew I wasn’t going to make it, not with him inside me. My fingers itched to be in his hair and I wanted to turn and kiss him as he drove into me. That surprised me; I would have thought I’d want to be more affectionate with Lexi.

  Then he drove into me hard and growled in my ear, “Come for me, boy.” It was everything I could do not to sob in relief. Matching the rhythm of his thrusts, I drove into Lexi and screamed a strangled cry into her back as I filled her. I pressed my forehead between her shoulder blades, feeling the light accumulation of sweat there from her exertion. My knees ached from being in this position, but it was so fucking good. As I stopped moving, Master Ethan thrust harder, his fingers digging into my hips. Lexi fell forward onto her stomach, releasing my cock from her tight body.

  “Who is the Master, Jayden?” he asked harshly, reaching around to grab my chin. He pulled my head back so I was looking straight up.

  “You are, Master Ethan,” I cried. “You are my Master, everything is yours.” I grunted as he drove faster into me, his moans becoming deeper, harsher. He released my chin and reached beneath me, grasping my flaccid sex in his hand. Then with one guttural moan, he filled me as I started to harden in his hand. I felt his damp face press into my back and kiss it lightly before he released me and stood up. I stayed where I was, still pressed into Lexi on the ottoman.

  “In your position, Jayden,” he said breathlessly and I moved quickly to obey, watching as he rubbed some kind of lotion over Lexi’s reddened skin, talking to her soothingly. As he stroked her face and hair, I caught a few word
s. Master told her how proud he was of her, that she was such a good girl, deserved a reward, asking her what she would like. I heard her whisper something to him, but I couldn’t make it out. He removed her restraints and laid her on her back on the ottoman with her legs spread to either side.

  “Lexi has been a good girl, Jayden, don’t you think?” Master Ethan asked, smiling at me.

  “Yes, Master Ethan.” I said, nodding. She had taken the punishment so well and I didn’t notice until then that she hadn’t released while I took her, she had amazing restraint.

  “Please her with that wicked tongue of yours,” he smirked at me and I moved quickly – only too happy to obey. I massaged her thighs with my fingers, pressing my face between her open legs and she moaned as my lips touched her skin. She caught her breath as I used my fingers to spread her wide to me, crying out as my tongue found her sensitive spots. I worked hard to try and bring her to orgasm, as it filled my chest with a warm feeling to please her.

  I heard the buzzing before I saw the vibrator just beneath my jaw where Master Ethan was slowly sliding it in and out of Lexi as I teased her with my tongue. Writhing against the leather, she bucked her hips into his hand, silently begging him to fuck her harder with the toy. I held her hips down and moved my tongue in time with his strokes. I heard his velvet voice from next to Lexi.

  “Come for me, sweetheart.” He thrust the toy into her again and I redoubled my efforts and was soon rewarded as her back arched nearly sending her off the small ottoman. The orgasm absolutely overpowered her and I held her there as she screamed and thrashed, continuing to tease her until I felt Master Ethan’s hand on my shoulder and he pulled the toy from her. Unmoving, she lay limp across the ottoman. Master Ethan chuckled and kissed her forehead and looked at me with a wicked smirk.

  “Let me know if you have any more dreams about me, won’t you, Jayden?”

  Chapter Seven

  “Thank you for agreeing to be my date at the wedding tomorrow, Lexi. I really have no idea what Kimberly might have said and to whom.” Going to the wedding with no idea what to expect was daunting. I had been both horrified and relieved when Master Ethan had ordered us to the room for that night, although it meant that I would miss the rehearsal dinner. Why the hell did we need to rehearse? We stand in front of the church, they say a couple of ‘I dos’ and then we go drink. I didn’t want to show up the wedding alone, but taking anyone else was out of the question; I really didn’t need that kind of pressure. Going with Lexi felt like the right thing, very natural.

  “It’s easier than going with a normal girl,” I said and then caught sight of the look of pain that crossed her face before her calm returned. Idiot. I couldn’t believe I’d said something so stupid. How would I have felt if she’d said that to me, about dating a normal guy? My heart hurt a bit at that thought, the thought of her dating a normal guy, but I pushed it aside. She loved Ethan.

  “Lexi, that’s not what I meant at all,” I began explaining my comment. “I just meant that it’s easier going with someone who knows pretty much everything about me. I don’t have to hide anything from you.” Looking up at me, her face lightened a bit.

  “I’ll be here in the morning…we can go together, okay?” she asked and I nodded. I didn’t want to subject her to my family any longer than necessary, but her presence was calming. Besides, Kimberly might actually like the fact that I was bringing a female date.

  My hands were shaking by the time we pulled into the lot. I turned off the ignition and put my forehead on the steering wheel while Lexi ran her hand down my back and then up again to my hair. “It’s okay, Jayden. Everything will be okay.” Then she leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. Even though I nodded, I had definitely started to feel sick. Opening my door, I felt the cool air brush my face and I got out, moving to Lexi’s door and opened it for her.

  She took my hand, entwining our fingers, and we walked up to the church. When we got to the sidewalk, Josh came outside looking a little green. Staring at us as we approached, he looked at me and then at Lexi and then at our hands. I could tell that he was confused and had no idea what to make of us as we stood in front of him. I gave him a hard look, warning him silently to at least close his mouth and not make Lexi feel uncomfortable. Then, I heard Lexi giggle next to us and he snapped out of it.

  “Lexi, this is Josh. He is going to be marrying my sister, assuming he doesn’t stay out here getting sick in the bushes during the ceremony,” I said, effectively wiping the smirk off his face. He scowled at me, but held out his hand for Lexi to shake.

  “It’s nice to meet you, Josh,” Lexi said politely and then turned to me. “I’m going to just find a nice pew in the back, join me when you have free time?” Then she did something I was not expecting. Putting her hand on the side of my face, she pulled me to her in a kiss that started simple and slow, but deepened until I was staggered and breathless. She winked at me before she turned to stroll into the church. I watched her leave, still feeling her searing lips against mine.

  “Holy shit, man, I thought you were gay! She is smokin’, fuckin’ hot!” Josh said, also watching Lexi walk away. It looked like his eyes were trying to bore through her clothes. “Where the hell did you meet her?” My heart sank as it occurred to me that she kissed me for Josh’s benefit, trying to make things more comfortable. The last Josh had heard was that I fucked guys for money. At least now I was with a woman.

  “Through Ethan,” I said without thinking and his eyes widened.

  “You mean, she’s a…” he never finished his sentence as I punched him in the arm. “OUCH!” he exclaimed, rubbing the spot. “You’re fucking lucky I don’t want to get all messed up today or I’d take you out back for that.”

  “Then shut up about Lexi, she’s a good girl,” I snarled at him and he backed off. “Now, let’s go get ready. The sooner we do this, the sooner I can get the hell out of here.”

  “Jay, she’s your sister. You guys can’t go on like this. It’s really hurting her,” he said. His voice was grave, his eyes serious.

  “I’m not talking about this today and I’m not talking about this with you,” I replied sternly.

  “You can talk to me, you know. I may have a different perspective on things than Kimberly,” he reasoned, turning back to go into the church. I stayed outside for a moment to calm down, looking across the parking lot. It was going to be one hell of a long day.

  Before we knew it, it was time to start. We all gathered in the entryway to pair off. I hadn’t met the girl I’d be walking with since I’d missed the rehearsal dinner. Kimberly was steadfastly ignoring me, so our cousin Brenda, her maid of honor, took charge.

  “Jay, come here. Nikki?” she called and the girl in front of me turned around and I almost had a heart attack. It was Nicole…Mistress Nicole. She took one look at me and blanched. Quickly, before either Brenda or Kimberly noticed, I walked forward and held out my hand.

  “Hi, I’m Kim’s brother Jayden.” I said with a meaningful look. Her deer in the headlights look started to fade and understanding dawned on her features. Why she would think that I’d out her here, I had no idea. But as long as she played along, no one needed to know that just a few weeks ago, she had me on my hands and knees as she fucked my ass with her strap-on cock.

  “I’m Josh’s cousin Nicole,” she said in a falsely bright voice. I held my arm out to her and she took it, as we stood behind the lead couple and my mind started to wander. My soreness was a constant reminder of our activities from the previous night. Now with Mistress Nicole on my arm, I could just feel her taking me from behind. Also, I wondered briefly if she’d brought Ryan as her date. My cock twitched and I adjusted myself. Nicole snorted quietly and I looked down at her to see her smirk at me. I got the feeling that she was having a similar experience.

  The wedding itself was relatively uneventful, after the initial shock of seeing Mistress Nicole as my partner. The reception hall was very nice and I was just waiting a respectable amount of time so that
I could take Lexi and get the hell out. Playing the proper guests, Lexi and I were dancing slowly to some sixties love song, her head resting on my chest and our eyes closed. It felt nice to be close to her and not just physically. Then I felt her head jerk up and my eyes opened as someone tapped me on the shoulder.

  “Would you mind if I danced with my brother?” Kimberly asked. Lexi smiled and pulled her arms down from my neck. We had both taken off our jackets because it was warm in the hall and I had my sleeves rolled up. Our leather cuffs were exposed and Kim’s eyes widened. All politeness left her voice then.

  “Those are his aren’t they?” she asked harshly, her eyes roaming over our identical cuffs. Lexi reached down and took my hand quietly. “You brought one of his freaks to my wedding?” Her voice was low and dangerous. Lexi looked away and I led her to our table, grabbed our jackets and we started to leave with Kimberly right behind us. Josh soon followed. When we were outside the church, I took Lexi’s face in my hands.

  “Sweetheart, wait for me in the truck, please?” I asked her and kissed her. For a minute, she looked like she wanted to argue, but then she saw Kimberly stalking up behind us, so she nodded, took my keys and went to the truck. Then, I turned on my sister.

  “She is a sweet, kind and loving person. I am lucky to have her in my life, which is more than I can say for you at the moment,” I growled. “I will not let you hurt her like you hurt me Kimberly. I came here today out of obligation because you are my sister. You can’t just be nice and let things alone for one goddamned day, can you? And now, I’m sure I’m going to be the bad guy yet again for raining on your wedding day. Well, you know what, Kimberly? I don’t fucking care.” My breathing became harder, shallower. “It’s like a fucking knife in the heart to see you knowing what you think of me. It hurts so bad I can barely stand it, but I came – for you. Now I wish I hadn’t.” Her eyes were wide and full of tears when I turned my back on her and walked away. I heard someone jogging to catch up and then felt a hand on my shoulder. When I turned, I half expected Josh to punch me, but it wasn’t him.