Elsie shrunk away from his touch when his fingers crossed over the welts he’d left with the belt. She didn’t dare look back at him, too afraid to see the look in his eyes and not wanting that image in her head to revisit later. She’d damned herself by even speaking. Silence was the correct response, right? That’s what he wanted, a pretty little obedient wife who never spoke out of turn. She was supposed to be beautiful and always available for him to sate his need. And silent. Elsie just couldn’t keep her mouth shut.<br/><br/>The leather found the inside of her thigh and her entire body tensed as pain swelled between her legs. She cried out, but what caught her off guard was how the action coaxed a tender need between her hips. It was an unwelcome presence, but there nonetheless.<br/><br/>It was the roar of his voice that distracted her from the strange sensation. He brought her back to the moment she begged to end. She tended under the boom of his voice, feeling it vibrate through her bones. Elsie hadn’t had the mind to react to his demand, but the ruthless leather reminded her that his orders required action. She moved her hands down the unforgiving post, set her feet back a bit to allow her to present her ass to him in the manner he dictated.<br/><br/>Her cheek was pressed to the wood, the back of head to him so that she wouldn’t get a glimpse of her enraged husband. She didn’t want to see how much he enjoyed this, how his length might press against his pants as he made her hurt.<br/><br/>Elsie never saw him lift his hand in ready of a gruesome maneuver that would have left her bleeding. She didn’t want to see. Instead, all she experienced was the expert aim at the rug beneath her feet. That was enough to make her jump slightly.<br/><br/>There was nothing loving, affectionate or kind about him now. He insulted her, made her cry and kept going. Oscar bellowed again, his voice harsh and she was meant to obey.<br/><br/>“Servants.” She hated saying it, hated thinking it. But maybe that was what he wanted. Maybe that was the right answer.