Zoey had to struggle to breathe between sobs as every movement no matter how tiny send a horrible throbbing ache through her backside. She felt like he had bruised her bones it hurt so much. To her utter mortification, she felt the faintest twinges of need still smouldering beneath the agony. Had he done this to her, made her this wanton creature that even after a beating still craved her Master's touch? Or was it that she had always been this way and he was just allowing her true self to come to the surface? It was impossible to tell. She could only imagine how raw her ass looking. She pouted, knowing that the perfect pale skin she prided herself on would be marred for weeks, even assuming she managed to escape punishment long enough for the current wounds to heal.<br/><br/>She was so caught up in her own thoughts that the soft brush of his lifts against her backside made her jerk instinctively away. Well, she tried to anyways. Again, he simply held onto her, easily stilling any motion she might have tried. The feeling of his kiss, the feather-light touch of his lips to her battered bottom made her squirm. It was over in a second and then he was easing her with a frankly shocking gentility back into the water. She twisted to rest most of her weight on her hip. It still hurt but at least the direct pressure on her backside was minimal. She nodded slightly at his words and watched him leave. Delicately, she finished washing and relaxed, letting the water soothe her aches.<br/><br/>When the water became too cold to be comforting, she drug herself out. Standing proved difficult as every move made jolts of pain run through her. Zoey dried carefully and wrapped herself in the towel. Only then did she realize that she had nothing to do and no place to go. She paced the room in an attempt to find a way to walk that did not hurt as much. There was no way to make it not hurt but she did figure out how to ease the pain. After that she simply lay on her stomach on the rug before the fireplace, dozing while she waiting for her Master to come gather her for the humiliating reunion with her father.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>