Although another slap was probably expected, nothing came. There was only silence in the room, broken only by Katie's sobs and gasps for breath. Their was no other noise within the room, and it was almost as if she was left alone.<br/><br/>A sudden movement in the in the sawhorse and hook began to move her body. The saw horse lowered back into the floor, the hook raising so that Katie's body hung limply from the hook. Stepping up quickly, James easily lifted her into his arms and off the hook itself. Her body almost featherlight in his arms, he turned and gently laid her down onto the bed.<br/><br/>"I think you've learned your lesson now. I don't need to punish you any longer now do I? You'll speak to me as is proper with no back talk?"<br/><br/>He gently removed the handcuffs from around her wrists as he talked, moving to sit at the edge of the bed a small distance away. Though it was hard for him not to stare at her obvious signs of arousal, his eyes stayed locked onto hers until he heard the answer he was hoping she'd give.