This last was spoken with a hardening around her eyes that only her husband could detect. He had seen it during workouts when they had been pushing each other and he knew his wife was near the limit of her endurance. It signified, “I would sooner die right here of a heart attack than admit defeat!” So he smiled back at his determined wife, dropping his right eyelid in a deadpan wink, acknowledging that they both knew there was no way in hell that the words were going to be spoken to interrupt a single iota of whatever arcane punishments Avery prescribed.
Avery glanced at his wife, wanting to check in with her as to where the scene seemed to be going. Alison seemed still somewhat lost in her post-punishment and orgasmic daze, her state unreadable even to her highly intuitive husband. So he
