Once everyone was seated in class for the night, Steven grabbed a black leather leash that could snap around my diamond necklace from a drawer and turned toward the class, his dark eyes on me. “Today’s class is Degradation 101, and we’ll be venturing into the amateur room tonight to practice.” Snapping the leash between his two strong hands, he curled his lips into a smirk that I had never seen before. Most of the time, Steven Patton had a friendly and lighthearted personality, but tonight, I had asked him to be mean to me. And I couldn’t wait. “You will partner up and learn from the other doms and submissives in the main room,” Steven said. “Do as they do. Respect your partner’s safeword. And degrade each other like you never have before. Understand?” With the heat gathering between m

