“Class is dismissed,” I said, unbinding Sierra as quickly as I could. “Everyone, out. Now.”
The students quickly dispersed into Radiant, and I grabbed Sierra’s wrists before she could drop completely to the ground. Her body had seemed to give out. Or maybe I had pushed her far past her limits. Had she said her safeword quietly at first and I just hadn’t heard it?
Sierra pulled herself away from me and hugged her body.
I ignored the pinch of pain from her sudden actions and crouched down in front of her. “Sierra, what hurts?”
No response.
“What do you need?”
A sob.
“Can I get you anything, love? Please talk to me.”
When she still didn’t respond, I grabbed a blanket from the closet and draped it across her shoulders, placing her on the couch on the side of the room. Once she curled u
