“No, I'm not dealing with the physical pain. However, this slight pain is nothing compared to the pain and fear I felt when I discovered you were not where you were supposed to be, and you could be hurt or in danger. If I can handle that, you can handle this," he reminded me gruffly.
Guilt exploded through me once more, and the fight began to drain from my body. My mind had grown a bit cloudy. I wasn't thinking clearly despite the desperate need to understand the new sensations that I was feeling. It was as if there was a "drop" in my mind, and in this new place, I knew I would do almost anything Tohr wanted just to feel his approval once more. His hand came down on one cheek then the other in rapid succession, and I cried out once more as the tears welled up in my eyes and slowly began t
