APOV

I wake up too hot and to the smell of… bacon breath? I slowly open my eyes to see what in the world is happening around me. Though the heat was a little much it was a relief compared to the freezing temperature of this room last night. Looking down at my body the heat is quickly explained by the Christian shaped vine wrapped around me, and looking up a little the bacon breath is coming from Maia who's face is nearly pressed against my own.

"Maia?" I yawn.

"Noah says that I am credulous and don't know what that mean, but you're an English major so what does that mean?" She whines.

"Maia why do you smell like bacon?" I ask.

"Because it is ten in the morning and I was in the middle of eating breakfast," She speaks as though it should be obvious. "What does credulous mean?"

"Credulity is the trait of trusting someone too much, and Noah is your brother and he will say things like this just to bother you."
"Can you come down to breakfast now?"

Maia, she really seems to like me but she may be a bit credulous. Noah would know better then anyone because all he does is look out for her. I glance down at Christian's body that is holding me firmly in place, I make a strong attempt to slip out of bed but he only tightens his grip and mutters god knows what about betrayal and lies.

"Only if you can get me out of this bed," I smile.

"I'll be right back!"

I smile down at Christian who is the only person I know who could grope someones breast in their sleep and seem happy with themselves. I brush some hair out of his eyes and he nuzzles my breast. Maia was gone all of forty five seconds only to barrel into the room with a hand full of bacon. When it looked as though she would stop she launched herself onto the bed, but more specifically Christian and myself. The weight of her body suited the plug up my ass which I had forgotten about in my sleep induced haze.

Maia shoves the bacon in Christian's face and slips one into his mouth. I can't help but laugh when his eyes shoot open and Maia's face is at his, their noses touching. I'm a fit of giggles which are joined by Maia's while Christian eats the bacon and tickles our daughter. When she stops him after a good five minutes my abs ache from the laughing and her eyes are watering. Christian signs something at her, I really need to get someone to teach me so I can understand more.

"Mommy said I had to get you off her in order to get her down to breakfast and bacon always wakes you up," Our daughter smirks.

"That was a smart plan," He kisses her nose. "We'll be down in five minutes."

Maia clambered off the bed and headed for the door shouting, "Noah you owe me fifty dollars, I told you!"

Christian and I share a look of pure joy but then his expression changes into something dark and I remember last night. In truth he went easy on my, he was easier then I thought he would be and took my feelings into great consideration. I remember him calming me down, helping me fall asleep and taking that stupid chastity belt contraption away.

"Christian? What's wrong?"

He rolls off of the bed and walks into the closet without saying a word, he doesn't have to answer to me but for some stupid reason I always have to answer to him. I takes a minute for him to walk back out with complete outfits and shoes for both of us. I sit on the side of the bed while he dresses me as if I was a child. The yellow Calvin Klein sundress fits perfect with my body, and it seems happy in a time when I just want to hide. I step into the white lace panties and he helps me into white flats. He steps back and gets dressed himself then removes the collar and leash that was still around my neck but he left the plug in.

"Christian, for the love of god! Talk to me!" I demand but immediately regret it when his face morphs into pure anger. "Please, sir."

"What do you have to do with Jack Hyde and Jose Rodriguez?" He snarled.

I run, not out of the house or away from the family but down to the kitchen in hope that the kids will be some sort of safety barrier. I'm not ready to talk about this with Christian or anyone yet, so I sit on the picturesque window bench seat. Maia comes over and sits on my lap, instinctively I wrap my arms around her and kiss the top of her head. She looks up at me with her big blue eyes that are filled with pure joy and kisses my cheek.

Christian's voice booms through the house as he run around upstairs, clearly looking for me in a rage filled panic. I hold on tight to Maia who just cuddles into me a bit more. Elliot runs into the kitchen and eyes me, while he entered in rage and fear he left with a sense of relief. Gail looked at us from the kitchen island and smiled, but shook her head like she knew something serious was coming for me. I'm going to regret that more later, most likely a soon later. Noah is sitting at the breakfast bar working on what seems to be school work. Noah I can see as being a challenge but I get it, he remembers me leaving and I don't deserve to receive his forgiveness right away or anytime soon.

Kate waddles into the room and sits down at the farthest end of the table from me, Elliot is close behind her and serves up a plate of food before setting it down in front of Kate and walking out. The next time Elliot comes into the room Christian is right behind him carrying a thick leather belt. Maia runs over to sit on a stool beside her brother, my guess is that she knows what is about to happen.

"Mouse, switch off your hearing aids," Christian ordered.

"Why?" She questioned.

"Now!"

Maia put her hands on her ears and to me it looked as though she switched them off but Noah and Gail both double checked. Noah gave her a sheet of lined paper and a pen, maybe her homework of some sort. I looked up at Christian now realizing my shield is gone, and I immediately regretted looking up at him. You could taste the anger coming off of him, it was suffocating. He held tight to the upper part of my right arm and lead me over to the side of the table that was cleared off. When he bent me over the table, flipped up the dress and pulled down my panties, which gave everyone a clear view of my nether regions, I knew that I was in trouble.

"Ten hits, if you ask or beg me to stop another hit will be added on at the end. You can scream and cry because this will hurt like a bitch," Christian glowered. "This belt is thick, heavy and there are special slits cut into it so it has an extra bite."

I turned my head so it rested on my hands and I was just looking down at the table, I couldn't see anyone so it felt like they were watching this humiliation.

Screams, blood curdling screams filled the room as the belt bit into my ass, but the sounds coming from me were animalistic and primal it took me a while to realize that it was me making them. I counted seventeen in my head, although I hadn't noticed when I called out for him to stop.

The pain was so excruciating, I wanted to disappear and die at that moment. The plug, although not very big, made the pain even worse, it was like there was no end to this. The belt felt like it was taking bits of skin with it every time it came down and ripped back into the air.

When his cock started to poke at my entrance I flipped myself around and shot myself across the table on my already pained ass. Tears flowed down my face and I looked over at my kids who's, thank god, backs were still to us. Kate's eyes were down and she was finished eating, Elliot was behind her with his eyes locked on Christian's and mines interaction. Jason and Gail were over at the sink, he seemed to be blocking her view but was watching us.

I looked at Christian who was tucking himself back in his pants, he turned to Elliot and Kate and signed something at them. They got up and escorted Maia and Noah out of the room who didn't look over at me.

Christian walked around the table and grabbed both arms behind me, leading me out of the house into the backyard, Taylor was close behind him when we got out to a tool shed. The doors were open and it was empty except for a bunch of rings built into the walls, floor and ceiling. Taylor handed Christian some cuffs connected to chains and padlocks, he attached a cuff to each wrist and ankle then locked them to rings in the shed so I was standing like a X.

"You are going to regret pissing me off and lying to me Anastasia, I figured you would have known to answer one small question rather then running off. It was just one fucking question and today could have been spent with the kids," His voice was eerie calm.

"Christian, please I'm sorry," I whimper.

"Then why the fuck did you do it?"

"I don't know… I'm not ready yet."

"Not ready?"

"You won't understand Christian!"

He slips a blindfold over my eyes and my world was now black, black and alone. It wasn't cold like it was last night but it wasn't comfortable.

"You are going to stay here and think about what you want out of this because unless you are willing to try and work with me your life will be hell. My only priority is my children, what is best for them and a brat who should be their mother is not good for them. I'll be back later, when I believe that you have had enough time to really think about this situation." He sighed.

The distinct sound of the door closing and a padlock being set in place on the outside rang out clear since most of my senses have been stolen away.

"Christian!" I scream. "Please! Christian!"

The full blown sobs and heaves that wracked my body were to much after a while, my throat burned, my ass was on fire and I was alone in a world where no one cared. Stephen and my Mother were right. I am a stupid, pathetic, worthless, no-good, piece of shit that no one will ever love or care about. Christian should just end me and put everyone out of their misery with having to look at me every day. I just make them all suffer, he should just leave me in here.