RALI "This will be for your disobedience, Rali," there was a colder edge to his tone. "So, whenever you see this mark, you'll remember it happened because you tried to let another man touch you when you were mine." My chest heaved as my mind scrambled for words. "O—Okay. Y—You have to—" I gulped hard. "Whatever i—it is you want to do, you can—No!" The scream tore out of me before I even felt the full sting of the blade slashing clean across the back of my left thigh. I jolted against the ropes, writhing and wailing, helpless as warm blood ran down my skin, trickling over my calf and pooling at my feet. Oh, the unfeeling son of a b***h. It was only a minute, but it felt like I'd been crying for an entirety. And the entire time, he just stood there and watched me right in the face. Li