He wasn't quite sure how to accept the whipping, so Shannon held still and tried not to stay too tensed up. His head tipped back this time as if to take more of it in, mouth slightly agape to take a shuddering breath. That definitely felt right, a rippling of motion across his skin and searing into his muscle in a way that went past the pain. He was discomforted by the pain almost crowding out the other sensation, but when he concentrated on that it only led further into the new feeling and he let his head dip back down.

"Please," he said again when it was obvious Eli was not going to continue without him. He would keep saying it if he had to, would beg if Eli wanted it in order to feel it again.