"You never need to ask for my forgiveness since you already have it," he said before he kissed Shannon lightly. Eli was being gentle with Shannon, not because he thought him fragile, but because he knew that Shannon needed time to recover from his ordeal. He promised to take care of him and he was. "Your Mistress is very good at her role, isn't she? Perhaps I should have told her to hold back for you, but you were very strong for me and I am very proud of you for holding out as long as you did."

At that, Michelle decided to interrupt, sitting back down on the couch beside Shannon and reaching out to touch his shoulder. "It's time to get you cleaned up, sobachka. I'm sure you'll feel much better afterwards. Once we are done with that, you can curl up with your Dom as long as you want. You'd like that, yes?"