57. SEVENTY

~ Zoie’s POV ~ “Stop!” Zoie screeched as her nails dug into the sheets. She was lying face down, naked with her arms and legs stretched out and cuffed to the bedposts.  “You want to stop?” Asher said through labored breaths. He was standing behind her with a flogger in his hand. He hadn’t even used it on her yet, but her body was already trembling.  “...N-never mind,” she stammered. “Keep going,” Zoie bit her lip and scrunched her eyes closed. When Asher grabbed the flogger and ran it across her naked skin, she knew that pain was going to come. She got too scared of the pain that she yelled at him to stop even before he began. “Relax, sweet girl,” Asher said as if he knew what she was thinking. “The pain is just in your head,”  He ran the flogger across her back again and Zoie felt chills running down her spine. She took several deep breaths to calm herself, and she felt her body relax. But before she could get too comfortable— * SMACK! * The loud stinging sound of the flogger hitting