Nancy walked along the path overlooking the ocean. The morning mist
 obscured the view of the blue sea which stretches far beyond the horizon
 on a clear day. All that was visible in the fog was the Hopewell Rocks. 
 These giant stone monoliths rise from the beach floor to a height of
 over thirty five meters. The rocks tower over the seascape below. Their
 imposing size and dominance over the coastal vista have made them a
 major attraction in New Brunswick. And on this morning their ability to
 penetrate above the thick carpet of fog gives them an almost mystical
 appearance.
Yet for Nancy the rocks only significance on this day is that this is 
 where she was told to be. She had arisen very early to make the two hour
 drive in the darkness to get there by the appointed time, 6:40 AM.
 Indeed she had arrived much earlier. She had been sitting in her car in 
 the deserted parking lot for forty minutes. There was no one else there
 which was not surprising in that an early Sunday morning in October is
 not a popular time for travellers to be out. As the first light of early 
 morning broke through Nancy got out of the car to walk and wait.
The tension was almost unbearable. Every minute felt like an hour as she
 walked along. She constantly looked at her watch. The hands were moving 
 so slowly that she wondered if the time would ever arrive. Several times
 she thought to jump back in the car and race off. But she didn’t. She
 waited. As she knew she must. Her need was too strong. For as great as 
 her fear was Nancy knew that by leaving she would only be returning to
 the frustration and loneliness which had been a part of her life for so
 long.
She was waiting for a man. A man whom she had not yet met but with whom 
 she had been writing and talking for the last six weeks. A man whose
 words had inspired her to levels of curiosity and excitement which she
 had never experienced before. A man whom she had come to call her
 Master, whose domination she craved to feel with every fiber of her 
 being.
Her soul was alive with the need for fulfillment. As she paced along the
 paved trail, she looked back on her life. She had married young, in her
 teens. The relationship was a disaster from the start. He was a magazine 
 husband whose luster tarnished and rusted soon after the taking of the
 vows. The next man in her life was an abusive alcoholic. She lived in
 fear of him until she found the strength to get up and go. And lastly
 was her husband whose love she had shared for over twenty years. He was
 a man who treated her like an empress on a pedestal. And although it was
 fulfilling in many ways, the relationship was very vanilla which left
 Nancy with an inner yearning that was not being satisfied. She felt the
 need to surrender herself, body and spirit, to a man who would take
 complete control over her, if even for just a short time. Now that she
 was free again she was determined to answer this calling which she had 
 denied herself for so many years.
She had searched for all the information she could find on D/s and bdsm.
 This newly found knowledge only whetted her appetite more. But the first
 attempts to make contacts turned her off. Her emails were answered by 
 unsavory men whose only interest was in degrading her. She was not a
 doormat, a mindless being who would accept anything that came down. She
 wanted domination not abuse. And she wanted a man with experience not a 
 rookie wannabe. After many months of searching Nancy met with a Dom from
 the States. The sessions were enlightening for her. The physical aspects
 were thrilling. She loved the powerless feeling from the bondage. She 
 enjoyed the pain. She felt fresh and alive while experiencing for the
 first time the joys of submission. But although she had the utmost
 respect for this Dom she did not feel that he was the one who would take
 her to the level she desired. She wanted more. But she didn’t know how
 to get to it .
Then she connected with Him. From the very first exchange of emails
 Nancy was under his spell. His insights and perceptions amazed her. He 
 could see inside her like no one else ever could. Indeed, at times, she
 believed that he knew her better than she knew herself. She felt naked
 to the soul before him. The erotic imagery in his writings induced a 
 state of dreamlike reverie in her. She longed to feel the reality of his
 touch. She knew that he was the one who could take her where she wanted
 to go for she was ready to submit totally to his control and domination. 
Therefore, when a meeting was proposed she readily agreed. After
 receiving the instructions for the rendezvous on Friday, she took great
 care to follow them exactly. She had awakened very early. She left early 
 to arrive early. Now she paced, eagerly awaiting his coming. But as the
 minutes passed she began to worry. There was no sign of him. She could
 see far up the entry road but there were no cars coming in. His
 instructions were so exact on the timing that she wondered if something 
 was wrong. She looked at her watch. It read exactly 6:40. Yet she was
 alone.
Then she heard a frightening sound which froze her in her tracks. She
 focused all her attention on listening. Her concentration was intense. 
 She heard footsteps, yet there was no one in sight. She suddenly
 realized that the sound was coming from below, from the metal stairs
 which led down to the beach and the base of the rocks. The staircase was
 long, over four stories. It wound back and forth slowly climbing the 
 heights of the steep bluff. She looked down but could not see very far
 because of the fog. But by the increasing volume of the footsteps she
 knew that whoever it was, was getting ever closer. Nancy trembled. She 
 was numb, as much from the excitement as from the fear she felt. Her
 heart was throbbing so loudly in her ears that she thought it might
 drown out the sound of the steps. After the eternity of several minutes
 the figure broke through the fog. He was dressed in a long black cape
 with a black hood. As he reached the top of the metal landing he stopped
 and looked at Nancy who was standing about ten meters away. He removed
 the hood. She recognized him instantly. She waited for him to speak.
“Come….follow me.”
He turned, descending the stairs. For a moment Nancy was too stunned to
 move. But as he disappeared back into the fog she hastened to follow 
 him. The stairs were damp. As she had only sandals on her feet, she held
 the railing tightly as she went down, but it too was wet and slippery.
 She tried to keep up but by the sound of his steps she knew she was 
 falling behind. The stairs were steep. The mist was so thick she could
 only see a few feet. She kept going. Her fears evaporated as she climbed
 down. The wildness of the surroundings and the experience thrilled her. 
 Never would she have attempted this on her own. She felt like she was
 being led into the biggest adventure of her life. She had to stifle her
 laughter and her screams of joy. She felt so free.
At the base of the stairs she turned to follow him up the beach. Again 
 she could not see him for the fog was even thicker on the ground. But
 she could still hear his steps for the beach was stone not sand. The
 strong tides that pounded this area washed away all the sediment. All
 that covered the exposed ocean floor was a thin layer of grey mud. It
 was low tide. Way off in the distance the Atlantic waves could be heard
 rolling in. But Nancy did not hear them at all as she was focused on the
 sound of the footsteps she was trying to follow. She was making a great
 effort to catch up. At one point his outline came into view but Nancy
 slipped on the mud. The cold silt chilled her exposed legs. She slipped
 again trying to get up. The primeval environment was difficult to
 negotiate. Regaining her balance and bearings she continued her pursuit.
He had walked over a kilometer on the flats when he took a path that led 
 up the side of the bluff. This trail was steep. The climb was strenuous.
 Nancy felt winded when she reached the top of the path where there were
 two large rocks with a narrow space between them. She squeezed through 
 it. On the other side was an opening to a cave. There was no sign of
 him, but she knew he was in there for there was nowhere else to go.
 Slowly she entered the cave. The path through the hard rock was narrow
 and dark. Her steps were tentative. She was feeling her way. After about
 twenty meters she could see a dim light ahead. As she moved onward and
 inward this light got brighter. Finally she came to the opening of a
 large chamber. She gasped at what she saw inside.
The chamber was substantial, over a hundred meters square. The ceiling
 varied in height from less than a meter to over seven meters in the
 center. The cave was well lit by several hundred white candles which had 
 been placed on every visible ledge and recess in the room. The
 flickering flames gave the chamber an eerie yet warm glow. At her feet
 Nancy saw two rows of candles illuminating a path between them. She
 followed it to the center where she finally met up with her Master who 
 was standing there waiting for her.
He motioned her to stand before him. He looked directly into her eyes.
 The effect on Nancy was hypnotic. She had studied his eyes in the
 pictures he had sent her. She knew they were powerful but not like this. 
 The essence of her soul was wide open to him. Her surrender was already
 complete. She was his.
He reached down to unbutton her long overcoat, letting it drop to the
 ground. Nancy stood there in a black negligee which per his instructions 
 was all she had on under the coat. Around her neck was a chain with a
 silver cross. He reached over to smooth down her windblown hair. Nancy
 welcomed the feel of his hand stroking her. She felt confident and
 beautiful in his presence. Standing straight and tall with her chest
 pushed forward, her proud stance was an invitation for him to touch her.
With one easy motion he opened his cape and threw it aside. He was
 naked. Nancy eyed his body from head to toe. She craved to touch his
 skin but did not dare to. Realizing her desires he pulled her head
 forward to his nipple. She sucked it lovingly for she knew of its
 sensitivity. She reached out to touch the other one. She heard a low 
 moan escape from her Master. It pleased her.
Knowing that this pleasure would soften him too much, he pushed her head
 downward. Nancy slowly dropped to her knees and took his cock into her
 mouth. She sucked it passionately. Whenever she had done this before 
 with a man she had been doubtful and anxious about her performance. But
 now she felt a super confidence about her talents. She fellated him with
 strokes that were long and slow. She loved the feeling. Her submission 
 in such a primitive surrounding served to bring out primal desires and
 instincts which she had no idea existed within her. It was as if the
 brute sexual impulses of ancient ancestors were coming to the fore. She 
 wanted more.
He told her to stand and remove her clothing. She was naked but for the
 cross. He reached over and fastened a collar around her neck. The collar
 was made of soft black leather inlaid with polished silver and gold. The 
 ring in the front was solid silver. The precious metals shimmered in the
 flickering light.
“This is my gift to you. You are special. You are beautiful. And while
 wearing this collar, you are mine.” 
“Thank you Master Michael.” Nancy felt tears swelling in her eyes. She
 had never felt such a sense of gratitude. She felt like a Queen who was
 in service to her King, her Lord and absolute Master.
Taking her by the hand Michael led her over to a flat slab of rock which
 was almost a meter high and over two meters long. At the ends of the
 slab were two lit candles. But unlike the others in the cave these were 
 not white. One was red, the other black. Michael laid a bright red
 cashmere blanket across the cold stone. He motioned for Nancy to lie
 flat on her stomach across the soft blanket. He poured warm scented oil
 on her back. Then he gave her a slow massage alternating between soft
 stroking of the skin and hard kneading of the muscles. The effect on
 Nancy was incredible. All the stress in her body evaporated. She felt as
 if she was floating on the rocks.
Next came a flogging, backside first. Michael used a flogger with
 hundreds of thin rubber tassels. The whipping was done using rapid fire
 strokes so that Nancy felt the tassels beating her skin more than a 
 hundred times a minute. After the relaxing massage treatment her body
 was highly susceptible to the erotic pounding of the flogger.
Upon turning Nancy over onto her back Michael put iron shackles on her
 wrists and ankles, chaining them to rings on the sides of the rocks. She 
 was now helpless. And she loved it. He flogged her front side. The
 pounding was heavier than on the back. The last area to feel the whip
 was her pussy. Michael struck it with strokes fired even more rapidly.
 Nancy screamed as she succumbed to a body wrenching orgasm which tore
 into her, sending shock waves of blinding heat to her brain. The sounds
 of her high pitched moaning and the rattling of the chains echoed
 throughout the cave. 
Michael then placed steel clamps tightly on Nancy’s tender nipples. She
 pleaded for relief. Yet even her pleading, her begging and crying, was
 pleasurable. She loved being at the mercy of a man in whom she placed 
 total and absolute trust. It allowed her to let go and let loose in a
 way that she had never experienced before. As he tightened the clamps
 even more she screamed at the top of her lungs yet she felt like she
 would scream even louder if he removed them now. She had crossed the
 line into a zone where pain is pleasure, and agony is ecstasy. She was
 beyond thought, beyond emotion, achieving a state where all she could do
 was experience. She was helpless and powerless. Her body and her senses
 were sponges which existed to absorb the powerful stimulations of her
 dominant Master.
Michael climbed onto the rocks and mounted her. Their dominant and 
 submissive impulses merged and flowed together in their lovemaking which
 brought a feeling of wholeness and fulfillment of purpose to both of
 them. Their shared passions and climatic orgasms left them both
 exhausted on the stone slabs. They fell blissfully asleep in each others 
 arms.
Waking at noon they went outside the cave to find that the tide had come
 in. The tides at Cape Hopewell are the highest in the world. The pathway
 down from the cave and the beach itself was under the deep and cold 
 ocean water. They were trapped but neither one minded. Indeed Michael
 had planned it that way for he knew the tide schedule. To continue the
 delightful sensual activities he prepared a lunch consisting of boiled 
 lobster, fresh vineyard grapes, and Vermont cheese to be washed down
 with a bottle of French wine. The exuberant couple feasted while sitting
 on granite rocks watching and listening to the waves pounding against 
 the cliffs below.
Afterwards they retreated once more to the chamber deep inside the
 cliff. Their second session consumed the remainder of the afternoon.
 Nancy was given the opportunity to explore her desires and curiousities 
 about bdsm. She requested a spanking. Michael obliged by thrashing her
 naked ass with an oaken paddle. She responded to this hard whacking with
 primal screams which echoed and reverberated in the cave with a chilling 
 effect. She loved it.
For a finale, all the candles were blown out. The cave was pitch black.
 The darkness was absolute. They made love once more on the rocks at the
 center of the chamber. The utter blackness made for an exquisite setting 
 for the final release of their heated passions.
Low tide was at 7:05 PM. They walked along the beach back to the metal
 staircase. The air was free from the fog which had obscured the view in
 the early morning. The sun setting in the west was casting its last rays 
 out to the horizon lying far out on the ocean. The coolness of an autumn
 night was descending upon Hopewell Cape. As Nancy climbed the last few
 stairs at the top of the bluff she gazed back at the Hopewell Rocks and 
 smiled. It was a day she would remember forever.