All Chapters of Punish Me, Master : Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

Kyra huddled in the corner of her cramped dorm room, the faint glow of her laptop screen casting eerie shadows across her bruised arms and pale skin. At 20, she should have been thriving in college while attending lively parties, forming bonds with friends, immersing herself in late-night study sessions filled with laughter and shared dreams. Instead, she existed in a perpetual haze of fear and numbness, her world shrunk to survival mode. Her father, a hulking man with a perpetual scowl and breath that always reeked of cheap whiskey and stale cigarettes, had transformed their modest home into a battlefield of terror ever since her mother abandoned them twelve years ago. Kyra could still picture that fateful day with heartbreaking clarity: her mother's suitcase propped by the front door like an accusation, a hurried kiss planted on Kyra's forehead that felt more like a goodbye than love, and then... nothing. Mom had remarried swiftly, starting a fresh life with a new husband and st

Kyra wiped down the sticky counter of the small diner where she worked part-time. As a student, juggling college classes and this dead-end job should have been a stepping stone to something better, but it was just another way to escape the hell at home. The tips were meager, the customers rude, but it kept her mind occupied—away from the bruises blooming under her long-sleeved uniform, away from the suicidal whispers that haunted her nights. Her father's latest rage had left her with a split lip and a throbbing headache, but she'd covered it with makeup, forcing a smile for the patrons. Just get through the shift, she told herself. One hour at a time.The dinner rush was picking up. Kyra moved on autopilot, jotting down orders for a family of four, her pen scratching against the notepad. Then, a voice cut through the din—deep, composed, with an undercurrent of authority that made her freeze. It was familiar, like a echo from that shadowy bar. Heart pounding, she turned slowly, her e