The Bonds Between Lovers

Passing the two guards keeping watch outside the royal quarters, Shining closed the heavy oak door as quietly as he could behind him. Wincing as the door shut with a resounding click, he quietly cursed whoever was responsible for installing such a loud door. It was well past three in the morning, and he was now regretting spending the whole night with his drinking buddies in the Crystal Guard. Ever since he had gotten married to his beautiful and loving wife a year ago, he almost never got the chance to go out because of his new royal duties, so he jumped at every opportunity to go out when he could.

Trying to walk as quietly as he could, he gingerly placed each hoof on the marble floor as gently as possible. Every step echoed throughout the large room, and he could only pray that Cadence wouldn’t wake up. Even though she wasn’t a light sleeper, he wanted to take every precaution he could to remain undetected.

Using his memory of the floor plan alone, he navigated his way through the pitch-black rooms to his shared bedroom. Just as he was about to turn the final corner, he bumped into an end table, making one of the many priceless porcelain vases they had wobble in place loudly. Grabbing it quickly, Shining stopped it from falling with an outstretched hoof. He quietly righted it and he held it in place for a couple seconds, making sure that it wouldn’t tip over when he let go.

Releasing the precious vase, he gave the end table a wide berth as he rounded the corner. Walking down the final hallway that led towards the royal suite, he saw a sliver of light creeping out from underneath the closed door. Hoping his mind was playing tricks on him, he closed his eyes. Please let me be seeing things, please let me be seeing things, please let me be seeing things… he desperately thought. After waiting a couple seconds, he reopened them. Directing his gaze towards the bottom of the door, he saw that damned sliver of light still shining under it. Facehoofing, he groaned inwardly as he figured that Cadence was surely up, waiting for him.

Damn it! Damn it all to hell… he thought as he stomped a hoof angrily, cringing as it hit the floor loudly. He had just wanted to sneak back inside their bedroom, crawl under the covers, and act like everything was normal, but it was pretty apparent that that wasn’t going to happen. Ugh, what can I say, what can I say? He brought a hoof to his chin as he struggled to come up with a believable excuse. Umm… I had to deal with troop reassignments for the last several hours? No, that won’t work, there’s no way she’d believe that. What about… No, that won’t work either…

As he stood there in front of his closed bedroom door, he got an inkling of a feeling that he had forgotten something really important, but he just couldn’t place a hoof on it. He cocked his head to the side, and then it suddenly hit him like a freight train speeding out of control. OH HORSEAPPLES! Our one year anniversary was today! Earlier that day, he had told Cadence that he was going to take her out to the finest restaurant in all of the Crystal Empire to celebrate their anniversary.

After getting a really happy kiss from her, he had left to conduct troop inspections that had taken the whole day. As he dismissed them, several of his friends came up and asked him to go out with them. Knowing that he only had a couple hours until he and Cadence would go out for their special night, he had nervously agreed. Saying that he was just going to have one beer and then call it quits, he had gone down to the local bars with them, but he didn’t have just one beer. Oh no, he had quite a lot more than one beer, and quickly got lost in the moment, forgetting his anniversary date with Cadence.

Little did he know, after waiting for an hour past the time he had said he would be back, Cadence had gone down to her husband’s office, only to have the sole remaining pony there tell her that Shining had gone out drinking with several members of the guard over an hour ago. She had gone back to their room, fuming. She ripped off the fine dress that she had been wearing and she had lain on the bed, feeling gloomy. She couldn’t fathom why Shining, her faithful husband, had stood her up like that; it wasn’t like him at all. But after several minutes of hard thinking, a tantalizing idea had popped into her mind, and she had gone off to the storerooms gather some supplies to prepare a little surprise for him.

Gritting his teeth nervously, he decided to bite the bit and hope for the best. He placed his hoof on the bedroom door and pushed it open, making the hinges creak quite loudly, a lot more so than before. As the door slowly swung open, he was stopped in his tracks by what he saw.

Their bedroom was completely different. Gone were the normal lamps that lit the room in a warm, comforting glow. In their place stood many candles, spread out evenly across the edges of the room. Their light cast an eerie glow on the room’s only occupant. As Shining’s gaze fell on his wife, his gaze was immediately drawn to her peculiar outfit. Her normal royal regalia had disappeared, replaced with tight black latex leggings that went nearly all the way up her beautiful, pink legs and wrapped snuggly around her lovely thighs.

The alicorn lay strewn across the bed, looking up from a book facing him. The locks of her vibrant, well-brushed mane fell in a flowing trail down her soft coat to the top of her flank, which bore her sensitive cutie mark. She batted her long eyelashes once at his appearance, and then her purple eyes reappeared to glare at him. She closed her book, and he had a split-second to read the title, 'Her Warrior Slave'. Setting it down on the nightstand beside her with her magic, she crossed her forehooves and just stared at her husband with a cold look on her face, silently letting him know that he had fucked up.

“Where...have...you...been?” Cadence asked slowly in an even tone, completely devoid of any emotion. The princess delicately lifted her legs and herself fluidly off of the bed. Her hooves hit the ground with a short-lived clatter. They weren't heavy, but their ladylike force caused Shining to jump. Her eyes were affixed on his, cold and hard gems of pink diamond glaring into his own with an unwavering stare. Shining had certainly seen his wife angry before, but not like this. It was really like he was staring into the face of a commanding ruler. Indeed this ruler stared at her subject, a naughty colt that needed the sting of a firm hoof across his rear to whip him back in line. The alicorn almost smiled at this premonition. Everything was in place for just that sort of royal treatment.

“I… I…” Shining was at a loss for words. His mind going blank, he struggled to come up with a proper response. Moments later though, Cadence was standing nose to nose in front of him, staring deep into his eyes ready to pronounce judgement.

Breaking the silence, Cadence asked, “Why are you coming back so late, dear?” She cocked her head to the side as she waited for his answer.

“I– Well, I was just… you know…” Shining stuttered with a nervous laugh, rubbing the back of his head with a hoof as he tried to figure out what to say.

“No, I don’t know, Shining. Where have you been?” When he didn’t respond, she continued in an accusatorial manner, “Weren’t you supposed to take me somewhere tonight?”

“Yeah, but I kinda, umm… forgot…”

“Oh, you forgot?” she asked abruptly, slightly raising her voice. “Instead of taking me out to that nice restaurant we talked about this morning, you decided to go out and drink with your buddies instead, right?” Her voice shook, laced with jagged hurt and restrained fury.

“Cadence, I– I have no idea how I forgot about our anniversary dinner. I’m sorry–”

“Sorry isn’t gonna cut it tonight, Shining…” She trailed off dramatically as she cast her gaze to the side, feigning feelings of betrayal. “How could you…”

“Cady please, is there anything that I can do to make this up to you? I’ll do anything, I swear!” Shining said vehemently, stomping his hoof on the floor for emphasis.

“...Anything?” Cadence asked, perking up slightly. She glanced at her husband, who was nodding fervently.

“Yes, anything. I feel terrible about messing up our night, and I really, really want to make it up to you.” He gave her a nuzzle just under the cheek, right where she liked it. Looking back into her eyes, he raised a hoof to her chin and firmly said, “Anything.”

“Well...there is this one thing…” Cadence trailed off mysteriously as she blushed a light rose, never breaking eye contact.

“What?”

“Well... What do you do when one of your soldiers steps out of line?” Cadence asked in a slightly menacing tone. She walked back towards the bed, flicking her tail sexily as her hips swayed from side to side. Shining caught on instantly; her tail had barely moved out of the way to grace him with a tantalizing view of her slit. This familiar action immediately tipped him off, and he easily discovered her intention. With a grin, Shining raised a hoof to step forward but stopped when his wife’s eyes met his. They were full of confidence of the incoming pleasure tempered with a warning for him to mind himself.

“I asked you a question, Shining.” Cadence’s voice was firm and demanding.

“They– they would be reprimanded,” Shining said nervously, making his usually strong voice tremble.

“Well, they… they would be disciplined,” Shining said.

“Exactly!” Cadence said with a devilish smile as she glanced back at Shining. Looking forward again, she forcefully yanked a heavy wooden chest out from under the bed with her magic. Twisting it so that her husband couldn’t see what was inside, she unlocked it and tossed the lid open, leaving Shining wondering what the mysterious chest held. Her heartbeat quickened with glee. After all this time, he had finally given her an excuse to bring this out of its hiding place and use these special...toys of hers. “And now, I’m going to discipline you!”

“Wait a second, what are you talking about?” Shining asked as he stepped forward, his brow furrowed in worry. When Cadence didn’t respond, he was just about to ask again when his horn was suddenly struck with a familiar, soothing sensation. He looked back towards his wife and saw that her horn was lit; no doubt she was casting one of her infamous love spells on him. Closing his eyes, he smiled as he felt Cadence’s familiar presence in his mind. As his mind connected with the one who he knew inside and out, all of his worries and fears were gently washed away. His wife’s magic worked over him, leaving him with feelings of love, happiness, and excitement. However, just as she was closing their special connection, he picked up small traces of anger and resentment, leaving him a little confused. As Cadence’s horn dimmed a few seconds later, he slowly opened his eyes. Looking back at his wife, he decided to play along with her little game. Smiling, he said in a sweet and loving voice, “Cadence, have I told you how much I love you?”

“Oh, countless times, love.” Cadence grinned as her plan slowly came to fruition. “Alright, I’m going to lay down the rules. Rule number one: from this point onwards, you are only to refer to me as mistress or mistress Cadence. Any deviation from this will result in punishment. Do you understand?” She asked evenly as she rummaged through her chest, gathering all the necessary equipment.

“Uhh...yeah?” Shining asked a little unsurely. He hated being left in the dark; he always had to know what was going on. Several unsettling memories of his time in the field crept up on him. She wasn't giving him much intelligence now, and he knew from his experience in the military that was a recipe for disaster, a fact which was now putting him on edge.

“What was that, slave?” Cadence asked darkly as her head shot up, staring right at the unicorn, making him tremble. She thought for the briefest of seconds that maybe her spell didn’t work, but she quickly tossed that idea out the window.

“Umm… yes, mistress?” Shining tried, hoping that he wouldn’t find out what his wife meant by ‘punishment.’ He’d never seen this side of Cadence before, and he wasn’t quite sure if he liked it or not yet. He was always the dominant one in their sex life, and he had always assumed that his wife loved being the submissive one...until now.

“That’s better,” Cadence spat out as she lit her horn. “Now turn around.” She waited until Shining quietly obeyed, and then she pulled out a few select accessories and bondage instruments, laying them all on the bed, out of Shining’s view. Grabbing the perfect punishment instrument, which also happened to be one of her favorite toys, she silently twirled a black whip in the air. She liked this one the best for a couple reasons. First and foremost, it was light, which meant that she could swing it as effortlessly and as fast as she wanted. Secondly, it had a single faux leather strap at the tip, giving her the option of bestowing a gentle kiss or delivering a painful welp.

Grabbing a blindfold, she quietly walked over to where her husband stood and said sultrily, “Rule number two: do not speak unless spoken too. If you speak out of turn, you will be punished.” Using her magic, she took a moment to lower the thick length of black cloth over Shining’s eyes. Quickly tying it tightly behind his head, she knew that he was going to object to having his sight being taken from him.

“Cadence! What the hay are–” He was suddenly cut off when something suddenly whipped him on his flank, making him flinch. “Ow! What was that–” Cadence whipped him again, this time on the opposite flank. “Hey, stop th–” Cadence whipped him yet again.

“Any more objections?” Cadence asked mockingly. When her sub didn’t respond, she twirled the whip in the air, letting it swish about every which way lazily. “Good, good…you’re learning, slave,” she said as she lightly massaged his cutie marks. As she started walking around her sub, she continued. “Alright, rule number three: you must do everything I order you to without question. More so, if I ask you a question, I expect an answer. Got it, slave?”

Shining only nodded in response, which made his new mistress whip him again for not responding. “I asked you a question, slave!” Cadence hissed, delivering another painful blow to Shining’s flank. At this point, his flanks were glowing a slight pink from her ministrations.

“Ye- yes, mistress!” Shining replied quickly, praying that her assault on his rear would stop, and thankfully it did. As his hind legs started to tremble, he felt his sheathed length start to twitch. He had no idea how, but somehow he was being turned on by his dominating wife. She was taking control of him, and there wasn’t a damned thing he could do to stop it. He stood in place silently, nervous yet somewhat excited for what she had in store for him.

“Rule number four: under no circumstance are you to touch yourself. Only I can bestow pleasure upon you.” Cadence tightened the loose ends of her sub’s blindfold, making sure that it was secure on his head; she didn’t want it to fall off from being too loose. Looking back to the bed, she quickly found the next bondage instrument that she needed, a spreader bar. Grabbing it with her magic, she levitated it beside her, and then she ordered, “Slave, spread your hind legs.”

Shining hesitated, but complied when he felt the whip’s stinging kiss graze his sensitive inner thighs. He spread his hind legs as ordered, unconsciously keeping his tail pinned in between his legs.

His tail is gonna be an issue… But that’s fine, I have just the thing to take care of it! Cadence thought to herself with a sly grin. Affixing the first cuff near the bottom of Shining’s left hind leg, she secured it with a small heart-shaped lock. She gently guided his remaining leg into the other cuff and locked it in with an identical lock.

“That’s a good slave,” Cadence cooed sweetly, putting just the right amount of dark and sexy undertones in her voice. “Now I want you to push your front hooves out in front of you.” As Shining did exactly that, she grabbed the next bondage instrument from the bed with her magic; this time it was a black latex bag designed solely to bind hooves together.

As Shining pushed his hooves out in front of him as ordered, he quickly realized that he was being put in the most vulnerable position possible. To comply with his mistress’s order, he had to lean down, which made him push his hips further into the air. Just knowing that he was standing in one of the most lewd positions made his stallionhood start to grow. As his hind legs started trembling from the strain of standing in such an awkward position, he tried to shift into a more comfortable position, but it was useless; this new stance prevented him from doing just that. His now fully-erect cock stood at attention, bouncing against the spreader bar that held his hind legs apart. The cold metal contrasted nicely with his warm, sensitive length, only furthering his arousal.

Just as her sub settled into his new position, Cadence quickly slipped the black latex over his outstretched hooves, using her magic to quickly tighten the material, binding his hooves together. But she wasn’t done yet. “Don’t you dare move a muscle… You don’t want to know what’ll happen if you disobey your mistress,” Cadence said darkly as she went back to the bed, picking out one of the last few remaining instruments at her disposal for the night.

Picking up a collar and the length of faux leather that was attached to it, she silently walked back over to where her sub was. She opened the clasp on the collar and secured it around her slave’s trembling neck. Tightening it, she picked up the cord of faux leather hanging from the rear and tied it near the base of his tail, pulling it up and away from his rear. Adjusting the length of the cord with her magic, she made it smaller and smaller until Shining’s head was being pulled up and his tail was hanging over his back, revealing his tight virgin plothole.

Shining felt completely helpless. His privates were completely exposed, and he was bound so securely that he couldn’t move an inch. He was sure that if he tried, he would be punished much more severely than a few whips on his flank. His now fully erect dick was dripping with small droplets of precum which got all over the spreader bar and the floor.

Cadence sat back for a moment to assess her handiwork. Her husband was completely bound from head to flank, and she’d be damned if she said that this wasn’t turning her on right now. Well, he did say anything... she thought to herself, giggling inwardly. Choosing to let Shining wonder what was going to happen to him next, she sat silently, waiting for him to give her an opportunity to punish him.

But even after a few minutes passed, the shivering unicorn remained obediently silent. Seems like he caught on...what a good little slave… So with a smile, Cadence got up from her position and silently sat down in front of Shining without him knowing. Deciding to give him a little shock, she gave him a quick nip on the ear and then she sultrily whispered, “For being a good little slave, I think you deserve a reward…” She slid closer to him, eliciting an unintentional moan from her as his hot breath flowed over her engorged slit. “Now– ohhhhhhh... Y– you have one minute to make me cum.”

Shining’s eyes went wide under his blindfold at the absurd order. He hesitated for the briefest of seconds, and that delay was just long enough for him to earn another whip across his flank, this one right next to his sensitive cutie mark.

“Why the hesitation? Being able to please your mistress is the highest of rewards, slave! Also, if you do a good job, your mistress might feel inclined to please you,” Cadence moaned softly, twirling her whip in the air. She contemplated whipping him for disobeying her order, but decided against it just this once. “And if you disobey me once more, your punishment will be much more severe than a few whippings! Understood?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, what?” Cadence snarled as she yanked Shining’s head back roughly, swishing her whip menacingly in the air next to his exposed rear.

“Yes, mistress! Yes, mistress Cadence!” Shining responded as he quickly realized his mistake. He closed his eyes and braced himself for another series of whippings, but they never came.

“I gave you an order, slave! What are you waiting for; do you want to be punished more?!” Cadence yelled, lifting the whip in her magical grasp to deliver another blow. “Service me, or you will be punished severely!” She roughly shoved her hips forward, pushing Shining’s muzzle into her slit, leaving him barely enough room to breath.

“Y- yes, mistress,” Shining mumbled into her dripping folds. His tongue immediately went to work, licking fervently at his mistress' folds, which were already dripping with the fragrant juices of excitement. Seeking to please the alicorn, he lapped around her vulva pressed hard against his muzzle. Cadence thrust it more forcibly against his mouth as his wet tongue writhed around her sopping entrance. He moved upward to find and tease her clit, and then pleasured the love button with powerful strokes of his tongue. Cadence let out the softest of moans, just barely audible to him and obviously concealed until just now to withhold any satisfaction for him. Yet this sign let him know his mistress was pleased, so he knew it was safe to prod into her, inching inside her pussy.

Pushing his tongue as deep inside as he could, he moved his tongue every which way, licking as fast and as desperately as he could. He worked eagerly to please as much of her tight marehood as he could, soon allowing him to taste the fruits of his labor when his mistress’s love juices started flowing. He obediently began to swallow all of her sweet nectar, but her desire was producing a nice flow, and a few drops sneaked into his nose. His airflow was suddenly cut off, and he sputtered, trying to regain control. He pulled his head back instinctively to try and get a hold of himself, but the instant he did he knew he fucked up.

As Cadence’s arousal started to slip away, she snarled menacingly, “Did I order you to stop, slave?”

“Mistress, I’m sorry! Your uhh… juices got up my nose, and I couldn’t breath! I couldn’t help it, honest!” Shining said as he tried to look up at his mistress.

As her slave started stammering his apologies, she stood up from her position on the floor. Disappointment and anger flowed through her as she considered what she had lost. Her folds were positively dripping with her love juices from her slave’s experienced ministrations, and if she’d given him a couple more minutes, she would have came all over his pretty little face. Just the thought of seeing her sub soaked in her cum made her shiver in excitement, which made her pussy leak and make a trail of love juices down her inner thighs. With the warm liquid travelling down her legs, she spoke with her lips inches from his ears. Shining's spine tingled with fear and excitement when her cold and sadistic voice tickled his ear with a message indicating her control over him. “Don’t you move a muscle. I’ll be back with your punishment shortly.”