The Last Snow: A Mother's Love

“Ow.” I groaned, rolling to my other side on the bed.

I opened my eyes and came face to face a sleeping Chris, who was clearly in a very deep sleep.

My mind seemed to have a screen of fog over it for the moment, until I looked around the room and remembered where I was, and just what had happened.

The aching of my backside also helped me remember the events from last night.

Wait.

Was it last night? Was it a couple of hours ago? What time of the day was it, what day even was it?

I turned to see the clock, but saw that Tyler was on the other side of me, there was no way that the three of us had slept the rest of the day away and through the night.

The two of them were admittedly adorable in their slate of sleep, and as much as I wanted to figure out what time it was, I didn’t want to disturb them.

I quietly crawled backwards off of the bed, and slipped over to the other side of the basement.

The full length mirror stopped me in my tracks as I got a frightening look at my ass. It was a vicious blood red with welts from the cane, and imprints of the belt that Chris had used on me.

I made the mistake of running my hand across it to see just how bad it was. The stinging pain shocked me, and even produced a few tears that ran down my cheeks.

Since I couldn’t find anything to relieve some of that pain, I took a risk and went upstairs to see just what was going on.

The first thing I realized was that it had to be late, as when I looked out the windows all I saw was the star covered sky.

No one was found in the kitchen, library, and all of the other lounging rooms were empty. Damn it.

I let out a deep sigh as I got ready to just head back downstairs and quietly suffer in silence until Tyler and or Chris woke up.

Just as I was heading back around to head back, I was blessed by the sound of another human being.

“Bella?” They asked.

I turned around and saw Craig and TJ.

“Yeah, I’ve been looking for people.” I cheered.

“Everyone’s sleeping, Bella, and we were just headed back to do the same.” Craig told me.

“What time even is it?” I asked them.

TJ chuckled.

“How bad did they beat you in order for you to forget what time of day it is?” He mused.

I didn’t verbally respond, I just faced away from them and lifted up the back of Chris’ long t-shirt that he had draped over me.

“Holy fuck.” Craig gasped.

“Ouch.” TJ hissed.

“Yeah, it was um...intense to say the least.” I admitted.

“I’m going to take, you need a little help with that.” Craig said, pointing to my backside.

“Yes, please.” I asked him.

“Come and follow me.” Craig instructed, heading down the hall.

“After you,” TJ said, motioning for me to go ahead of him.

I did just that, and followed Craig all the way back down to one of the bigger bathrooms. TJ shut the door behind us which gave me a bit of a heart attack.

My focus shifted from him to Craig who was dousing a hand towel with some liquid he grabbed from the top shelf. Once he laid it down on the counter, he picked me up and sat me right down on it.

“Fuck!” I squealed, trying to jump off of it.

It burned like hell against the parts of my skin that had slightly split open.

“I know it hurts, it’s a disinfectant though so it will help you in the long run.” Craig assured me.

“It hurts, but I appreciate it.” I told him.

“Sounds like an admittance to kink.” TJ chuckled.

“I just let them beat my ass last night, and somehow you just now are figuring out I might be a little into this?” I scolded him.

“It wasn’t last night, it was this morning.” TJ corrected me.

“Why can’t you two ever just talk without having to bitch at each other?” Craig groaned.

“Hey, that’s actually pretty good for us.” I pointed out.

“Us? Are we a thing now?” TJ asked me.

“Oh no, fuck no!” I exclaimed.

“Ouch, a simple no would have been sufficient. Perhaps I could beat you too, and you’d like me a bit more?” TJ said.

“Ok, get out of here, I’ll be over there in a tiny bit.” Craig said, pushing TJ out of the bathroom and locking the door behind him.

“See? He’s a pain in the ass.” I told Craig.

“Let’s worry about one pain in the ass at a time.” Craig stated.

He picked me up from the counter, and spun me around so that I was leaning up against the counter, facing the mirror.

“Son of a bitch.” I hissed, as yet another cloth ran across my sensitive skin.

“Sorry, dear. It’s all a part of having scenes like you and the others had today.” Craig explained.

“It’s okay, I understand.” I sighed, closing my eyes, trying not to focus on the pain (the kind that couldn’t get you off)

“So, you really did like it, huh?” Craig wondered.

“There definitely were parts that when I let myself, I did find myself liking it. It was a lot to take in though overall, so while I enjoyed some parts, it was really overwhelming as well.” I confided in him.

“I’m glad to hear that.” He smiled at me in the mirror.

I held my breath as he finished cleaning me up, and was relieved when he told me he was done.

“Thank you. I can’t tell you how happy I was to see someone still up.” I thanked him, giving him a small hug.

“You’re welcome, Bella.” He whispered, pulling me even tighter to his chest.

“I think I’ll head back downstairs for now, heaven forbid Chris or Tyler wake up before I get down there. They’ll have a heart attack.” I told him.

“Yeah, that’s not a bad idea at all.” He chuckled.

“See you in the morning.” I whispered.

“Feel better!” He called to me, just as I was at the door of the basement.

I snuck back down to the basement, pleased to find that Tyler and Chris were still fast asleep. Chris’s expression was something of bliss, completely relaxed, whereas I noticed Tyler had more of a concerned look on his face. I wrapped my arms around his torso as well as I could, and planted a thousand kisses up and down his neck, while softly running my fingers through his incredibly soft, long black hair.

Crawling back into the bed, I faced him and gave him one more sweet kiss on the lips. I was relieved to see that that was the trick to get rid of what appeared to be his worry.

“I love you.” I cooed, curling up against his chest and finally falling back into a deep sleep.

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“Little one, wake up. Time to get the day started.” Chris whispered, finally getting me awake enough to open up my eyes.

I instantly smiled when I saw that Tyler was still laying next to me.

“Good morning, Bella.” He cheered.

I met his good morning with a kiss, and it was obvious that he was pleasantly surprised at that quick gesture.

Knowing Chris could sometimes get a little jealous, I made sure to give him a quick hug too.

“Aww, thank you.” He cooed.

“How are you doing?” Tyler asked me, as I sat up on my knees to face him.

“I’m doing better. I woke up around 1am last night due to a throbbing coming from my backside. I ended up running into TJ and Craig though, so Craig helped me clean up a little bit. It’s felt better since then.” I replied.

“That’s good to hear.” Chris said, observing the marks he had imprinted on my skin.

That made me think of what Danny had told me about why so many people found spanking and other activities along that line attractive, because you were able to see your mark on the one you claimed as yours. Just the thought of that alone, got a slight blush going through my cheeks.

Damn my pale as hell complexion!

“Uh oh, what in the hell are you blushing about already?” Tyler questioned me.

“It’s a long story.” I brushed it off.

“I think someone’s still thinking about last night, and how good it felt.” Chris whispered.

“I’m glad you liked it.” Tyler smiled down at me.

“I am too.” I shyly replied.

Chris got up from the bed, and went to the other room where we could hear him clearly digging around in a drawer. I braced myself for what was to come.

“So, you obviously passed last night with flying colors, which we’re all very proud of you for. Today is going to serve as your last day with your basic training, and if you go this whole day following every single rule and command you receive to a perfect T, you will get this before you go to bed tonight, and then in a few days your other training will start up.” Chris explained, holding out his hands for me to see the collar in his hands.

It was fully black leather, with a silver heart in the middle of it. I knew in reality it likely weighed no more than a few ounces, but to me it seemed like it would weight a good 25 pounds around my neck. That was taking it up a notch.

“Uh...Yes...Sir, Yes, Sir.” I stuttered out,

“Do you not like it?” He asked, clearly a little saddened.

“I’m just taking it all in.” I whispered.

“Let’s go get you dressed, ok? We don’t have to deal with that quite yet.” Tyler told me rather suddenly.

He picked me up, careful to not rub against my bottom, and brought me all the way up to my room in this house.

Once he set me down I was quick to slip on a pair of panties, so I wouldn’t be fully naked if I took Chris’ shirt off. Not that I cared if Tyler saw me naked, but keeping at least one part of me covered gave me a tiny sliver of control, and I needed to hold on to a little bit of control. If I didn’t, I was afraid I would slip away, and forget who I once was. The need to protect Bianca and get her back vs acknowledging how good they made me feel last night was creating a war in my head.

The two things I knew for absolute sure was that I loved Bianca, and I loved Tyler.

Talk about a conflict of interest.

“I still love you, you know that, right?” I whispered, walking over to him and wrapping my arms around his waist.

“That’s a silly question, baby. I never have doubted you loved me since the first time we got close on the tour bus when we started that little question game.” He assured me.

“That feels like a lifetime ago.” I sighed.

“I know, it’s crazy.” He mused.

“I’m getting fucking old.” I giggled, trying to lighten the mood.

“Oh no, you don’t get to complain about your age, I’m the one who’s turning 29 in a couple of months. I’m the old fuck.” He told me.

“It’s a good thing I never called you Daddy, I’d have to change that to Grandpa pretty soon.” I teased him.

“That’s my sassy little girl.” He smiled, tossing me on the bed.

“What would you like for your birthday?” I cooed.

“Hmm..well I kind of like the sound of being called Daddy, that’s got a nice ring to it.” He told me.

“Would that make me Daddy’s little girl?” I teased him, as he crawled over my body so that his arms and legs created a cage for my body.

“Fuck yeah.” He growled in my ear.

Just as he went to lean in for a kiss, I pulled my leg up so that it was resting on his chest and preventing him from leaning in any closer.

“Did you just fucking tease me?” He gasped in disbelief.

“Yes, Daddy.” I continued to tease him.

“You’re naughty, Bella, I still fucking love you though.” He told me, managing to sneak in a kiss on my neck.

“I love you too, so damn much.” I whispered, looking deep into his gorgeous blue eyes.

He gave me one more kiss, this time on the lips, and then helped me up so that I was sitting down on the edge of the bed. I sighed when I knew what he was going to say.

“We should go down now, before they get curious and find their way up.” He groaned.

I took his hand, and we made our way down to the main level of the house. Instantly when we got to the bottom of the stairs I could hear tons of voices meshing together, everyone was so loud.

“Good morning you two!” Andy cheered.

“Good morning, Sir.” I said, not too excited, but also not too bitchy.

“Hey, you’re just who I was looking for.” Danny cheered, entering the kitchen.

“Am I in trouble, Sir?” I asked.

“For once, no.” He laughed.

“I’m going to use deductive reasoning then to say you want to see my ass.” I groaned.

“I mean I’d never not want to see that, dear, but we would like you down in the main living room once you’ve had some breakfast.” Danny told me.

“Ok, I’ll be there in a few.” I replied.

“Thank you.” He cheered, leaving just as quickly as he had came into the room.

“Something’s going on.” I stated.

“What makes you say that?” Andy wondered.

“Just a feeling.” I told him.

I sat down after I made myself a cup of coffee, and Andy served me up some of the best damn scrambled eggs I’ve ever had in my life. It was the small things like that I’ve started to take to heart and enjoy more than I had before. As I was getting ready to head down to the living room, Tyler stopped me at the door.

“Bella, they want to get a reaction out of you today. Well, they actually want you to stay cool, calm, and collected, but they’re going to try to push your buttons to see if you really will still follow the rules when agitated. Don’t let them win, don’t give in to their proding, trust me...it’s for the better.” He explained.

“Tyler’s right.” Andy agreed.

I took a second to think about what else they possibly could have up their sleeve. They had already punished me physically, and there was still the deal that nothing sexual would happen yet, which left...well, I don’t know.

What was I missing?

Oh shit.

I quickly realized that the questions wasn’t what I was missing, rather it was simply, what is missing? From the morning the day before until know there was only one item that I had recognized as missing. My stomach dropped.

“No. No fucking way.” I stated, shaking my head.

“There’s nothing I can say that’s going to make it better or make you be ok with it, sorry Bells.” Tyler sighed.

“It’s not happening.” I said, crossing my arms.

“How do you know she’s talking about the same thing you are?” Andy asked him.

“He’s talking about them putting me in a fucking cage!” I screamed.

“Alright, so we are on the same page.” Andy sighed, nodding his head.

“It’s just a couple of hours they want you down there, you just have to sit and relax.” Tyler told me.

“That’s fucking insane! Do you hear what you’re saying?” I exclaimed.

“Shh, don’t raise your voice, they’ll hear you. You’ll be ok, it’s just to prove to them that you can follow the rules.” Tyler cooed, trying to calm me down.

“I follow the damn rules! I call you Sir, I kneel when I’m told to kneel, I’m respectful, I’ve accepted my place as your submissive. I’ve been on my best fucking behavior, and while yes now we know I am into some of these things, it’s still frustrating. I’ve done everything else everyone’s asked, but I WILL NOT get into a cage.” I cried out.

“Why don’t we go down there and see if we can’t come to an agreement?” Andy sighed, obviously not a fan of how angry I was becoming.

“Come on Bella.” Tyler pleaded with me.

He held out his hand, waiting patiently for me in the frame of the doorway. I knew this wasn’t his fault, and he most likely had went toe to toe to them on this issue, but still… it didn’t make this any better. Knowing this wasn’t just going to go away, I sighed, giving in for the moment and taking his hand where he lead me down to the main living room with Andy on our tails.

We stepped through the door, and my eyes went directly to the cage that was in between the two couches that lined the two back walls of the room. I felt nauseous.

“Hello again.” Danny cooed.

I took a quick look around the room to see who all was there. To really no surprise I realized it was all of the main suspects. Chris, Danny, Craig, TJ, and Ronnie were littered around the room. Oh, and of course now Tyler and Andy.

“I’m not getting in a fucking cage.” I stated, wanting to get that message out loud and as clear as I could right away.

“That’s cute.” TJ chuckled.

“You’re an asshole, and it’s demeaning.” I growled.

“Hey, let’s keep ourselves in check.” Chris stated.

“Come on, just slip in, hang out for a few hours, and boom - you’re out before you know it. Just like the cane from last night that we’ve heard about it, you won’t have to deal with it unless you really fuck up.” Craig told me.

In that instant, I knew there was no getting out of it. However...perhaps I could get something that I wanted out of this.

“Let’s just say I do that. I think I’d deserve something in return for that, after all I’ve been good up until now.” I said, trying to pull some strings.

“What would you like, love?” Danny asked.

“Let me punch TJ.” I said, trying to hold back my smile.

“What?” Craig chuckled in disbelief.

“I want to punch your bassist in the face.” I stated.

“Cute, but no.” TJ grumbled.

“Woah, let’s hold on a second. She has been a very, very good girl, and I know that the cage is a pretty fucking big jump. Maybe she deserves just one good punch.” Chris mused.

“Fuck no, are you nuts!?!” TJ exclaimed.

“Oh come on, she can’t hit that hard.” Ronnie laughed.

“Oh no, she’s got a wicked swing.” Chris corrected him having first hand experience.

“Whatever. These would be my new conditions. She’d get one and only one punch before she gets put in the cage so it can act as a punishment. Also, she has to be in there all day. I don’t want her thinking she’s getting away with anything.” TJ demanded.

“I think that sounds very fair.” Danny chuckled.

“Holy shit, really?” I asked, shocked that they agreed to that.

Yes, there was absolutely no part of me that wanted to spend my day locked in a human-sized cage...but if I was going to be forced to, punching TJ was a pretty good remedy to get me through the day.

“Yes, but it’s one and done.” Chris said.

TJ came over to me and stood roughly a foot away from me. He put his hands behind his back, and leaned his face in towards me.

“I’m going to make you regret this when you least expect it.” He growled in my ear.

Right as he finished saying what he had to say, I pulled my fist back and let it fly straight into the side of his face. A rush of energy first zapped through my body, but then a worry quickly replaced that, noticing the extremely calm look in TJ’s eyes. That was beyond unnerving.

“I’ll see you later.” He whispered, smiling as he walked past me, out of the room.

“Well that took a fucking turn.” Craig said.

“Thanks for letting me do that.” I whispered.

“Mhm, you’re welcome crazy girl.” Danny said, shaking his head.

“You made a deal, Bella, now it’s time to follow up on your side of the bargain.” Chris told me.

“I will see you later, baby.” Tyler promised me, giving me a quick hug from behind and a kiss on the neck.

He left the room, as did everyone else, except for Chris.

“Come here, love.” Chris whispered, kneeling down and opening up the door.

Oh, fuck.

I slowly walked over to him, and got down to where he was.

“Do you really believe in keeping me in a cage?” I asked him.

“No. No one does, well..TJ might now for a little bit. It’s more of the final test for us to see just how well you follow the rules - in all situations. It’s the bridge to the first part of your training to the second part of it.” He told me.

Chris patted the inside of the cage, and I knew there wasn’t much of his patience left for me this morning. I crawled on my hands and knees to the back of the cage, and got prepared to give my dignity a nice burial when I got out. There was a soft blanket under me, a large pillow behind me, and Chris handed me one more blanket to keep me warm.

“This doesn’t make me want to submit to you.” I admitted.

“I appreciate your honesty. For now though, just keep in mind that you still need to follow the rules listed in the contract, it’ll get you out of here and into Tyler’s arms a whole lot faster.” Chris said, closing the door and locking it.

He slid the key into his back pocket, gave me one more goodbye, and then left.

I looked around at my surroundings, and the main fear I had about not being able to move was quashed. It was large enough that I would be able to fully turn myself around, and even move a good 5 inches both to the left and to the right. I wasn’t able to fully stretch out when I laid down, but I only had to curl my legs up a tiny bit to fit. Other than that I didn’t want to focus on it too much or else I knew I was going to get sick.

Pulling the extra blanket up and over my body, I snuggled into the most comfortable position I could find, shut my eyes, and got ready for the weirdest nap of my life.

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12 Hours Later
Chris’ POV-

Walking back into the main living room, I found all of Asking Alexandria and the rest of my band, along with Tyler lounging around. Bella was of course still locked up in the cage.

I knocked on the wall to get their attention. Bella’s eyes lit up when she saw me, obviously eager to get out.

“So, has she behaved?” I asked.

“All day long there wasn’t a single problem.” Ben told me.

“She followed every single request?” I checked.

“Every single one.” Vinny assured me.

The smile on my face was uncontrollable as I was delighted to hear that. It meant we were finally getting to the next step to get us closer to living the perfect life together, all of us.

“Down.” I instructed Bella, walking over to the cage.

Bella did just as I asked. I slid the keys out of my back pocket, and quickly unlocked the door, letting it swing wide open.

“Time to get out, love.” I told her.

To no surprise she bolted out of the cage and into my arms, knowing that I was going to be the one dealing with her tonight.

“Goodnight, Bella.” Tyler cooed, coming over and giving her a kiss.

“Goodnight.” She smiled back, waving to him as I carried her out of the room.

“How was your day?” I asked her.

“I slept through about half of it, but I got through the last half with Tyler , AA, and your band. They’re kind of a fun group to have around when you want to forget you’re locked in a cage.” She joked with me.

We reached her bedroom, and I set her down on the floor in the middle of the room.

“Kneel, baby.” I cooed.

As she did that, I went over to the bed and grabbed the black leather collar with the silver heart in the front of it.

“Bella, this collar right here is a representation of our love and appreciation for you. You’ve been such a good girl, and have proved to us that you are ready for the next level of training to become a better submissive, which will in turn give us the tools to become better dominants, hell, even better men.” I explained, slipping the collar around her neck and locking it into place.

“What’s the next step from here, Sir?” Bella asked me.

“It’s finally your turn to get the pleasure. No pain, just pleasure. Exactly what a good girl like you deserves.” I whispered in her ear.

“For now though, we need to get to bed. There’s some things we need to go over in the morning.” I told her.

“Yes, Sir.” She replied, hopping up onto the bed and curling up on her side.

Just as I went to turn off the lights, I saw the beautiful glimmer of the light bounce off of the heart on her collar.

It was beautiful, and I wasn’t just talking about the collar.

I was referring to what it stood for, the love, devotion, knowledge, and strength we both gave to each other, whether she knew it or not.

“Bella, you know I love you, right?” I asked her, shutting the lights off, and crawling back into bed.

“I do, Sir.” She whispered.

Good. That was all I needed to hear, in order for me to drift off and have sweet dreams of the girl whom I loved so much.

Notes

The cage has finally made it's debut!
I originally hadn't planned on using it this early, but I realized Chris would have to put Bella up to something she really really hated to be able to get an accurate reading on whether they were safe to move onto the next phase of training, if you will.

For now, TJ and Bella's hatred is still pretty apparent for each other.

And Chris is starting to be more open with his feelings of love for her, which is a change from the beginning of their relationship.

I hope you guys enjoyed what went on, and good luck to everyone who has to go back to school tomorrow after the long weekend, my thoughts are with you!

Thanks again for reading,
BlackVeilsinWhite