Chapter Nine It’s All About Him (No, really. Okay, well, this chapter is mostly about Him.) I thought it would be a good time to let you hear from my Master. As you’ve probably discerned by now, our commitment to this dynamic wasn’t a simple leap into the great unknown, automatically resulting in bliss and daily harmony. He wanted my submission, and I wanted to give it, but we did a good deal of flailing around and failing at this before being on the same page, as they say. I look back and see my fear of being entirely honest with him. I wanted to be taken in hand with firm boundaries, known consequences for disobedience, and consistency in his punishment of me. But I was afraid to tell him just how much I wanted this, as it sort of embarrassed me at the time to discover I was this ki