"Dominance and submission isn't about punishing you for every little mistake you make." But that's all Nell knows. Punishment. Beatings. Branding. Hell. She lost everything before she ran away and found a Domme who could help her. Mistress Freya gave her a job, a place to live, and a community filled with the kink she craves—though she can't give Nell everything she needs. But she knows who can. Rafe has a reputation. Hard, mean, and the strictest of the Doms at Fairford Manor. He has his reasons. Reasons he never shares with anyone. But he can help Nell. Help her submit and trust a Dom to push her without breaking her. Give her pain that leads to pleasure, not scars. Get back her family, her confidence . . . her life. In the process, he might find exactly what he needs—a life that includes more than the walls of a luxury kink resort. But to do that, they need to figure out how to look forward instead of staying trapped in the past. How to move beyond the pain that scarred them. They have seven days to figure it out. Time's ticking.