The room is a cathedral of kink, the altar a St. Andrew's Cross. A masked man, his body a canvas of welts and sweat, hangs bound. His mistress, a vision in latex, circles him, her heels clicking a dark rhythm on the stone floor. She takes up a flogger, the tails whispering through the air like a deadly, teasing dance. She starts at his shoulders, each strike a question, each response a testament to his devotion. She works her way down, her body swaying, her breath matching his, their dance a dark, intimate ritual.