HARDEST. A black stage and a gleaming dancer’s pole stress the weirdness of Misha’s appointment. The arrival of Nikita is even more unexpected and unwelcome. Once shackled to the pole, Misha can only steel himself for the dark, intense hurt of leather and rattan that Nikita lays on in layer upon layer. Hundreds of strokes of whips, straps, and canes descend on Misha’s back, ass and feet. The Glasgow tawse at last creates the dance of agony that Nikita has sought from the beginning. Punishment repackaged!