HARDEST. The whippings Artur has been so enthusiastically giving have enflamed his own appetite for pain, hundreds of strokes at a time. It is more than time for him to receive the pain once more. Lavrenty and Tigran are only too happy to take him there. Their torment is blunt and unforgiving, blows coming fast, overlapping, relentless and steadily hard. The numbers add up quickly burying Artur in the suffering he thrives on. This is the punishment Artur deserves ... and maybe not so secretly wants!