The sound of a hand meeting flesh echoed through the hotel room, a loud slap that could be heard clearly by anyone nearby. Winter’s eyes widened as the sound continued, although not for the reasons one might expect.

“H-Huh… it doesn’t… hurt?”
‘I don’t feel anything?’

She had expected a stinging pain after Dad announced he’d discipline her, and the sound was as harsh as she imagined. Yet, there was no pain at all. She felt… nothing.

‘It’s like I’ve lost all sensation below the waist…’

Beyond not hurting, she couldn’t feel a thing—no sense of his touch, no …