Prudence provokes Hector at every turn. She needs his firm hand as much as the ranch needs their partnership.
Hector runs the Wyoming spread with quiet Daddy commands that hide his fear of loss. Prudence is his business partner and the only woman who can push his control. Every challenge to his authority ends the same way. She is bent over for his spanking, the strap or his palm delivering the strokes until she submits. Then he claims her completely. The pattern grows more intense with each passing week as the ranch's future depends on their unity.
She could leave the partnership and the dynamic behind. She stays anyway.
He grips her wrist and gives his command.