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He grabbed her wrists as she tried to move away.
"Be still,he commanded.
She still struggled. Slap. He backhanded her. She caught her breath and paused for a second to measure in her mind his new aggression.
"Let me go," she pleaded.
"Be quiet and be still," he commanded again. "You will do as I say."
She looked at him with contempt and then jerked again, hoping to free herself from his grip but without success. Slap. He slapped her again. She was startled by his violence.
"I require that you obey me," he said. "Do you understand?"
She was beginning to. Her mind was in turmoil. She had never bowed to any man's will before and now she was held captive both physically and emotionally by this hulking man. She was repulsed yet excited by him. She had valued her independance, yet was now being told to abandon and foresake it. She was frightened too.
She tried to calm herself and to be still until he released her. Then she planned to run.
She could feel his grip relaxing a little. She relaxed also, thinking that this would soon pass, and he would become reasonable. But she was wrong.
Feeling her calmer now, he released her for a moment and turned his back. She couldn't see what he was doing, but didn't try to move as he was still too close to her.
He turned to face her and grabbed her wrists again and quickly looped a cord around them before she realized what he was doing. Panic filled her mind as he secured her wrists tightly together.
"Please don't. That's not necessary," she pleaded.
He finished tieing and then pulled the loose cord length as he stood. She was pulled up from the chair by him and was forced to walk behind him as he went out of the room. She had to walk quickly to stay with him in order to keep the cord from hurting her.
She was surprised when she saw the room. There were pegs and eye hooks securely installed to a massive wooden frame. The frame was attached to the wall and stood about a foot away from it. The top of the frame extended out about three feet and was heavily braced.
Her heart raced faster. She felt hot and a little sick.
He looped the end of the cord through a eye hook and pulled it hard and drew her arms up above her head. She had to stand up straight to keep her wrists from hurting. He tied the cord back to the frame and stood back looking at her.
She looked at him, her eyes full of fear, and begged "Please let me loose. I won't run, and I will obey you. Don't hurt me."
He didn't answer, but instead moved across the room and opened a large box. He reached inside and searched for something. She couldn't see what he was doing, but she knew he had no plans to release her now. She tried to breathe, but found it hard to control her panic.
He came back to her, carrying more cord and other items. He knelt down and placed a cuff around each ankle. She pleaded with him not to continue. After a furtive kick, she stood still as he looped cords through the eyelet of each cuff and looped the end through a hook on the frame on each side. He pushed her legs apart and tied the cord back to hold her spread in that position.
He brought out a studded leather collar and fastened it around her neck, being careful to have it snug, but not choking. He returned to the box and searched again. Soon he returned with a cat-o-nine, a paddle and a lash. He held them up for her to see.
"I think you disobeyed me because you wanted to be punished. Didn't you?"
"No. I just didn't like you telling me what to do," she replied.
"Well you will learn to obey me whether you like to or not", he said.
And with that remark, he brushed the cat across her breasts, and then quickly flicked it across her. She cringed at the first blow, but didn't feel any pain, so she relaxed a little.
"He is just trying to scare me", she thought.
She soon found out he was doing much more as she felt the sting of the paddle across her buttocks. She shrieked in pain as he swung again. The force of his blow almost knocked her off balance, and she would have fallen had she not been tied.
"No," she screamed.
And in response he swung again.