She had been there for days, or was it merely hours; time had become a blur as she stood there impatiently waiting. She had never seen a lair like it before and she had been in several in her lifetime. The tiled floors were a deep earthy mauve; the wooden columns were painted a dark purple and lavender silks were draped about the walls. The rosy flesh of the captives stood out in stark contrast to the hue of the room, and the reddened flesh of the recently flogged stood out even more.
The silk cords wrapped around her wrists exactly five times before being knotted at her palms. Her arms were stretched straight out from her body forming a tee and then tied to round wooden posts. Her fingers were wrapped around the silk knots and then bound to them with a small piece of silk fabric. Her ankles were also tied with silk and tethered to the ground behind her. A silk gag muffled her voice. She wondered how many others were with her in the chilly room besides those she could see and tried to listen for their breathing by quieting her own. It occurred to her that the others might be doing the same and that she would not hear them because of it. Nevertheless, she still tried to listen for them.
When she heard footsteps approaching, she sighed, as much as she could sigh, and hoped that she would be attended soon. She felt rough hands upon her breasts and long fingers pinching her nipples. She moaned as her nipples hardened. Rough hands grabbed her thighs and parted them. A long supple tongue darted between her legs teasing her silky mound. She wanted the tongue inside her, but it did not enter. She writhed where she stood and struggled against her bonds. “Take me,” her muffled voice pleaded through the silk. Her plea fell upon deaf ears as the footsteps wandered off.
She listened as the footsteps moved somewhere behind her. She heard the rush of moving air and the crack of leather hitting flesh. She heard the muffled screams of another captive and knew that she was not alone then. She counted each stroke of the strap as it struck its target. She wanted to know what to expect when it was her turn. “…Eight, nine, ten. Exactly ten strokes.” She made a note of that for future reference.