Captive in Dark Leather
I always thought you were supposed to dream when you sleep. As far back as I can recall I've always woken up on the tail end of a dream. But all there is here is black. No dreams, just pure dark oblivion.
I'm coming out of something. I'm waking up from some dreamless sleep. How is this possible? Oh, well, just open my eyes and...
Wait, it's still black! What's happening? I know my eyes are open. Is this still a dream? Maybe it's just the room that's dark. But I don't remember my room ever being this dark. I'll just get up and turn the light on to see...
I can't get up! I can't move! I'm bound, or restrained and it's all black and...I can't help it. I panic. I move as much as I can. I thrash around and try to call for help, but I can't talk, something's in my mouth. I thrash and thrash and...
Thwack!
Something hard strikes me on the behind. It hurts. I hear some distant mumbling. Sounds like I'm being told not to do something. Must get their attention. I thrash and make gurgling noises, and...
Thwack!
Ouch! That hurt even more. I'm starting to cry now. Then I hear the voice clearer now, as if it's right beside me, but still far away.
"Be still. Be silent. That was nothing. The next one will really hurt."
I freeze, in fear. If that was his intention, it sure worked. But I'm still whimpering, and now I'm hyperventilating. I'm choking on something and can't breathe through my mouth. I'm starting to get cold now. It could be shock. I can't let this happen. Concentrate, concentrate, just on my breathing...just on my breathing. Got to slow it down.
I can do this.
I can do this.
I can do this.
Ok, my breathing's closer to normal now. I've got the crying under control. Time to take stock. What can I figure out like this? I'm naked, that's the first thing I know for sure. Totally naked. I'm on my knees, and can feel the hardwood floor on my skin. I'm bent over my knees completely, so that my breasts and the side of my face rests on the floor. My wrists are tightly bound behind me. My arms just above the elbows are restrained as well. I can't move them at all. It feels like it could be a belt, or leather strap. Even my thumbs are locked together, by some sort of metal cuffs. I try to move my feet, but a small chain between my ankles restricts them. It can't be more than a few inches.
My face, the blackness now....I think I'm starting to figure it out. There's a hood over my head. It feels really tight. Might even be skintight. It's not fabric. It feels rougher than that, like leather or suede. And my mouth. There is something enormous filling my mouth. It almost feels like a cock, or...like a dildo, that's it. I can't talk, or even move my tongue around it. Is it plastic? It feels sort of like plastic, but softer. There are no ear or eye holes in this hood. Just nose holes, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to breathe. But aside from that, my head and face are sealed in this thing. It goes down around my neck. It must be locked around it. The tears and the snot from my nose are making this even more uncomfortable. Nothing I can do about it now.
Maybe whoever struck me is gone now, or at least not paying attention, now that I'm quiet. As slowly and quietly as I can, I try to rise up, but I only get maybe six inches. There's a chain attached to my neck. It goes to a bolt-hole on the floor. I can feel it as I nudge against it.
I am stuck in this horribly uncomfortable position, and that's when my real predicament becomes all too clear.
The last thing I remember was riding in the shuttle after landing in the Bahamas. I must have been drugged in the shuttle, which means something happened to my husband too. Was he kidnapped and taken here as well? Or left behind so that someone would be there to pay my ransom? I don't even want to think of the other alternatives.
The floor lurches. Then it lurches again. I've got it. I'm on a ship. Oh God, I'm out to sea? How could this possibly get any worse?