Hello there! A quick PSA: The first three chapters of this story were categorized (erroneously) under BDSM (That mis-categorization is my fault, so I'm moving the story here to non/con). If you'd like to find out what's been happening up to now, please read the previous installments. Hope you enjoy! Also, thank you kindly to everyone's comments. I was happy to have the feedback. All of it was constructive. Without further ado, Chapter 3 of Chords that Bind.
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As the languid trance slowly dispersed from her body, Cecilia breathed deeper, and felt her joints cracking, giving up the fight temporarily. She waited. There was no clock in the room. She finally paused to take stock of her prison. White padded walls on all sides, like some sort of sanitarium, housed a tiny water closet on the farthest corner from the metal twin bed to which she was tied. A small table was next to the bed, and the chair in which the man had been sitting, at was by the door. There was not even a window.
Everything was white, except the books stacked on the table that the man seemed to want her to read. The title perched on top was "The claiming of Sleeping Beauty". Underneath were "Lady Chatterley's Lover", "Beauty's Punishment", a set of novellas written by Kitty Thomas, "Alice in Wonderland", and "A collection of Erotic English Poetry". With no clock to alert her to the passing of time, Cecilia sat. She wasn't an idiot. She knew why she had been left to her own devices with these literary selections. The master probably already knew that she knew. Although she was impressed with his inclusion of "Lady Chatterley" she was NOT going to let him brainwash her with books. He had already made his intent clear. She wasn't going to make it easier. She turned herself over and fell asleep, all energy wrung out of her body.
Gerry didn't care if she didn't read the books right away. Or at all, although he doubted she could stand the boredom without some way to alleviate the monotony. The books were just supporting roles. He would continue to bring her to pleasure, offering her release until she craved it, needed it. By the time her mind caught on to her body's betrayal, she would be firmly under his control.
Cecilia slept, exhausted emotionally and physically. Gerry observed her from time to time. God, she was gorgeous. She must have near-perfect hourglass proportions. Her hair was somewhat mussed and matted, but it was a flattering chestnut that fell in curls. Her long eyelashes were the same colour, veiling hazel eyes that communicated her every thought. And she was tiny. Petite was the flattering way to put it, but her ankles and wrists were almost too small for his restraints. Her cuffs had been fitted to the very tightest setting to remain functional, and there was still more give in them than he would like. Gerry knew she hadn't slept well, so he waited, arranging for the transport and sale of other submissives who had been trained and were ready for auction.
It was well past luncheon by the time Cecilia stirred, although she had been awake for some time. There was nothing for her to do. She tried to go back to sleep, but there was nothing for it, and she certainly was not about to read that ridiculous library of sexually charged garbage... Anger boiled over again. She reached out with her bound wrists and with as much force as she could leverage with her hands cuffed and her legs bound, and pushed them angrily off the table. The thud, and spread of the books, unceremoniously scattered on the floor, was not as satisfying as she had imagined.
Gerry had to chuckle. Her efforts were valiant, if completely moot. The monitor he had keeping an eye on the girl alerted him to the books she had pushed to the ground. "I could leave her there all day," Gerry thought to himself. After all, the books, her only avenue for distraction, were now well out of reach. "She'd be eager for interaction if I left her there." So he did.
Cecilia was rubbing her wrists raw. She was trying so hard to try to escape. It was the only way to keep her mind occupied. Some hours ago she realized that knocking the books out of reach had been dumb. "Alice in Wonderland" wouldn't have been so terrible. She tried to replay her favorite movies in her mind, attempting to evade the present, but her attention wandered, and she was back to hearing her parents yelling at her again. Her mind was playing cruel games, not even allowing her respite in the quiet.
So she tried to escape. There were unyielding, tiny, padlocks around the buckles cuffing her ankles to the bed, and while she was flexible, no amount of twisting, pulling or contorting was going to get them off. The handcuffs were even worse. She cried. It seemed like it should be so simple to walk through the door, which she wasn't even sure was locked. She examined the bolts where her chains were fixed to the bed, but the recessed screws were never going to give. Cecilia broke all of her nails trying to make it budge anyway. It was hopeless.
It was not lost on Gerry that Cecilia was examining avenues of escape. He considered catching her in the act, but figured the boredom and chaffed wrists and ankles were punishment enough. He let her continue as he took his tea, she wouldn't be going anywhere.
He let her continue crying as he had his dinner. Seven and a half hours since he'd brought her to her first orgasm, he decided to give her dinner as well.
The doorknob turned, alerting Cecilia to the arrival of the 'master'. He had a tray again; fish and chips for dinner, accompanied by another bottle of water. Gerry shook his head mockingly, "Tsk tsk. Knocking over books?" Cecilia looked at him with reproachful eyes. "Well, it seems you still can't be trusted with your hands." He didn't really expect her to answer, and moved to cuff her arms behind her, and fix the hated posture collar back around Cecilia's neck. "I'll feed you dinner, since you seem to be
unable
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"Thank you... master," Cecilia said dully. This was certainly improvement from Gerry's point of view. Cecilia was so hungry at this point, she would agree, as there was no further disruption to the meal that the master had brought her. Gerry was very pleased. He was creating a sort of dependence this way, and was hoping to lean on that dependence as he trained her to be Ashton's ideal slave.
After feeding her, he allowed her a few moments to use the bathroom and to shower. She still had no clothes to cover herself, but she was at least clean. Gerry again tied her to the bed, using the silk ties from before.