And all that had led to this moment equipoise where he stood before her holding the knife and she, still tied, on the cot looking at him with a mixture of pleading and terror in those melted chocolate brown eyes. She tried to speak to him from behind the gag. It sounded something like "Please, let me go," but they were beyond that now. It just wasn't in the plan to let her go. Speaking of the plan it was time to get about it.
He knelt down by the cot and pull out the short chain that ended in manacles on each side of the bed. Each manacle was leather with a soft wool lining to keep the leather from chaffing. It seemed a strange concession to comfort for such an item, but it wasn't important.
Then he grabbed her by her left leg and pulled her to the left side of the cot. The touch of her skin, smooth and warm, made him pause for a minute. Her legs were freshly shaved and felt silky in his rough hand. Almost unconsciously he began softly stroking the tips of his fingers up and down her calf, sensing the electricity that seemed to dance from her skin to his. For a few seconds he lost track of what he was doing as the man admired the woman. His desire cooled a bit and his attitude softened as he turned his head to her eyes. But under his gaze she squealed in fear and struggled a bit against the duct tape to move her legs away from him.
"Back to the plan," he thought.
Seizing her left ankle, he pulled her leg over to the left side of the cot and quickly snapped the manacle into place around her ankle. Getting her right leg into the manacle on the right side of the cot required that he cut the duct tape around her legs and ankles, so he stepped up closer to her face on the right side of the cot. With a menacing look that made her flinch, he showed her the knife in a silent threat and then he reached down and sliced the tape holding her ankles. He paused to throw another threatening glance at her, he then sliced the tape wraps holding her thighs together.
Immediately she spun into action and nimbly raised her right leg straight up and then smashed her heel down into his cheek. He roared in pain, staggered back and dropped the knife as she flailed with her free leg again, trying to kick him in any way she could. Defiance and anger filled her milk chocolate eyes. The swelling on his face started immediately and he felt blood begin to flow. For a second, he saw stars.
Then he regained his equilibrium and reached up to touch his face. The gash he felt was long and wide and would probably require stitches to close. He looked up at her with shock on his face and she responded with defiant fire in her eyes. She flailed another kick at him, grunting with the effort, but missed as she was unable to reach him. All at once the Beast surged forth and he lost control of himself for a moment.
"You little, bitch!" he roared at her. "You... little... CUNT!"
As if in a dream stepped up even with her head on the cot and his right hand slashed down to land a whistling slap on her cheek. Her head snapped to the side and she went limp with a yip of pain behind the gag. In a flash he scooped up the knife and, as he snarled with rage, he grabbed a handful of her black hair, yanked her head off the cot, and brought the long edge of the knife to her throat. She made a few muffled squeals of fear behind the gag and squeezed her eyes shut.
He pushed the knife against her throat a little harder and she cried out again. Tears flowed from her clenched eyes.
"Look at me, bitch," he hissed at her. "I said... LOOK AT ME!"