He threaded a choke-leash about her throat, above the collar and drew it tight.He threaded a choke-leash about her throat, above the collar and drew it tight. Rhea coughed and tried to catch her breath. He gagged her with a wadded strip of cloth held in by a second. He took a pole, set with a manacle at each end, and, threading it through the lowest ring, pulled her down to lock her ankles in the irons. Rhea blessed her father for giving her an almost six foot height. Wrapping another chain around her body, he threaded it through the ring near her back, holding her almost immobile. Placing the keys tantalizingly out her reach, he reached back into the trunk and removed a glass jar, holding a large toad. Rhea's eyes grew large as he moved between her wide-spread legs. |