Ed motioned Dhyanna out of his office and a low chuckle escaped him as she fled before him, a walk being beyond her by this point. Her heels clicked on the flooring and Ed followed her, the sight of her body clearly visible through the soaked red blouse a most pleasing view.

"If you would care to proceed through the kitchen to your left" Ed waved a hand, "Then you can see the meat locker directly across from you".

Dhyanna failed to notice that the kitchen was old and clearly hadn't been used in a while, so desparate was she to get out of the confines of Ed's study. She clicked across the old quarry stone flooring and waited for Ed, listening to the jangle of a large bunch of keys he had fetched out of his pocket.

He strode around her and fumbled briefly with the lock until it opened and he disappeared into the gloom within the room. Absentmindedly, Dhyanna followed him in and barely had time to gasp or duck as a heavy canvas bag slipped over her head. Ed pulled tight the slip-knot and the bag was firmly fixed around Dhyanna's throat.

Instinctively, she raised her hands which were seized and securely tied together. Ed bent his knees and threw Dhyanna over his left shoulder, straightened and carried her over to the waiting rack. He lowered her-none too gently-and before she had recovered, strapped her ankles to the two lower rings, her legs apart and her skirt rucked up.

Ed licked his lips...