The Punishment of Pride

Punishment of prideChapter 5 A Diversity of PrisonsExcerpt from Page 64I didn't have a chance. Decision was a dream. ..... In the gloom of Castle MacNish's great hall we were joined by a dark and shadowy figure who took my arm. The newcomer bandaged my eyes and inserted a gag inside my mouth, strapping it tight to depress my tongue and pull back upon my mouth as its band of soft leather imprisoned my lips. When I wriggled in revolt, one of my nipples was pinched and I was told to behave myself. I was rushed to a waiting car, placed in the center of the back seat. Each man grabbed an ankle from the opposite door and pulled my legs as wide apart as possible. They were then strapped tight to something I could not see. I could just imagine what I looked like. Obscene! My captors spoke little and in a foreign tongue. ....