Chapter 44. Horror!

Proserpina

A light came on and I blinked in surprise.

I was in a large room. The décor was strange, unlike anything I had ever seen before.

The only normal furniture in the room seemed to be a large bed with a shiny, gaudy red sheet, and a bedpost with gleaming handcuffs dangling from both ends. Strategically placed mirrors that seemed to reflect the dim light coming from the lights, created a strange effect. It was like being in a dungeon. A large cage in the centre dominated the room and there was a strange cross as well, enormous and somehow threatening.

There was some sort of odd wooden frame erected on one wall and a wooden horse on one side that was cushioned in crimson velvet.

And on one side…was that a large paddle???

The room was decorated in rich red brocade hangings, but it was the assortment of whips and strange torture implements that caught my attention.

Instruments of bondage.

Slowly, the truth dawned on