“Julia! You wanted this in the worst way ... now, it has happened,” she stated simply. “It’s too late for you to go back, and you know it!” “Ooohhh God, Mistress,” I wept in despair, “I didn’t think it would be so awful!” “Well, it is, Julia,” she smiled grimly at me. “And it will get more intense as you become more thoroughly accustomed to the harness and appliances you’re already wearing. There are some additions that have yet to be made, and you’ve not visited your cell ... yet. That will happen soon.” “M-M-Mistress? I-I don’t want to go down there!” I whimpered, writhing against my implacable harness and chains, struggling to sit up. The short leash to the back of my neck snapped tight and I collapsed back onto the bed, turning my head what little I could against the restriction of