Melissa fought against the black despair that threatened to overwhelm her as Shimatsu’s words consigned her sister to a lifetime of bondage servitude and turned her head away as the tall Oriental moved in her direction. It was a small and ineffectual gesture of defiance and Melissa was horribly aware of its inadequacy, but she had no other way to show her captors that she still retained a spark of resistance and would not submit without a struggle.
Shimatsu laughed with pleasure, “Excellent, Melissa! Even in your chains, you continue to defy me! Your courage does you credit, but you must know that it will not save you. Now, raise your head and look upon your Master.”
Melissa shuddered, but would not give in and a glint of anger showed in his dark eyes.
“Obey, or be whipped,” he said col
