“It’s time for you to sleep now, Traci.” He picked up a glass of bubbling liquid he had brought with him and held it to my lips. “Drink this. It’s safe, just something to relax you and make you forget your nightmares.”
It would be foolish to resist, since I was chained down on the bench and helpless. I could still see the whip swaying on its hook against the wall. I drank all of it.
David gave me another kiss and went out into the corridor. He closed and locked my cell door, then wrote something on the sign next to it.
The drink was already working. A dark warm mist wrapped around my body and lifted it on a silken cushion of solace. Debby was okay, I was okay, and everything happening to me was okay. I had no more nightmares.
I heard the door of Consenta’s cell opening. There were voic
