Alone in the silence, and blindfolded, Kathleen’s physical sensations were sharpened to new heights she had never experienced before. Never had she felt such total helplessness, such defenseless exposure of her undressed body; her arms immobilized, her legs spread wide against her will. She was painfully aware that the nakedness of her body was at the mercy of brutal strangers who might stroll by and amuse themselves abusing her with casual cruelty. Kathleen waited, strapped to the framework, blindfolded and listening to noises. She dreaded every sound, imagining some hungry predator approaching her exposed and unprotected body. The sun was warm on her skin, and the summer air caressed her spread thighs, confirming her public nakedness. Her fear could not blunt the sensuous nerve impulse