Jack’s eyes were open and she could see the gleam of his teeth as he mocked her efforts.
Olivia shrank back in her bonds as far as she could, terrified that he would punish her for trying to escape.
She waited and waited but he made no move and she felt relief mixed with despair as she realised that he was so supremely confident that she could not escape from his bondage of her, that he had simply gone back to sleep.
As the long night wore on and her spread limbs and joints ached unmercifully and protested at her inability to relieve their unremitting tension, she learned that his confidence was fully justified.
Forced to accept the futility of her efforts, she ceased wasting her energy and resigned herself to the pained discomfort of her ruthless bondage, doing her best to ignore the
