This was very different treatment from anything she had received up till now. She wondered what was the cause of it. Was it possible that having a girl whipped had made the Emir more aggressive sexually? Had the spectacle had an effect similar to that on Caroline, but the reverse side of the coin? Instinctively she seemed to respond to his dominance. She wanted to be used, she wanted him to be rough. Still holding her by the hair, the Emir dragged her over to a divan. He sat down and manhandled her till she was lying across his knee. She had been brought to him naked except for the jewels she wore and an almost transparent pair of harem trousers, cut very low on the hips. These he now pulled right down, exposing her bare bottom. He let go her hair, only to take both her hands in one of h