“Oh, but it will always be there in the back of your mind,” he chuckled. “And, besides, there is a secondary purpose. It has other settings, and can be quite effective at curbing errant behavior.”
She watched as he pulled a remote control from his pocket, tensing involuntarily as he adjusted a dial on it. She watched, wide-eyed, as he pressed the button at the top of it.
“Ow, f**k!” Melanie exclaimed as a jolt of electricity passed through the collar and into her neck. She jerked forward against the cuffs on her wrists and ankles, chains rattling. She breathed hard, chest heaving. The burst had hurt, though not as badly as she feared. His ability to do it to her so easily, however, filled her with fear.
“That is the lowest setting,” he told her calmly while he turned the dial again. “No
