Chapter Eight Driver Although Meris had stood alone at the hitching post before, it had become the exception, rather than the rule. y now she’d grown accustomed to Nicholas as her trainer, but this wasn’t the usual time to be standing at the hitching post and he had long since ceased to be the one who harnessed her. It wasn’t the usual harnessing, either. The supporting chest bands were made of heavier leather and contained heavy duty rings in places the day to day harness did not. And, rather than framing her breasts in supportive triangles, this harness formed an ‘X’ that crossed between them, with a much wider strap around her rib cage. In addition to all this, Nicholas had fastened her manacles behind her, which had also ceased to be the usual procedure. She was distracted from Nic

