Despite the fact that her muscles were still sore, Margie scurried to the spot that the man had pointed out. She knelt before him fearfully as he lowered himself and picked up the leather collar from the rug. Brushing back her long, blond hair, he ran the collar around her neck and buckled it closed behind her. He took a small lock from his pocket and placed it over the buckle, securing the collar in place. There was a small brass key embedded in the lock and he took it out and put it in his pocket.
He had brought a small canvas bag with him and he opened it and withdrew two leather bracelets and a 18” long, shiny, thin, steel chain. He buckled the bracelets around her wrists and then, after running the chain through a ring in the front of the collar, connected it to each bracelet with mo
