“Little girls can’t always be satisfied. Sometimes it’s good just to get a glimpse of pleasure, a little taste of it, but not the thing itself.”
“That’s so cruel,” Augusta said.
Ocean laughed. “Only now do you realise how cruel I can be? Poor little girl. It’s so much fun to tease you. But I’ll make a bargain with you. I have a yen to do a specific thing to you. It will hurt a lot. But if you submit to it, I promise you shall have your satisfaction at the end.”
“Promise?”
“Solemnly.”
“I guess I’ll have to trust you, then.” Augusta answered. “You know I can refuse you nothing anyway.”
“Come with me,” said Ocean. She took Augusta outside and picked up a length of rope from the boat. She tied Augusta’s hands behind her back, then put her up against a palm tree and wound the rope severa
