ELARA
Crack!
The whip came down on my bare back, eliciting a scream as heavy tears gushed down my face. I was hunched on the floor, my face to the ground, hands bound behind me, my naked body shivering from intense pain. I stilled my breath, anticipating the whip before it cracked down again, heavier than the last.
"Harder!" Jocelyn shouted from atop the building, where she had walked off to join her sister-in-law. "I can't hear the whip sound from here!"
I hoisted myself up, my lids clouded with tears- I could barely see in front of me. My body was trembling, and I wasn't sure I could bear any more of the flogging. My back and arms pulsed with intense pain radiating from the bruises left by the horsewhip.
"Please, stop!" I cried as another lash sliced across my upper neck
