Chapter Eleven
Pierced & Ringed
That night, gagged, chained, and helpless to evade our fate, we all sought the solace of another’s arms again and just held onto each other, becoming more and more frightened of what was to be done to us the next day. The thin light of dawn gradually began streaming through the high, barred windows, strengthening to full brilliance while we huddled under our silken sheets, waiting. That morning the Maids didn’t show up, and we were left alone without breakfast. Eventually, we each arose, accompanied as always by the rattle of our chain leashes, went to our bathrooms and performed our morning ablutions, then another endless period dragged by while we continued to wait. Finally, the doors at the end of the long passage into our Hareem chamber swung wide and
