For now Dominic set about securing the inch wide strap that ran through the gag. He brushed her golden mane out of the way, threaded the strap throug... its buckle and yanked. And yanked. And yanked again. The relatively wide, coarse band of leather bit into the corners of her mouth. Her scarlet painted lips formed almost an airtight seal against the smooth surface of the ball. It also drove the sphere much deeper. More than just a moment’s panic followed, as Nicole frantically wriggled. Ben mumbled a greeting (a half-hearted ‘goomornin’) and went straight for a box of cereal. He lazily splashed some milk in a bowl, grabbed a spoon, mixed the contents and began grazing like a cow from his place at the edge of the breakfast table.His father, Peter, looked up from his newspaper just long enough to give Ben a once over and frowned slightly. He was a big man hardened by a lifetime of construction work and outdoorsy activities. That his only son would turn out to be such an. I could have loved you enough to be your exclusive woman.Tell Linda I’m sorry about Joe, and I’m sorry she’s the one who got you instead of me.”“How did you know….?”“Since Joe’s funeral, she’s the only one you’ve been concerned about. You even called me Linda once.If it would have been when we were having sex, I would have bit your balls off.”With that, she made her way to the end of the bar… ***********It was almost one a.m. when I rang Linda’s door bell.She welcomed me with open. “You may get the chance to earn that. What about those two?”“Sweetie”, said the one on her left, in a childish and shaking voice.“No-one has named this thing, exalted lady. This thing is sorry.”“Time for the bidding, toys. I’m a pilgrim on the Way and I bring you pain, shame and submission. What will you trade for it?”“I’ll receive thirty lashes with a smile on my face, if it pleases the exalted lady”, said Sweetie.“This thing will stay still as it is cut and pierced”, said the nameless.