“Don’t worry, it’s one-way glass nobody can see in” Richard said, noting Anna’s discomfort at being so exposed. He took her hand and led her...down a hallway into a small room with a twin four poster bed, white linens and pale pink walls. “This will be your room while you are here, Anna. Anything you want or need will be provided to you, all you have to do is ask. There are clothes in the closet, but you will be provided an allowance to purchase your own clothing as long as they are from one of. Oh, my husband? I guess you are confused and maybe I should explain.It all started many years ago when I was a youth living with my mother inher castle. My mother was Jane. If anyone had told me she would onlyspent 9 days as the queen before she was disposed by her sister I mighthad treated her sister better. I didn't know, and I hated her sisterMary. I did not disguise my disgust for that horrible woman. So, when mymother was led away in chains, all her advisers were beheaded and I. He didn’t know what, but he cleaned his plate and ate the bread; he was hungry. Afterwards he slipped between his blankets and spread his coat over him; he kept his fur hat on and pulled the flaps down over his ears. He was asleep in seconds.He was woken the next morning by a rifleman shaking his shoulder. When he opened his eyes the man was offering him a steaming mug of tea. He looked at his watch and wound it at the same time and realised it was nearly eight. The blockhouse was empty except. Her eyes were covered in a black silk mask. She was wearing a black leather collar that forced her head up, cupping her chin. Her hands were cuffed together and a chain between them held them up above her breasts, fixed to a ring in the front of the collar. The sheer, black silk blouse she wore was buttoned to her neck but below the waist she was naked. Her knees were drawn slightly up. A rubber ball was strapped between her lips. She could feel and she could hear and the absence of sight.