." Siân smiled. "I've seen maybe a dozen, or so, of these videos on various voyeur-type websites where a woman is tied up, or chained, or shackled......to a post or a fence or whatever... Some have her take her clothes of before being tied up, some have the clothes ripped from her body by the person who ties her up. Have you got the picture so far?" "Yes..." said Fíona. "I think I do. You want to be stripped and then tied up and... well... put on public display. Is that about it?" "Yes." "And. " No, you won't," Ian assured her, "I've got you."Shifting her center of balance, Aggie raised the hemline with her righthand, eyes widening as she glimpsed her reflection. It shouldn't havebeen such a surprise; she'd seen her friends turning handstands atschool, pretty much every day. But this was different, somehow. She'dnever actually seen herself hanging upside down with her dress over herhead (even though she spent half her life on the jungle gym like mostgirls her age)."I wanna do it. Billy's grin remainedas he raised a further five chips, to which I folded."Excellent!" Billy gathered in his chips. He'd made a profit of aroundfifteen chips, not bad for the opening round. I'd lost the most,throwing away about seven or so.I felt a strange tingling in my arms, and surprised, looked down atthem. The hair had gone from them! They were very smooth and as I waspretty small anyway, looked kinda girlish."What the hell, check my arms!" I yelled out, as everyone else looked,noticing. A phantom now, I still feel it. In my mind, like a shutter on a camera. Capturing bits and pieces of moments that alcohol did not deteriorate. We felt like snakes. Two more shots now, and I think we are on to something. The feel of other people, the familiar ring of their cell phones. The lights began to look spread out like water on a windshield. And still we were snakes. Bumping into each other and pulling apart like smoke. I had claws and you had claws. We were snatching at each other..