" I am sorry, Mistress. I WAS just switching it off, though!"The Mistress hit the Girl a stinging blow on the face, causing her mouth to bleed. She to...k up the heater."For that insolence I am removing this for two days. We shall see how you like that! Maybe when I return it to you, you will be more attentive to my instructions."The Girl certainly had been more careful once those two torturous unheated nights were over. She had been pinched and blue with cold all night long, shivering. "Tactless cow. Apologies weren't enough, too little too late - lookingback on my screams and shouting made me squirm. When Lexia had mostneeded a friend, that should have been me.When she'd finished painting, she sat beside me on the bed. Stretchingout my legs I wriggled my toes next to hers and you couldn't tell thedifference in our biology."You know," I said into the quiet, "it was really hard for me. To findout you were..." A girl? Sorry." I wish... you'd said something earlier." What. They would be able to find her. Sophie groaned at the helplessness of her situation.While she was still staring at her abused nipple, her wrists were released and lowered. A chain was fastened tightly around her waist and then her wrists were cuffed to the chain. She had some motion in her arms but not much.“Release the fox!” shouted the host. The crowd parted, providing an avenue of escape for Sophie but she was too dumbfounded to move.“Run, girl,” said one of the women as she spanked. Her face was soft and comforting. Her clothes seemed fairly modern, although in perhaps a stereotypical fashion of a witch, she was all in black - A black dress, black coat, and black boots."It's so good to meet you, Jessica, I'm Natasha," the witch says to her, going in for an embrace, which surprised Jessica, given that they'd only just met, but she didn't honestly mind, the lady seemed nice.She complimented Jessica's denim overalls, noting she hadn't thought they'd ever make a comeback, as a.