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heavy chain trailing behind me, I would have outdistanced him easily.
His long legs gave him enough speed to finally catch up and grab the
chain, hauling me down to earth. He boxed my Bedroom gallery ear once to quiet my
struggles while he wrapped me in the chain and slung me over his
shoulder. Miffed, he carried me back to camp amidst the hissing
chuckles of the other dragons, amused at the mighty Syrin almost
I caught a look at his eyes; they had his incinerator
intenseness, but it wasn't anger that I saw. No doubt he saw my
defiance in my Bedroom gallery eyes as he stared at me. He broke off, looking around
at the rest of the dragons who were packing up, and ready to begin the
days travel. He spoke quietly, to make sure the others would not
"I cannot blame you, slave, for your actions. I would have done
the same in your position. Still, you must be punished, so that you
will learn who your master is."
With that, Syrin tossed a chain over a tree branch, hauled my
arms above my Bedroom gallery head, and locked the cuffs about my forearms to the
chain so that only half my Bedroom gallery weight rested on the downward-straining
tips of my Bedroom gallery hooves. The whip he uncoiled was more like some heavy vine
made of leather, and he took the time and care to caress my Bedroom gallery cheek with
it. Syrin demonstrated to me what a Guildmaster of the Slavers can
He beat my Bedroom gallery back and legs, leaving dark red stripes that turned
black on my Bedroom gallery white hide. The whip was too heavy to crack, it did not
warn me of its approach no matter the vast strength Syrin put behind
it. I was determined not to cry out, counting the strokes, but it was
hopeless. Syrin crisscrossed the lashes, layering pain upon pain,
never too much at once to inure me to it. I grunted and bit my Bedroom gallery lip
after twenty, uttered cries after thirty, and bawled like a child
...(cont.)
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