"What are you doing?"

"Oh, you are awake. Hi, there. This won't take long and then we can see about untying you."

"Yes, but what are you doing?"

"Well, I've abducted you."

"I worked that out."

"I must say you are taking this very calmly."

"Would it help if I panicked?"

"Absolutely not, but I'm surprised you're not anyway."

"Well, I'm glad to have surprised you. You've certainly surprised me."

"I can imagine. You go to bed, fall asleep, and then you wake up naked, in bondage, with a woman fussing over you."

"You forgot leather-clad."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"You are a leather-clad woman. I mean, head to toe black leather. It's quite a look. Do you usually dress this way?"

"Actually, no, but I'm warming to it. Do you like?"

"It's very sexy if that's what you mean. You've got the whole Catwoman stroke Black Widow vibe going on. I mean it helps you have the body to pull it off. Still, we are getting away from the point. I get that you have abducted me, but what are you doing now? What is that stuff you have there?"

"Oh, I see. You are an inquisitive soul, aren't you? Well, this is stainless steel wire rope. To be precise it's seven by nineteen, ten millimetre, three one six stainless steel wire rope. There are about fifty meters here. It's got a minimum breaking load of over five tonnes. Strong stuff. I've dug a huge hole in the middle of the property and I've attached this rope to a large anchor after threading it through a rebar grid. I put that in the hole and covered it with concrete."

"So it's never coming out?"

"Precisely! You catch on quick. That's good. I'm pleased you are a quick learner."

"So I dread to ask, but what are you doing with the other stuff you have there?"

"Ahh, well, this is a hydraulic crimping machine. You use it to swage the ferrules to the cable. This is your collar. I hope you like it. It too is made from three one six stainless. Five millimetres thick, fifty millimetres tall. Cold-rolled and polished to fit your pretty throat perfectly. I'm going to put it around your neck. Then I'm going to thread the cable through these holes once the collar is closed. You won't be able to remove the collar then. Finally, I'm going to swage the cable into a loop. That will make the arrangement permanent."

"Please don't."

"Oh, I'm sorry, you get no say in this. Now let's see... Oh, it looks beautiful on you. I don't know why you are fussing. The collar is very you. I'll swage the cable now. Takes. a. lot. of. pumping. bit. like. a. car jack. There that's you installed."

"Why?"

"That's why, Mistress, from now on, and perhaps that answers your question. Because I want you as my slave."

"What if I refuse?"

"Well we've established you are permanently attached to the property. We are very remote here. No visitors. Also, no phone, and the computer is password protected. So if you want food. If you want me to free you one day. You need to do as I say."

"So you're not going to hurt me?"

"Did I say that? Sorry slave, I've got a sadistic streak a mile wide and lots of plans for you. I've been taking piercing lessons and I've a huge wardrobe of fetish clothes and uniforms for you to wear. There's a playroom with lots of bondage gear and whips and floggers. You are going to get to know my strap on intimately. So yes, I'm going to hurt you. But so long as you are good I'm going to make you cum too. It doesn't have to be all bad."

"Is this for real?"

"Well how about we take off those shackles from your ankles and walk down to the playroom, slave. I can give you a flogging for failing to call me Mistress and you can work out if it's real. What do you say to that?"

"Sorry, Mistress?"