Rape of any kind is a difficult subject to approach properly in a story like this. At first this scene was a lot more graphic (as were all of the sex scenes in this story), and I agonized a lot about how to do this scene with some semblance of taste. Finally at the last second the broken bottle seemed an appropriate metaphor.

For those that may ask, "She's a slave, why is she struggling?" Because historically not all slaves have submitted quietly to this sort of treatment. Emotionally, it's quite an overload for her. Her fiance just threw her to the wolf. By rights - as you'll remember from chapter 1 - she can say no because she's already on a date technically. And because, just because, it's plain violating. Finally, maybe she's got a little bit of fight in her after all.

Uploaded by Death at 22:00 on 09 May