Euryleia's 3rd Level Three Assignment

[Euryleia]

Hey ER,
Your next assignment comes straight out of the playbook.

This assignment is going to be in third person, focusing on a single character's POV - and only that character's POV.
Elements will include:
* a gothic castle,
* a dungeon,
* a supernatural beast,
* a whip, a chain and some sensual dialog.
Sex of any kind is not required, though always appreciated.
Try to keep it down to 2 or 3 thousand words and post it in a new thread 'Euryleia's 3rd Level Three Assignment'. Do it well and I'll give you something more challenging

Mad Lews

I'm ready to post my next assignment and I just wanted to say that I went a tad over the 2 to 3 thousand words. In fact, the story has ballooned to about 15K as of last night (I'm only posting the first 4450 words here, though). In my defense, I have to tell you that those were a lot of elements to include.

But, without further excuses, here is the tale: