The inspiration came from DrGeordie's poem 'here be dragons' which I was chatting to him about at roughly the same time as Ruby set me the assignment -

I'd like to see a bit of fantasy work from you. A nice short story from the female's point of view. She can either be the domme or the sub. In this story, you will include these elements:
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.
whoops - missed the word 'short' in my memory of this assignment - okay - I fail on that one. Sorry to all.

cariad