Blackthorne came down the stairs and looked around for Teárlag. He saw her clothes, but didn't immediately see her waiting for him; until he looked at his pillory. She was bent over which is what made it harder for him to see her. Her head and hands were laid in the bottom of the holes; he had only to bring the top board down and she'd be trapped. He kept it low to bend his prisoners down, almost parallel to the ground. Her buttocks were arrayed fetchingly for him to use, as was her mouth, which he decided he would use again straightaway. He dropped the upper part of the...