The Akkadian is chained for transport.

The six harem slaves hurriedly lined up. The tallest, Zula at the front and in descending height to Visha at the rear. The Akkadian was fourth in the line, just behind Talith with Tzu-Tzi to his rear. Once more he copied the pose of his fellow slaves, standing straight backed with his wrists crossed behind him just above the swell of his buttocks.

Once the line of naked girls was orderly marshalled Rezma moved down the file. She clippeded one of the lengths of chain to a ring on the rear of Zula's collar with a clasp and the other end to a similar ring set in the front of Maeve's collar. She then repeated the process, linking Maeve's collar to Talith's behind her. Talith was then linked to the Akkadian and he to Tzu-Tzi and finally the Khitain to Visha at the rear of the line. The assassin had witnessed such coffles often in his travels, one master or mistress could lead many slaves in this manner. With the girls linked securely together Rezma worked her way back along the line, binding each ****'s wrists together behind their backs with strips of leather thong.

Rezma grinned as she surveyed the line of naked girls, unable to move further than an arm's length from either the **** in front or the one behind. Their bound hands made it impossible for them to reach their collars to attempt to unhook themselves from the coffle. The Akkadian felt a surge of frustration, any hope he had of attempting to run from the harem mistress while being escorted to the slavers guild seemed thwarted.

"What a pretty sight." Rezma purred as she inspected the secured coffle. "Though those leaving the hold must be appropriately clothed in public."

The Shemite gathered three short lengths of gauzy white silk that were stored in the harem. Wrapping on length around the Akkadian's waist she tied it in place with a bow at one hip. The assassin glanced down seeing the strip of material barely covered his sex and was so sheer that his dark henna stained labia was plainly visible through the flimsy silk. He reddened with humiliation at the prospect of being paraded through the streets of Al Areth in such a fashion. Tzu-Tzi and Visha were likewise clothed, if such meagre covering could be deemed such.

The mistress approached Zula at the head of the coffle and clipped a leash to the front of her collar. A tug upon her lead and the Amazon walked forward, the short lengths of chain meant that each girl in line had to match pace or be jerked forward by the neck if the chain grew taut. At a command from Rezma the iron doors were opened by the eunuchs guarding the harem and the chained line of **** girls led down the stairs through Trimon's hold.