Stilettos of the Languished Arches 221
Chapter 21 The dancers also wore the perilous, needle-lined heels. The infamous Glass Agony Heels. They were impossibly high, their transparent design showing rows of sharp needles laying in wait in the insoles’ nodules. They would be forcing the dancers to maintain their posture with exact precision. With every movement, the slightest error would send dozens of tiny needles piercing into the soles of their feet. Every placement of their toes, every shift of their weight was a potential trigger for punishment. ...