The Café Chateau

Looking at the cat that Kiera chose a small smile curved Caela's lips. It was lovely with it's sunflower tails! She knew there was more to it than met the eye however, just as there was with most anything here and when Kiera told her to get back into position she murmured a soft, "Yes Kiera-san" and pressed herself against the metal bar that was now warm from the heat of her skin. Seeing the hand holds Kiera had mentioned she gripped them firmly, she'd told Kiera she could remain in place and she would until told she could relax!

The first lash of the sun-cat startled her, it was like a burst of warmth across her skin...warmth that intensified with each following blow until Caela realized the warmth would only continue to build and build in her skin with each strike of the cat across her upraised ass and thighs. Her eyes fell closed and she simply gave herself up to the sensations of the cat that became more and more intense until she was writhing on the pole she stretched across and the room was filled with small whimperings of pain as the warmth turned to heat and low groans of pleasure as well.
 
After getting no answer...I moved away. I figured she probably hadn't heard me. Maybe her thoughts were too deep to hear reality. I gave a slight headshake and decided to head out into the wild. It had been ages since I had visited my old squat (originally EK's place).

Taking a moment to strip down, I willed the change to happen..taking me from a cocoa colored femme to a black and silver-gray wolf with bright yellow eyes. Putting my snout to the ground, I headed north...past the sacred grove and small stream...eventually ending up on the pathway which led to the cave.


EKVITKAR's place hadn't changed at all. Maybe it was the magick of Peter's grounds or the Chateau itself. Who knows? No dust marred any of the surfaces in the livingroom and it wasn't but a few moments work to get the fire started after changing back to my hominid form. I moved along well remembered hallways, ending up in *our* old room.

I finally found one of my old outfits: red lace catsuit, soft black leather ankle boots. After taking a quick shower (to erase the rest of my wolfy smell) I dressed and ensconced myself in His library, reading a treatise on magick from the dark ages. Contetment purred through me. It was enough, for the moment, but soon I would have to find someone knew to train.
 
Keira

I watched her writh against the bench, meeting the suncat and intensified the strenghth behind the swings, nearly forcing the breath from her body with each fall.
I kept a steady pace, flowing with a music that one couldn't ear with one's ears alone. Over and over, harder and harder, I lashed her with the suncat, smelling her arousal growing thicker in the air.
And suddenly I missed a beat and instead of hitting her with the suncat I hit the metal bar of the bench with the sounding bar I'd picked up.
Now, the metal that formed the top of the bench was much like a bell in that striking it sent vibrations through it that created a sound. The side effect was that those vibrations were quite strong and hit whatever touched them, sending powerful vibrations coursing through them.
From testing the bench, I knew it was quite powerful and if a woman was prone to clitoral orgasms, well it was quite fun too.
 
Caela was lost. The blows of the cat fell on her and she marveled at the power Kiera could behind them. The bursts of heat searing her flesh grew more and more intense until she thought her entire body must be glowing as the warmth radiated out to her limbs. It took all of her control to keep her grip on the handles to hold herself in position and her knuckles where as white as her ass was red.

And then Kiera missed a beat. It startled Caela from her thoughts for she'd beed drifting in a place where it seemed the blows would never end. A small whimper filled her throat but the sound grew to a full throated cry of surprise when she felt the bar she was so tightly pressed to vibrating under her. When the vibrations reached her clit she groaned softly and couldn't help but press her hips downward against it. When the vibrations stopped she was panting for breath and muttered softly to herself, "Sweet christ I didn't know it did THAT."
 
Keira

I laughed at her muttered comments and said, "I did tell you'd warm the bar up in time."
I gave the bar another whap with my left hand and struck her with the right in succession. Turning furry with the full moon didn't just give me a predator's senses, it gave additional strength and stamina, useful in pushing Caela into a cycle of orgasm and gasping from the sudden growing pain, back into orgasm, over and over again.

I watched her carefully, not wanting to push beyond what she could safely handle (the medic in me), and started lessening the blows of the bar and the suncat accordingly until both were just the lightest of lashes, yet still left her writhing against the bar.
I left her for a moment to simmer back down into reality as I put away both the bar and the suncat on their respective hooks.

Walking back over to Caela, I ran my nails over her buttocks and up her back, round under her neck to lift up her chin. "Didn't quite see that coming, did you little one?"
 
She might have lain on the bar forever or for only a second as far as her sense of timing went once Kiera started using the bar and the cat in conjunction. She held nothing of her pleasure or pain back and reveled in both until even the lightest brushes of the cat and the barest tap of the bar could send her reeling.

When Kiera moved away to put her instruments back on their hooks, Caela groaned softly and whether it was in disappointment that Kiera had stopped or gratitude she'd never be able to answer.

The feel of the other womans nails tracing the redened flesh of her ass and up her back to until her chin was lifted to make her look up at Kiera, made her shudder. If she'd been able to move, she thought, she could quite easily sink beside this woman and never move. Her skill was amazing!

It took her a moment to catch her breath and find her voice but finally she answered Kiera in a raggid and quiet tone, "No Kiera-san, I definatly did not see THAT coming. It was a most delightful surprise. Thank you."
 
Returning from the woods

I sat in the cave for a few hours, finding my center and reading some old, well missed
tomes based on EK's earlier magickal foray's. Eventually, I decided it was time to head back to the Chateau and see who was finally in residence. IT had been far too long since I had someone to train...someone to play with... hell someone to pounce.
 
Keira

I smiled at Caela and flexed my shoulders before kissing her on the forehead. "Thank you for that, little one. I needed to work out some tension and that was a most lovely way of doing so. Thank you for trusting me with that."
Trust, such a key factor in my world, on so many levels.

I saw to Caela, made sure she made it upstairs to her room okay ( post-bar/suncat walking is an interesting thing) before checking with Kikyo.
"Status report, Kikyo."
"Keira-sama," the AI chirped from a speaker near me. "We've got a Lynette prowling about. I think she's making her way inside now."
I smiled wickedly. I'd been feeling the urge to pounce rising these past few days.
I scented the air and made my way to the werewolf, her unique scent something I knew almost as well as my own.
She was passing under the railing that lined the second story near the ball room when I found her from above.
Cats are known for thier acrobatic skills, and thier ability to pounce from a high point.

We're not known for that for nothin.
 
Keira

The holidays are round again, I mused, supervising the transformation of the Chateau into a holiday wonderland. Yule logs were ready to go, Christmas tree up, minorah (sp) candled and more.
Coming into the main ball room, Kikyo waved at me. "Keira-sama! I think we have a new sub incoming! Though I'm not sure when she'll arrive, if its even female. Car's in the drive now. Perhaps its your...."

I cut the AI off. "She'll get here if she gets here. Either way, time to go play greeting party."

Rising to my feet from the trellis I'd been sitting on to trim the tree, I leapt down to the floor, landing with silent ease. I walked through the Chateau, nodding to the familiar faces here and there as I went before coming to the large foyer and beautiful oaken double doors that marked the main entrance to the Chateau.
Pulling open the doors, I shivered at the sudden rush of cold from outside and smiled at the snow covered lawns. A car was pulling up, limo actually.
The driver parked the vehical and I watched, blue eyes curious, night-black hair whipping around me, waist length these days. Seemed to grow faster since the change, I mused, pushing an errant strand from my face.

With professional curtosy the driver bowed to me and opened the door of the limo to reveal....
 
Chou arrives

With a determined swallow to get the lump out of my throat, I raised my silver eyes to the woman before me as I slowly and gracefully climbed out of the car. I could feel the cold racing about my small frame and fought a shiver. Immediately my eyes began to shine, recognizing the figure before me instantly. The way she stood, the smirk on her face... it was all I could do to stop myself from rushing to her feet.

"Chou is here now," I said softly, casting my eyes to the ground. My fiery red hair was held onto top of my head with a circlet of silver to offset my eyes. I was wearing a thick black velvet lined with satin cloak over a tight fitting emerald green princess style gown, a shiny leather collar with small chains hanging from it clapsed tightly around my neck. I drooped my posture into one of submission and smiled the tiniest bit. My driver hurried around to the aft of the car and unloaded my bags, eager to be out of the cold and on his way home.

I could just tell I was going to have a blast, and I was so happy to see her again, a well of joy flooding my chest.
 
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Keira

I studied Chou kneeling at my feet, biting my lip as my thoughts raced. I had met her on an excursion to the outside realm, the Chateau exsisting in one not quite normal. Paralle but not the same.
She'd been at a club I'd stopped in, always on the look out for new staff or company. Even from across the room she'd caught my eye, that fiery red hair coupled with those quicksilver eyes.

Shaking the memory from my head, I laid a hand on the side of her face. "So, Chou-chan, you've decided to accept my invetation obviously. Do, come along."
I moved my hand from her face and lead the way deeper into the house, explaining by rote as I went. "After I've shown you into your room, you will strip off that lovely dress, coller and all else you're wearing. Nothing is given without reason here at the Chateau, not my paycheck and not your luxuries. Same thing with clothing and collars- if you deserve it you'll be given it. If not, you won't be. Though since winter is settling in, the no-clothing rules are quite lax so don't worry there. You will never be perinantly harmed a-purpose here nor marked without your permission. Remember at all times you have the right to say no or use whatever safeword you and the dominant your with have decided on," I told her after showing her the room she would be using for the time being.
I went on to explain the basic rules, layout of the house and that everyone had day to day jobs. "We'll assign you a daily task once I've assessed your skills at various tasks. Some tend the gardens, others the stables. I manage both security and medical care for the Chateau. So if you're sick or wounded at any time, give me a buzz."
I paused for a moment to let this sink in as she walked into her room. It was pretty much rote and verse for me yet saying it to her made it special. For she was special.
 
Chou

As she summoned me to follow, I quickly took step behind her. I could just barely remember the last time we had met, but that thoughtful expression in her eyes was still there. Like she wanted to love me and hurt me all in one swipe. The anticipation had me trembling slightly.

I set my bags down in my room and paused for a moment to think on how I might be of use to the staff. I was quite knowledgable in medicine and magick, having been a Priestess and a nurse until very recently. I grew nostalgic then, but shook my head vigourously to send the past away.

"I will be of service however you need of me," I said quietly in my deep and throaty voice. I looked into her face to show her my sincerety, and the shining liquid platnium must have looked radient.

"I have so been looking forward to this," I said with a smile, going to my knees before her again. I carefully slipped the dress from my shoulders and let it pool around my legs, not having worn anything underneath. All I left on was a charm that had been given to me by my mother that would keep me warm no matter what. "The necklace I keep," I said ever-so-softly. I went silent then, awaiting some sort of command. I stared hopefully at her shadow on the floor as she began to move, and I willed myself with all I had to sit perfectly still.
 
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Keira

I tilted my head to the side, my Irish accent audible as I asked why the necklace was so important. She replied it was a gift from her mother and I nodded. "Parental gifts are understandable. You may keep it, if anyone argues send them to me. I'll set them straight."
I stretched, rising on tip toes, hands in the air, a rather feline movement. The thought reminded me of what I had not told the new guest to the Chateau. "I'll give you a few moments to settle in, it was a rather long car ride through the barrier forest I imagine. I shall return in half an hour's time. In that time, freshen up and garb yourself from the clothing in that's in your closet."
I pointed across the sparsly furnished room to a large walk in closet, stocked with a variety of cloths ranging from ancient greek to modern formal. "I'd recommend something casual, but wear what you'd like. Pants preferably- we'll be going outside after we grab a bite to eat. I'd like to introduce you to some of the wilder inhabitants of the Chateau and her surrounding lands."

Turning, I almost left before finaly giving into the urge I'd had since I'd opened the door to Chou. With a leopard's percision I pounced her, pushing her to the bed, stradling her body with my own. A startled gasp escaped her before I claimed her mouth with mine, a kiss that grew deeper and deeper. Only when she moaned beneath me did I release her, regaining my feet beside the bed with a smile framed by flushed cheeks.
"Sorry, had to do that. See you in half an hour, little one mine."
I walked from the room, a happy sway to my hips, delighted at the promise held in that one passionate kiss.
 
Chou

I sat up slowly as her sexy swaying hips retreated from my quarters. With a smile plastered across my face I hopped off the bed and wandered to the closet. Pulling it open my heart raced as I scanned the various clothings inside. My hands skimmed over leather, lace, satin, silk, cotten, flannel, polyester and velvet before resting on a linen shirt. A renaissance era men's style outfit was hung to the far side, as if left there by a much earlier occupant and forgotten. My grin only increased in size as I pulled free a pair of lace up leather pants (as requested), a linen shirt and a vest that also laced that matched the pants perfectly. Digging through my own belongings I found some soft leather slip-on boots. Humming a happy song to myself, I set to the task of dressing. I only half-way laced up the shirt, and loosely laced the pants to leave breathing and running room. A long mirror adorned the inner door of the wardrobe and I giggled softly to myself, marveling and how the sloppy job of dressing had made me look so good. I knotted my fiery strangds back into a loose braid, piled it into a pseudo-bun and pinned it in place. With a sigh I made my way to the door and stepped out, confident in my looks.

I glanced out the windows to the evergreen and cyprus trees directly outside the window, and then the endless forest beyond. She was right, it had been a long drive. Looking out over the seeemingly endless woods I came to appreciate just how vast they were.

I glanced up and down the hall before me and spotted my "host", shivering as she turned and her eyes caught my own. I sighed softly under my breath.

"I may be going to bed soon, but I pray it's not without you," I whispered as quietly to myself as I could, and yet, something told me that she heard every word. As I moved to stand near here I drooped my posture and inclined my body to her in a manner befitting a sub to her Domme. "Lead on," I said to her, trying hard to fight the smile off of my face, so joyful to be with this woman again.
 
Keira

I heard her whispered comment and smiled as I beckoned her to me. "Step lively now, Chou mine. With a sense of urgency, there's a girl."
As we walked down to the tavern I explained more of the Chateau. How people from every walk of life and some not even quite human, found thier ways her and out and back again.
"I've been the sysop/security/medical person for, wow, about three years now," I said with a smile. "I leave on occasion, to work out supply contracts and to take an occasional mission. Have to keep those skills sharp.
"In charge of the Chateau is Grunt, though where he is at the moment is anyone's guess. This is his party, so to speak, and he is top Dom on site. Great guy though, couldn't ask for a better guardian or boss."

We walked into the tavern, its dark wood buffed to a shine, the stagelights dim at the moment, though they'd shone brightly before. Lilith, the barkeep, hailed us from behind the bar. "So Keira-sama, this is your new one?"
"Aye, Lilith, she is," I said, slipping an arm around Chou possessively before letting her go to sit down in a booth. "Round of cokes and whatever Cook's got ready to eat."
"Coming on up," Lilith said before walking through a set of double doors into the kitchens. Our food and drink arrived quickly and was a wonderful beef stew with hearty bread beside it.

"So," I said between one bite and the next. "What do you think so far, Chou? Any questions?"
 
Chou

I followed and listened in earnest, mentally noting certain details. I smiled brightly as she held me close for a moment, the blood and joy singing in my head. As we sat to eat, I smiled into my bowl. The food was very good, and just the right temperature. As she asked if I had any questions, I very carefully set down my spoon, swallowed and stared at my bread.

"Am I to be... that is..." I swallowed, afraid to over step my place. I dropped my voice another notch and lifted my eyes to my keeper's mouth. "Will I be yours alone?" My voice dropped even more. "Are there others?" I picked my spoon and bread up and went back to eating in silence, ashamed of my desire to be her one and only, and to have her be mine. But there was no denying that there was a flame burning so hotly in my chest it hurt. I wanted to be pet to this Mistress until I no longer drew breath.

I carefully shook my head and thought about what it would be like to meet the non-human residents of the house, and wondered what this Grunt guy was like. I noticed very quickly that my food was gone, and looked across the table to Keira's hands to note a sign of what I should do next. I didn't expect her to answer my question, and was nearly terrified of the response.
 
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Keira

I was surprised by her question, I'd not had it posed to me before by anyone. I struggled to find the right words. "If it is your preferance that you serve me alone, that can, to a degree be accomedated. But there are other dominants here and they may request your presence.
"As for myself, I do what needs doing. There are a few cases where I am already involved with a sub or masochist and will be needed to top them. But Lynette's not here at this time, so you're pretty much my only concern sub wise right now. I'm not exactly who else is still here right now other then Grunt and myself. Everyone else is, I believe, home with thier families. Grunt's the only family I have left that I know the location of, since heaven only knows where my father is right now.
"Don't worry about meeting Grunt right now, he's extremely busy and will pop in when he finds it approrpiate," I told her as I put a hand under her chin. "You've a lovely habit of looking down, but when I speak to you in a one on one table type setting, I prefer that you look at me. Yes, there's my girl."

I slid out from my chair, stretching, full of good food and ready for a trip outside. "You all done? Great. Lets head outside."
Through a back door in the tavern, down a few halls, up one stair and down half another lead us into the main solar of the Chateau. "Now, before we go outside, remember I will let nothing harm you but its best that you meet them. That way they know your scent."

With that cryptic bit of information, I lead the way outside, smiling as she closed the door behind us. The outside air was crisp and cool, like a Southern California winter's night, not very harsh as such things go.
I lead Chou through the gardens, reaching out my hand to hers and taking her own to show her the way. The gardens gave way to a large open field before the barrier forest took over.

"I'll call and greet them first, then come over to me and I'll introduce you," I told her, laying a kiss on her lips briefly. Letting go of her hand, I walked closer to the forest before giving a rather inhuman howl that ended in the cry of a hunting panther.
In answer, the howls of the pack sounded, growing closer and closer until they emerged from the forest.

Gabriel, the large white alpha male, lept to my shoulders, taking my jaw in his own in greeting. Purring, I returned the pleasure before greeting the rest of the pack from the alpha female on down. Once they'd settled down, the dozen wolves formed a semi-circle around me, Gabriel at my right, the alpha female at my left.
"Come here, Chou, and greet Gabriel, this big white one, and the rest of the pack. They're part of the security system here at the Chateau and help us keep the forest healthy."
 
Chou

My heart went a little cold at her words on others, and I resolved to draw my emotions in and hold them down tight. I nodded to her request on table eye contact. I was new to the sub world, but terrified of what of it I didn't know, and afraid even more so that I would be forgotten or disliked because of my newness. My hands clenched and unclenched as we walked, my jaw set. Partly, in the back of my mind, I wondered if I should have come at all. I did look forward to meeting Grunt, I wanted to tell him how much I liked the place. And I wondered what daily life was to entail, seeing as how there wasn't anyone else present.

The solar took my breath away, and I smiled as we hit the fresh air. Taking a deep breath I shivered slightly, her words chilling and perplexing me.

I saw the wolves approach, and I audibly gasped. I fought for control of my fear and swallowed, stepping forth. I looked to the white male and bowed slightly, unsure of what to do. "Nice security," I whispered and bowed again. "I'm Chou," I said to Gabriel, unsure of what else to do. I looked sideways at Keira for a hint, hoping the wolf wouldn't rip me apart because of my uneasiness. I knew then that there was something else to this Mistress with her incredibly feline-sounding purr and biting a full grown male wolf. I don't care how tame you think an animal is, that takes a whole new level of existence to accomplish.
 
Chou thinks

As I waited for the wolf to move, my thoughts turned inward.

"The game is on," I said to myself mentally "She wants you to be lovely, but there's no reason to act like a wilting daisy. Show her strength, show her spirit, hold yourself high and make it a challenge to be mastered. She has many pets, so, make yourself the memorable one. Be a brat, be impossible, and make her work for your love."

I smiled on the outside, and straightened. I could fight back, and I was going to. I look sideways at Keira and sneered a little at her. This was goiong to be a lot more fun than I thought. I dropped the sneer and looked at the wolf again, tapping a foot slightly. Was I supposed to pet it, let it sniff me, what?

I started examining my perfectly-manicured but short nails, colored red for the festive season. Little metallica sparkles winked in rainbow colors with the reflection of the sunlight upon them. I longed suddenly to be doing something with my hands instead of merely standing here, so began picking at my cuticles, a look of growing frustration on my pretty face.
 
Keira

I was shaken from my bonding with the back when Chou seemed to start pouting. I raised an eyebrow at her as she cleaned her nails and bit my lip.
Gabriel, the alpha male, didn't seemed to like her inattention and knocked her to the ground, the leather of her pants making a slap noise as she landed.

I knelt next to her as Gabriel snorted at her and walked off, his pack starting. "Well, little one, its never wise to ignore an alpha anything. Well, at least not an alpha predator," I ammended myself with a savage smile. "I suppose one could ignore an alpha of the food side of things but that wouldn't get one anywhere fun either. Now, come along, quickly now, we've a tour to finish."

She started up at me in amazement, as if I was supposed to help her up. I studied her for a moment before growing tired of whatever game we were playing. Before she could react, I had her hair wrapped around my hand as I crouched behind her, head pulled toward me roughly. "You will obey any reasonable order with promptness and a sense of urgency, C. Failure to do so will not be pretty. Do not fail me, princess."

A shove of my hand send her to her hands and knees in the dirt. "Now, you will crawl ahead of me, into the house."

Again, she turned to look at me and I reached into my pocket. A flick of my wrist extended a new toy I'd picked up last time I was in down. It was a telescoping riding crop with a good sting to it, even through clothing, especially through leather.
Chou found this out as I cracked her across the buttocks with it. "Move, Chou. As I said, we've places to go and things to do."
 
New to this corner of the world, here because Mistress ordered this one, the boy listens at the entrance of the cafe and wonders what is acceptable ... what is protocol.

Not knowing if any Gorean Free are present, knowing only that to dishonor one is death ... the boy moves to the door, opens it and kneels before the entrance. Putting forehead to the floor, he presses his chest low so that it, too, is pressed tightly against the cold tiles. He raises his arms above his head, covering his ears as if in a graceful dive into water, and lays his hands flat upon the tiles, spreading his fingers in supplication, begging permission to enter for whatever purposes his Mistress, or others, might have for him.

He knows only that a new page in his life is beginning.
 
Kikyo, the Chateau's AI

Kikyo tracked the car as it drove through the forest, pleased with the new sensor array that had been installed only a month prior.

When a young man knelt before the entry door, she tilted her head to the side in puzzlement, a movment she'd picked up somewhere.
It was cold out there, snow begining to fall on that side of the Chateau and surely no place for any human to be out without proper gear, which this one seemed to not have.
A brief exchange with Keira through a wireless computer she carried gave Kikyo permission to let the young man in, though to ask who he was for Keira didn't know who he was either.

A shurg and a bound took Kikyo from the control room of the Chateau and up the stairs, bypassing security features with ease since they were her as well. Her body, crafted with love and care, was light on its feet as she moved to the front door, a legacy from Keira. The AI reguarded her creator as a child would reguard thier parent- with love of a kind.

Slowing, she walked sedately to the door, the long skirts of her green velvet formal gown rustling around her as they settled down. A twitch of her hips moved the skirts into thier proper places as she lifted a hand to the door latch.

Swinging the door wide, Kikyo smiled welcominly at the guest on the doorstep. "I'm not really sure who you are, not on any of my logs, but still, you may come in as long as you mean no harm to this house or any within it."

The AI extended an arm to the young man, wondering if he would take her hand or stay on the cold tile. "You can sit on the entryway tile if you like, its quite a bit warmer in here, you know."
 
When he saw the hand extended, all his training taught him that She wished to lead him. Bowing from the waist, his hands crossed behind his back, left wrist over right, he turned his head to the right side so that She could inspect the SS inscribed in the steel about his neck. Not daring to look up into Her eyes, he stilled the shivering he felt from cold and from his ignorance of Mistress' purpose for sending him to this house, at this time, to these people.

"Mistress, this one does not know the purpose for his being here. He is simply acting as bidden by his Mistress. Boy is to say that he is Yours to do with as You wish. Mistress said that this one should tell You also that She wishes him to return only after Your will, or the will of this house, has been satisfied. If boy is not satisfactory, boy is not to return but is Yours for ... disposition."
 
Kikyo, the Chateau's AI

Kikyo studied the man for a moment before shrugging. "Well, I'm not technically a dommie... not a sub either for that matter. Still, I bid thee come in out of the cold and be welcome in the Chateau."

Moving aside, Kikyo sent a brief text message to Grunt and Keira, asking who the hell this person was and if they'd gotten notification of him entering the Chateau. Surprises were rarely good, when it came to visitors here.

With a sketched curtsy, appropriate with the dress, Kikyo said, "I am Kikyo, the avatar of the Chateau's computer system, created by Keira Croft, one of the Domme's and computers specialist here. Since neither of them of are available at the moment, I suppose I'll figure out what to do with you. Heaven knows I've got enough background information, so we should be okay. Now, who are you? I mean your name, any allergies, sexual preferance, important stuff like that."
 
Chou (to Keira)

She cried out as the crop hit her flank. She began to crawl at the best pace she could manage in the comforming pants. She had paid for her attitude, and was sorely irriatated at the wolf for his behavior. She bit back all thoughts she had of replying and snarled inwardly. She was beaten, for now, but it wouldn't last. In the end she would prevail, she just knew it. No woman was strong enough to completely break this spirit of this butterfly.

She continued to crawl until a hand slid over her scalp and grasped a handful of her hair. Instantly she stopped moving, realizing that they had come to their destination. She heard voices coming from the main entry way, a confused female voice that sounded a bit electronic and a male voice she had never heard before. It occurred to her that the low tones in the male's voice indicated a submissive nature, and she winced.

'Great, just bloddy lovely,' she thought tersely. 'Another pet to take her attention away from me.' She sighed softly and remained on her hands and knees, leaning back a bit on her calves to stretch her back that was beginning to ache a little.
 
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