The Guardian

[Kaena]

She was done eating long before he was. She sat quietly, watching him eat and waiting for him to be done. Either he hadn't eaten awhile or the torture she had dealt out had made him ravenous, but he finished off all the bread and cheese and most of the meat before he was done.

She could tell by his facial expression that he was not pleased with through of being trained. She was sure if the memories of his torture had not been fresh in his mind, he would have said something against it or return to calling her a bitch and denying her ownership.

Pushing away from the table, she stood up and looked down at him.

"I am going to get changed," she said, turning towards the bedroom. "You will have this kitchen clean when I return."

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric felt something balk at the notion of being ordered to clean. Still, he took a deep breath and nodded mutely. It wasn't as if she were asking something difficult, and she had fed him. It was only polite to help clean up. His nudity still bothered him, but he did as she'd asked and cleaned the table while she dressed.

He shot a couple of glances at the leopard, who was eyeing him with a kind of lazy interest. It was a little unnerving. When the woman returned he spoke.

"My clothes?"

 

[Kaena]

In her room she quickly shed her robe and replaced it with a white dress over a leather undergarment. Lifting her dress she strapped her knife to her thigh before dropping her dress back in place.

Returning to the kitchen she was pleased to find it spotless and that he had not made any attempt to escape.

"My clothes?"

She raised her eyebrow at his request. She found it amusing that he thought she was going to return his clothes to him.

"You have to earn the right to wear clothes,"she replied casually, as if it was something he should have known already. "You will remain naked until I feel you have earned it."

She moved to unlock the front door and stepped out onto the porch into the sunshine. She motioned him to follow her as she walked out into the yard, Naya close at her heals.

 

[Last_Rider]

The response from the woman, his Mistress, actually stopped him. Earn clothing? He needed clothing, especially if he was going to be outside. Somewhat stupefied by what she'd said, Eric followed the leopard and the woman outside.

The sun was warm on his nude skin, a light breeze in the air slid over his skin as he followed her. Eric actually took a few moments to admire the nameless woman. He'd been struck by her slender form, her legs, her eyes before, but this was the first time he could actually admire her for a bit.

"So what are we doing out here?"

Eric did his best to avoid the swaying tail of the leopard that padded behind the woman, a little annoyed that he somehow rated lower than the beast, but his nudity highlighted his helplessness at the moment.

 

[Kaena]

She was aware of his eyes on her body as she walked out into the yard. It brought a smile to her lips. Picking up her bow she slung it over her shoulder, along with a sheath of arrows.

"We need to hunt for some meat for dinner," she replied, smiling back at him. "We finished the rest of meat I had left this morning. Then we will finish up some chores that need to be done before the sun goes down."

Reaching down to pet Naya, she headed towards the trail leading into the forest. In reality they could have gone one more day without hunting, but, she wanted to test what he would do once they were away from the cabin. She didn't really think he would try to escape considering his lack of clothing, but, it also served as a way of reminding him of his position with her. To be forced to travel nude through the woods was part of his training, to put him in the mindframe of being her slave.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric had to wonder why she was going to take him out naked with her hunting. While Eric had grown up in and around the woods, nudity would hamper him being stealthy or really of any use. As she slung her bow and quiver over her shoulder Eric glanced down, and caught a better look at the brand on his stomach. He turned his head at an odd angle, trying to figure out what it said.

"Kaiya."

The mark clearly labeled him as property, which galled at him, but also told him her name. Eric walked gingerly after Kaiya and the leopard, his feet weren't used to running over grass and branches without boots of some kind, but he didn't linger too far behind. If he telegraphed his desire to escape she might notice before he was gone.

 

[Kaena]

She didn't have to look back to know he was following her. She could hear him stumbling through the leaves, obviously not used to moving stealthly through the forest without shoes. She was silent as she walked through the forest even though she knew with the noise he was making there was no way they would catch any prey off guard. They would be lucky if she was able to shoot a patridge before they returned to the house.

It seemed like they had walked for hours before she caught sight of a couple of birds roosting in the trees above them. Motioning for him to stop, she raised her bow and notched an arrow. Taking careful aim, she shot one of the birds out of the tree. Moving quickly, she notched another arrow and shot a second bird before the flock dispersed into the sky.

"Pick one of the birds up," she said, pointing to where they fell. "The other one is for Naya." She was aware in order for him to collect the birds he would be almost out of her line of sight, but she wasn't too concerned about him trying to escape. She hadn't gotten any vibes off him that he was even thinking of escape at the moment.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric couldn't help but wince every time he took a step. Not just because his feet were soft and unused to the forest floor, but because of the noise. He'd been a woodsman and a huntsman, and a bunch of other things at various times, so he wasn't just loud, but he knew how loud he was being. After a while Kaiya motioned them to stop then quickly shot a couple of birds.

For some reason her almost flippant order secured his desire to get away. He waited until she'd turned, and the leopard Naya was busy with one of the birds, then he mentally plotted a course and darted off into the woods. The path he'd chosen was mostly over softer grass, which would give him a second or two before they realized he was running.

The trees whipped by, the grass under his bare feet, oblivious to his nudity at the sudden hope for freedom from the woman who had so easily burned his cock with hot metal.

 

[Kaena]

It took only a few seconds for Kaiya to realize that something wasn't right. She had trusted the fact that he feared her to turn her back on him for just a moment to pick some berries but something made her turn around again, just in time to see him disappear into the trees. Sighing she called to Naya who growled at being disturbed while she was eating and took off in a run after him.

"Eric," she called out after him, her voice echoing through the trees, sending another flock of birds into the skies. "Eric, you can run but I will find you. If you stop now, I will make your punishment lenient."

She cursed when she lost sight of him as he disappeared into a deeper copse of trees. She was a excellent woodsman, but, she was sure he was on an equal playing field in that regards. Still she had the advantage of having clothes and there was still the fact that he wore her collar, an item born from her magic, which she could control from any distance.

"Eric," she called one more time. "I will give you one more chance to return to me. You really don't want me to have to come get you."

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric heard her. He was using as much skill as he could in running, though his skin would make him stand out against the trees he was keeping a low profile and not running blindly. If he ran blind he'd be easy to track, and this was likely his only chance for escape.

He cursed when something inside himself wanted to turn around, to take her offered mercy. The memory of that searing metal pressed into the tender flesh of his manhood still brought the sting of tears to his eyes. But she'd do it again if he stayed. That demon smile she'd had when walking towards him with that poker left him no doubt of that. Eventually she'd find an excuse and would torture him again, because she wanted too.

Escape was his only chance, and he started running through the trees again.

 

[Kaena]

She paused for a brief moment to see if he would take her up on her offer of leniency. She shook her head when he didn't reappear from the trees. It had been a long shot to even believe he would return of his own will.

As much as he was skilled in covering his tracks she quickly picked up his trail. It was her forest after all. She knew it like the back of her hand, any little thing out of place drew her attention instantly.

She followed his trail for about an hour, letting him stay just ahead of her, giving him a false sense of security. After awhile she grew of the cat and mouse game and decided to show him what her magic was truly capable of.

Reaching out the magic of the collar she used it to reverse the healing on his body. It would start gradually, but he would start to feel the pain within minutes, a fact she knew would slow him down. She could have used the magic to stop him in his tracks, but, she wanted to remind him what happened last time he disobeyed her. If he was smart he would come crawling back to her, begging for mercy.

 

[Last_Rider]

Time seemed to lose meaning as Eric ran. He measured his pace so he could keep going for longer. While he did as much as he could to cover his tracks, he doubted Kaiya was totally fooled. Finally he slowed for a bit, trotting until he paused for a break.

Eric was leaning his weight on his right hand, which was propped against a tree, breathing deeply and evenly, when he felt his hand go numb. He lost his balance and stumbled, catching himself with his left hand. He looked at his hand, which was suddenly useless and beyond his control. The bandage that was still on his right forearm had some red starting to bloom in the middle of it.

"Oh shit."

He must have done something to reopen the wound. Eric tightened the bandage, gasping a little as he did so, then resumed jogging through the forest. It was about half a mile before his back started to ache. It wasn't anything much, in fact it was almost like a bad itching sensation, but he paused anyway. It was the last time he'd stop. Slowly the whip marks that Kaiya had healed began opening.

Eric dropped to his knees, breathing hard, eyes closed, and he felt the blood start dripping down his back. He stumbled to his feet and tried to move forward, but found himself unable to get too far before he screamed. That searing pain blossomed in his thigh, where she'd burned him.

Realization dawned on him and he screamed again. Wordless horror and anticipation blossoming in his eyes. Then he screamed again, louder, higher, longer. Again his dick was suddenly being seared by red hot metal, and Eric was unable to move. He dropped to his side, ass and thighs still bruised, now bleeding from his back and arm, sobbing as relentless pain slammed through his body.

 

[Kaena]

The sound of his screams echoing through the trees was enough to tell her that her magic was working. It didn't take her long to find the trail of blood in the leaves, merely a couple of feet from where he lay curled up sobbing on the forest floor.

"I warned you about the magic of the collar," she said calmly, looking down at where he lay at her feet. "Did you really think you could get away from me?"

Crouching down beside him, she looked at his pain filled face, the hem of her white dress trailing through the blood starting to pool around him.

"I should just leave you here for awhile," she said, reaching out and cruelly running her finger along the burn on his cock. "Let you suffer for awhile before I punish you again."

Getting to her feet, she nudged him with her foot.

"Get up," she said, not offering any assistance this time.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric was barely aware of her and the leopard when they found him, curled into a fetal position and crying. The pain, it wasn't like anything he'd felt before. Her words were dull, not really registering until her nimble finger cruelly jabbed at the open burn on the top of his cock, and he screamed again.

He was trembling, sobbing, but angry too. It was burning low in his chest, but at her order to stand it erupted from him.

"Damn you bitch! You sadistic fucking whore!"

More curses followed, but they were random, just a senseless expression of pain and rage. Sobbing with pain, frustration, and anger, Eric pushed himself to his knees, panting, he eventually forced himself to his feet. He hurt all over, his right hand was again useless, the burns on his thigh and cock shot bolts of pain into his brain, and blood dripped down from his thighs to the grass under him. He couldn't stand the sight of her and lunged forward, a really useless gesture, but Eric was overcome with rage and self loathing in that instant.

 

[Kaena]

She rolled her eyes as he cursed her, it was rather infantile in her opinion. Its not like calling her every name in the book was going to change the situation or gain him his freedom suddenly.

She watched with an almost disinterest as he struggled to get to his feet. Any compassion she had for him earlier had been weakened by his escape attempt. She had lowered her defences, shown him her softer side and he had repayed her by running away.

He caught her off guard when he lunged at her, the weight of his body crashing into her small frame sending her back a couple of steps. Still she remained standing and countered with a firm shove, pushing him away from her effectively.

"Seriously," she said, raising an eyebrow. "Even if you were at full health I could take you down without even laying a hand on you and yet you try to attack me in your condition. Its rather sad really."

Grabbing his collar, she pulled him towards her, looking him deep in the eyes.

"You are going to be punished for trying to escape," she said, a fact she was sure he was well aware of. "You are going to wish you had taken my offer of leniency earlier."

Dragging him by the collar to the nearest tree, she unrolled her rope from her belt. Within seconds she had him bound firmly, his arms tied above his head, a position she was sure was painful in itself, considering the whip marks on his back.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric staggered back when Kaiya shoved him, at that point he realized that the brand on his side was raw again and he cried out, curling over a bit, trying to protect it. Her words stung as much as the wounds all over his body, she was right, it was pathetic.

Her grip on his collar was firm and he was helpless in the face of her anger. The bark of the tree tore more at his back, causing another cry to pull from his lips, arms strung up above his head and helpless again. He was sobbing again, rage, frustration, pain, all of it pouring through his body. The way she spoke about him regretting not coming back when she offered him a chance at a lesser punishment made him quiver even more. But he was also still angry, and in pain, his conscious mind not functioning quite as well.

Despite the bark biting into his back and the burns in his stomach being stretched by his arms being stretched, he felt defiant, his eyes burned brightly into Kaiya's as she contemplated his fate.

 

[Kaena]

She could almost feel his anger pouring out of him as she bound him to the tree. She was sure he was angry at her, but she had a feeling he was angry at himself as well, for reasons she had yet to comprehend.

She sealed his wounds once again, not healing them, but keeping them from bleeding further. She didn't want him passing out on her from lack of blood. Even though she was sure she was going to add more wounds to the ones he already had.

Her eyes met his as she stepped back to contemplate what she was going to do with him. She could see the defiance there once again, something she had thought she had broken him of earlier. Perhaps she had been too soft with him, too soon. If she had continued his torture past the point of him begging, she was sure they wouldn't be in this position right now.

Nodding her head as she came up with an idea, she moved to unroll more rope. Tying rope around one of his ankles, she passed the free end around the tree, pulling his leg with it, making it so it wrapped around the side of the tree. She pulled his other ankle back as well and tied the other end of rope to it. When she was done, his legs were tied apart, leaving his cock and balls exposed and vunerable. Even if he wanted to close his legs to protect the most sensitive parts of his body, he wouldn't be able to.

Snapping off a sapling from the tree, she hit it against her palm, jumping a little from the sting. If it hurt her hand, which was rough from the many years of working outdoors, she could imagine what it would feel like against his exposed balls.

Stepping up close to him again, she reached between his legs and grabbed his balls, squeezing them roughly, her nails digging into the soft skin.

"If I were you, I would start begging now," she said, her eyes meeting his again.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric felt the blood flow stop. The wounds in his arm and back were still open and sore, but there was no sensation of wetness sliding down his skin. Kaiya wanted him conscious, that much was clear. His grey eyes followed her as she figured out what she wanted to do. His anger started turning into fear when she bound his ankle and began pulling it around, then his other leg. Now he was hanging by his wrists, legs forced apart, totally helpless and completely exposed.

Kaiya found what she was looking for in the form of a sapling branch, then her strong fingers sank into the flesh of his sac. Her grip was strong and her nails sharp, and Eric tried reflexively to close in around his groin, but he was unable to move.

"If I were you, I would start begging now."

Despite his fear, Eric felt more violated now than before. Here he was, bound and helpless, exposed, in the open air, with this slender girl grabbing his balls and threatening him. He roared in anger, thrashing as much as he could cursing, spitting, violently trying to dislodge himself, but the actual movement was limited. His muscles stood like whipcord against this skin as he strained to protect himself, to take back his manhood from this witch.

"No!"

It was a long drawn out cry, deep in his chest, full of rage and helplessness. Kaiya was holding the most intimate part of him, and he was as helpless as a child.

 

[Kaena]

There it was again, the mix of fear and anger in his eyes. The fear was what she wanted to see there. She intended to erase the anger, perhaps replacing it by even more fear. It was his anger that made him continue to resist her. If she made him truly fear her, he wouldn't dare defy her again, or at least not to the point of trying to escape.

She watched with amusement as he struggled against the ropes, trying to pull away from her hand that was still clutched cruelly around his balls. She dug her nails in deeper before finally letting go.

"I know you will be begging soon enough," she said, shrugging her shoulders at his defiant cry. Snapping the sapling against his thigh, she smiled at the thin red line that instantly appeared. She looked up at him, her eyes locking with his as she brought the cruel piece of wood down on the tender skin of his balls. She continued this over and over again, as if totally oblivious to the effect it was having on him.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric gasped at the first bite of the sapling branch against his thigh. The thought of that same feeling on his balls, it sent another jolt of fear through his body and another surge of adrenaline as he fought. Her fingers and stretched his balls tight against the skin, holding them so they had nowhere to move. Before the branch even touched them the skin was a slightly darker red from her grip.

Then agony descended.

Eric screamed with every blow, head thrashing, eyes screwed shut. She didn't seem to be hitting him any harder, yet each successive blow was amplified by the previous abuse to his testicles. She was right, he was begging in no time, a litany of plea between tortured screams, but she seemed oblivious to everything but the rhythmic thwack of the branch against his helpless testicles.

 

[Kaena]

She could feel a strange calm coming over her with each blow she dealt. It was as if she was no longer in control of her body, her anger taking over and striking him with a gradually building ferocity. At first she used the same amount of force each time the branch hit him, but as his screams began to echo through the forest, interspersed with his desperate begging, she found herself hitting him harder and harder.

Her eyes seemed to change colour as she looked into his, turning an almost unnatural blue. Her hair soon became damp from the exertion, her face flushed. If anyone would have happened upon the scene at that moment, they would have seen a woman of transcended beauty, if they were able to look past what she was doing to the helpless man tied before her, that is.

It took her awhile to snap back to reality, her mind finally registering his pleas and cries. Her anger was spent for the moment, though it didn't mean she was done punishing him. Hitting him one more time, her arm dropped to her side as she searched his eyes for any remaining anger.

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric screamed with each blow, but his mind didn't start to panic at first. Not until the constant pain from the blows started reaching towards his shoulders. Pain from blows to the testicles has an ascending affect, starting low in the stomach and climbing. When it reached his shoulders something in him realized she wasn't stopping, if anything she was hitting him harder.

"Gods, no more, nonononononono..."

Screams broke up his begging, his stomach lurching with every blow. He caught a few glimpses of her through his tear filled eyes, her brow was covered with sweat, he was sure blood was seeping through the thin skin of his sack, her eyes were an unnatural blue, and Eric's mind broke away. He couldn't process the pain anymore, each blow shook his entire body, every muscle in him trembling from the pain and inability to move. She paused in her rhythm, and Eric prayed it was done, then another, might blow tore a high pitched scream from him before his head hung down limply on his chest.

Kaiya seemed done for now, tears streaked his face, his chest heaving with great sobs, muscles quivering, mind and body broken. All he could say over and over was,

"You bitch, you've ruined me forever."

His mind wasn't as filled with anger anymore, it was jumbled emotions, but despite the pain and the fact that his body was long gone from his own control, there was still a kind of mindless deep set aggression towards everything at this moment.

 

[Kaena]

She was so close. So close in breaking him completely, she could almost see the end in sight. To an outsider that had not been the one to put him through several sets of torture, he already had the appearance of being broken, but, she could still sense a little of the rage beneath it all.

Tapping the sapling against his abused balls, she shook her head as he spoke.

"Bitch is such a nasty name," she said, keeping up a light, but steady tapping of the branch against the torn skin. "I am your Mistress. I have already told you before that any other name would earn you punishment. As my slave, I expect you to obey me from this point on."

She wiped his tears from his cheeks, though there was no softness in it as there was before, just a way to get his attention.

"Your anger and disobedience has earned you nothing but severe punishment. It would be so much easier for you to stop fighting me. Admit to me and yourself that I am your owner and nothing you say or do is going to change the fact."

She continued to tap the branch against him, fully aware that the briefest of touch against his balls after what she had done to him would be exquisite pain.

"You know I can take the pain away," she said, raising his eyes to meet hers. "But it wont be so easy for you this time."

 

[Last_Rider]

Eric cried out when she started tapping his balls again. At first he feared for another beating, but she seemed to be using a light tap to his horribly abused testicles. He listened to her words, sobbing quietly with each tap. She never increased her pace or intensity of taps, but he was in such incredible pain the increasing pain from each successive tap was slowly driving him mad.

Her fingers wiped at his tears, regaining his attention, but her eyes were still just as hard and without softness. It was that look in her eyes that finally and completely broke him. She wouldn't stop. She'd keep doing this, this relentless tapping that was sending bolts of pain from his swollen testicles, until she thought he was done.

Eric screamed then, long and loud, a howl of pain and despair as he finally gave into this. The pain was too much, the reality that Kaiya wouldn't stop smacking his balls until he did.

"Stop. Please, no more, no more! I'm sorry Mistress, please, stop, it hurts so much."

 

[Kaena]

As the final pleading flowed from his lips, she knew she had done it. She had taken this strong man and tore him down so that he was mere putty between her fingers. Now she would be able to rebuild him into the man, or slave, she wanted him to be. The final barrier, his anger, was gone, replaced by utter resignation to his fate.

Throwing the sapling to the side, she drew her knife and quickly cut the ropes holding his ankles. She allowed him to gain his footing again, leaving his wrists tied as she stood before him.

"I am going to cut you lose," she said, reaching above his head to place her knife against the rope. "You will stand strong when I do. If you fall, it will add to your final punishment when we return home. I am not going to heal you. You are going to walk back like this, as a reminder of what you did, what has happened and what is yet to come."

She fell silent as she cut the rope, wondering if he had any strength left in him to even obey her orders.