Alison tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for him to meet her at their agreed place. True enough, the time was just now 4:30p, but she expected punctuality with him as much as she did those who worked under her. After all, in her mind, that's exactly what this was: he was under her, to play by her rules. As a dominant, she expected no less, even in these outstanding circumstances.
The "outstanding circumstances" were something that had occurred after numerous meetings with him in a chat room she frequented. The chat room itself was designed for dominants to talk to others like them, discuss submissives, trade tips and even sometimes the subs themselves. As had often occurred, Alison's last sub had broken far too easily for her tastes, been discarded, and Alison had gone to the chat room to find another one. One of the doms had once commented that she treated her subs like toys: to be used, then discarded once they quit being a source of amusement. Alison had laughed at this; after all, were submissives not just that, people who wanted to be treated like toys? She had been good to her past submissives, no one could ever accuse her otherwise. Alison had not used degrading terms such as "Slut" or "Whore" for her subs. Instead, she had always treated them like beloved pets, often naming them as one would a dog. One of her past favorites had even been called just that, "Puppy." This practice only made sense to her, as the submissives needed to be trained, as one trains a dog. Once trained to perfection, they were released. And perfection was what she demanded, in every aspect of her life, from both others and herself.
Upon this visit to the chat room, however, something was different. After she had been there a few minutes, Alison noticed a new person, who was openly soliciting for a submissive. The members of the chat room had corrected him, telling him that this was a chat for dominants only. His reply had been a surprise: he was aware of this fact and was searching for a dominatrix to dominate. The others had laughed at him, but he kept returning, soliciting for a submissive, and finally issuing an open challenge: to any woman who would take up his challenge, he would try for a single night to dominate them. If he failed, he would submit to her, leaving no doubt that she was the more dominant person. However, if the woman lost, she would be his submissive for as long as he desired, and as such be subject to whatever he demanded. Not one to back down from a challenge, Alison had immediately agreed. Tonight was the agreed upon night.
At 4:35p, Alison called for the check and prepared to leave. Already, he had lost by not showing up on time. I wait for no mere man, she thought to herself. Once the check was paid, Alison stood, garnering the attention of many around her, men and women alike. No wonder she thought laughingly. As a nonverbal show of dominance, Alison had worn her "power clothes": silk blouse, silk bra, short leather skirt, satin g-string and garter belt, silk fishnet stockings, and leather stiletto heels, all in stark, unadorned black. With her long mane of red hair and jade green eyes, she cut an impressive figure, especially for a woman.
As she walked out of the open-air café, a somewhat short, smiling man stepped in her way. She simply moved to step around him, not prepared for what happened instead.
Pain flared across her face as one of the man's hands lashed out, knocking her to the ground. "You were told to wait for me," a surprisingly deep voice said. "I will not tolerate disobedience."
Instead of fear, anger seared through Alison's mind. "How dare you..." she started, only to be cut off by another blow across her face. Alison gave her attacker a withering stare.
"I dare," he said, "because you agreed to let me attempt to dominate you. Do you let your unruly subs mouth off without punishment?"
He had a point, unfortunately. Alison did indeed punish submissives for behaving the way she had. But was she going to admit it? Of course not, she thought, I am trying to retain my position as a dominant, and a dominant never admits to being in the wrong.
"Please," the man sighed, "we've started off on the wrong foot. Let's start over. My name is Garren."
"Fine by me," she said, wanting to rub her sore cheek, but refusing to show weakness. "I'm Alison."
"You are much more beautiful than I imagined," he observed, cocking his head to the side. He held out a hand to help her up off the ground. "I'm afraid your fall tore your stockings."
Brushing herself off, Alison saw what he meant. Indeed, her left stocking was torn across the thigh. He's sneaky though, she thought. He talks as though I simply tripped. Glancing around, Alison saw that all the other diners at the café had returned to their meals as though nothing had happened. Home turf, it seems, she noted mentally.
"You really should take the stockings off," Garren said off-handedly. "It's rather tacky to wear them torn."
As long as they were in public, she would play along, Alison decided. As coolly as she did everything else in her life, she simply removed her shoes, reached under her skirt far enough to reach the garters, unhooked her stockings, and took them off. Without so much as batting an eyelash, Alison put her heels back on, then turned to a nearby waiter. "These are ruined," she said authoritatively. "Please dispose of them for me." She took glee in the shocked look on the young boy's face. Apparently he had been watching the entire time.
However, she was surprised to see an appreciative look on Garren's face. Score one for me, she thought, regaining a little of her edge. As a rule, Alison never showed approval of anything a submissive did. Approval leads to laziness. If a submissive thought that they weren't good enough, they would try harder to please.
"I've had enough of this restaurant," Alison told her "date", taking charge. "Let's go somewhere a little less....crowded."
Silently, Garren hailed a cab. As soon as the cab got moving, Garren once again took the lead. "Pull your skirt up so I can see your pussy."
Alison laughed her refusal. It seemed that Garren let her refuse because he started to put his arm around her shoulders. Halfway across, however, he slid his hand into her hair, grabbing a fistful. He murmured, "I said to pull your skirt up," then pulled her hair tight in his fist, bringing tears to her eyes. Still, she refused. He pulled her hair harder.
Alison was getting tired of this. If he thought he could dominate her through pain, he was dead wrong. All he was doing was making her angrier and angrier. Each time she denied his request, he pulled her hair harder and harder. Not only was she getting angry, she was getting a headache from the pain. Finally, Alison gave in, if only to alleviate the pain. However, she still had her underwear on, so he couldn't see her pussy.
"I see you enjoyed having your hair pulled," he murmured in her ear.
Confused, Alison looked down. To her astonishment, her thong was dark from moisture! What was going on?
The cab finally stopped. Alison looked up to see an enormous house. Garren paid the driver and led her up to the door, which was opened by a middle-aged man.
"You've returned early," the man said.
"Things have progressed...differently...than expected," Garren replied.
The man at the door gave Alison an appraising look. "Exquisite," was all he said to her.
Well, of course, Alison thought to herself, There is no other way to be.
As she was led through it, she observed the fine furnishings and hardwood floors of the house. While everything was sumptuous to say the least, the house was as spotless on the inside as it was on the outside. No lint on the upholstery, no odors of any sort in the air, and no dust on the woods that showed everywhere. As he should be. A person demanding enough to be a dominant should be demanding in all aspects of his life. Alison found herself building a grudging respect for the man.
Finally, Garren opened a door with a sweeping flourish. "The Study," he told her, indicating that she go inside. As the two sat in a pair of antique chairs, Garren told the man who answered the door to bring "The usual."
"Simon," he began with a wave to the retreating man, "Is a very essential part of my household. I regret that I do not have the time to run things as I wish I could, but Simon knows exactly what I want and acts in my stead in matters I cannot handle personally. Were he a woman, he would be the perfect submissive to me: does exactly what I want, exactly the way I want it, perfect every time."
"I see," Alison replied, "but why are you telling me this?"