Sofija Saltenis yawned and stretched herself out in bed. She slept naked between dark blue satin sheets, loving the feel of the smooth fabric on her body. Gradually as the awareness of her previous night's actions returned to her she felt the nipples of her neat, almost girlish breasts stiffen. She moved her hand to the right one, feeling the flesh harden still more as her fingertips tightened their grip, her long nails digging in to the point where the pain served to arouse her. Her left hand slid down to between her legs, her pussy now excreting the succulent juices as her mind recreated the scene of the previous evening. Janacek, strapped to the cross, bloody and writhing beneath the onslaught of her very special whip.
She slid from her bed and went into the kitchen, flicking on the coffee maker before slipping into the black lycra bodysuit that served as her everyday wear when she wasn't either in uniform or one of her black leather outfits that she liked to wear when she went to the Hellcat club in Libovice, the centre of Ausitania's BDSM scene. The action there was usually much less extreme than that which she enjoyed at Maritka but she had made a lot of good friends there, her preference being for the "Lipstick Lesbians", many of whom were businesswomen who went there to explore their submissive side after a hard week in the office.
She thought briefly of Adrijana Doric. She had met the high flying lawyer a year previously at the Hellcat and a kind of romance had blossomed between the two of them. Adrijana certainly looked the part in her day job dressed in her smart black business suit and black high heeled Manolo Blahniks, very different from their first meeting when Sofija had buckled the leather collar around Adrijana's slim neck and led her around the nightclub on a leash all night before going back to her penthouse for what turned out to be a memorable night of passion.
There had been many such nights since. She pictured Adrijana reclining on one of her black leather sofas with the lights of Libovice spread out around them as Sofija entertained her friend with tales of the punishment sessions at the Maritka quarry. Adrijana, who had been at the centre of the legal reforms that had established what were effectively male penal colonies in Ausitania, enjoyed hearing from her lover the narratives of the bastards who got everything they deserved from the little blonde who she felt proud to refer to as her mistress.
Sofija drained her coffee and laced on her trainers before making her way down to the punishment block. The woman on the desk merely smiled and waved her through. Janacek was the only prisoner currently on punishment. He cut a pathetic figure. The manner in which he had been left chained overnight was a tribute to the guards ingenuity of cruelty. The heavy steel manacles around his wrists had been locked to the steel mesh roof of the cage, pulling him into a strappado position. As if this was considered insufficient punishment in itself the hasp of the collar had been fitted with a chain attached to the cage's steel floor bolt and tightened to a point where his neck was drawn both down and forwards. Finally a kneeler was fitted that connected his testicles to his steel fettered ankles, making it impossible to adopt anything other than a stressed squat position, torturing every muscle constantly.
He was barely conscious, the pain having overcome him on many occasions during the night. The duty guard had taken the opportunity to douse him with a bucket of freezing cold water on three occasions, bringing him back to consciousness. Sofija stood before him, enjoying the fruits of her colleagues work. Unwinding the tape that held her black panties in place inside his mouth she pulled them out and dropped them to the floor.
"Did you have a good night?" She asked sarcastically. "I certainly did."
Janacek merely grunted. Unable or unwilling to say anything more. Sofija filled in the punishment book, detailing the strokes he had been given and the ten hours punishment confinement.
"Release the prisoner and put him onto a work party detail." she told the guard.
She knew that Janacek wouldn't be in any fit state to work that day. Almost certainly the way he had been kept overnight would have occasioned at least some temporary nerve damage that would ensure that he would be unable to perform any sort of labour. That wasn't her problem. He would be put on the work party and, if he failed to come up to standard then a further punishment docket would be issued by his supervisor. It was a vicious circle, one that Janacek would find great difficulty breaking out of.
Twenty kilometres from Maritka Arianne Voric was seated at her breakfast table. She was studying the latest report that had come through from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There had been some adverse criticism in the foreign press of the policies regarding Maritka. It had been described as a "Punishment Unit" and in at least one compared with the concentration camps of Germany a century before. Ausitanian authorities were concerned that it reflected badly on the country's reputation. She called Alex across to her breakfast table to read the report.
"What do you wish me to do mistress?"
Arianne imperiously pointed a crimson nailed finger towards the floor, indicating that he should retake his position at her feet.
"What I want you to do slave is to write a rebuttal piece to be issued to these foreign news organisations to neutralise any bad publicity. I am going in to work, you can write a piece during the day. I'm planning a small drinks party for this evening. I think that you will enjoy it. I have a little surprise for you at the end."
The first thing that Alex heard was the low throb of the car engine as Arianne turned into the drive. Then the sound of feminine chatter followed by the turning of the key in the front door. Arianne led Monika Novotny and Sofija Saltenis into the big sitting room with its extensive views out across the valley. She clicked her fingers in Alex's direction.
"Champagne for three, and bring the piece you have written for release."
The three of them sat sipping their drinks as Arianne read aloud from the piece.
"The authorities in Ausitania have seen fit to treat the violent criminal element in their society merely with the disdain that they have shown for their victims. All the inmates at Maritka have committed crimes of violence against female victims and now merely suffer the consequences that their actions have precipitated."
The three women murmured their appreciation. "He writes very well." Commented Monika.
"Should we go and get ready for the evening's entertainment?" Asked Arianne.
As they went upstairs she handed Alex a pair of skimpy black leather shorts.