Sorry for the long wait, but I hope it was worth it. I am back at work at the story after a lengthy "pregnant" hiatus. I have the middle and the end of Bitsy and Stuart's saga written, but now I have to fill in the blanks. I hope to be posting more in the coming weeks. Thanks for continuing to read! This takes place in the hours after the shattering discoveries made in Chapter 7. I do have to confess that, as usual, Bitsy and Stuart took control of the chapter away from me; this is not how I intended the chapter to go. Enjoy!
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Bitsy smoothed the fine silk of the red skirt over her curves. What had possessed her to wear something so slinky to the IPD headquarters she couldn't say, or rather she wouldn't admit. As the slick fabric roused the nerves against her skin, the seductive whisper a reminder of her Master's touch, she felt an answering wetness tease the bald lips between her legs.
She attempted to think of anything—sports (of which she knew nothing), cars, and finally, the vile organ that beat within Tracy Bathory that some may confuse for a heart—to quench the juices that made her mound glisten. Instead, of their own accord, her fingers slid from the steering wheel to tease at that juicy apex. She spread her legs, causing the already short scarlet skirt to hike even higher up her thighs.
Admit it, that infuriatingly taunting voice castigated. Admit that you wore red, HIS color, in homage to him, because you are obsessed with him, because you love him, her internal voice continued to press her, goad her. Vignettes of her fantasies, awakened and nourished by his domination, filled her mind, fueling the pulsing heat that her fingers continued to coax.
As the needle displayed a speed far beyond the limit, she slammed on the brakes. Chest heaving, her breathing harsh within the confines of the Camaro, she responded to the voice in her head aloud, "I'm not obsessed with him, and I certainly don't love him. It's the Stockholm Syndrome or something, or a latent sexual addiction. I can just imagine going to see Anna now for counseling. My cousin would pass out—or go into labor—if I explained to her how I responded to him. "
As for the fantasies that dictated her thoughts lately, the inescapable images of what she yearned to experience at the king's hands, she had no answer. For the first time in her life, she, Bitsy Dracula, the confirmed workaholic of the family, could not focus on her vendetta against Tracy Bathory and her followers in the wake of the daydreams that seemed as inevitable as breathing.
A truly insane part of her mind even toyed with the idea of telling him about her involvement in the IPD, of him finding her in her penthouse office, closing the door to the office, locking it, and demanding that she strip and kneel before him, offering herself on every horizontal—and vertical—surface in her office for his enjoyment.
The Camaro slid smoothly into the designated space for the Commandant General of the IPD. Bitsy, in her guise as Alyssa Mason, slid her face down into her hands in frustration. Her fingers twisted in her long blonde hair, a sharp contrast to the ebony curls that fell in a waterfall down Bitsy Dracula's back. She looked up into the rearview mirror, her grayish green eyes mocking her. A wry smile touched her lips. King Stuart would never make the connection between his temporary slave and the plain-Jane drudge that peeked at her in the mirror.
And that was a good thing; she reminded the internal voice resolutely as she stepped out of the low slung sports car and locked it. The long, narrow heels of the red stilettos made clickety-clack noises on the smooth concrete as she hurried to the entrance of the most exclusive piece of real estate in Paris, the IPD headquarters.
Just as she told herself that, her cell phone, the one that Bitsy Dracula would be answering, beeped. A text message. Her breath caught in her throat.
Where are you? was the laconic sentence that filled the screen.
The submissive voice within, one that Bitsy now recognized as a more playful, impish facet of her personality, fired back a coy, "Around."
Predictably, the king's response sent delicious shivers down her back to center as vibrations in her molten core. Unobtrusively, Bitsy crossed her legs, biting her lower lip to keep the aroused moan at bay that his words induced. "That pettish evasion is not attractive, pet. As a result, there will be...consequences."
Bitsy's mouth and pussy watered as her mind exploded with images of possible consequences: the crop, nipple clamps, orgasm control, exhibitionism, humiliation. Which would he choose? Her text was a half-hearted attempt at placation. "Consequences, Your Highness?"
"You will call me within 90 seconds to receive your punishment. If you fail to do so, you won't like the results." Imagining the humiliation that this phone call would probably cause, Bitsy hurried past Elyse at the reception desk.
Clutching her phone like a poisonous snake, she raced to the elevator, breathing a sigh of relief when Marcos, her Master's brother and her very own assistant, held the door open for her. Her breathing coming in short pants, her glazed look of trepidation focused on the phone, and her right foot tapping a tattoo on the marble of the elevator floor, she created a picture of anxiety that led Marcos to ask, "Is everything alright, Miss Mason?"
She didn't bother to correct him on his use of her formal name; instead she simply dictated her instructions for the day, "Hold all of my calls and appointments. I will be in a...phone conference...for the foreseeable future."
The doors opened on the top floor, and Bitsy's nervous feet propelled her to her office. Barely nodding at her sister Ginger who waited with a stack of affidavits for Bitsy's signature, she slammed the door of her office, barely registering Ginger's interrogation of Marcos about Bitsy's behavior.
Her stomach roiled in her belly as she dialed his number with only two seconds to spare. He gave no word of greeting, only an order, "Wherever you are, strip. Then, you will take a picture of yourself and send it to me via text message. You have two minutes." A click let her know that he had disconnected the line.
Fingers shaking more from anticipation than remorse slid her skirt down her legs. She unbuttoned the blazer, smoothing her hands over the erect tips of her breasts. The moan that had been held back now burst forth as she tweaked each of them before smoothing down her torso to tease her pussy lips. Bitsy left the fuck-me heels on as well as the public collar.
Two attempts at digitally archiving her nudity later, she managed to send a provocative shot to her Master, one that revealed splayed legs, a hand teasing her pussy, while another hand held up a breast to her mouth for her to suck on her nipple. The now-present ebony cloak of hair teasingly hid the other breast from view.
The phone rang, and his coldly amused voice congratulated her, "Very arousing, pet. You are inside, then, and alone?"
"Yes, Master," her voice was a breathy moan.
"And in an office setting, I see," he continued. "That must mean that you have some very intriguing toy options at your disposal."
"Toys, Master?" Surely, he couldn't mean....
"All sorts of intriguing possibilities, pet. Look inside your purse," he commanded.
Her fingers clutched on a small box. "What is it?" she asked, although she feared that she knew exactly what it was.
"It's a webcam, pet. You're going to be a movie star today and make a special, private porno especially for me." He broke off and chuckled.
Her stomach twisted at his directions. She remembered the humiliation of this morning; even though part of her yearned to be his plaything subject to his every whim, Bitsy knew that giving in to this demand would risk revealing her...obsession...with him and his dictates.
"Hello? Are you still there, pet?"
Her voice unsteady, she answered, "Please don't ask this of me, Master."
A cold silence on his end mocked her. "Master?"
"Yes, slave?" His voice was coldly unemotional, standoffish even.
"I...can't do this."
"You will do this, slave. You forget that you have no choice." The passionately demanding Master had disappeared in the wake of this arctic, unforgiving aristocrat. "Now, here is what you will do...."
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