One thousand days is a long time. I did the math, and it comes out to two years, eight months, and twenty-seven days.
That's how long I was a naked slave in the Kingdom of Verborgen. My time there had a huge impact on me and radically changed my sexual identity. I now have a strong desire to be surrounded by strong, dominant women, to be the only one naked, to be exposed, to take orders, to feel helpless and to be cruelly punished for the most trivial of reasons.
I had to wear clothes when I returned to the realm of mortals. After almost three years of constantly being naked, it felt weird to wear a bra, panties, pants and all. It all felt so extraneous and constricting. I spent the first few hours after I returned to the United States squirming and tugging at my garments, it just felt so foreign to have them wrapped around me. I felt like a caterpillar in a cocoon.
Of course, there were some good things about being back in the United States. In Verborgen they don't have chocolate or coffee. I love both of those things, so, one of the very first things that Anna did after I was returned to my homeland was take me to Starbucks.
Anna got me a Mocha Frappuccino and the very first sip was liquid magic. Oh, God!" I exclaimed as my eyes glazed over.
"Good, huh?" Anna asked raising her eyebrows and smiling playfully.
"Oh, you have no idea!" I replied. "This is the nectar of the gods compared to the food and drink they gave the slaves back in Verborgen."
"Well, you're in America now," Anna replied. "We do things differently here."
Anna spent the day driving me around, reacquainting me with Starbucks, Elite Jewelers, Empire Hair Salon, Victoria's Secret, Spencer's Gifts, and other fun places that didn't exist in the Kingdom of Verborgen.
It seemed like a great way to welcome me home. I luxuriated in familiar sights, got my hair cut and styled, engaged in girl talk and had fun window shopping. It felt diverting being a carefree American girl once again and Anna made certain that I enjoyed it.
When it got late, Anna drove me to her house for dinner. Anna lives with her parents but I I'd known her mom from years ago, so we hit it off immediately. Mrs. Stepanov greeted me with a friendly smile. I couldn't help but smile back.
"Well, you look healthy," Mrs. Stepanov said. "It doesn't look as if your time in Verborgen did any lasting damage."
"In Verborgen slaves get plenty of fresh air and exercise," Anna explained to her mother. "They're expected to be physically fit, so they're exercised relentlessly...sort of like professional athletes or supermodels."
Mrs. Stepanov nodded her head as if digesting this new information and then said, "All that exercise agreed with you. You certainly look like you could be a professional athlete."
When we arrived, Mrs. Stepanov was preparing dinner and I instantly offered to assist her. My slave training made me automatically assume a servile role when I saw menial labor being done in a kitchen. I'd served in that capacity so many times, it was basically a reflex. I assumed the role of a kitchen menial without thinking, it just felt natural for me to do it.
"So, where's Mr. Stepanov?" I asked Anna's mom as I helped to prepare food.
"He's in Seattle right now," she replied. "He's now the road manager for a band and they're on tour until mid-October."
I made small talk with Anna's mother while we worked together to make a very delicious-smelling chicken stir-fry. When the food was ready, I was given instructions to set the table. I had set the table for huge feasts back in Verborgen, so settling the table for just three people seemed like no work at all.
When we were all seated, the three of us fell into conversation. I regaled Anna and her mother with stories about my time in the faerie kingdom, and at some point, Mrs. Stepanov asked me about my plans for the future.
"I was thinking of getting a job at Sharp Fitness," I explained. "During my pony training in Verborgen, I developed powerful leg muscles and superhuman endurance. I could kick ass as a spin instructor."
"Actually, I've already made plans for your future," Anna said. "I've entered into a business partnership with Irma Scholl. I promised her that you'd work for her."
This was the first I'd heard about Anna making plans for my future employment. It was also the first time I'd heard the name Irma Scholl.
"Who is Irma Scholl?" I asked. "If I'm going to be working for her, shouldn't I know who she is and what sort of work I was supposed to do for her?"
Anna turned to her mother and said, "Isn't she cute?"
I squirmed in my seat and felt my face go hot. It was such a patronizing thing to say. Now that I was back in America. I didn't feel that people should be making plans for my life without consulting me first.
"Anna, I'm twenty years old!" I protested. "Old enough to make my own career choices! Don't you think you should ask me first before telling this Irma person that I'll work for her?"
Anna set down her glass and gave me an imperious look. It was the sort of look Princess Bedrohlich used to give me when I'd disappointed her somehow. It was a look that caused my heart to beat triple fast. It was the sort of look I associated with harsh punishments.
"Candice, if I'm going to be your mistress, I cannot tolerate outbursts like that from you," Anna said firmly. "I'm going to have to punish you for your lack of slave etiquette."
I felt as if I'd walked into a trap. Anna had spent the entire day treating me as if I were a normal American girl with rights and privileges. Being treated in that manner made me forget that I was supposed to be servile and obedient.
It was highly likely that Anna spent the day conditioning me to make me feel like a normal girl so that I would forget my slave training and then commit some sort of transgression. She wanted an excuse to punish me, and I obliged her by giving her one.
My heartbeat sped up, and suddenly I was filled with a delicious fear. It would be dreadful and humiliating to be punished in front of Anna's mom, but at the same time there was a wicked tingling in my loins.
"You're going to punish her right here?" Mrs. Stepanov asked her daughter.
"It's the way these things are done," Anna explained. "If I delay too long in punishing her, it'll weaken my authority. When a slave misbehaves, it's best to punish them right away."
My heart pounded painfully in my chest as I waited for Anna to pass down sentence on me for my behavior. Then, she ordered me to strip naked and to go over her lap for a spanking.