Reality returned slowly at first in the form of throbbing burning nipples. Her arms on each side of her head thrust it forward. Chloe's hands felt like they were tied close together. She could feel the pull on her wrists, arm muscles, and shoulders. Only two toes on each foot were touching a cold damp floor. Her arms held most of her weight.
She opened her eyes a moment later and her mouth opened in a silent moan as she was staring at a pair of heavy metal clamps, one squeezing each of her nipples. It didn't seem to hurt as much as it burned and produced a throbbing that matched her heartbeat. Her small breasts were pulled into long oval shapes by the weight on her arms.
That she was naked was obvious from the faint breeze that caressed her body all over. Add the fact that she could feel the elastic in her panties around her knees. She moaned softly as she heard footsteps behind her. Her mind shied away from the questions of how, where, and why she was where she was.
"Ah! I see you are awake," a male voice from behind her said. It was a vaguely familiar voice but her mind couldn't place it right off.
A fingertip tracing the cleft of her ass made her jerk in surprise. That little jerk caused several problems, the least of which was her balance on her tiptoes. The movement made the clamps on her nipples swing and sway. The change in angle where they were attached was enough to shoot jolts of pain and pleasure straight down to pool in her sex. Those jolts caused her hips to flex, which caused her whole body to sway and the clamps moved even more.
"Cause and reaction," the voice behind her whispered with amusement, "can turn into cause and effect."
Chloe groaned and tried to keep her hips still. It worked somewhat. Closing her eyes and biting her lower lip moved her focus somewhere besides the pit of her stomach.
From in front of her, the man said, "I debated putting those nipple clamps on you. I wasn't sure how sensitive your nipples were or what your tolerance to pain was but I think I made the right decision. You seem to be enjoying them."
Chloe's eyes snapped open as she gasped loudly. The voice had suddenly matched up with a face and now she was staring wide-eyed into that face. Congressman Mark Markham. He sat on more committees than she could name off the top of her head and was one of the most powerful men in Washington.
"Surprise," the Congressman said with a grin.
"I... I... I..." Chloe stammered.
"Yes, you. You've been a pain in my ass since you went to work for that rag of a paper you work for."
"This isn't going to help the situation," Chloe said quickly.
"Ah yes, the situation. You were seen earlier in the evening having a heated discussion with a certain local gangster in a nightclub he owns. I don't think anyone there even knew I was around. That is besides the gangster and he's deep in my pocket."
Chloe swallowed hard as what he said sunk in. The gangster had been hitting on her younger sister and she had tried to put him in his place. Right after that, they had left the club and gone home. That was all she remembered.
"Where is Lois?" she asked quickly, worry for her sister evident in her voice.
The Congressman shrugged. "At your apartment the last I saw of her. Although she didn't see me."
"How... uh... did I get here?"
"That is an interesting story. It seems you left a few minutes after you arrived at your apartment by way of the underground parking area. A few blocks later, your car was rear ended at a stoplight. Nothing drastic you understand, just enough for you to get out to exchange information with the other driver."
The Congressman paused to trace a fingertip up and down between Chloe's breasts. Seeing it coming, she didn't jerk. He grinned at her and went on, "He sprayed a little something in your face, and you were out like a light. We loaded you into my car and here you are."
"Did you... do this to me?"
"With a little help from my driver. Of course, he has a few things he wants to do to you once I'm through with you."
Chloe groaned as the depths of her situation came home to her. Then she groaned even deeper as the Congressman flicked a fingertip against one nipple clamp and then the other. Her hips were moving back and forth again. She closed her eyes and bit her lip but it didn't help as he kept flicking one clamp and then the other.
"I think I can make you come doing this," the Congressman said as he flicked the clamps a little harder.
She tried to stifle a louder groan by biting her lip harder.
"You're going to hurt yourself if you keep doing that. Relax and let it go," he urged her.
Chloe opened her eyes, looked directly into the Congressman's eyes, and took a deep breath. She let it out slowly as she forced her hips to stop moving. She clamped down on her body as tightly as she could.
He grinned at her and said, "I like a fighter. They add zest to the game."
"And what game are we playing?" Chloe asked in as calm a voice as she could muster as he flicked the nipple clamps again several times.
"I haven't decided yet but I'm leaning toward the pleasure/pain side of the question. Lets just say I want to find out how strong you are in several areas."
"You know you're going to jail for kidnapping at the very least when I get out of here," Chloe said as she held eye contact with him.
He grinned and then chuckled. "Who said you were ever getting out of here?"
Chloe swallowed hard. He had a point. She wasn't in any position to even think about escaping. She shivered hard and then took a deep breath. There was always room for hope as long as she was alive.