Dark Horse, Dark Heart - Chapter 1
NOTE: This story is written in a second person / POV narrative where 'you' are a male participant (Lady Sarafine's husband) The first chapter in a series, do check back for more if you enjoy this!
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I was just barely an adult when I took up a part time job at a ranch just a few miles up the road from the cabin my literary agent allowed me to live rent-free until I completed my next novel. I had been living on the edge of poverty since the royalties from my last release had been devoured by my debts. At twenty - two, I had managed to publish two books and had four years of college behind me that would take hundreds more to pay off at the rate I was going.
I was also tired of living off of ramen and whatever other cheap food I could afford.
Despite my horrible dietary habits, I lost twenty pounds over the course of the two months I had been sequestered in the cabin, nestled on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary. My confidence had evaporated along with the curves I once was happy to showcase and the sun-kissed tan I had maintained for years before I had signed that contract.
Now that you realize why I took the job, let me tell you that the job turned out to be..
much
different than I had ever thought it would be. Til this day, I wonder if that was Shania's (my agent) reason for suggesting I apply. Perhaps she knew exactly what was going on at the Black Forest Ranch & Plantation and thought it would be an inspirational experience.
Well done, Shania. It obviously was.
I was dressed more like someone applying for a desk job than someone trying to fill a ranch hand position. My long, auburn hair was tied back into a tight knot and I had done everyone the favor of putting on makeup. Not a whole lot, but enough so that I didn't look like a malnourished heroin addict considering my habits at the cabin. I had chosen a charcoal knee-length quarter sleeve maxi dress matched with sleek, black knee-high faux leather lace up boots and sheer nude nylons. I had already fucked up my hair on the way to the ranch and I knew that my sweat had probably smeared my makeup from the walk, but I was determined to eat something better than boxed macaroni for the next several months.
I didn't see anyone when I approached the main gate that sequestered the humongous, two story ranch house from the rest of the property. Horses were lazily grazing enclosed inside a fenced pasture adjacent to the home. It was a woman's voice I heard that tipped me off to check the stables. That's where I would find the owner,
Lady Sarafine
.
As I rounded the corner to enter the large stable enclosure, I stopped short of the door and tip-toed back, hoping that no one heard or saw me approach.
Lady Sarafine was wearing at a shiny black latex catsuit with matching thigh high boots that hugged her gigantic breasts and generously proportioned hips, ass, and thighs, her waist length blonde tied back in a simple ponytail. She had a riding crop in one hand and was speaking sternly and loudly to a huddled black mass on the floor, shaking violently at her feet. It appeared to be a male, wearing a similar outfit as her, but with a hood that had zippers across the mouth and eyes. That was the first time I met
you.
"Did you think you were going to come inside covered in horse shit and filth you stupid, disgusting dog?"
With a flick of her wrist so quick it didn't register visually, the riding crop lashed against your back and I could hear your cries echoing throughout the stables, frightening the few horses that were tethered stalls away from where Lady Sarafine had chained you to the wall by a leather collar around your neck, which she yanked after the lashing, pulling you down to the hay-covered floor, your face forced down against it further by her heel pressing down against your neck, holding you there.
I didn't know how to react. I knew some things about BDSM and Femdom, but not enough to fully understand what I was witnessing. I didn't move. I didn't say a word. I just stood and watched you struggle while Lady Sarafine laughed aloud at your plight, lifting her heel just a bit so that you could take a single breath before placing it back where it was, pinning you against the ground so that you could not lift your head. I could see then that your arms were also shackled behind your back and only your legs were free. I just kept watching, curiosity getting the best of me until Lady Sarafine seemed to get bored of you, kicking you off the boot you had been so diligently licking like a dog.
In a panic, realizing she had turned to head out of the stables where she would meet me spying on her, I smoothed down my hair, took a deep breath, and attempted to casually walk around the corner to greet Lady Sarafine as if I had seen her before.
Lady Sarafine halted, her heels sliding audibly to a stop when I came to gave her.
"Who are you?"
She asked, in the same bored and unamused tone she had when she had been insulting you moments before.
"My name is Autumn, I was told that you were looking for some help?"
I had been holding my resumΓ© inside its folder, clutching against my chest with both arms. Lady Sarafine casually plucked it from where I held it, lifting a pair of black horn-rimmed glasses with tiny rhinestones embedded in the frames to her eyes.
"What kind of help do you think we need? I was looking for a ranch hand. Now that I can see you, I'm thinking you don't have the physical strength to do the job,"