Note- This story is my first attempt at writing something like this, so any constructive criticism is welcome! I also don't jump right into sex, so if you're just looking to get off, you've come to the wrong place. I hope you enjoy Chapter One of His Kitten Again!
~ShySubmissiveGirl~
Chapter One
I wandered outside, enjoying the feel of the sun warming my skin. Its gentle rays snaked down, kissing everything in its path. A light breeze slipped past me, eliciting a soft sigh from my lips. How did I get so lucky as to spend every morning like this?
I stood on the patio for a few more minutes, stretching and rumpling my sleep-styled hair, before I headed back in to get ready for the day. I dressed quickly, finger-combed my hair, and made my cup of coffee as usual. I'd just sat down to eat my breakfast and read the newspaper, when I felt a little prickled at the base of my scalp.
I stood up, leaving my breakfast on the table, and headed out my front door. Right outside was an open plaza, which had often been a source of many celebrations and gatherings. There were several benches, and trees grew in luscious groves, providing shade to passerby's.
The plaza was mostly empty because of the early morning, but there were a few people walking through. My neighbor was starting his morning run with his wife, a teenage girl was walking her dog, and a young lady was huddled on one of the benches.
Nothing seemed too out of place. A movement at the corner of the plaza caught my eye. A man came hustling out into the open, cussing loudly and gesturing wildly with his hands. He ran over to the woman on the bench, and slapped her right across the face.
I raised a shocked eyebrow, and stepped out of my doorway more, ready to help if he reached for her again. The woman was trembling, retreating into a ball where she sat. Everyone else fled from the plaza, unwilling to confront the man, who stood, screaming at the woman.
I took another step out as he grabbed her by the hair, yanking her head up to look at him. Tears streaked down her face, and sobs escaped her lips as she shrieked in pain and terror. The man shook her roughly, then shoved her roughly off the bench and onto the ground. "Good luck getting home, bitch!" He screamed as he stormed across the plaza.
I wanted to go and smack the man, shove him against a wall and pound into him. But the woman needed my help, and she needed it now. Forcing my ego down my throat, I jogged over to her. She hadn't moved yet. "Miss?"
No response. I reached out my hand and checked for a pulse. She had one, a strong one, but that didn't mean that she was okay. She needed to rest, get some Tylenol, something. The hospital was several miles away, and I knew they wouldn't do much for her. Plus, if she'd been a recipient of domestic abuse, then she would need a calm presence to reassure her. Throwing her into a hospital wasn't the way to do that.
Making up my mind, I knelt to the ground, and pulled the woman into my arms. Her face fell forward into my chest, and something inside of me stirred. Watch yourself, Alex. She's been traumatized. She doesn't need some man she doesn't know feeling her up, just because you haven't had a good lay in too long.
I carried her into my house and up the stairs, to my bedroom. I laid her on my bed, took off her shoes and socks, and started tucking her in. Her face rolled towards me, and my breath caught. Underneath several bruises, there was someone I recognized.
Emma.
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Ow.
Ow. Ow.
Oh shit. OW!
I let out a soft whimper, rolling around, trying to get away. No! Please no! Jordan, you can't. I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! Why wasn't he listening? Jordan please! I'm begging you. Please! I was sobbing now, and I felt my hand flutter down to try and appease the pain flaring up in my stomach. Something was seriously wrong. Jordan! I felt a scream tear from my lips, and a mind-blowing pain seared through me. I screamed again, and everything went black.
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Ow.
Ow. Ow.
The pain was different this time. A sucking emptiness that destroyed everything in its path. The doctor patted my back and told me that it was okay to cry, but I couldn't. My tears were all used up. Everything felt hollow and unreal.
They didn't know how I'd managed to drive myself all the way here without killing someone. I'd been bleeding heavily by the time I arrived, and the pain would have been indescribable. I'd done it though, because I knew something was wrong.
Then, when I woke up on a cold and clinical table, they'd told me that one ugly word. That one word that changes everything and made the cold settle in.
Miscarriage.
I wanted to scream, but everything felt so empty. So cold. So fake. The tears, the screams, the ache, they didn't come. I felt nothing.
The doctor squeezed my shoulder gently, trying to reassure me. "You couldn't stop yourself from falling. It wasn't your fault. There was nothing that you could have done. It was all just an accident. I'm sure you and your husband will get pregnant again soon. I can recommend a therapist for you and your spouse to go visit, to talk about your loss. I'm sure he'll be just as heartbroken as you. Make sure you tell him to let you rest and relax. Tell him to pamper you, it'll give him something to do, and you need it anyway. I can prescribe some..."
I tuned out at that point. They didn't understand, and they never would. My husband. HA! When it'd started out, Jordan was my Master. That changed into Master and boyfriend. Then I got pregnant. He told me he loved me, and I believed him. I knew we couldn't keep things up like we had, and I told him that. I told him the pain play had to stop, and I told him the constant bondage had to stop as well. Just until I had the baby.
He seemed fine with it at first, and he coddled me and loved me more than he ever had before. Then he grew impatient. I made mistakes, and he wanted nothing more than to take out his crop and punish me. I reminded him of our agreement, and he'd get aggressive with me.
The first time he did, I only got a few bruises. I was upset, but there was nothing I could do. On the whole, it was harmless. He apologized fiercely, begged for my forgiveness, and went back to being the doting boyfriend that he'd been before.
Then I messed up again.
And it got worse.
He kept the bruises mostly hidden. If I dressed strategically, no one would know the difference. And he never once touched anywhere near my baby bump. He always told me afterwards that even when he was upset with me, he would never lay a hand on the baby. He would plant kisses all along my stomach, and talk to him, and he went shopping with me to get a crib and a car seat and everything else that a baby could ever need.
But the beatings continued. Finally, I broke down. I told Jordan that he couldn't lay a hand on me until I had the baby. I was only a few months along, so he got very angry. He told me that I didn't have the right to dictate that. That even though I was pregnant, he was still my Master.
That was the night.
The pain was so exquisite and sharp, and I'd never felt anything like it before. Even when I wasn't pregnant, Jordan had never been that hard on me. And he'd always stopped when I begged him. This time, he didn't. He didn't let up, and when the searing pain came, he stormed away, blaming me for everything. It took everything that I was to not believe him.
I left the hospital as soon as they let me go. The doctor ordered me to rest, telling me that my body needed time to adjust. He told me that I would probably be emotionally unstable for the next while, but that if it went past a couple of weeks, that I needed to contact him and get some emotional support in order to make it through.
I didn't pay much attention to anything he told me beyond that, but I smiled and nodded and told him that I was fine to drive myself home when he offered to call my "Husband" to come get me. He seemed a bit puzzled by that, but I was in a good enough condition to be able to do so, so he waved a goodbye and got on with the rest of his paperwork and patients.
The least of his worries was a girl that seemed slightly emotionally unstable after a miscarriage.