Luckily, there was a car - a stretch limousine - waiting to take us to the club. The driver opened the back door for us, staring pointedly at my body all the while. I did my best to avert my eyes. Once in the car, Cristina pushed me to my knees on the floor. "You will lick my boots until we get there," she said simply. I crawled in front of her on my knees, carefully lowered my upper body to the floor so that her black leather boots were just in front of my face, and delicately opened my mouth and extended my tongue to her right boot. I could taste the new leather on my tongue. I closed my eyes, shutting out all sensation except the feeling of her boots on my lips and tongue. Although I was only an amateur in the arts of giving pleasure, I did everything I could imagine a man or woman could want from a slave's mouth, demonstrating my abject submission to Cristina's boots. I felt her hand casually running through my long hair as if she were petting a favorite dog.
Soon - too soon - I felt the car come to a stop. My heart pounding, my tongue still stroking the leather of Cristina's boots, I listened to the driver get out, walk around the car, and open the back door. I felt a tug on my leash as Cristina pulled me back up to my knees, spreading them with a kick of her boot. Then she stepped out of the car, forcing me to trail behind her.
As I stepped onto the sidewalk, I saw the line of people waiting at the door, dressed in an outlandish assortment of black leather, latex, spandex, and chains. There was an assortment of masters and slaves, but even the slaves - identifiable mainly by their collars - had the hardened look of experienced roleplayers. We walked directly toward the door, not bothering to go to the end of the line, and Cristina began talking to the bouncer in a rapid German. I stood behind her timidly, submissively, my eyes lowered to escape the gaze of the crowd that I was sure was fixed solely on me. I could feel a hundred eyes burning through the mockery of a garment that Cristina had given me to wear, hugging every curve of my nearly naked body. If my hands had not been chained behind my back, I would have used them to try to cover my body; if I had not been collared and leashed, I would have run far away from their cold, evaluating gazes; but held in place and exposed as I was, I began to feel the helplessness and vulnerability of the slave girl, constantly open and available for the contemplation and use of men.
Finally Cristina turned to me and said, in English, "He says that if you get on your knees and kiss his feet, he'll let us in without waiting in line." She was laughing. I glanced for a moment at the long line of people and decided that a moment's humiliation was better than having to wait outside. Cristina tugged me forward. Standing before the large, well-muscled man, I suddenly felt small, and soft, and weak, truly only a plaything to give him whatever pleasure and amusement he might find in a woman's body. Not daring to meet his eyes, I lowered myself to my knees, bent my head forward toward the ground, and began to lick and kiss at his feet. I closed my eyes and again tried to lose myself in the delicious submissiveness of licking the hard, dusty leather, imagining that I was a slave girl desperately trying to please a master, trying to arouse his interest, inviting him to throw her on her back and rape her. I don't know how long I lavished my attentions on his feet before Cristina tugged up on the leash, saying, "That's enough, slut," and pulled me to my feet. The man gestured that we should enter. As I walked in front of him I felt his hand lift up the back of my garment and feel my body. My hands chained as they were, I was powerless to stop him. Now I knew even more deeply the openness of a slave's body and the casual uses to which she will routinely be put.
We entered the dark, cavernous club. I had been here several times, but never before half-naked, my hands chained behind my back, trailing behind the mistress who held the leash to my collar. I felt all eyes in the club turn towards me as we stepped across the threshold. I tried to lower my eyes and let my hair drift across my face, hoping no one would recognize me. Surely anyone who saw me could hardly recognize Jennifer Nevins, the all-American college girl, in this submitted, collared slave. Or could they? I looked around. The club was busy but not filled. There were people who looked like masters, people who looked like slaves, and a majority of indeterminate status. The predominant dress was black leather in all its forms - halters, miniskirts, boots, body suits, harnesses, gloves, masks, cuffs, whips ... Scattered through the room a few slaves were partially or fully naked, their breasts or their intimate regions exposed to public view. But in general, few people were as openly, vulnerably exhibited as was I, the curves of my body easily visible through my thin white garment, my bound hands helpless to protect me. I could depend only on the goodwill and protection of my mistress.
We had stopped. I looked up. We had reached a table, and Cristina was chatting with the people seated around it. With a shock, I recognized some of the German friends I had made in the past few weeks: Iris, the quiet but friendly violinist; Stefan, the doctor in a local hospital; Frank, the tall political activist I had secretly admired. I blushed deeply, lowering my head. Now, I knew, I could never hope to go out with him as an equal.
I was startled by the silence, all the eyes focused on my exposed body. "Yes," Cristina said, "our American friend makes a lovely slave. You should have seen her licking my boots in the car." They laughed. I realized she was speaking English for my benefit. I wanted to run away and hide. But I was held in place by her firm hand on my leash.
"I just thought it would be interesting," I started to say, before being rudely cut off by a backhanded slap from Cristina.
"Slaves do not speak unless spoken to," she reprimanded me. "Everyone here is your master or mistress," she continued. "You will show them complete deference, or you will be whipped."
"Yes, mistress," I sobbed. Well, I had asked for this - to be dominated and humiliated in public. I would just have to endure the night somehow and then rebuild my life in the morning.
I felt a sharp downward tug on the leash. "Slaves kneel in the presence of free men and women," Cristina reminded me. I lowered myself to my knees and sat back on my heels. Not wishing to be slapped again, or worse, I opened my knees. Cristina's boots pushed them further apart. "Thrust out your breasts, Jenny," she ordered. "Let's see what you've got." I obeyed, sobbing softly, pushing my breasts forward against the thin fabric that was all I wore. I knew my nipples were clearly visible to all of my friends.
"Have you used her at all," asked Iris. I was shocked to hear shy, quiet Iris ask such an open question. But, I realized, I was just a slave. That is what we are for - being used by our masters.
"No, not yet," Cristina answered. "This is just her first time, remember. But she has a lot of potential. You should have seen her licking the bouncer's shoes - you could tell she wanted something else in her mouth. Right, slut?"
"Yes, mistress," I answered.
"Have you ever pleasured a man with your mouth?"
"Yes, mistress," I whispered, reddening even more.
"Are you any good?"
"I think so, mistress." I supposed that at some point soon I might be put to the test, and I did not want to be accused of misrepresenting my abilities. On the other hand, judging from my performance with Cristina's boots, I expected that I would throw myself into the task with passion.