It wasn't pitch black in the boot of the car. A thin line of light around the parcel shelf illuminated the thick duvet I lay curled up upon, the pillows lining the edges so that when I slithered around as the car weaved and turned, I didn't bruise myself against the sides. I could make out the pale length of my arms and the length of soft black fabric holding my wrists tied together. The same fabric was knotted at the back of my head, a strip cutting into my cheeks and keeping my mouth held open. As a gag, it wasn't very effective - the whimpers I made every time we jolted and bumped over pot holes loud in the confines of the space - and it had rubbed the corners of my mouth raw, the material damp with my saliva, but it served its purpose. It reminded me that I wasn't in control.
It reminded me that I was at someone else's mercy.
I didn't particularly pay attention when the car started decelerating. It had been doing that off and on for as long as we'd been driving. I'd no watch, so I'd no idea how long it had been, but it felt like both a long time and no time at all. I did notice when we left the (relatively) smooth surface of the road and tyres started crunching on gravel, though. When the car stopped entirely, pulling over, I presumed, at the side of the road, I held my breath, every muscle tensed.
I'd been out on a walk when I was grabbed for behind, strong arms wrapping around me and yanking me back into a solid wall of warmth. A low, no-nonsense voice in my ear had told me to be quiet, not to struggle, and I'd submitted docilely as my hands were bound and my mouth gagged, as I was lifted up and deposited into the boot of the car. Now, when the rear door was lifted and sunlight flooded in, I cringed and turned away, the world too bright and the man who'd grabbed me no more than a blurred silhouette.
"You're all right, kitten. Come here."
A hand wrapped around my upper arm and pulled, and I'd no option but to go with him. A second hand slipped around my ribs and scooped me up and out of the back of the car. My feet scraped over the lip of the boot and then hit solid ground. Only it didn't feel solid. My knees buckled, my muscles trembling with adrenaline and no small amount of apprehension. My eyes tearing, I stared about me, trying to place the layby we'd pulled over into while I clung to my Sir, even though he was the one who'd lifted me into the boot in the first place.
"Are you all right?" he asked, the hand letting go of my arm to cup the back of my head.
I made a squawking noise, the best I could do with the strip of fabric forcing my lips apart, and he shifted me until I was leaning against him fully, freeing both his arms to work at the knot at the back of my head that had somehow gotten tangled up with my hair and was refusing to easily come undone. He got it at last and I mewled as the gag was gently tugged free. My jaw ached and the corners of my mouth stung.
"Better?" he asked, massaging my cheeks.
"Yes. Thank you, Sir."
"Come on, into the car."
He led me round towards the passenger side and I saw the door was already open. I sank gratefully down onto the seat and tugged my seatbelt on as he closed the door then rounded his sleek, fancy SUV until he folded himself behind the wheel. I watched him click his own seat belt in and throw the car into gear with precise, controlled movements, his attention on the road, not me.
I pouted a bit at that. I was feeling raw and vulnerable after the stress of being "captured", and after my entombment in the rear of the car. I wanted to press my face to his shoulder or wrap a hand around his thigh. Instead, I stared at his face as he pulled back onto the road, at the line of his jaw and the slight lines at the corner of his eyes; the crooked bump on his nose where he'd broken it in a bar fight. I'd had to earn a serious reward to get that story, but it had been well worth it to get a glimpse at a younger, more reckless Sir.
"You're not curious where we're going?" he asked after a long moment, the corners of his mouth twitching.
I looked out the windscreen then, taking in the dual carriageway we were coasting down, the trees lining the road and the neatly parcelled out fields of farmlands spreading out on either side. I didn't recognise where we were.
"Where are we going, Sir?" I asked dutifully.
"Nowhere." I blinked and frowned, confused, and he glanced over at me, then smiled. "A road trip, kitten. Just a chance to enjoy the drive. Tell you what." He patted the dash. "I'll even let you choose the music."
"Thank you, Sir." I flicked on the radio and scrolled through the long list of channels available in Sir's fancy satellite subscription. My preference was for Country music, but I settled on Coffee House. I knew Sir liked that kind of thing and, no matter what he said, I doubted this was a simple road trip.
"Good choice," he commented. Then, in the same nonchalant tone of voice, "Take off your shoes and socks and put them in the back."
Okay. I muttered an acknowledgement of the instruction and toed off my trainers, reached down into the seat well to hook my ankle socks with a finger and slide them off my feet. Sir's car was immaculate as always and there was no gravel or dirt to irritate my bare toes as I placed them back down on the mat. I put my shoes and socks on the floor in the back and then turned to him expectantly.
He didn't say anything for the next three songs.
"Your jeans."
A little flicker of arousal pulsed in my clit as my hands went to the button of my jeans and slid it free before lowering the zipper and wiggling my way free of the skin-tight denim. They joined my shoes and socks in the back and I settled back into the smoothness of the leather seat. It was a dual carriageway, and I glanced nervously at the car accelerating slowly past us, but the woman driving was too busy arguing with the man in the seat next to her and besides, even if she'd looked over, she couldn't have seen my naked legs. Only Sir could.
I sat with my legs slightly parted, hoping he'd take his hand off the gear stick where it was resting and slide it between my thighs, or higher, but he didn't.
Another two songs.
"Your t-shirt."
I paused this time, hesitating just for a moment. My eyes went once more to the traffic, all those strangers driving somewhere, for some reason. There was no reason for any of them to look into our car - how often did I stare into the vehicles of other drivers? Almost never - but still, the knowledge that they could, at any time, made me excited and nervous both.
"Kitten."
A warning and admonishment in one.
"Sorry, Sir." Not giving myself time to think, I shifted the seatbelt and whipped my t-shirt over my head, tossing it into the back without bothering to turn it the right way out or fold it up. I was wearing a perfecting respectable bra but still, I was aware of the naked line of my shoulders, the vast pale drop down my sternum towards the tops of my breasts.
"Bra, too."
I'd known it was coming, but that didn't mean I was able to prevent the hiss that escaped from between my teeth. I leaned forward enough to unhook myself then pulled my bra free of my shoulders. This time I held the garment in my hands for a long moment, unwilling to surrender it to the back even though it was no longer doing the job of concealing the roundness of my breasts or my pale pink nipples.
"In the back, kitten."
I looked out of the passenger window so Sir wouldn't see the pout on my face as I chucked my bra behind me. I wanted to cover my chest with my arms, but I knew how that would go down so I placed my hands carefully on my naked thighs.