Title: Sacrifice to Sensation
Author: Katie Mystique
The morning, crisp and lazy, was a cold autumn one, a blanket of fog laying down in the dew-soaked clearing of vibrant green. Standing in the center were six large stones formed in a circle, giving off an eerie feeling to the area as a whole. The sounds of the birds of dawn lilted the air, mixing with the night's frogs and their ribbits. The sun had yet to crest over the horizon, leaving the world in a dim blue glow that was bright enough to see clearly in, but still gave a blanket of the comfort of night.
Walking into the middle of the stone circle were two men and one woman. The men were fully dressed in black pants, t-shirts and jackets, one with tawny brown hair, the other a vibrant ginger color. The woman, however, was dressed in a silken, dark blue robe, accented along the edges in silver. Her hair was bright blonde and long, its tresses flowing freely down her shoulders and back in waves. She wore almost no makeup, save some mascara, and her arms were wrapped close around her body in search of warmth.
Carried by one of the men was a folded-up blanket and a duffel bag; the other carried a cloth tote that looked like it bore something heavy by the way it pulled at the handles.
Once they reached the middle of the circle, the man with the blanket set down the duffel bag and flung out the flannel blanket at the edges, opening it up and laying it down on the cold, damp grass. The woman stood there, holding herself, as the men prepared the area.
From the tote bag, the second gentleman pulled out metal tent stakes. With a rubber mallet, also from the bag, he hammered them down into the grass at the four corners of the blanket. The man to her right knelt at the duffel bag, opening it up and pulling out a pair of supple, soft leather cuffs. He beckoned to her.
Going over to him, still silent, the woman offered her wrists to him. With deft hands, he wrapped and buckled the cuffs around her delicate wrists. He then knelt at her feet, lifting one of her bare feet to rest upon his knee as he wrapped the cuff around her ankle. Setting down her foot, he then repeated the same action to her other ankle.
"Go ahead and lay down now, Claire -- on your stomach," the burly one who had put her cuffs on directed her.
Obediently, she went to the blanket. Sliding off her robe, she set it in a pile next to the blanket, baring her naked skin to the chill of the air. It was bracing and made her skin hypersensitive. Laying down on her stomach, she spread her arms and her legs towards the tent stakes. She took a deep breath, the smell of crushed grass, dew and the forest air surrounding them filling her senses.
There was some rustling to her side, the sounds of metal clinking against metal, coarse fabric running across itself and even the sound of fur going over a hard surface.
"Lift your head," came the gentle voice of the more lithe man.
Claire did as she was bidden and lifted her head as the silk of a scarf fell down over her eyes and descended darkness around her, blinding her to the rising hue of the dawn. At her wrists, she could feel carabiner clips connecting her cuffs, one at a time, to the stakes at the corners, before her ankles were clipped to the stakes as well. She was well and truly spread out, bare and pale to the world and to the two men at her sides.
"Are you comfortable?" the husky man known as 'Red' asked.
Claire nodded her head.
"Then we'll begin. Remember, the point of this is to experience the sensations. You've seen the bag and you know what's in it. Your safe word is lollipop, do not be afraid to use it if you need to," the other man, known as 'Adrian', remarked, his lilt betraying his smile. "Now take a deep breath and let your mind relax."
Claire did as she was told, taking a deep breath and relaxing into the damp, but markedly warmer, blanket beneath her breasts and stomach.
Minutes, or so it felt, passed as she laid there, feeling only the chilled breeze and the tingling of dew settling upon her skin. The men were so silent, no movement to be had. It was almost as if they had left her there alone, staked in the stone circle.
Suddenly she felt a caress down the middle of her back, a shiver running across her skin. It was a warm caress but furry like a bunny rabbit. It was soothing and it relaxed her even more. Slowly the fur caressed its way up her back and over her shoulders, then down her arms, moving slow and patiently. There was no rush. Only sensation.
Coming back up her arm, it went down her shoulder once more. It held all her focus. It was pleasant and calming.
Suddenly there was a prickling sensation on the back of her thigh, and she gasped slightly. While the fur continued its tender caress over the right side of her back, the prickling sensation on her left thigh began trickling its way down her leg. It made a little circle on the sensitive area right behind her knee before continuing down her calf.
Such a mix of sensations had Claire's mind whirling, wondering what to focus on the most. Her attention was torn between the exciting sharpness and the soothing caress of the fur.