Part Three
"Look at the state our pet is in," Madelynn declared, rushing to Naoka's four-poster bed as she entered the room.
The Kittaran was lying sprawled out on the bed, panting and hugging a pillow to her chest.
"Explain what's happened to her," Selwyn demanded, addressing Gwendolyn.
Gwendolyn had been sitting near Naoka when they had arrived and now floated anxiously near the bed. "She was bored so she started reading Terin's Great Voyage," she began. She explained what had happened with The Girl in the Mirror, going into great detail about the sexy games the two had played and then the horrible "joke" The Girl in the Mirror had made.
Naoka struggled to listen to the exchange. She was painfully in need of climax but determined not to get off without permission. Because of this the detailed description of the erotic adventure was nearly more than she could bear.
I'm a good girl,
she kept repeating to herself.
A good girl who doesn't cum without permission.
She wasn't sure how long she'd been lying on the bed, hugging the pillow to keep her hands from getting her into trouble. One moment it felt like she'd been lying there struggling for hours, the next it felt like it had only been minutes.
One thing was clear to her: the arrival of her Mistresses was making her torment worse. Both of the women were like stunning sexual goddesses to her. Just the sight of their thick feminine curves made her want to jam her hands between her thighs and get herself in trouble.
When Madelynn had come and sat on the bed beside Naoka she'd almost broken. The woman had recognized this and grabbed hold of the Kittaran's wrists, holding them in place on the pillow on her chest.
Yet even that was a torment. The skin-on-skin contact made Naoka moan in longing, while the firmness of the woman's grip brought out the greedy submissive in her who wanted to obey so she'd be rewarded.
She realized she'd
BEEN
obeying and was impatient for her reward. "I've been a good girl," she whimpered pathetically to Madelynn as Gwendolyn was explaining what had happened with The Girl in the Mirror.
"Hush, little one," Madelynn told Naoka quietly as she soothed her, careful not to work her up any further. "Let Gwendolyn tell us what has happened, it's her job after all."
Naoka's furry ears perked up and she refocused her attention on Gwendolyn when the ghost girl began describing the erotic encounter she and Naoka had shared. There was a vast difference in how the girl described this encounter. Her sharing of events was much less detailed and a lot briefer, leaving out nearly anything that would hint at how emotional the encounter had been for her.
"You're hiding things from us," Selwyn accused when Gwendolyn was finished, voice cold and menacing. "Come to me, you
WILL
reveal your secrets."
The tone of voice she'd used shocked Naoka. That was not her sexy domineering Mistress. That was the voice of a cruel noblewoman or maybe something worse, perhaps the voice of a monster disguised as a Human letting its mask slip for a moment?
Naoka watched the ghost girl float submissively towards Selwyn, cowering as she drew near.
She looks like she expects Selwyn to strike her,
Naoka thought. She'd seen that body language countless times from servants of nobles. Seeing such servants struck in anger when their service was found lacking was a common sight yet, seeing it here shocked Naoka. She'd never seen any hint that her Mistresses punished their servants in any way that wasn't welcome and part of some sexy game.
Selwyn did not strike Gwendolyn. She reached up, holding her hands on either side of the ghost girl's semi-transparent head. She held her hands there with her fingers spread and bent in like she was some vicious animal bearing claws.
Arcs of arcane energy began to spark out from her fingertips, flashing into Gwendolyn. The ghost girl groaned and whimpered in discomfort, convulsing occasionally when the bolts of arcane energy were thicker. While this happened Selwyn's eyes glowed, the same arcane energy sparking into the ghost girl illuminating her vision.
"What do her memories show you?" Madelynn asked her partner.
"Our pet didn't cum, not even once," Selwyn told her while continuing to read Gwendolyn's memories.
"You
WERE
a good girl," Madelynn cooed to Naoka.
Normally Naoka would have felt a rush of ecstatic pride and sensual pleasure at such praise but the sight of Gwendolyn in such discomfort was too disturbing for her to care. "You're hurting her," she blurted out. "Please, stop!"
"She must reveal her secrets," Madelynn told Naoka, gripping the girl's wrists a little tighter to convey a not-so-subtle message that she was not to try and intervene. "My dearest love will be done in a moment."
As soon as the arcane energy stopped shooting from Selwyn's hands Gwendolyn collapsed to the floor, dropping to her knees. She sunk partially through the ground, breaking the normal illusion that she was solid.
Panting and gasping, she looked up at Selwyn with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Mistress. How shall I be punished?"
"What's been done is punishment enough," Madelynn said before Selwyn could declare a further punishment. "An invasion of the mind like that is uncomfortable for the living, but for you? Pushing past the veil of life and death to reach your mind must intensify that discomfort into pain. You need no further punishment."
Naoka noticed the last statement seemed not to be targeted at Gwendolyn, but rather at Selwyn.
"Besides," Madelynn went on, looking at the ghost girl with kind, reassuring eyes, "Gwendolyn has rarely disappointed us. She's one of our most useful and loyal servants." When the woman looked to her partner the kindness fell from her face. "What was she hiding, my dearest love?"
"She opened up to our pet emotionally in ways I'd thought her cold deceased heart not capable of," Selwyn began explaining, her voice containing a hint of cruel mockery in it. "Our new pet has melted her icy heart with her painful naivety and burning kindheartedness. She even let poor tragic Gwendolyn play out a fantasy of being with her former lover."
"Ah, it was about Liedia," Madelynn said as though that explained everything.
"What of the budding romance between Gwendolyn and our pet?" Selwyn asked. "It's not something we've had to deal with before, not from our resident ghost. Such games could...
complicate
things."
Madelynn shrugged, smiling strangely as she stared at Gwendolyn. "Come to me," she commanded.
Gwendolyn rose out of the floor and took a standing position before floating towards the bed. "Yes, Mistress?" she asked after closing her eyes for a moment to recenter herself.
"Do you wish us to remove you from the task you've been given? We can find a use for you in some way other than keeping an eye on our newest pet."
Gwendolyn's eyes flashed to Naoka, locking on her. "No, Mistress."
"You are not worried the opening of your heart to the girl will end up causing you more pain than joy?"
Naoka, staring into the ghost girl's eyes, saw a flicker of doubt as Gwendolyn hesitated to answer. "I think it might be worth it," she finally said. "And she made me a promise."
Selwyn chuckled, closing her eyes and recalling the memories she'd stolen from the ghost girl. "I'm going to help you reconnect with Liedia," she said, quoting Naoka's promise to Gwendolyn.
Madelynn returned the chuckle. "Quite the task you've set yourself," she said, looking at Naoka with quizzical amusement.
"There's more," Selwyn said excitedly. She closed her eyes, bringing back more of the memories she'd read in Gwendolyn's mind to recite more of what she'd heard Naoka say. "And I'm going to solve all the mysteries. I'll find out all about The Girl in the Mirror. I'll find out how to open that white door with the metal tree locking it shut because I'm certain it leads to the forest where the girl's witch lives. I'll find the Mirror Sword, but not to slay Madelyn and Selwyn. I'll find it and discover what it is and why it's important."
When she finished she opened her eyes and smiled at Naoka, her expression like a sly cat about to pounce on its prey. "I hope you accomplish all the tasks you've set for yourself."
"Especially the part about now slaying us," Madelynn added in a mock-serious tone. "You know, my love, it seems almost like the girl has begun to think we're the monsters from that book you
accidentally
left in her room."
"Mischief from The Girl in the Mirror no doubt," Selwyn replied. "As is the idea we've some magical door leading back to her witch's forest." She chuckled, flashing Naoka a sly smile. "If we had such a door discovering the way to open it would be beyond anything a simple stray cat could ever discover, regardless of how curious she is."
Through the conversation Naoka and Gwendolyn kept their eyes locked. Naoka felt the girl was trying to tell her something, but she couldn't figure out what. Maybe she would have been able to if she hadn't been painfully in need of climax, with the feel of Selwyn's firm grip and the sensual beauty of Gwendolyn's pretty eyes distracting her.
"Gwendolyn, dear, you've done well today despite your moment of weakness hiding things from us," Madelynn said as her attention returned to the ghost girl. "Naoka has been a very good girl not cumming and she's to be rewarded, but your presence spying on her will not be required during that time. I want to assure you we are not angry with you and that this is not some kind of punishment. Would you like some kind of reward to prove this?"