Antalya awoke with her head face down in her pillow and turned her eyes to the brilliance of the morning sun. She felt more accustomed to this bed now that she had spent two nights there and already looked forward to the new day in this foreign country. She sat up pushing aside the bed sheets and rotated her body to let her legs hang over the mattress' edge. She was quickly reminded of the whip welts received the previous night. She stepped down to the parquet flooring and walked over in front of her dressing table and lifted her nightgown above her head. She folded it and turned to place it on the foot of the bed as she had been instructed. With her backside directed to the table mirror, she craned over her shoulder and saw for the first time the parallel traces across her buttocks.
She ran her fingers along the slight ridges and admired her stamina from the baronessa's training. They looked worse than they felt at this point, she thought. She wished her Master had been there when she received them, watching her accept each crack of the whip as she strove to improve. She closed her eyes and imagined Him sitting back at the head of the four-poster bed while she stood hands outstretched with the baronessa delivering each of her well placed blows. Although she had fought hard to hold back her tears that night, feeling that to do so would have been indecorous, she now wished that she had cried aloud to give the baronessa ample pretext to whip her more and with less restraint. Her delightful dreamstate was suddenly interrupted by a rapping on her chamber door. Shortly then it creaked open wide.
"Buon giorno, Antalya", the baronessa broke the morning calm, strutting in boldly. She was carrying a large parcel in front of her and Miss Kim trailed behind and closed the door on its large hinges with a click. "Very nice", commented the baronessa, noticing the welts on Antalya's ass. Antalya stood there unflinching as both women looked her up and down. She no longer felt so naked with her new body ornamentation highlighted in the morning sunshine. While Miss Kim had on the same simple light-blue uniform as before, the baronessa arrived wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved, white blouse covered by a dark green felt vest and a long flowing skirt with narrow pleats the hem of which grazed the buckles of her freshly polished boots. She wore a black bowler with her hair tied up and tucked underneath. Miss Kim walked to the dressing table and set down her bag. Antalya stepped over and sat down delicately on the stool before the dressing table Shortly Miss Kim began the toilette routine. While Miss Kim braided and combed, Antalya sat stiffly erect and stared ahead, but she was watching secretly the reflection of the baronessa opening the parcel she had laid on the bed. Using a fingernail, she split the box down a seam and opened it. She pulled out what Antalya recognized as a corset but like none she had ever seen before.
She of course knew corsets; she owned a few, herself. She had bought several through mailorder from some popular catalogues. She liked wearing them for her Master both at home and under her clothing whenever they went out on the town. She enjoyed it when she stood naked in front of Him so she could be zipped into one of her newest outfits. Over time, however, they both grew disappointed with them. The seams would fray or the elastic would stretch so that the tightness she so relished would instead hang loosely over her curves and begin to look cheap and tattered. Yes, she did indeed know corsets; she had a lingerie drawer full of them that she could no longer wear.
The baronessa held the corset out in front of her and then flipped it around to appreciate the lacing. "Meraviglioso", she muttered. She turned abruptly to look at Antalya who quickly averted her gaze. Miss Kim directed Antalya to rise and began powdering her torso with a feather puff. A fine cloud of powder was spotlit by the narrow band of sunlight streaming through the room and warming the wooden flooring Antalya stood on in her bare feet. The baronessa piped up, "Antalya, let us help you try on your new ensemble." She positioned Antalya to face one of the sturdy corner posts supporting the bed's embroidered canopy. "Now lean forward and grasp the wood with both hands." Antalya raised her arms up high and stretched forward, which caused her breasts to swing out and her shapely ass to jut out. The position seemed similar to the previous night's. The baronessa sidled up behind her, the pleats of her skirt tickling Antalya's tense calves. The baronessa leaned further forward and draped the corset on her back and began attaching the busc closure from the top. The baronessa's knuckles bumped up against Antalya's breasts as she clipped the first into place. Antalya lowered her eyelids when she felt that brief moment of contact. She listened as each clasp snapped into place and even more intently when the baronessa started telling her about the corset she was enveloping her with. As she began cinching up the laces, she explained that Antalya's measurements had been telephoned to Milan where a corsetmaker was waiting to work through the evening. Expedited into the country by speedboat before dawn, it had only arrived moments earlier at the villa by bicycle courier. She explained that the same corsetmaker had made her first corset, one that she eventually outgrew, or better said, grew beyond its limitations.
The baronessa now began pulling tightly on the lacing, squeezing and modifying the acolyte's abdomen. She tied off the cords and wrapped them once around Antalya's waist and made a big bowknot at the back. "Let us see you now", the baronessa suggested. Antalya dropped her arms to her sides and positioned herself in front of the mirror and turned slowly around. Her breasts draped over the upper edge of the corset and compressed the bottom of her ribcage. The boning formed a liquid line along her waist and hugged fast over her hips. The baronessa stood behind her and looked at the reflection of Antalya's eyes in the mirror. She then grasped onto her tightly clad hips as if to test the corset's fit. She then mentioned smiling at their shared reflected image, "There is just final touch to complete your new ensemble." She then took out of the same box a narrow leather band. Antalya watched her reflection as the baronessa buckled it around her neck. In front were attached two metallic D-rings held in place by a riveted leather strip. The collar sat high and snug on her neck, emphasizing its swanlike gracefulness. "Now your ensemble is complete." She turned to Miss Kim, "I don't think this one has need of her earrings today so long as she keeps on her toes." Miss Kim gathered her things and opened the chamber door. The baronessa leaned forward a bit and whispered, "Walk ahead, please. I wish to watch you move." She then patted Antalya's exposed behind. Antalya proceeded to strut through the doorway. Her new corset constricted her breathing yet embraced her. She felt like a living statue with baronessa's eyes held attentively on her. And although absent from her costume, she still imagined the dangly earrings hold her head straight and level. She marched ahead with the baronessa a few paces behind and Miss Kim closed the door tight.
The three of them proceeded down the silent corridor and out to the walled garden. Outside Antalya was surprised to see two beautiful women standing side by side in the garden near the breakfast table, apparently waiting for them to arrive. The baronessa immediately walked straight up to the women and in unison they curtsied and each kissed one of her outstretched hands. Both women had long hair tied up in high set ponytails. One was a blonde; the other, a redhead. As Antalya approached them, she took notice of their clothing. They wore matching black leather corsets, which lifted their breasts and ended above their hips and were accented with silver buckles. They had on black boots too, which covered the calves and were laced and tied at the top. Antalya further noticed that unlike herself, these women were entirely smooth below. The baronessa pulled Antalya up next to her and proclaimed, "I want to introduce you to Hippolyta and Palfrea. They were some of my first guests at the villa." She pointed out the redhead and the blonde respectively.