When I got to the Master's bedroom the next morning, I was surprised to see that he was already up and awake. He and the Wife were sat up against the headboard, looking at their laptop, discussing the dates of some event. As I open the door, they both look up at me, and he invites me in.
"Come in, Lana."
I walk over to the bed and take up a kneeling position on the floor. He has sometimes been awake and doing other things before I arrive to give him his wake-up call, although usually not on a Sunday. He and the Wife did retire to their bedroom early last night, but that's never an accurate way of telling when they actually went to sleep. In these situations, it is best to kneel and simply wait for instructions.
Without acknowledging me, he gets out of bed and walks out the door. Clearly, he doesn't require my services this morning. After waiting on the floor for a moment, I consult the Wife.
"Should I wait for his return, Miss?"
"Yes Lana, but you can join me up here." She replies, patting the bed next to her where the Master had been. I get up and slide myself under the sheets, sitting against the headboard next to the Wife. The bed was nice and warm where the Master had been sitting. The Wife closed the laptop, turned to me, and cut straight to the point.
"I quite enjoy this new dominant side of yours, where's that been hiding?"
I feel myself blush as I freeze in response. After a lot of stressing about whether I would be called out for my actions yesterday, I had finally reassured myself that I was in the clear, and now the Wife not only noticed it, but is asking me about it!
She had asked in a gossipy tone, but I can't tell whether that was masking contempt for my role in her punishment yesterday. Or had she even noticed me pushing on the Master's ass as he fucked her in the morning? Surely, she can't be angry with me for the punishment, I didn't ask to be involved, and I only did what our Master told me to do. But on the other hand, she can't be talking about the morning, as she had been lying on her front, and couldn't have seen what I was doing. Unless -- had the Master told her about it? I start to panic, the Wife can be just as sadistic as the Master, if not more so, sometimes, and we were alone in the room together. I fluster trying to think of how to respond, until she attempts to reassure me.
"It's ok, I won't get you in any trouble."
She smirks at me as she speaks. She's clearly trying to act friendly and reassure me, but part of me is still nervous and doesn't trust her motives. She was clearly angry yesterday about Master degrading her in front of me, and I feared she could be harbouring feelings of resentment towards me because of it. The last thing I want is a battle of dominance with the Wife.
"If it helps, I rather enjoyed myself," she continues, "you're a natural. I can't believe we didn't discover this sadistic streak in you sooner."
She seemed to understand what I was going through much better than I did, and talked of it like some sort of spiritual awakening. I finally manage to pull my thoughts together and respond to her.
"Does Sir know?"
"He spotted it before me, apparently you were a bit handsy yesterday morning."
"Oh no." I mutter under my breath.
"That's why he brought you down to the basement, so we could explore this new side of you."
I start to worry just how obvious I had been.
"Is that why he punished you yesterday, just to see what I would do?" I ask.
The Wife lets out a strange laugh.
"No," she answers, "that was definitely my fault."
As she laughs to herself about whatever had happened while I was at work, we begin to hear Amber moaning and screaming from the bathroom downstairs.
"Well, they're enjoying themselves." The Wife remarks. She loses her train of thought as she gets distracted by the sound of the Master and Amber in the bathroom, before turning back to me.
"If it were up to me, I'd take you under my wing as a trainee dungeon-hand, and I'd teach you all there is to know about exploring your sadism."
I picture myself, working beside the Wife in the dungeon, with the other girls tied up and completely at our mercy.
When I joined the Harem, I learnt about all the different roles a sub could fulfil, before agreeing to the role of maid. A dungeon-hand preps and rigs subs in the basement for the Master's pleasure, and often tortures and teases them while he has his way with them. The Harem does not have a dedicated dungeon-hand at the moment, but the Wife often performs the associated tasks for Master.
The Wife is now gently running her finger up and down my arm as we are sat next to each other, and sensing that I'm secretly enjoying what she's saying, continues.
"Unfortunately, my dear husband enjoys having his little serving girls, and won't allow me to distract you from your role as his maid."