Miley woke in a puddle of her own drool as the lights in the dungeon suddenly blazed to life. She twisted in her cage, her wrists still bound, the spreader bar still holding her legs open, and saw Orllah striding towards her. The Sith was wearing her usual attire; a cropped top that exposed the underside of her scarlet boobs and her toned midriff. A pair of tight, black shorts and knee high sandals. Leather gloves, the one on her saber hand short and fingerless, the other reaching just below her elbow, and a short sleeved black robe. She unlocked the cage and gestured to Miley.
"Out," she ordered.
Miley did as instructed, crawling from the cage on stiff limbs to kneel before her mistress. Orllah crouched in front of her. Removing the shackles from her wrists, the bar from her ankles and finally the ring gag from her mouth.
"Clean yourself up," Orllah commanded. "There are clothes in the bathroom."
"Yes, Mistress," Miley said, her voice small.
She stood slowly, her long dress thankfully helping to hide her shaking legs, and walked towards the open door to the dungeon. The bathroom was at the other end of the hall and it was only when she was out of sight of her mistress that she allowed her hands to travel to her sore wrists and her jaw to work itself loose from where she had been gagged all night. She knew that she was still in trouble from the previous night. First she had shouted at the Duke in front of the entire Assembly and then she had orgasmed when Orllah had told her not to... Twice.
She swallowed nervously as she walked up to the sink and braced herself against it, breathing slowly as she looked up at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was a mess and there were streaks of make-up down her cheeks from where she had cried last night. It had been a long time since she had slept in that cage. A long time since she had disappointed Orllah enough to leave her alone in the cold and dark like that and she was determined to make up for it today.
She pulled her dress off, letting it tumbled to the floor at her feet, and hurried to the toilet before stepping into the shower. The warm water was soothing against the welts on her tits and ass left over from the flogging she had received last night and she spent several long minutes simply standing under the water, watching it run over her body and splash to the floor. Once she had washed and dried herself she settled in front of the mirror to re-apply her makeup. Orllah hadn't given her a time period to return by and the fact that all of her usual things were laid out for her was a sign that she didn't have to rush. Whether it was a small mercy on her mistress' part or not, she was grateful either way and after twenty minutes or so, with her eyeliner and a subtle hint of eyeshadow applied, she was beginning to feel more like herself again.
The clothes that Orllah had left her were hardly clothes at all. Aside from a pair of black heels all that had been left for her was a pair of stockings and a black leather waspie belt. She cinched the belt around her midriff, pulling the corset-like bones to their middle setting where they felt most comfortable before rolling the stockings up her long, olive coloured legs and attaching them to the garter straps and slipping on the heels. She paused long enough to examine herself in the mirror, smiling at the flash of her gold collar against her now silky-smooth blue hair and at the way the garter straps pulled tight over the cheeks of her ass, before stepping out of the bathroom and walking with a 'click-click' of her heels back to the dungeon.
Orllah was sat crosslegged in the middle of the room when she returned. The Sith's eyes were closed and her palms were resting on her knees. Miley hesitated before approaching her mistress, not wanting to disturb her meditation. She settled herself into her standard position in front of her; on her knees with her palms face up in her lap, and waited.
"Can you feel it?" Orllah asked after several long minutes of silence.
Miley swallowed and shook her head. "No, Mistress," she said softly.
Orllah did not open her eyes but raised a hand, her fingers half bent like a claw, and lightning leapt from their tips to envelop Miley. She gasped at the sensation but it wasn't painful as the jolts Orllah had dealt her the previous night had been. The electricity tingled as it surrounded her, playing across her bare skin and through her hair and that was when she could feel it. Orllah had spoken often about the Force and Miley had seen what she could do with her mystical powers but she had never understood it. Here, like this, she could feel it. A great cosmic power that existed beyond the plains of her reality. A power that could swallow her whole or lift her up to greatness. She breathed in, feeling Orllah's heart beat as she shared her power with her and suddenly the Sith was in front of her, her hand in her hair as she pulled her in and kissed her firmly on the lips, her tongue pushing into her mouth as she held her close and wrapped her in her strength.
Miley sighed as Orllah pulled away, the otherworldly sensation of the Force fading as the Sith withdrew the crackling bolts of lightning. She realised she was trembling, her nipples already hard and her pussy warm. She watched Orllah stand and turn away, the sway of her hips visible even through the folds of her robe, and clenched her teeth.
No, she thought angrily. Keep it together.
"The members of the Assembly depart today," Orllah said as she stepped up to one of the racks of chains and toys that lined the walls of the room. "They leave in an hour. You will be at my side to bid them farewell."
"Yes, Mistress," Miley said softly. The thought of seeing the Duke again rankled her, but she would do as she was told.
"I had planned on you standing beside me. But given last night's outburst, kneeling will have to do."
Miley nodded. "Yes, Mistress."
Orllah held her gaze for several minutes before nodding in satisfaction. She turned to the wall, running her fingers over toys one after the other before returning an unhooking several from the wall. She walked back to Miley slowly, her hips swaying with every click of her heeled sandals, and stopped in front of her, staring down at her with a small smile on her lips.
"Open," she said.
Miley licked her lips before opening her mouth to receive the ball gag that Orllah held out. She pushed it into her mouth, looping the straps behind her head and pulling them tight. Gags were Orllah's favourite kind of toy, Miley knew, and she loved wearing them as well. Her jaw was still sore from wearing the ring gag all night however, and as Orllah fastened the straps she couldn't help but wince slightly, not that the Sith seemed to care either way.
Next Orllah held up a pair of gold clamps linked by a thin chain. Miley bit down hard on the gag as she allowed the Sith to attach them to her nipples, the rubber stoppers setting a fire in her tits as they pinched down on her nipples one after the other.