Lost in Eros
Book II: The Forest
The Easy Way
It was late in the morning when a pair of serving girls and four sisters came into the hall of castle where Tascha hung from the big X.
"Get her down from there," one of the sisters commanded. The two girls hurried to comply. Tascha was pretty sure the small brunette was Nina, but the little girl avoided making any eye contact with her. They undid her ankles first, and Tascha breathed a ragged sigh of relief as she supported her weight on the ground for the first time in almost 24 hours. Pushing up, she relieved some of the strain on her shoulders. While the two girls worked to untie Tascha's wrists, the warriors moved a bit closer and seemed tensed in case Tascha should make an escape attempt. She realized how ridiculous their concern was when her right wrist was released and her arm fell to her side, a numb, useless appendage. Tascha cried out as her shoulder complained against suddenly moving after so long in the same position. When the other wrist was freed, Tascha's whole body followed the downward motion of her arm, collapsing in a pile on the stone floor.
"Get her some food and water," the same woman ordered, and then walked away, leaving the other three guards to watch over Tascha and the serving girls.
One of the girls ran off, while the one who was almost certainly Nina caressed Tascha's forehead with a moist cloth. Tascha groaned a bit as she worked to move her arms. Already, her hands were alive with a million pinpricks as the circulation returned to its normal levels. Probably-Nina began to gently massage Tascha's shoulders and upper arms. Then the other girl, a somewhat plain blonde girl with pendulous breasts and wide hips, returned with a flagon of water and three apples. The flagon was tipped up so Tascha could down several mouthfuls, and then the first apple was held for her, much as Nina done during the night.
Tascha felt the rejuvenating effects of the water and fruit almost immediately. She fed herself the second apple, and drank down the rest of the flagon's contents. Her body seemed to have suffered no real damage from being tied to that damn cross. Though she could use a good night's sleep on a horizontal surface, Tascha felt reinvigorated. Naturally, given the XYZ, this meant that her sex drive was again kicking into gear. However, her feistiness was, if anything, only encouraged by the treatment she'd received by the warrior women.
When the blonde offered her the third apple, Tascha smiled at her and said, "No thanks. You have it. I appreciate the help, both of you."
The blonde smiled and nodded her head, and Tascha was sure she felt the briefest kiss on her shoulder from almost certainly Nina.
The girls gathered up the apple cores, the empty flagon and the wet cloth, and hurried away. As if on cue, a half dozen of the so-called sisters came into the hall. Leading the way was the haughty Daphne, today wearing a shear red robe that hung from her strong shoulders, and parted down the front to show her cleavage, bare abs and the flowing swatch of gold-yellow fabric that hung from a belt around her waist to cover her privates. Tascha thought she looked like an adolescent boy's fantasy, something ripped off the cover of a
Conan
paperback or something.
Too bad she's such a bitch
, Tascha thought.
Behind and to Daphne's right was also the blonde Viking woman, Brigit. Like the other warriors, Brigit was wearing the patched-together armor Tascha had seen the day before.
The party of women surrounded Tascha. One of them, a big brunette with brown hair cut short, said, "Well, she smells better today." Tascha thought she recognized this woman's voice as that of Wanda, who liked a good butt fucking, but not from a "goat".
"Yes, but has her attitude improved?" Daphne wondered. She looked down at Tascha, who was still crouching on the stone floor, with a raised eyebrow and a cold-disinterested expression. "Well, pup, are you going to behave yourself and do as you're told?"
Tascha looked around at the armed and armored women, momentarily wondering which one was most likely to hit her if she got out of line. Tascha had been expecting something like this sort of question, and had actually not decided on which response she'd actually give. Finally, she went with, "That depends; are you going to tell me to go on my merry way?"
Tascha expected to be hit, but wasn't. Perhaps it was the fact that Daphne actually smiled that kept the others from punishing her. Still, that particular smile was not one Tascha liked seeing. Daphne's smile was the sort that went along with a villain saying, "I was hoping you'd say that."
Daphne shook her head and said, "Have no doubt about it, pup, you're not going anywhere. Your pale ass belongs to us now. You'll do whatever we tell you to and you'll do it with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. If I tell you to lick out Wanda's ass, you'll get in there and bury your face between her cheeks and say 'Yum!'"
"Why is everyone talking about my ass lately?" Wanda asked, confirming Tascha's guess about her identity.
Daphne ignored Wanda, though, and continued addressing Tascha, saying, "The only question is whether you're going to play along like a good little pet, or make us go to all the trouble of breaking you. Playing along is the smart thing, and certainly easiest for all of us. Plus, I'm sure Wanda's ass could use the cleaning. Don't get me wrong, breaking you will be fun too – for us. And be quite confident that we will break you; we've got all the time in the world. Honestly, just between you and me, I hope you're going to keep resisting."
Tascha didn't even pause to consider her options, but said, "You know, Daphne, I'd really rather lick Wanda's ass than keep listening to you talk."
This time she was smacked, and hard, by someone on her right. Catching herself as she slumped to the left, Tascha heard Wanda saying, "Wait, does that mean she's going to behave?"
By way of reply, Daphne ordered, "Give her to the men."
Abruptly Tascha was hauled up to her feet, by sisters on either side of her with firm grasps on her upper arms. They compelled her off to the side of the hall, where they led her down a short corridor that in turn led to a small, open courtyard. There was a big section of the courtyard's floor that was missing, and a number of chairs were arranged around this big hole. Daphne led the way, circling around the hole and taking a seat on what looked like the most comfortable chair. Tascha was led to the edge of the hole. Looking down, she saw a big chamber, the center of which, directly underneath her, was taken up by what looked like a very large mattress, covered with a dark red sheet.
Brigit came up next to the sister who held Tascha's right arm, and said, "Our men have an easy life, really. They do our manual labor, of course, but there isn't much of that. Now and then we use them as playthings, but not very often. For one thing, they're men, and for another, dangling the possibility of sex in front of them, without giving it to them, serves to keep them well-behaved. So, they're pretty much always in a state of frustration, and they never ever get to just have their way with a woman." Brigit paused and smiled at Tascha, with what seemed to be actual friendly amusement. "Have fun."