She could hear the 'clok' of the guard's boot-heels on the stone floor as he approached her cell. With a squeal of metal, her cell door swung open and a hooded man entered carried large manacles.
"It is time, Princess." He said as he clasped her hands in front and shackled them, leading her out into the corridor. As they climbed further and further from the dungeon, she could here raucous noises from the court chambers. Though she could make out no words, she could hear shouts and accusations. The hooded guard brought her to a halt before the massive doors. No sooner had they arrived, than the heavy doors swung open, and a hush fell upon the crowd inside.
"Bring forth the prisoner!" boomed a voice from within.
Her guard took her by the arm and led her into the center of the room, where she stood with all eyes upon her. She could feel their leers as she became aware that with the light streaming through the stained glass windows above, her gauzy robes were virtually transparent. They could see every curve of her flesh, her nipples, her breasts barely contained by her bodice, areolas almost showing over the scalloped bust, the sweet crescent between her thighs... and frightened as she was, her flesh betrayed her true desire and she began to feel the familiar warmth on her. In fact, as the silence hung and she remained still before the court's eyes, she felt herself growing wet.
"Druid Princess... you have been found guilty of heresy and treason against Her Majesty." rang out the verdict from the herald. Her hopes of escape dashed as the Lord High Inquisitor stood from his place above the court. A breeze swept in through the arrowlets, catching his crimson robes, making him look larger and more powerful.
The silence thundered in the great hall, as he descended the stairs and approached the prisoner. He stepped very near, and began to whisper to her. Though she held her head high, she trembled, awaiting her fate.
"My dear, you have been found guilty. If I choose, I can have you led to the place of execution, and all will be finished. Is that what you wish?" he whispered.
"No my lord!" she cried, with fear on her tongue, but defiance in her voice.
"As I had hoped. I have another alternative. The axe need not claim you. You are strong and beautiful, and being an Inquisitor, it is my right to determine the circumstance of your torture and if I choose, your death... But I would not mar such beauty for all the world." said He.
"You see my dear, I am somewhat a student of the sciences myself. And many of the devices we use in the dungeons to extract confessions sprang from my pen. But in secret, I have invented new devices, not for torture, but for pleasure!" With this last, he leaned very close, and she could smell hints of musk and jasmine and orange. Involuntarily, shudders rippled through her frame with the mention of the Inquisitor's machines.
"Will you, my dear, consent to your punishment? Freely and without reserve? You must accept all commands I give you. You will obey. Do you accept? You know the consequences if you do not." With this he stepped away, leaving her to be gazed upon once again by the hungry eyes of the court.
"I will, my lord. Whatever is my punishment, I will accept." she called after him. As he turned, instead of a shrinking groveler, his eyes met a proud princess, hair flowing, her wonderful breasts heaving 'neath her tight fitting bodice. He noticed a sly smile peeking from behind her tresses.
With a flourish, he faced the court and proclaimed. "My Lords! She has accepted the will of this court, and she will be enfolded into our bosom once again." With that, he took her chains and began to lead her away. The court, still hungry for blood, began to rant and howl, but he silenced them with a hand, and led the princess through a small arched doorway, into the darkness.
Down and down they climbed, round and round the stone staircase, deeper and deeper into the dungeons, until at last they came to a great iron door, bearing a massive iron lock. Her chains clinked against the stone floor as she and the Inquisitor stood before the opening. He turned to face her.
"Inside this chamber, lie contrivances of my own design. They create such overwhelming pleasure, If I chose, I will bring you to climax again and again, or I can tease you until you are frenzied. Should you resist my machines, or deny me my pleasure... should you try to escape or inflict harm on me... you know the consequences, do you not?"