There is no underage content in this story. It involves a dad and his four sons but the youngest son is eighteen. There are no flashbacks or memories and no one ever acts underage. A slaveling is not a slave child. A slaveling is a legal status similar to indentured servant or serf.
I do not condone slavery primarily because children should not be enslaved and no one should be enslaved based on superficial characteristics like skin color. This story is a guy being placed as collateral on a loan. There will be elements of non-consent, bondage, incest and humiliation in this chapter.
Also this is fantasy so even though I tried to be as realistic as possible, the GPS tracker isn't completely realistic.
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Luke's POV
I lived on a farm with my brothers Jasper, Jordan and Jeremy. I know, I was the only one whose name didn't start with J. Even my dad's name was John and my mom's name was June. My dad insisted that the names were just names he liked and that he hadn't intended to be all J except me.
Our farm was fairly large and we had to hire farmhands to help. My Dad often talked about how he wished he could buy slaves but they were too expensive. Slaves would have made running the farm easier. Dad even joked sometimes about enslaving us. The joking made my brothers and I uncomfortable but we weren't that scared. Laws prevented parents from enslaving their own descendants. Dad only joked that way when one of us made him angry by doing something really stupid. Still, we made our plans to move out as soon as we could.
But it wasn't that easy to move out. My brothers and I were close in age. I was almost nineteen, Jasper had only turned twenty-three and still lived at home with my other brothers, twenty-one and almost twenty.
It was a Tuesday when Dad called us together. His lawyer (Mr. Ferguson), some of the farmhands, and a slave cop were also there.
I asked, "What's going on?" as I took my seat.
Dad said, "You know how I have been charging all of you rent ever since your eighteenth birthday but not one of you has paid me a penny."
That's when the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Was my dad really about to enslave one of us? I looked at my brothers and they all looked as nervous as I felt.
Dad looked at Jasper, "Your debt to me has became large enough that legally, I could have you indentured until you can pay back the debt but I really don't want to do that. Mr. Ferguson has helped me come up with an alternate plan. Jasper, I know you aren't going to like this but it is better than turning you into a slave. What I can do is take out a loan by putting you up as collateral. Then you would have the status of a slaveling, not a full slave."
Jasper stood up and yelled, "You don't have to do either."
He was about to say more but the slave cop tased him and he twitched on the floor.
Dad yelled, "That is not necessary. He's a slaveling not a full slave."
The slave cop said, "He should still refer to you as master."
Dad yelled again, "Not necessary. I have studied the rules about slavelings and no, slavelings are not required to call anyone master."
The slave cop said, "There will be inspectors who will check up on you to make sure this slaveling is following the rules. He won't be able to just play video games all day. If we find that he's not fulfilling his duties, he will be fully enslaved."
Dad said, "I know that and yes, I will make sure he fulfills his duties but we don't need to be harsh about it."
The slave cop said, "You're doing your son a disservice. I've seen it before, people who go easy on a slaveling cause the slaveling to be fully enslaved."
Dad said, "That won't happen in this case." Then he sat down.
In the meantime, Jasper had recovered and got back into his seat. I'm sure my brothers felt like running. I felt like running but I was scared of being tased so I stayed put.
The slave cop asked, "May I take the slaveling for processing now?"
Dad said, "Not yet. I want to say a few more things to my son first." He turned to Jasper, "I promise to go as easy on you as I can and I plan to free you. I will use the loan to buy a slave to work on the farm and with both you and the slave working, I will be able to pay back the loan in five years. But, in order to be able to free you, I will need to impose some strict rules and make you work. I expect you to handle this with dignity. Obey every command and I won't need to punish you. Stand up straight, be polite, smile at everyone, although you don't have to call anyone master, it would be a good habit to develop. Carry yourself with dignity no matter how embarrassed or distressed you feel and I will be proud of you. Okay?"
Jasper quietly said, "Okay" but kept his head down.
The slave cop said, "Alright, I'm going to take you to processing now and they have a dress code that slavelings should arrive naked so stand up and strip."
Jasper just looked at the slave cop. The slave cop raised his taser but Dad stopped him.
"Don't." Dad said, "Let me handle it." Then he turned to Jasper and said, "Jasper, obey with dignity. Strip naked and stand at attention."
Jasper slowly stood up and started stripping. Dad said, "Fold your clothes neatly and stack them." So Jasper did. He hesitated before removing his underwear but the cop nodded and Jasper took off his underwear, folded them and placed them neatly in the stack. Then he stood at attention with his shoulders back and his hands at his sides.
I had never had such a good view of Jasper's body before. I had seen him naked but only while he was changing, never while he just stood there with his arms at his sides. He looked good.
Then the slave cop ran his hand over Jasper's face. Jasper flinched but Dad said, "Atten-hut" and Jasper straightened up.