Leaving the rhetorical question hanging, Dean Wilkins swung her athletic frame up off the chair and came to a standing position. After tugging at the hem and bodice of her dress until a semblance of order was restored, she spun smartly toward the door and, in three long, bold, strides, was gone.
The moment the Dean was out of sight, Jodie found herself caught in a dilemma. She wanted more than anything to go to Miss White, pull off her ball gag, talk to her and/or kiss her. But though the Dean had not forbidden this, neither had she explicitly permitted it, and Jodie knew that if she made the wrong choice, she risked endangering the Dean's good will and perhaps being punished all over again.
Not that the punishment had been so terrible — in fact the last hour with the Dean had been one of the most thrilling of her young life. But she was now thoroughly sated and physically exhausted, and felt no need to repeat the experience right away. She also sensed that the smart move in this context was to obey the Dean's every whim, real or imagined. Any other approach risked disturbing the delicate rapprochement they had achieved.
Miss White had been looking into Jodie's eyes all this time, and had more or less followed her line of thought. Had she been able to speak in that moment, she would have told Jodie that her instincts were absolutely correct. Patience and endurance were the orders of the day.
Nonetheless, it was a huge struggle for Jodie to stay still, and she had just about lost it when the Dean returned carrying a freshly popped bottle of champagne and two flutes. She handed one to Jodie, who gripped it rather awkwardly in her bound hands. Seeing this, the Dean deftly freed Jodie before pouring fizzy liquid into her glass.
After filling her own the Dean lifted it into the air. "To respect," she said, clinking her glass lightly against Jodie's. "For others and for one's self."
Jodie took a big drink. The wine was bubbly and crisp and she immediately felt pleasantly lightheaded, almost giddy — at least until she glanced over at the exiled Miss White, and immediately felt guilty about enjoying herself so much. After that she sipped judiciously.
The Dean drained her flute in two big draughts, then quickly refilled it, though not quite as full this time. She stood swirling it in her hand absent-mindedly, running through scenarios in her head. She had pretty well planned how this was going to go — she'd been thinking about it all week — but it was important to leave room for improvisation, so she took some time before making her next move.
For years Dean Wilkins had both admired and resented Alexis White, all the more so now that she knew exactly how much Miss White got away with on a daily basis. The temptation was strong to destroy Alpha Beta Delta by any means possible, to put an end once and for all to Miss White's reign over her lesbian paradise. But on a rational level the Dean knew that this would be pointless; she would get a momentary sense of victory, but nothing more. On the other hand, who knew how much she might stand to benefit by ABD's continued existence? The possibilities were vague but numerous.
One thing was for sure: She intended to go to sleep that night knowing that she had proven definitively to Alexis White which of them was the stronger.
Abruptly tossing back the rest of her champagne, the Dean set her glass down and walked over to where Miss White was chained. After unshackling Miss White's ankles, the Dean took hold of her and, without apparent effort, lifted her and slung her over one shoulder.
As she began to cross the room the Dean wrapped her left arm around the backs of Miss White's thighs. With the open hand of the right she spanked Miss White's naked rump, once for each step, just because she could. With her torso hanging down across the Dean's back, Miss White felt like a naughty child, but it was not an entirely disagreeable sensation; her pussy was growing wetter with each slap.