Authors Note: Geoff Mills is a character from my story "The New Neighbours", but no knowledge of that story is needed to read this one. In case anyone who has read it is wondering how the two interrelate I have included a timeline of all my stories so far in a note at the end.
All Characters in the story are 18 or older.
Friday Night Games Club -- Chapter 6
When Natalia first contacted Geoff Mills, he was extremely wary. She guessed that this was understandable, given his business was obviously highly illegal. Mills had wanted to know where she had got his contact details and when Natalia was unable to name a source on the dark web, she had been forced to admit she obtained them from one of his other customers.
He had then demanded to know which one. There was no way to bluff, as Brad's was the only name she knew, so she was obliged to tell the truth. The next hurdle was Mills wanted to know her reasons for trying to access his product -- who did she plan to mind-control and why? Natalia was not entirely sure what she hoped to do herself, so instead she owned up to being one of Brad's victims, but one to whom something unusual had happened.
This turned out to be the best answer she could have given. Mills seemed fascinated to know more and readily agreed to meet her. Arrangements were made; they were to rendezvous at another cheap motel, this time a Travelodge just north of Brighton. Geoff Mills liked such places for their relative anonymity.
Natalia was aware that the meeting was not free from danger. She had to assume that Mills was a mind-controlling sociopath in the Bradley Gilmour mould -- or worse. She decided that she needed to impress him and ensure he understood that she was not to be trifled with. Katie's personality was firmly buried for this trip; Natalia Rostova would be in charge. And she decided to take Stacey with her as a demonstration of her authority.
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On the appointed day for the meeting, Natalia and Stacey drew up in the car park outside the hotel, and then wheeled their overnight bags down the ramp to the entrance. To avoid any indication of a clandestine meeting they had booked a room and Geoff Mills had done likewise. The agreement was that Geoff would text them his room number and they would meet.
The middle-aged female receptionist eyed the two attractive young women who were sharing a room. She reflected that they were very near Brighton, LGBTQ+ capital of England; lesbians were hardly unusual in these parts. Natalia merely smiled at her in a way designed to dare her to comment.
They made their way to the allotted room. Natalia had deliberately arrived early for the appointment, to give them time to shower and change. She wanted to put on a bit of a show to impress Mills. Natalia dressed herself all in black -- black knee length boots, tight black leather trousers, a black tee-shirt with a rather elegant picture of a female vampire on it, fangs dripping blood, and a black leather jacket. Natalia would have liked to dye her hair black as well, but Brad had forbidden it. Hidden inside her right boot was hidden a long-bladed knife -- just in case.
The effect was sexy, but not too blatant. Natalia didn't want to encourage Mills to have any ideas regarding her. Stacey was another matter entirely. She was wearing a bondage slave outfit that consisted of leather straps and buckles, but didn't actually cover-up any important part of her body. Since she couldn't wander the corridors looking like that, she would wear an overcoat until they reached Mills' room. Her only other garments were a pair of sandals and a slave collar.
Promptly at 7 p.m. as arranged, Geoff Mills' text arrived. 'Room 13' it said. "Unlucky for some," Natalia muttered to herself, "damn well isn't going to be me."
They made their way to room 13 and knocked. Geoff Mills opened the door and invited them in. Natalia was surprised by the sheer ordinariness of the man. He looked around 30 and was of unremarkable height, weight and looks with brown hair and eyes. If you had seen him in the street, you wouldn't have bothered with a second glance.
He was expensively dressed, but in a conservative style -- sports jacket, slacks and shirt -- which did little for him. Only when he caught Natalia's eye with a glance did she sense something more. There was high intelligence in that look, but also something cold and almost inhuman. Natalia knew that Katie would have been trembling like a trapped animal at this point. It was a good thing she was here.
There was a second person in the room, who presented a marked contrast to Mills. She was a young woman, perhaps 19 or 20 years old. She had skin the colour of milky coffee and long curly dark-brown hair and when she spoke her slight soft accent revealed her as of Afro-Caribbean descent. She was very pretty, with a slim body but nicely rounded breasts and bottom that stood out on her slender frame. She was wearing tightly fitting shorts and a tee-shirt that emphasised her figure.
"Ms Rostova, I assume," Mills said, holding out a hand. Natalia noted that in contrast to his unimpressive appearance, he had a delightful voice. "Please call me Geoff, if you will. I like to present a friendly face to my customers."
'Yes, and I'll bet Sweeny Todd did too,' thought Natalia, but what she said was, "Very well... Geoff. You may call me Natalia."
Mills turned to his companion. "This is Miss Ellie Walcott. Ellie is one of my slaves. I always like to bring a sample of my wares to these meetings in case my customers have doubts. A few months ago, she was a deeply Christian virgin and about to depart to university. I have made her into a bi-sexual slut and whore. If you have a mind to try, she will happily service any sexual desire you have."
"That's all right," said Natalia, "I have no doubts about the effectiveness of your process. You may recall that it was used on me. This is Stacey, by the way. She is one of my slaves, although I will admit that Bradley Gilmour did the actual processing. I have sort of 'taken her over'. Stacey, remove your coat."
The red-haired eighteen-year-old did so, showing herself to be naked except for the highly revealing bondage slave outfit.
"Ummm, very nice," said Mills appreciatively. He turned to Ellie, "Do you think we should keep you looking like that?"
"Anything you want Master," Ellie replied. The process Mills had put Ellie through was designed to make her constantly horny, and the sight of the sexy body of her fellow teen was bringing those feelings to the fore. From the looks Stacey was giving her, the attraction was clearly mutual.
"Well, I'll think about it. In the meantime, you might as well strip naked," Geoff said. Natalia realised this was a casual demonstration of power for her benefit, despite which she was still somewhat distracted by the beautiful girl rapidly discarding her clothes.
Geoff Mills, in contrast, was now all business. "Have a seat, Natalia. Would you like a drink?" Natalia declined that offer. She observed that she had been caught that way before, and Geoff laughed in acknowledgement. They sat on the only two chairs in the room, while Ellie and Stacey perched on the bed, eying each other with longing but unable to do anything without permission from their respective Master and Mistress.
Geoff looked at Natalia intently, "How you transferred control of Stacey is one of several things I'd like to discuss with you. But before we do, I want to make one thing clear: Bradley Gilmour is one of my best customers. He buys a lot of my product at considerable expense. I will do nothing to harm him or his interests. I will happily sell to you for your own needs, but if your aim is revenge on Mr Gilmour, then please leave now."
Natalia nodded in acknowledgement of his point. "Actually, I just want to understand more about what has happened to me and to others. What's permanent and what perhaps isn't; what can and cannot be amended or reversed. I would also like to make some purchases, but if you like I will promise not to try to mind control Brad. I take it then that you have no objection to selling to a woman?"
"On the contrary; it may interest you know that I have sold my method to fourteen customers so far and two of them are women. I like to think of myself as an equal-opportunities slaver." Here Geoff laughed at his own joke. Natalia did not join in, so he continued. "You may think I am a misogynist but it is not so. In truth I have no more time for men than I do women. In my opinion most people, male or female, are sheep. I am entitled to pick a few off the flock for my own amusement. There are still plenty left."
Natalia ignored this; after all it was not so far removed from the philosophy of a vampire. Instead, she expressed surprise at the number of his customers; was there not a danger of being noticed?
"Obviously I don't discuss the details of individual customers," Geoff replied, "but you shouldn't assume they are all going around building up harems of sex-slaves or the like. Many just want control of a single person -- a straying spouse or errant child for example, or perhaps to get rich old Uncle George to amend his will in their favour. There was a gangster in London who was planning to use my method to enslave dozens of women into prostitution and sex-slavery, but he managed to get himself killed by a rival before he could get started. In hindsight that was probably for the best. Bit too obvious."
Geoff sounded vaguely disappointed about the lost income. Natalia thought all those dozens of innocent women had had a very lucky escape. Then they got into discussing the three issues that had brought Natalia here and which intrigued Geoff.
In respect of Natalia's control of Stacey, Mills confirmed her own thinking. "My method induces a dependency in the subject; they require to be controlled and given orders. However, it is not tied to a specific person. I would guess that Stacey transferred her loyalty to you partly because you say she hated Brad prior to enslavement but mostly because you have been paying her much more attention. So be warned, he could take it back were that to change."