From the diary of Jason Sanders
The laptop screen is lit, enveloping my office with a white, ominous light. Even though I am aware it is impossible, it is as almost it is looking straight at me, tracking my every movement, waiting for that decisive moment when my restless fingers finally make a move.
Deep down inside, I know what it wants. A tale, a story, a string of seemingly random words intertwined in strings of fantasy. Something sweet, tantalizing, erotic, a piece of my soul, bare-naked, exposed, thrown helplessly at the feet of mystery, hoping that, beyond the virtual frontier, entertainment is achieved, and pleasure unleashed in an ecstatic moan.
It is a nice thought, no doubt about it, but one perhaps impossible to fully grasp. Though fantasies are easy to come by, words are not. Words are always a dreamy riddle, uncanny phantoms between what can be hoped for and what is truly achievable. They can mean the world, or absolutely nothing at all. They can be the cure for the aches of the mind, or the ground zero of festering decay. Words are dangerous when they are out in the open and, if I share mine, who knows what will happen when they finally reach you?
My fingers twitch by the keyboard, and I find myself shivering at the countless possibilities that could lie in waiting. I reach for an opening, an elusive first sentence, yet the effort is short-lived for the weight of reality wraps around my neck, and drags me back to her presence, demanding that my submission to her be total. Brushing fantastic thoughts aside, I return to work and carry out her orders, reading report after report while trying to suppress a yawn. There is no danger in these new words, just borderline monotony, seemingly content in its own self-replication.
The minutes drag by, the hours are nothing but stark reminders of my imprisonment. Dulled, half-broken, I simply nod forward, almost on the verge of sleep.
And then, I hear it. A clicking sound, a vibrant beat echoing all around. Its precise origin is unknown, though not entirely unfamiliar. It is the mesmerizing melody of a pair of heels, razor-sharp stilettos on black patent PVC thigh boots. It moves through the floor and bounces off the walls, causing ripples of excitement to fire up my lonely imagination. As the feverish desire builds in, my eyes rove across the room, peering through the shadows. There is nothing to be seen anywhere, nothing to be heard except the controlling rhythm of your footwear, already making a claim on me.
What happens afterwards is fast, somewhat furious, a syncopation of irresistible elements. I do not know what comes first: the satin blindfold that renders my world completely black, the cuffs that bind my hands to the back of the rotating chair, or the feathery touch of a riding crop upon my chin. The wheels on the chair squeak ever so slightly as I am pushed away from my desk. A gentle purr on my ears makes my body throb.
"Hmmm, what do we have here? A sad, little plaything, eager to be controlled? I am not easily impressed, but I am so terribly bored right now. Do you think you can earn my favor and worship me in the way I deserve to be worshipped?"
In good honesty, I do not know. I am both ablaze and afraid, wanting to scream but deprived of voice. I can still hear your boots keeping the beat steady, each repetition taking root within my dribbling mind. As long as I hear them, I am completely powerless before you, and have no choice but to bow down before your might.
"I can try..." I mutter, for it is the most accurate response I can give. I feel your flowery breath slip away.
"Trying is for losers," you sternly declare. "However, I will be generous enough to give you one chance for success."
You come back to me, remove the cuffs and the blindfold almost at the same time, and direct my attention towards your eyes, powerful, glistening orbs beautifully framed by a black mask and a cascade of silky hair. The sight alone suffices to take my breath away and the last shreds of my free will with it.
"Look deeply and commit them to memory. If I allow you to see them again tonight, you will know you have pleased me. Understood?"
"Y-yes," I stammer, mouth completely dry, a turbulent riot growing below my waist. I immediately avert my gaze.
"That is 'Yes, Mistress Veronica', slave," you correct me, brandishing the crop very close to my genitals. I feel the imaginary sting binding me even more to your will.
"Yes, Mistress Veronica," I drone, no longer a man, but simply an animated object for your amusement.
"Good," you respond, a mischievous smile upon your lips. You kick the chair away and I fall to my knees, half-parted lips almost meeting the floor with a kiss. "Start at my feet where slaves belong and lick my boots clean."
Drawn to the shiny reflections like a moth to a flame, my tongue submits.
As I try to dutifully please you with my humble efforts, I cannot help but think there is something quite strange about my current predicament. For all purposes and effects, we should not be in the same room together as I never sent you the words you demanded so... why is this happening?
The way I see it, the answer to this conundrum can only be one of the following; 1) I did send you my plea and, in the exchange that followed, your undeniable dominance caused me to simply forget all about it; 2) I fell asleep due to the tedium, and this is just my brain compensating for the tiredness that prevails in my everyday life. The latter is, I am afraid, the more obvious solution, but there is something incredibly alluring about conceiving the former, about being captured in a loop of paragraphs and played to submission in the spaces between the lines. That spells "erotic seduction" to me, and that is the path I choose to accept.
I am probably on the right track because I hear your voice again in response, almost as if you had read my mind from inside out.