Hello ConstantinCrew, and thank you so much for coming back. I don't want to tease too badly, but I've come up with an idea for another story within this universe. Don't worry; I'm fully committed to finishing the
Feminine Imports
story before doing that, so I won't leave you guys out in the cold.
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Six Weeks Since Chapter 6..
It was 11am Monday morning in the Nevada desert as the intense sun glistened off of the reflective glass skyscraper. The office building itself was a sleek tower with sharp edges and curved panels, officially for cutting high wind currents at altitude but unofficially to be a piece of eye-candy on the skyline. Inside on the 38
th
floor rested a spacious conference room; the wall was nothing more than a floor-to-ceiling one-way window showcasing a view of the Vegas strip.
"Welcome gentlemen to today's sale" Reed Haroldson began. He referenced the lineup of captive blondes behind him. "Please, take your seats" Reed implored his meeting invitees.
Each captured female looked as if she had been plucked straight out of a sorority house from a Southeastern Conference football factory. The women had slight variations in their appearance, though all were uniformly between 5'6 and 5'10, thin-waists and had C-cup breasts at the minimum. Their hair and skin tones had minor variations, though each woman exhibited the traits of a stereotypical
trophy wife
.
Each woman stood shoulder-to-shoulder behind Reed with their backs inches from the window; their mouths ball-gagged, their pedicured feet adorned by 6-inch-high heels that restricted their movements, their arms box-tied behind their backs, and their slender throats all adorned with
SlaveCollars
.
Reed Haroldson was a Vegas-based billionaire who originally made his fortune in the gambling and hospitality trade. Though, with the passage of the Female Slavery Laws a few years ago, Haroldson found a hole in the newly-legalized market. Las Vegas had no shortage of attractive women with loose morals seeking fame or who were in dire financial straits, willing to agree to damn near anything. Haroldson's contracts were always one-sided though written by some of the best lawyer's money could buy. His weathered face, grey hair encircling his bald crown, and hunched posture were all proof-positive that he'd seen a lot during his 48 years of life. The years were not kind to Haroldson, even if the free market was.
Haroldson cleared his throat as he addressed the table full of men in three-piece suits whose price-tags exceeded the down payment on a typical home. Haroldson hosted monthly slave auctions of his low-performing waitstaff and stage performers; both as a way to clear liabilities off of his books and to make a bit of cash. Besides, the good will it bought with other rich and powerful men was difficult to quantify.
He motioned for one of the slave-women to step forward. Heels clacked against the mirror-finish black floor and the platinum busty blonde was soon standing next to Haroldson.
"Alright gentlemen, we'll start the bidding off at-"
"Hey Reed" one of his invitees, a COO of a steakhouse chain, cut-in "It's a bit stuffy in here. Can you crack a window?"
Another potential buyer, a cam-site entrepreneur, chimed in through labored breathing "Yeah, it's a bit stifling in here."
"Well no, but I can tweak the thermostat" Reed conceded. "One moment, please."
He began walking over to the digital thermostat on the wall, when he was stopped mid-stride by another one of his private sale attendees; a Moroccan mineral baron with a shaved head, fire-engine red blazer, and mirror-reflect aviator sunglasses.
"Reed, you mind if I light a cigar in here?"
"No, I don't mind at all" Reed accommodated, aiming to be a good host "Please, go right ahead."
The Moroccan pulled an expensive cigar out of his blazer's inner pocket. He reached for his lighter. He held the lighter up to the far end of his cigar and used his thumb to roll the striker, thus igniting the flame.
The resulting spark caused a violent reaction that was faster than any naked eye could even detect, let alone respond to. Flames had engulfed the office, and the shock blew the window-wall out instantly. The resulting pressure vacuum thanks to the high altitude caused the enslaved women standing by the floor-to-ceiling window to be sucked out. The combination of the slick flooring and their restrained arms prevented them from grabbing onto anything, thus ensuring their gruesome demise.
The prospective slave-buyers in the room fared no better Those who survived the initial inferno soon collapsed as thick black smoke began to crowd out what little breathable oxygen was left. The sudden influx of air courtesy of the blown-out windows had only fed the fire. A few rational minds tried to push open the double-door entrance to the office. However, push as they might, the doors would not budge. It was as if they were seemingly barricaded in.
Within minutes, each of them had perished in the most unenviable way possible; long before the fire fighters could arrive on scene, let alone reach the 38
th
floor. A pillar of black smoke and orange flames could be seen emanating from the sleek building, even at a distance of several miles away.
Later
"Good evening, we start with our top story; an unexpected fiery explosion left at least a dozen dead, and caused millions of property damage, predominately in the form of sex slaves caught in the blast" the Asian-American anchorwoman with chiseled cheekbones began. The TV camera was panned just far enough away from her face to catch her upper-body; a collar with the new station's logo, her manicured hands cuffed to the desk in front of her, and a low-cut top that teased at her B-cup breasts.
"Authorities suspect foul play as firefighters arriving to the scene found the doors to the room where the fire had started were sealed shut with door-stoppers. Furthermore, arson investigators found tanks of hydrogen gas and oxygen had been jerry-rigged into the HVAC system."
The anchorwoman continued "Known domestic terrorist group
The Pink Claw
has claimed responsibility for the attack, as a new video had surfaced online mere minutes after the inferno occurred." She whipped her head to move her silky black hair out of her almond eyes before continuing "We will now play the video, though we must warn; the content may be disturbing to some viewers."
The soft glow of the overhead light behind Madam Lioness served only to highlight her defining features in the otherwise blackened room. As is tradition, she was donned in her usual get-up; black catsuit adorned with three diagonal neon-pink scratch-marks emblazoned across the chest and a reflective-visor gas mask.
"The attack on the Las Vegas Auction is just a taste of what
The Pink Claw
is capable of" Madam Lioness declared into the camera. She took a deliberate an unnerving pause before continuing "
The Pink Claw