In the carriage, Albert reached his hand through the cloak Helene wore and explored her magnificent body. The terrified, newly enslaved woman cringed as the detested hands of the man who had illegally purchased her teased and tweaked her nipples and then proceeded to rove all over her.
"We shall have so much fun, fair one. You will find sharing my bed so much more enjoyable than that of that toad Tiberius."
Helene tried to bellow, "NEVER!" through her ballgag, but it was a futile effort.
"Excited, are we darling? I shall not keep you waiting very long once we reach my home."
Helene wished the earth would open beneath the carriage and swallow the both of them. No miracle transpired, however, and in short order, the horses pulled to a stop in front of an impressive home not far from the center of the town.
"Elected office does indeed have its perks does it not, fair one."
Helene tried to make her body as stiff and rigid as possible when Albert took her hand and attempted to compel her from the conveyance. A firm slap on her shapely rump and the threat, "Must I take the flail to you so soon, beautiful?" forced Helene to will her feet into motion.
The lights went on when they crossed the threshold. A man dressed as a servant greeted Albert, "Good evening, Sir."
"Greetings, Reginald. The meeting at Tiberius's went very well. This is Helene, she will be joining our household from this point on."
"Very good sir. Do you require any assistance?"
"I think I am more than a match for any mere slave girl, Reginald, but I would appreciate you leaving a garment for her in my room tomorrow."
"Very good, sir."
Albert took a moment to hang his sash on a hook by the front door before facing his new purchase once more.
"Up the stairs, Helene. I want to unwrap you in private."
Helene scaled each riser with reluctance, her heart in her throat. Now she wished that her heart would simply cease to beat, and she would expire before she reached Albert's bedroom. All her prayers availed her nothing and her detested journey ended in a surprisingly well-furnished room with a huge bed at its center. Helene's concealing cloak fell to the floor and the young woman shivered, even though the room was not the least bit cold.
Albert picked up a flail from a nearby hook and waved it menacingly a few times under Helene's nose a few times before he said, "I'm going to remove your gag now. Any yelling, crying, or sass will be dealt with harshly, is that clear, beautiful?"
Helene nodded and Albert loosened and removed the hated object. Helene decided to try reasoning with Albert.
"Please, Sir," she said in a timorous voice, "I am the wife of a man named Marcus. He is an employee of Mr. Tiberius. Mr. Tiberius's slave Maria broke her leg and I filled in on an emergency basis. I am no slave. I should not be here, Sir."
Albert received this information with no expression whatsoever, then he smiled and said.
"I purchased you fair and square, fair one. The fact that you were a free woman means nothing. You are a slave now, my slave in fact. The legal repercussions can be smoothed over by my office in the morning. You may have entered Tiberius's house with the intention of doing a good deed but all of that has changed. I shall take excellent care of you. In a very short time, you will fall in love with me deeper and more fully than you have any other man."
"I find that a most unlikely prospect, Sir. I have no desire to be a slave."
"And yet, here you stand, naked, collared, hobbled, and restrained."
Helene began weeping.
"What did I say?" intoned Albert as he waved the flail once more.
"I'm sorry, Sir!" said Helene defensively.
"I'll bet you are! I'm going to remove your handcuffs and hobbles now. Once they are off, you will embrace me and grace my lips with a scintillating kiss. Is that clear, SLAVE?"
"Yes, Sir." Replied Helene softly.
Albert walked behind Helene and freed her wrists. The young and frightened woman promptly rubbed them to restore circulation. Albert bent low and planted a soft kiss on each of Helene's thighs before removing the hobble from each of her slender ankles. All the former wife of another man now wore was her desperately unwanted collar. Albert rose to his full and impressive height and looked expectantly at Helene. The terrified young woman took in the wall beyond her "owner." It was lined with sharp pointy things, tiny vises, ball gags, chains, and whips of every conceivable length. Helene detested pain in any form. Even a stubbed toe was likely to make her moan in agony for hours. Helene was a smart woman. She understood the arithmetic between pain and pleasure. She had absolutely no desire to kiss or be intimate in any way with the vile man who shared the room with her, she was certain that lying with him would be ghastly and unpleasant, still, it HAD to be better than enduring physical torture. Helene opened her arms, accepted Albert's embrace, and turned her face upwards to accept his kiss.
Unlike his first unwanted and very public osculation, this one surprised Helene by being almost tolerable. It was clear that Albert was an experienced kisser who knew all the ins and outs of that intimacy. He forced his tongue past Helene's lips, and she, out of a sense of fear and duty, did likewise. The kiss lasted quite a while.