Thanks to ashleigh_xoxo fpr editing.
Roy was impressed. They had made it and established a camp deep in the snowy forests. He shuddered thinking of the cost of getting everyone and everything here. This had not been cheap and would only get more expensive as they went along. Hunter had already told him that it was going to be cheaper just to leave most of the gear here when they were done, assuming they all survived.
White tarps strung between the trees hid them, though Hunter had assured him that The Studio did not send out patrols. "They are sitting nice and warm inside. I haven't seen any tracks coming in or out of the compound yet," he had assured them. But, just to be sure, he had someone keeping watch on the place.
They had contacted The Association about what they were doing. The Association made some vague promises about "future consideration," but offered nothing substantial. Roy did not think that they would see any money from the council, but he tried to console himself that the good deed would be rewarded somehow. There was always the fact that they were doing a great service and a good deed was its own reward, but, that didn't help pay the bills. Roy saw more arms deals in the future, and Hunter was thinking of some new work.
The Studio was in the next valley over from their camp. Hunter wanted more information, especially about any slaves in the compound. If there were none then they could just shoot up the entire camp without any subtlety, but if they had to try to get people out alive they were going to have to take more chances. This is where Hunter really missed Leon; Leon was great in the snow and had a great sense about non-combatants.
Roy had not picked up any messages from J.J. or Delrin Ringe in the past few days. J.J.'s phone had not moved and gradually the signal had faded. Hunter sent Bruce and Bligh to check out his last location. They were arriving back now on the snowmobiles the team had acquired.
"Well, we found him," Bruce said as he helped himself to a cup of hot coffee.
"It took a little digging, though." Bligh added and made a cup of tea.
"Digging?" Roy asked.
"Yeah," Bruce chuckled wickedly. "He was buried under a foot and a half of snow. Rigor set in pretty early. He still had his pecker in the hand. From the looks of it, someone stabbed him while he was taking a leak."
"The stab wound in his back was our first clue," Bligh laughed.
"Any sign of Anna or Elaine?" Hunter asked.
"None," Bruce and Bligh answered in unison.
Roy and Hunter looked at each other.
"Then we have to assume that Elaine is alive and somewhere in The Studio," Hunter said.
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Amanda stared out the window at the lights of The Strip. She could be there having fun partying, or at least cruising for (or as, depending on her mood) a piece of ass. Or better yet, both. Instead, she was locked in a tower room, alone in the big house waiting for everyone to get back, hopefully with Elaine.
The little blonde was never far from Amanda's thoughts. She had no regrets leading Elaine down the path to slavery, in fact, Elaine should thank her. It was Elaine's natural state. The thought of all Elaine had had to endure just excited and aroused Amanda, she only wished she could have seen or been a part of it all. She loved the thought of her former roommate and submissive lover being gangbanged or repeatedly raped by Sam.
She sighed. Elaine was such a good little pet.
Well, she was a slave now, too, and she had better get used to the idea of it. She was owned, but she was owned by Hunter. Why did that make her suddenly wet? She should be mad at him for raping her and enslaving her, but instead she wanted him back here right now. If you were going to be someone's slave, it was good to be his. She could never submit to a man who could not best her and Hunter had easily bested her. He had beaten her, toyed with her, conquered her and raped her. And she wanted him to do it all over again.
Amanda smiled and said out loud "I am the property of Hunter." It made her feel special, elevated above other slaves. Now she just had to make sure he kept her so she could keep her exalted position as Hunter's Slave. Maybe she could talk Hunter, Master, she corrected herself, into letting her find more slaves. Amanda laughed, she had a vision of the cat she had once owned bringing her a dead bird as an offering. Only now she was the cat and the dead bird would be a beautiful woman.
Amanda realized she was already devoted to her Master. Maybe it just took the right man. She did want him to cut down on the whipping, she was not a fan of that and the best way to cut down on being whipped was to be a good slave. She could do that, she thought and stared out the window wondering where her Master was.
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Hunter was a little distracted. Not much, but Roy could tell his friend had other things on his mind as well as their current operation. No one else had really picked up on it, but Roy knew the cause: Hunter had a slave. Owning a beautiful woman tended to encourage one's deepest fantasies. Anything you ever dreamed of doing to a woman or having a woman do to you could be done.