Teel struggled against her bonds, trying to think of a way to set herself free, to set her people free. It had happened unexpectedly in the middle of the night. An attack from the Black Rogue. Their coast had been plagued with pillaging and raids for over three years, but never had her village been attacked. Gradually they had relaxed their guard, apparently too soon.
Teel had been out having her nightly nude swim. Engaging in the luxurious coolness of the water in light of the previous hot day. She had just exited the water and put on her white cover up when she was grabbed from behind. She was dragged onto the awaiting ship without even having a chance to warn anyone or fight for her life. In the ensuing hours her village had been destroyed. Each building burned to the ground and all their precious possessions taken. Luckily only a few had died; the rest had been taken as slaves and captives to be sold or kept. The future seemed uncertain. All the survivors were bound in some manner or another and awaiting the Black Rogue on the deck. The pirates surrounding Teel were loud and vulgar placing bets as to who would get which slave. Teel continued to fiddle with the ropes binding her when suddenly a hush fell over the deck.
Teel's eyes traced their way up a pair of thick muscular calves and thighs to a flat hard stomach. Her roving gaze continued north to find a long corded neck connecting the beautiful face of Satan to the coldest pair of gray eyes she had ever seen. Teel gave an involuntary shudder at the look of cruelty and hardness she saw in those eyes. The Black Rogue stepped forward and began to tell them of their fate. The men would be sold into slavery, unless one of the crew members wanted them for physical labor. Some of the women would be given to chosen men for their hard work, while others would work as servants. Those too young or too old to be put to work would be sold into slavery. Teel listened in growing rage as he outlined the horrible fate that awaited her people. She glared hatred into his back as the Black Rogue addressed his first in command, telling him that he would receive any two slaves to pleasure him for his hard labor.
The pirates began speaking again loudly looking over the women and leering at their flesh. The Black Rogue demanded silence again, pulling up one of the captives and asking him who their leader was. Faithful Aki refused to answer him, earning a hard slap across the face as his reward. The Black Rogue asked him again. Again Aki refused to answered and was punched in the stomach for this slight. The Black Rogue released Aki and let him slide to the ground. He instead grabbed Lanië, my mother. Addressing Aki again, the Black Rogue asked who our leader was while pressing his knife harshly against Lanië's neck. Aki sought Teel's eyes, silently asking if he should say that she was their leader or not.
Enough was enough. Teel stepped forward and defiantly answered, "I am." The Black Rogue released her mother and turned to stare at Teel, taking into account that she was a woman, well endowed, with slanted green eyes and a mane of black curly hair.
"Well, well, well," the Black Rogue commented as he continued to take stock of her assets and moved increasingly closer. He reached out to stroke a strand of Teel's hair, causing her to jerk violently away in fear. As Teel looked into his cold eyes her anger surged again. Pulling in shaky breaths to try and calm herself, Teel unwittingly invited the Black Rogue's gaze to fall on her breasts, easily visible through the sheerness of her cover up.
"Don't you dare touch me, you filthy beast," Teel lamented. "You're disgusting. You come here and destroy our village for no other reason than that you can, then you think you can use my people and sell us as if we had no value. You're a despicable coward!" Teel spit out the last word as everyone began to look decidedly uncomfortable and made it a point to avoid eye contact with her certain she had signed her own death warrant.
The silence stretched on causing Teel to again consider her vulnerable position. Eventually the Black Rogue was suitably moved to look up from her breasts and into her eyes. If possible, his eyes had gotten colder, Teel thought, but refusing to back down she matched him stare for stare. "Be glad you are not a man," the Black Rogue warned, "Or I would have killed you for the foolish statement you just made."
Again his hand reached out, but this time despite her protests and struggles he forced her back until she could go no further and began squeezing her breasts and rubbing his thumbs back and forth across Teel's increasingly hardening nipples. Teel flushed at the thought that this barbarian could arouse her so. One tear cascaded down her face in light of the futility of the situation.
"You can force yourself on me if you want to," she cried, "But I will kill you the first chance I get." The Black Rogue released Teel and slapped her hard across her right cheek.
Slowly Teel raised her face and looked at the Black Rogue. With all the venom and anger she could muster, Teel whispered, "You see? Only a coward would hit a restrained woman."
