The Secret Garden Academy Chapter Four.
In which Doctor Varela Autopoiesis--the university professor turned undercover agent and abducted to a sex-slave training resort--discovers more about Prince Orlov but makes a stupid mistake and is rightfully punished.
MORNING. THE SECRET GARDEN LIBRARY.
The Master Librarian is a lean, athletic young man. His gold-rimmed round glasses frame bright, observant eyes, and he makes me blush when I realize my Red Cape is open. My hands are free, so I automatically try to cover my breasts under the corset half-cups. But Sluttyself glowers. "Shush, you bad girl." I try to restrain her as I try to assume a professional stance. Nothing unusual, just a professor visiting the University library in the nude, the handsome librarian staring at her neatly trimmed hairy pussy.
The young man raises an eyebrow when I require a few books and old newspapers. "Dean's orders." Sarge confirms, without adding details, and the Master Librarian efficiently provides the sources I need: Chatham House and Carnegie Moscow Center analyses, SIPRI reports, RAND Corporation papers.
Sitting at my crystal library desk under the soft glow of a green-shaded lamp, I get lost in the excitement of the first phases of a new research project, oblivious to the worrying surroundings. But it is an easy research. Bingo! Here he is. Prince Victor Orlov, businessman, oligarch, and arms dealer. And the vengeful man who ordered my abduction.
The man is famous, but of course he has become secretive in recent years. Evantually, I find an old photograph showing him in St. Petersburg. And for the first time, Sluttyself shows some interest in my academic activities. I don't know if it is the Kalashnikov he brandishes or his pale-blue piercing eyes, the same color as the Neva river flowing behind him, and as cold as its water.
"He is cool! Dangerous!"