All characters are over 18 and this fictional story involves non-consensual sex. Many thanks to editor Volunteer_ for valuable improvements and encouragement.
This story is being published in two parts:
Part 1 Beth's Story
Part 2 Paul's story and Beth's story (continued)
The story takes place in the fictional world of legal slavery explored so creatively by Carl_Bradford, Gentlemanmariner, John_Doe_Stories and other Literotica authors. I recommend reading some of their stories to better understand the slave industry they describe. In this world, slavery is often used instead of prison time to punish people who commit crimes, default on loans, etc. The most common type, of course, is sex slaves who must do anything and everything their master commands. Those slaves are first forced into submission through humiliation and abuse.
But, instead of cages and whips and branding, I've taken the business side and slave psychology to a little different place. Enjoy.
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Part 1 - Beth's Story
It's been over a year, but I still remember the few seconds of contended feeling as I slowly awakened that morning. I sensed the warmth of my husband lying beside me, the softness of the plush sheets of my bed and the peace of semi-consciousness. Then I shuddered as I came fully conscious and remembered that it was the last day of my life - my happy life, my former life. It was the first day of my slavery.
Before that day, my life had just begun to flower. Paul and I had wed four years before and were starting to talk about children. We had a great sex life and I was usually encouraging him to push the envelope of our sexual activity. He was always happy to follow my lead into new experiences - and new pleasures.
The small construction firm I worked for had just been acquired and I was thrilled when the new bosses picked me to run the combined design team. My confidence and experience were exactly what they were looking for. I should have been intimidated by the new bosses, but instead, I set the standards for our designs.
Paul and I were very much in love with each other and our life together. We were lucky and successful people - until we weren't.
It had been only two months since a moment of weakness, an instant of confusion, had altered one man's life and destroyed my own. Simple, everyday, inconsequential events combined: driving home from a party with my friends, a narrow road, a biker peddling alongside the roadway, the text arriving on his phone, the truck going the other way leaning across the center line ...
In the county jail, it took hours for me to understand the world. I wasn't hurt - physically. But I had seen the man fall next to my car and heard his scream. I had seen them load him on the gurney, one leg crushed. I watched the cop read her instrument and declare "0.01% blood alcohol, legally drunk". I saw the fear in my husband Paul's eyes. I heard the jail cell door slam shut. I knew my world had been dramatically altered - but had no idea how much of me that alteration would destroy.
The Wake County judge had seen lots of drunk driving cases and wasn't going to listen to excuses about how few drinks and not realizing my stomach was empty. The victim would never be able to walk again. The fact that the biker had raised his left arm to read the text on his cell phone, and possibly veered slightly left as a result wasn't relevant in his mind. The truck crossing the center line wasn't even given polite attention. A legally drunk driver had permanently maimed an innocent man and must be punished - severely.
My lawyer had tried to warn me, but I was still shocked when the sentence of five years in prison was dropped on my head. I was speechless and could only sob in Paul's arms before the guards took me back to my cell.
My dear friend, Liz, was with me through the whole ordeal. She was an attorney, though not in criminal law. Her firm specialized in intellectual property and helped companies extend and protect their patents and copyrights. I didn't see the connection with my life until much later.
Liz and I had been roomies freshman year at NC State and had bonded immediately since we share the same first name (Elizabeth). We protected each other and counseled each other and yelled at each other when we had done something stupid. She was a trust fund girl and never lacked for money or clothes. For a while in our sophomore year, we let our feelings for each other go beyond the usual bounds. My heart had been broken by a boy and she soothed me and dried my tears and held me close - for a long time. It had felt so warm and comforting that I couldn't resist.
We explored our sexuality together and it was exciting for a while. I had been a virgin and enjoyed the thrill of doing naughty things. But then Paul came into my life and I realized that I was not really a lesbian. The thrill of intimacy and sex with a man was much more arousing. When I got serious with Paul, I had to gently back away from Liz and it broke both our hearts. Strangely, we remained friends, though with definite limits. I never realized how much Liz was hurt by that.
But in my hour of greatest need, Liz was at my side. She had helped to pay for my lawyers and even got a private detective to try to dig up details about the biker and the truck going the other way. Most importantly, she held my hand and kept me sane in those moments of despair when I was crushed with guilt for what I had done. She provided the bond money so I could live at home until my prison sentence would begin. She was as obsessed with my crisis as I was.
During one of our sessions, she raised a new subject.
"Five years in prison sounds like a terrible experience Beth. Would you consider another option that is also undesirable, but would last for only about one year?"
I didn't realize there were any options to my prison sentence. So, I was open to her recommendations and shocked when she suggested slavery. North Carolina supports legal slavery in much the same way as other southern states. I understood the logic behind slavery as an alternative to prison terms and for unpaid loans and such. But I had always been repulsed by the reality of women (83% women) being used as sex slaves. I had never needed to consider it - until I faced prison.
My first reaction was predictable - hell no! I had read plenty of stories of women being humiliated, gang raped and horribly abused within the legal boundaries of slavery. I also knew that humiliation and abuse were also likely in the state prison. Only a truly desperate person would even consider volunteering for slavery. But now, for the first time, I was that desperate.
Liz had done her homework and determined that in a case like mine, a five year prison term could be offset by a one year slave contract. The slave can be put up for auction in the public market and a young, attractive female like me should bring a high price. The judge would approve such a swap because the amount bid to purchase the slave contract would be given to the victim's family as compensation for their loss. The state also saves the cost of housing and feeding a prisoner. Five years of horrid prison versus one year of horrid slavery - that was the choice I faced. The judge gave me one week to decide.
Paul and I spent several sleepless nights discussing the slavery option. Besides the physical abuse that would be likely, the emotional implications of being a sex slave could be devastating. A woman who has lived as a sex toy for strangers would have little self-respect when the contract was ended. And what of her husband? Legally, their marriage is considered annulled during the slave contract. Vows of fidelity mean little when the wife is being fucked by multiple men every night. He has the legal right to date and fuck and possibly love another woman while his (former) wife is legally the property of someone else. What marriage could survive that?
I spent one afternoon in a local coffee shop, struggling to decide between two horrible fates. I realized it would probably be the last time I would be free to go out and do whatever I wanted. Browsing the newspaper, I read a news story about trouble at the state women's prison. A gang of women had bribed guards by seizing new, helpless female inmates and offering them to the guards as sex toys. The victim inmates had been brutalized and when one had found herself pregnant, she hung herself in her cell. That made the prison option seem just as horrible as slavery.
I faced the most important decision of my life. Both choices were awful. Paul and I both worried about the possible physical and psychological damage I might suffer. Ron also worried about his own acceptance of having other men regularly fuck his wife. Would his attitude toward me be changed by that? If I became a slave, I would have no way to communicate with him and he would worry about me endlessly.
Liz and I discussed the options and I related my fears of slavery. She pointed out that most of the horror stories I'd read about were related to the registration and training process in Texas and elsewhere. Women there were often whipped or branded and physically forced to submit to their master. In North Carolina, she said, many slave owners were rich, elderly men who just wanted companionship and occasional sex.
She had already done some research about a relatively recent option for the registering and training of new slaves. A new client of her law firm, Triangle Slave Management (TSM), offered services to slaves and owners to help make the slave and slave-owning experiences more rewarding. "Rewarding?!?" I stuttered. She gave me their brochure, which I have kept to this day.
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