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Memoirs of a slave ch.2
Serenity POV
I was shoved none to gently into a horse and carriage ride. I had no view of the outside since I was sitting between two other girls sold to the man. We sat across from him. "Where are we going?" the red head asked, "To be my servants. Now no more questions. You're only thought from now on is to follow my bidding." I rolled my eyes and avoided his gaze. I had plenty of words for him but bided my time.
Maybe if I held out for a little bit and found a way out I could get back and make sure my mother was okay. I knew I'd have to stay on for a small amount of time. Maybe the greying man would give me permission to write and check in on mother. If Riorichi let her see the letters that is, "So what are our tasks?" I asked. He smiled at me, "First I will decide who gets what job." He looked us all over in a crude manner.
"You see I have a different level of services for my house. You…" he looked to the red head, "Your innocent no?" he asked, "Yes." She answered. He smiled and appeared to be mentally undressing her. She clutched the clothing she had to her person, "Good, I always enjoy breaking the innocent ones." He turned his attentions to myself and a girl to my left, "Now which one of you is an innocent?" I stayed silent. If neither of us spoke maybe- "I am not innocent. It's why I'm here." The brunette to my side broke.
He nodded, "Good. So that means you are the next innocent. I buy so many that often times I mix the whores up with the pure ones." I looked to him, a glare in my eyes, "Go to hades you filthy mongrel." I growled. "That fire will be fun to extinguish." We arrived at a large estate where there were servants and maids all around. The few butlers there were much older gentleman, "Get inside." We were ordered. Shoved into the estate through the front doors we stood huddled together.
The greying man spoke to us, "My name is Damien Chiba. This is my home. You try to run, you will be shot on site. Can't have something I paid a hefty price for leaving me so soon." We looked to him, "I have few simple rules. To the whore you will spread your legs whenever I deem necessary and do anything I ask of you." She gulped. He looked to myself and the red head, "Since the innocents are a one-time offer I will take my time in breaking you. You…" he spoke to the red head.
"I want to see you tonight. If your services are satisfactory you will be part of my whore collection if not…" he smiled arrogantly, "Well let's just say you better know something." I closed my eyes, my tongue couldn't hold, "Sir." He looked at me, "If we are innocent which we are how can we know if we are satisfactory? Would it not be a good idea to gain proper 'training' per say from the brunette to ensure we are satisfactory? I think a few weeks to ensure we are trained is in order."
It was the only excuse I could think of to stall him from taking the red head and myself before I had a chance to get out. He slapped me, "Question me again and you will receive ten lashes." He threatened. He dragged the red head only to be stopped by a few maids, "Sir you have a visitor." Tightening his tie he shoved her towards us, "Get them to their rooms and ensure they are given their duties." He told a nearby maid.
She escorted us to a room down the hall past the commonly used rooms and near the servant's quarters. In there were other women. "Here are you new clothes. Wear them at all times. He is very specific on ensuring you are not to be seen as anything but his toys." We were given garb that looked like ripped bandages. By the time we were dressed in them we felt completely and utterly exposed.
The wrap around our necks covered our breasts but barely, and the lower half only covered our maiden hood and part of our bums. "How are we to prevent male guests from thinking we are free to touch when we belong to Mr. Chiba?" I asked, sarcasm in my voice. A raven haired girl came forward, roughly my age but had a snap to her tone that spoke of attitude, "LORD Chiba's guests are not allowed to see his toys unless he asks for you to be there as entertainment. You are not to make an appearance unless asked." Her tone held no argument.
Oddly enough it was a comfort. Less chances anyone would try to corner us for fornication. "Are we allowed to get special privileges after a certain amount of stay here?" I asked. The raven haired girl came to me, "Privileges?" I answered, "Yes, such as writing to our families back home." She gave me a grimace. "There is no way to get anything out past Lord Chiba. He owns you as well as the rest of the staff here. Now then, you belong to him and will do as he asks of you." I felt myself fall internally at that.
"For the innocents you will dance for him and his court but only he is permitted to touch you. The court is aware of this and as such will not do such a thing. The innocents will be the ones to serving him food whenever he asks for it. The whores…" She turned to the brunette, "You will give him anything he desires in the bedroom without fuss." The brunette stood strong but out of fear of the raven haired girl or just used to it I wasn't sure.
"You two are also to massage him when asked to and to make his bath and washing him when he so desires one. Are we clear?" the red head and I nodded, "Will it hurt?" The red head asked the raven haired girl. "The first time always does and with Lord Chiba…" for a moment compassion and sadness was seen in her eyes, "The more you resist the more it will hurt." She went to walk off when I asked, "What do we call you?" she barely turned all the way around, merely her head to the side. "My name is Rei." She walked off.
Leaving us to our quarters I asked the girls with me, "And your names are?" "Mine is Molly." The red head said, "Makoto." The brunette said, "My family sold me here to pay for my father's gambling debts." Molly began tearing up, clearly not appreciating what had happened to ensure her father's debts didn't take his home. Her father chose material assets to his only daughter. It was despicable.
"I was pulled off the streets to become Lord Chiba's whore. He likes brunettes from what I hear for pure fornication." Makoto was disgusted by what she had to do but did it anyways to make her living. "How did you…" I was almost afraid to ask on how she got on the streets. Did she run away? Did her family sell her like Molly's? Or was she here in the fashion I was, to save a loved one from disease?
"How did I end up on the streets? Simple. Parents died when I was young. The orphanage I was at got shut down thanks to his 'highness' and I use that term loosely as he's NOT on the throne but related to it in some fashion, believing it was taking his profits from his prized horses. I have been on the streets per say ever since. I ran to a whore house back at the age of thirteen for shelter during a stormy night." I was stunned.
"They were nice, they took me in and clothed and feed me. On one condition. That I would be a whore for them one day in the future and work as a maid until then. So I worked as a maid till I turned fifteen, then they taught me what I know now to have kept myself afloat and not be hungry. It's not preferred but the talents I have acquired give me the higher paying clients." She smiled at me, "Nice attempt by the way."
I looked to her oddly, "To get him to let me train you. You two will be lucky to not get bent over by the weeks end." I shuddered, "Perhaps he has many guests coming in to help avoid that for a bit of time." I tried. "Doesn't work that way." A new voice came in. A blonde like myself only her hair was a darker shade, "He takes pleasure in breaking his innocents before adding them to his collection. He will spend a week or two breaking one then go onto the other. It's not a matter of when but of who goes first." I huffed, not liking it.
"Were you an innocent?" I asked her, "Yes, and so was Rei. We've been here for over a year now. It's why we gained the small step of power we have to direct you to your quarters. Rei just dislikes when he brings in new girls. It makes her feel bad that he's going to rip away more innocence's from the maidens he purchases and that we can't do anything to stop it. She's seen others try and fail miserably." We nodded in understanding.
"So when she sees innocents like you next on the chopping block, it kills her a little bit inside." I looked away. Rei had seemed hardened but now it makes sense. She's seen Lord Chiba's cruel manner and has experienced it herself. The darker blonde collects herself. "But he will be having guests coming in tonight. One being his own son. Be on your best behavior if he asks for you. Molly correct?" She directed her attentions to her.
"Yes?" the girl started to shake, "He's requesting your presence. In his quarters. A bath due to his long journey." Molly looked torn between being terrified and relieved. No one knew if this was a good thing or a bad thing, "I will forewarn you, he does not confine sex to a bedroom. He will take you anywhere he sees fit to please himself." Molly sighed and walked as slow as possible in the direction of his quarters. "By the end of the night she will be without her virtue. To bad…" the blonde stated, "Why?" I asked.
"Because, he has a taste for red heads. I have seen other red heads come through here and he has a habit of leaving pieces of their ripped hair on his bed. Or anywhere else. I've picked it up to many times to count. I still recall the last one up through here. He took great pleasure in taming her." I had to ask, "Where is she now?" the blonde looked to me, "She couldn't handle what he did to her. She wore fresh bruises from fighting back many times." She almost looked to be wistfully recalling the memory.
"So during one session she got him to hit her so hard she no longer had to fight." I closed my eyes as the blonde looked to me with knowing eyes, "She died." I clarified, "Yes, buried next to his horses that have fallen from mistreatment as well due to him. He is not a kind man nor claims to be. We are his property. Those that are new are treated no better than the horses. Those like us barely a step above." I wondered on the son if the father was so bad, "You mentioned the son was coming over. Are we to worry over him?" she smiled at my inquiry, "No."
I quirked my head to the side, "His son is cold and detached at times but has never once requested any of his father's whores or slaves. He finds it barbaric to have people in such positions. They do not get along. He only visits to make good appearances in front of the royal courts." I sighed in relief, "At least there's no worry over him requesting us prior to his father." I stated in relief. The girl giggled.
"Do not be in relief yet. After all once Lord Chiba is done with Molly your next." I gulped, "Never got your name." I comment. She smiled, "I'm Minako. I'm also the one that will ensure you don't even try to escape. It's my duty here. And believe me I will follow through on it. It's nothing personal but if anyone makes it past the grounds of the estate I will be punished." It was made clear as day. "We will be sure to avoid that." I tell her.
"I'm not worried about them only you." I turned my head to the side, "Meaning?" she walked up to me, "You're the only flight risk here. We know why everyone is here. It's why you're after Molly for removing your innocence. Lord Chiba is a cruel man when he wants to be. Plus your step father was nice enough to clue the person that took you of your insolence for any man that dares to tell you want to do." She stepped towards me.
"Its best that you learn now before the Lord of this house comes to you, men are our superiors in life. They control it all. They control our lives as well. So the faster your innocent mind learns that fact the better. His fun with you will be to break your feisty spirit then your innocent body. So be smart about it and don't fight back. It gives him more pleasure and if you want it to be quick then let him do as he pleases." Minako walked off.
It was several more hours later on when things changed. Molly and I were taken to be shown how to properly dance for Lord Chiba and his guests of honor while Makoto was assigned to give him pleasure before a bath by myself was given. I myself was tired from the training in dancing. As long as I was in my own head space somehow I got the dancing down but if I concentrated to hard on it I messed up.
So when we were given free leave to go bathing I was happy. A big bathing room was what we were taken to. Like one large pool like bath. There were ALL of his 'women'. He had at least a dozen or so in here. Once we found Makoto we went to her. Disrobing we climbed down into the large copper tub and saw the cleansing agents we had. Mutton fat with the scene of flowers and for our teeth a cloth to rub gunk off.
Oddly enough I felt relieved to be able to bath. I hadn't had one in over a week now. Constant time caring for mother and the lack of a tub was a true test to that. There was however a nearby pond that I used at least once a week. I didn't often leave mothers side. "How are you?" I asked her. She shrugged her shoulders, "I've had better encounters before. He thankfully was a quick client." She giggled, we didn't get it.
She saw our faces and giggled more, "You have so much to learn. If a man is quick it means you won't get your 'release'. Men who are fast are not giving to their partners. For the case of Lord Chiba his quickness is a blessing. He is not only quick but not in the least bit giving. He also finds it strange to be looked at in the eyes." She giggled more, "So I kept looking. It was priceless." We were shocked but smiled at the infectious laughter, "I'm sure not all men are like that." I defended.
"No your right. Some are very loving, tender, affectionate…" she leaned in to us, "Lord Chiba is none of those things. However for free room and board here and all you have to do is share your body…it's easier than scraping by doing the same thing on the streets." We nodded not truly understanding where she came from but understanding that she preferred here to there. I heard my name being called, "Serenity!"
I saw Minako standing there, "Lord Chiba requires your bathing services. Get dressed in your provided garments and meet him in his bathing room." She left before I could protest. "Why do I feel like I'm walking to the guillotine." I muttered to myself as I dressed in the garb I saw only fit for a street dweller to wear. "Lord, I think a street dweller wears more." I grumble. I wore the small flat sandals to his rooms where I closed the door and called out, "Lord Chiba?" he heard a booming voice call back out to me as he walked out of the bathing room.
"It's about time." I blushed a few different shades of roses as he walked out with no clothing on, "I had to undress myself. Preposterous." I resisted the urge to roll my eyes as I walked forward, "I will aid in ensuring you are well cleaned for your guests tonight." I walked into the bathing room and found its luxurious atmosphere to be suffocating rather than relaxing. It could however have to do with him locking the room's door.
I steadied my nerves as I awaited him to get into the copper bath tub. It was steaming hot as I heard him sigh upon stepping in. Three quarters of him was submerged before he snapped his fingers, "Wash me." looking for the wash cloth he grinned evilly at me, "Its right in here." I gulped and put him to my back as I dropped to my knees outside of the tub and slipped my hand then my arm down the side of the copper tub looking for the elusive fabric.
His wet skin felt dirty against my arm despite him being in a bath tub. Once I found the rag I snatched it up and began using the bath water to keep it wet as I scrubbed his body down. First his chest to what I could see. Then his arms, hands, his neck before his face. "Not so rough. Gentle." He purred. Or his variation of a purr. I bit my tongue on the words that wanted to come out. I went to scrub his legs from the knee cap down to his feet when I heard, "Get inside." My blood ran cold.
The outfit I had on did NOT have any sort of prevention for him to slip into me whenever he wanted. His choice obviously. "Sir I think you need to get dressed to be ready for your guests." I suggested lightly. He grabbed onto me from my position by his feet. His left hand on my right arm he yanked me forward from my placement, "I want you inside this tub now." I shuddered and prayed for divine intervention. Even for just a short while.
It seemed as if that was answered in the form of Minako knocking on the door, "Lord Chiba your guests have arrived along with your son. He would like to speak with you." I was released as he angrily got out of the tub, "This had better be good." He muttered before wrapping himself up, "I wish for you to be present tonight in my bed in my room. Be there or face my whiplash." He ordered. "I'd rather face the lashings." I muttered beneath my breath.
Apparently he heard me as before I knew it, he backhanded me making me fall into the dirty watered tub. "You will give me what I want. That virginity of yours will be ripped away tonight. I paid good money for it." I was to stunned to respond thanks to the hit I took. Once he left I couldn't help but state dryly in front of Minako, "Well he wanted me in the tub." She rolled her eyes, "Your lucky the guests arrived early." I nodded knowing the truth of it.
"Come along and let's hurry. You have to dance with Molly and two others tonight for the performance piece. Lord Chiba likes to give entertainment to his prestigious guests." It seemed like time whizzed by before I was placed in front of them. I went through the motions as I did before in getting ready. The outfits to wear for the entertainment piece were slightly different but not by much. I still felt extremely exposed. "Remember the steps?" Molly asked me. I frowned, "Mostly…" I hoped. My heart began to beat faster in hopes that I would not mess up.
We were given veils to work with as we danced our way into the living quarters. Most of the men there were a blend of different Lords and Squires from around that much I gathered. It was however one that caught my attention. I drifted into my own little dancing zone unawares as I saw him accepting a wine drink from Rei's proffered tray. I couldn't remove my eyes from him. He didn't look like the rest of everyone there. Dressed as nicely as everyone else I saw that his eyes met mine.
Midnight blue to my own cobalt blue. I had no idea that I ended up giving him his own dance nearly as I drifted away from everyone else. Our eyes connected and were unable to look away as he barely touched the drink in his hand. He looked as memorized as I did. His hair was black as coal. His eyes registering some amount of lust but mostly amazement. I was entrapped in his gaze right before Molly pulled me away. I looked to her and found the rest of the gentleman there gawking at me.
Oh dear god had I done that bad of a job or had I been to obvious in my dancing around this mysterious man? "I see my son that you've met my newest flesh to be conquered." I looked up and found Lord Chiba behind the man he called his son. His hand clamping on the younger dark haired man's shoulder with intent. "Son?" I squeaked. "Yes, my son Lord Endymion. A proud Chiba." I gulped.
