Since then, General Winter and I started to get quite intimate at every moment we had the chance to. He always told me to sit on his lap before introducing his large member inside of me and grabbing my backside with force until he released inside of me and told me how beautiful I was. It was like a daily ritual and I was always ready for him. I even practiced when I was alone in my bedroom, just like he told me, by sucking on my fingers and then pushing them inside of me until I hit the right spot, which always made me see stars. I was slowly starting to discover my body and it was all thanks to General Winter.

One day, the General taught me how to put his member in my mouth. I didn't want to do it because it was dirty and I knew it would taste bad, so the first time he brought that up, I was really nervous and said no immediately, displeasing the General, who walked over to me and put his hands over my shoulders, looking at my eyes intently. I was terrified at that moment because I didn't know what was going to happen.

"What did you say?"

"I-I said no"

I responded, nervously. The General then went over to the door and told my sister not to disturb us for he had an important letter to dictate to me and came back, unbuckling his belt and opening his pants to reveal his erected member. He gripped my cheeks tightly and forced me to open my mouth. I wanted to get up from my chair and run out of the room and never come back, but the General's grip was strong and I found myself not being able to resist and complying. He slowly introduced his member into my mouth. I shut my eyes tightly at the awful taste of it and the General just groaned as he gently removed it from my hot mouth, a string of saliva still connecting it with the appendage that had given me such pleasure and was now making me go through the most horrible moment of my life. He inserted it back into my mouth and repeated the process several times until he released inside, causing me to gag at the even worse taste.

"Swallow it"

The General commanded and I felt tears slide down my cheeks as I forcefully swallowed what was in my mouth. When it was finally over, I wiped it with the back of my hand and the General had a content smile in his face as he made his way to the other side of the desk and sat on his chair with his usual pose.

"Did it taste good?"

He asked teasingly. I had never felt so humiliated in my entire life. I shook my head and looked down at my lap to realise that I was strangely aroused and couldn't believe what I was seeing. It had been horrible, but yet, I found myself liking the force that the General applied on me to do as he wanted. He had been forceful and I had liked it, in spite of myself. I couldn't believe it.

The days passed and the General didn't ask me to do that again, neither did he ask me to dance for him or to be intimate. I thought that he was perhaps mad at me for refusing him that day and he wouldn't treat me as he treated me before that happened. I stopped wrapping my veil around my tummy to hide it whenever I came to the General's mansion, because I knew it would be useless as he wouldn't ask me, or even mention the dance, so I started hiding it under the bed, careful for my sisters not to find it whenever they were making the beds. So, after a couple days of cold shoulder, I decided to man up and ask the General about it. When he finished dictating a letter for me to write and I took it to my sister Ekaterina, I waited until she left the house for the post office to clear my throat and make the General turn around and face me.

"General, can I ask you something?"

The General simply nodded and didn't utter a word. I was slightly put off by this as he had a blank expression on his face and he would normally be smiling whenever he looked at me when my sister had already left the mansion.

"Why had you been treating me like that lately?"

The General looked slightly confused, but I couldn't tell what was going through his mind as I was not good at reading people's expressions, so I waited patiently for the answer, shifting a little in my seat,

"What do you mean? I had been treating you good, hadn't I?"

I ran my fingers through my hair, something I did when I was nervous. I nodded.

"Yes, but... you have been really cold with me, sir"

The General continued to look at me confused and sighed as he made his way towards my chair and put his big hands over my shoulders, which made me remember what had happened a couple days ago, when he forced me to put his member into my mouth. I shivered at the memory and the General looked at me strangely. I decided to continue speaking.

"Ever since the other day's incident, you hadn't asked me to dance for you anymore. I feel like you are angry at me"

The General looked at me sympathetically and rubbed my shoulders.

"I'm not angry, Ivan, I was just waiting to give you a surprise, that's all"

I was surprised, indeed. Firstly, I was glad that the General wasn't mad at me but the surprise thing was unexpected. I was dying to see what it was, so I smiled brightly at him.

"What is it?"

I asked, excitedly. The General smiled and rubbed my cheek with his gloved hand. We stayed in silence for a couple minutes. Then we heard Ekaterina returning to her office and the General went over to the doors and opened them, peeking his head outside.

"Ekaterina, could you tell Anna to send Mr. Adnan, please?"

"Yes, sir"

I heard my sister saying before walking out of her office. The General closed the doors and walked over to me, putting his hands on my shoulders and kissing my cheek affectionately.

"I have found you a teacher"

I was confused, so I turned around and looked at him, questioningly. I had already finished school so I didn't know what teacher was he talking about. I decided to ask him about it, because I couldn't understand.

"I already finished school, why a teacher?"

The General chuckled and kissed me in the cheek again, making me blush a little. He walked over to stand in front of the large window and put his right hand over the chair's high back and the other hand behind his back, not looking at me.

"I have found you a dance professor. He is from the Ottoman Empire; didn't you tell me you wanted to learn the Turkish belly dance?"

I squeaked in happiness as I run over to the General and hugged him from behind. I couldn't believe that he had taken me seriously and found a Turkish dance professor to teach me! I was so excited to meet him and to start my lessons. The only thing I regretted was not having brought my veil with me that day. There were two knocks on the door and the General allowed whoever was knocking to come in his private study.

A tall man – though not as tall as me or the General – came into the office with a smirk on his face. He had light stubble and his skin was an exotic tan colour that made me look at him in wonder. He was really handsome and looked a little older than me. I couldn't tear my eyes away from him as the General introduced him to me.

"Ivan Braginski, this is Sadiq Adnan, your new dance professor"

I blushed and looked down before shaking his hand softly. He was really handsome and made me feel something warm inside. I had danced over the waters of the sea and survived; I can dance with a hot teacher and not betray the General. That's what I repeated myself on my way home, after showing Mr. Adnan my dance moves, to which he said they needed a little practice, but also complemented me on how well I moved. He said that, in a year, I could be a professional dancer if I wanted to, although he wasn't sure if the Russian Ballet would think that too. The three of us had laughed.

It was going to be something really interesting.