The French woman was unable to arrange for the 300,000 pounds. She never even came close. It appeared that her account had recently been emptied, which did not sit well with the organization. With five minutes remaining until the deadline, she ran, hoping that she could escape her fate. It was foolish on her part. There really was nowhere to run on the small island. She was brought back and stripped.
Kate made a quick inspection of the former mistress. She was a pretty little thing and young to be trying to buy such an expensive slave. Kate estimated her age to be about that of Tempest's. Kate had seen her in the auction and had noticed how beautiful she was. Aside from her beauty, though, she appeared to be nothing but bad attitude. Kate realized that this girl would be fun to break but she would require a lot of time and that would take time away from her time with Tempest. She knew what she would do with Monique.
Elke was another matter. She was stunningly beautiful and Kate would have easily purchased her if Tempest hadn't also been offered in the sale. Should she keep Elke or sell her?
Keeping her was very tempting. Having two slaves as beautiful as Tempest and Elke would make her the envy of everyone in the organization. It would also provide her with endless hours of fun and pleasure once she got them trained. Their tongues could work together on her body to take her to places she had only dreamed about. She could have them perform together and enjoy watching their delightful erotic shows.
"Have Monique registered and marked," Kate told the woman at the settlement desk. She heard Monique gasp and then start sobbing. "Hold her until the next sale and offer her with the others. I'll pay her kenneling fees until then." The French woman was pleading for mercy as two men dragged her down the hall to get her tattoo.
"Have this one delivered to my room," she continued. She would keep Elke, at least for the time being. Maybe it would help Tempest to transition to her new status if there was a familiar face nearby going through the same thing. She could always dispose of the extra slave at some point in the future. There was usually at least one auction per month in each of the regions.
The sale of the French woman should cover some of the money she had spent this day. She still could not believe that she had spent almost a million and a half dollars, although Elke should have gone for a much higher price. The only thing that suppressed her price was the presence of Tempest on the program. Everyone had seen her pictures and wanted to buy her.
With nobody like Tempest on the block to compete with, Kate hoped that the French girl would go for close to a half million. Then, if she decided to sell Elke, she could recoup most of what she had spent for Tempest. She might even come out a head under the right circumstances. She had spent a lot but she thought that it had been a wise investment in assets.
Kate stayed at the settlement desk until the funds had been successfully transferred. Then she went to meet the head of the Caribbean office. As long as she was down here, she might as well get some business done. It might even save her a trip later. There were no titles in this slaver's organization and there was no organization chart. If there was a chart, it would have shown her as General Counsel. She was the legal brain of the organization.
While Kate was meeting with the head of the branch office, Elke was delivered. The male screwed a second pole into the floor in front of Tempest and Elke was attached to it, facing the already installed girl. They were very close together. In fact, their breasts were less than an inch apart.
"This is horrible!" exclaimed Tempest once the male had left. Elke made some sounds but her efforts were frustrated by her gag.
"Oh, they left that stinking gag in you! You can't talk. That's okay. I'll talk for both of us."
"We were bought by Kate. I know her from work back in Chicago. We have to do whatever we have to do to convince her that we accept our new lives as slaves so she will take us home soon. We will escape once we get there."
"We also have to find out what happened to the other four. Once we get free, we can try to find them and free them." Tempest chattered on and on and Elke nodded at what she said.
"Oh, I'm just so happy that at least we are together." Tempest leaned forward to try to kiss her friend but could not reach. Their breasts did touch in the process, however, and Tempest moved her chest back and forth, brushing her nipples across Elke's lower swells as the only sign of affection that she could muster.
Elke was surprised at the intimate touching by her friend. While Elke considered herself to be bisexual, she knew that Tempest was definitely not. She was an avowed heterosexual, which made the touching that much more remarkable. Tempest was four inches shorter than the six foot blonde so the stiff nipples raked lightly across the lower curves of Elke's full breasts. She arched her back to push her chest out, making it more accessible and, hopefully, letting her friend know that she appreciated the gesture. It was the first nice thing that had happened to her since they were kidnapped.
Tempest chattered on, continuing the one-way conversation. She spoke about the indignities they had endured and speculated about the fate that lay ahead of them. She expressed her fears but also her hope that they would one day be free. All the while, she moved her chest back and forth which seemed to have a calming effect on both of them.
Kate arrived after awhile. "There are my lovelies," she said after she entered the room. "It seems that I have ended up with both picks of the litter. This has been a good shopping trip."
Tempest wanted to scream at the way they were being treated but remembered the warning that she had received earlier. Her primary objective had to be getting back to Chicago as quickly as possible. She stood a chance of escaping there. She knew that no escape was possible if she was kept here, wherever here was. She kept her mouth shut.
Kate walked up to the two bound girls and reached up, lifting a breast from each girl in her hands. "What do you think of your new sister, pet?"
Tempest was infuriated at being called a pet but tried to mask that anger. "She's beautiful." This caused Kate to glare at Tempest who quickly remembered her instructions. "I mean she's beautiful, Mistress."
Kate smiled and patted Tempest on the cheek, treating her as if she were a child. This had Tempest's blood boiling but she maintained her composure. Kate gave Elke's breast a squeeze and looked to her. "And what do you think of your new sister, girl?"
Elke opened her eyes wide in surprise. How was she supposed to answer? She parted her lips and made a few garbled noises.
"Oh jeesh!" exclaimed Kate. "They left that damned gag in? That should have been removed long ago. Let me find a wrench." Kate looked around the apartment but could not find one so she called the front office to have one delivered. Ten minutes later, she was cranking the wrench and removing the horrid metal device from the tall blonde's mouth. Elke stretched her mouth open, flexing her jaw and thankful to have the cruel thing out of her mouth.
"I'm going to release you now and then we are going to talk. I hope I don't regret it. But I should remind you that you are in a completely secure facility. There is no way to escape. I hope that you will both behave.
Kate released Elke from the pole first and then she removed the girl's cuffs. She repeated the actions with Tempest, leaving both of them naked but unbound for the first time since their abduction. She walked to a chair and sat down. "Come girls. Kneel here and we can talk."
Tempest and Elke looked at each other questioningly but then moved to their new owner, kneeling on the carpeted floor. Kate leaned down and brushed each girl's face with her fingers as if moving stray hairs aside.
She started by telling Elke some of the same things that she had already told Tempest. She described what would be expected of them and emphasized that complete obedience would have to be the minimum standard.
"We are going to stay for a few days. We'll start your training tomorrow. If, at the end of that, I think you are ready to come home with me, then we'll go back to Chicago. If not, I will go alone and leave you behind for additional training."
"I know that this change must come as quite a shock to you," she continued, "but the sooner you make the adjustment in your minds, the better life will be for you. I know that neither of you probably grew up with aspirations of becoming a slavegirl. But that's what you are now. And it's permanent. You can either adjust to it the easy way or the hard way. I would prefer the easy way but I will not hesitate to use harsh measures to help you accept your new life."
Tempest trembled slightly as she listened to Kate. What did she mean by harsh treatment? Would she use torture? Would they be drugged into mindless zombies?
Tempest wanted to speak but remembered Kate's instructions about the use of her voice. She had already decided to act like she was adjusting to her new life on her own to avoid whatever the harsh treatment was so she did not want to anger Kate by talking or asking questions. But the questions were churning inside of her head. Thankfully, Kate noticed.
"Would you like to say something, pet?"
"Yes please," said Tempest obediently. This simple act of obedience and implied submission caused her to blush which infuriated her even more.
"You may speak,"
"Thank you," the naked girl said. Then she added, "Mistress. What will become of our friends?"
Kate admired Tempest for that simple question. It spoke volumes about the girl and her loyalties. Her whole life had been turned upside down and torn away from her but her first concern was for her friends.
"They all have owners now, just like the two of you," replied Kate.
Tempest did not know if follow-up questions were allowed but she decided to press her luck. After all, she had been given permission to speak. "What will their lives be like?"
"One of them, the redhead, was bought by a good friend of mine. She is not a harsh mistress. I suspect that the redhead will be a house slave and will be used mostly for pleasure."
"Her name is Alaine, Mistress."
"Thank you, pet," replied Kate. "Alaine's mistress is lesbian so I think her tongue will see a lot of action. And I expect that you will get to see her fairly often. Julia and I try to get together every month or so."
"A husband and wife bought another one of your friends," Kate went on.
"That was probably Kim."
"I have met Kim's new owners but I don't know them well. I don't know how she will be treated."
"They came in to where we were being held while you were out, Mistress," Tempest offered. "They said they were going to give her to their children."
"Oh my," said Kate. "Then she should be in for an interesting time. I suspect that she's in for a lot of sex, at least initially."
"What about Tammy, Mistress?" asked Tempest. "She was the pregnant one."
"I don't know her owner at all," replied Kate. "But I was sitting at the next table during the auction and I heard her talking to one of her friends. From her accent, I would guess that she was either German or Austrian; maybe even Swiss. She owns a dairy farm and already has a couple of human cows. Tammy will join the human cows in milk production. Human milk is considered a delicacy in my circles."
Elke and Tempest emitted gasps at this revelation. That sounded horrible and extremely degrading.
"If the baby is a boy," Kate went on, "she plans to sell him. If it's a girl, she plans to keep her and raise her to be a slave also." Tempest groaned at this news.
"And what about Carrie, Mistress? She was already gone when I was taken into that holding room."
"I don't know about Carrie's new owner," responded Kate. "She was bought by one of the online bidders. I don't know if she has a master or a mistress or what they intend for her. I don't even know what part of the world she will end up in. She was already taken to be packaged for shipment which is why she was gone when you arrived.
Tempest felt another chill snake down her spine at the words. How could anyone even talk about packaging a human being for shipment? And Tempest could not get over how casually Kate talked about it. She behaved as if these were normal everyday occurrences.
"Thank you, Mistress," was all that Tempest said once she had heard more about the fates of her close friends.
"Are there any more questions?"
"Yes, Mistress. I have tons of questions. But may I ask them another time?"
Kate laughed and reached out, patting Tempest's cheek. "Yes pet. I'm sure you do have tons of questions. This is all so new to you. You may ask the rest in the future but be sure to get permission before you do."
"But now it's getting late," said Kate. "This has been a long day for all of us. And tomorrow, we start your training. Tonight, I'm going to have you sleep together in the other room. That way, you can talk and help each other prepare for tomorrow without keeping me awake.
"Tomorrow, we will start with the two of you making love to each other so I want you to talk about that and get comfortable with it. You might even want to practice or experiment a bit. After that, you will provide me with pleasure and then you will provide pleasure to anyone I choose. Now run along. That is your bedroom." She pointed to a door. "I look forward to playing with my pretty pets in the morning."