Taming a Tempest

Chapter 9

Kate would have loved to watch the afternoon training but she had work to do. She had been sent some documents the night before and had spent much of the night reviewing them. That was the primary reason that she had let the girls sleep together. She normally would have them join her in her bed right away but she knew she would be busy.

She did not mind, though. She had the rest of her life to enjoy the girls. They were her property now so she could take as long as she wanted. It was a wonderful feeling to own another human being. It provided such a feeling of power and such an erotic rush. There was nothing else like it.

She also didn't mind because her work for the organization was the most lucrative part of her law practice, by far. She made many millions of dollars each year by helping the ring avoid legal pitfalls or getting out of them.

The documents that she received surprised her. It seemed that the organization wanted to diversify. While it had created a very profitable business of kidnapping and selling girls and then managing subsequent sales or trades of them, it appeared that was not enough. Not only that, but some in the organization wanted some more legitimate businesses even if they were just a front.

There were two proposed businesses and the set of documents included business plans for each of them. The first was what Kate viewed as a matchmaking service. There were "women out there who fantasize about being a slave" but have no way to experience, explained the one business plan. Sometimes that was because of family responsibilities or social constraints of the communities in which they lived. There were also men and women who wanted slaves but either could not afford the exorbitant price associated with buying a girl or could not afford the time to properly care for a permanent slave.

The new business venture would create a way of matching masters and mistresses with willing and eager slavegirls. It would conduct personality tests of both the owners and the slaves and would survey them on likes and dislikes related to various sexual and nonsexual activities. Then, it would match up owners and slaves that had a good fit. The match would be for a predetermined period of time and the business would supervise the relationship through frequent checkups to make sure that both parties got what they wanted out of the transaction.

"The last part is one of the most important," the business plan explained. "The key to growth and profitability will be repeat customers. It is estimated that each satisfied slavegirl will repeat her experience once each year. Each satisfied owner is likely to repeat more frequently."

"A girl can become a pony girl for a long weekend. She can become a harem slave for a month or three days. She can be whatever she has always fantasized about but had been reluctant to pursue." The plan went on and on about the possibilities. It envisioned durations ranging from two to thirty days with an average of a week.

There were two target demographics for the slaves in the business plan. Young mothers represented one demographic. It was speculated that during pregnancy and for the months following childbirth, mothers would be bored out of their minds. This boredom would lead to fantasies and the new business would start marketing to them two months after childbirth by offering them "an escape to excitement."

The other target demographic was women in their upper thirties. "As they approach forty, they will realize that their youth is rapidly escaping them. As they near middle age, they will start to think about all of the exciting things that they always wanted to experience. We will provide an outlet for them to live their dreams."

Of course, there would always be customers who did not fit neatly into these two categories. It was speculated that adventurous college girls who wanted a different kind of spring break might view this as an exciting alternative. Recently divorced women might also find this attractive as a way to get the divorce out of their minds and behind them. Even single women who had broken up with a boyfriend or just wanted a unique vacation could become customers. Additional target markets would be developed over time as data about customers was gathered.

The target market for owners was less specific. Men and women who were approaching age milestones such as thirty, forty, fifty or sixty were possibilities. Recent divorces also worked for owners the same way they worked for slaves. But the plan admitted that it was not as easy to identify the ideal owner customers. They planned to cast the net wide and gather data to study. After six months, they would have a better feel for it and would revise the plan.

It did stay that they planned to market more heavily to the wealthy. It was hoped that this business venture could act as a feeder to the organization's core business. Once someone got a taste of owning a girl, it was hoped that he or she would want something more permanent. That's where the core business could help. The only thing that constrained the growth of the slave business was the demand for high quality girls. The supply of girls to kidnap and sell was limitless. It was the supply of qualified buyers that was limited and this venture could increase the supply of buyers.

Kate thought that the venture looked very promising based on the facts that were presented. She never envisioned the organization diversifying but this business was at least related to what they knew: slavery. Only two things bothered her. The first was that they needed very tight controls on who they accepted as a buyer. Since this was going to be a legitimate business and open to the public scrutiny, they could not afford some wacko getting a hold of their slave customers and abusing or maiming or killing someone. The plan was much too light on controls. She would insist on thorough background checks and personal interviews before a new person was accepted as a buyer. She would also insist on feedback from the slaves after the period of ownership was completed. These would drive up the price but they could not afford the bad publicity or lawsuits.

The other thing that bothered her was the method of monitoring during the enslavement. She could not picture how that could be done without being intrusive. And yet, if they advertised that as part of the experience as they were planning on doing, women would rely on that as a guarantee of safety.

She decided that she would need to arrange some "mystery shoppers" during the start up of the venture. She would have people sign up with the intent of reporting back on the entire experience but, in particular, how well the monitoring went and whether or not it was successful in making the girls feel safe.

She thought that she might even be one of the mystery shoppers. At thirty nine, she clearly fit into one of the target demographics. And she had always wanted to experience life from the other side but she had never felt comfortable doing it with anyone from the organization. She had heard too many reports of people offering outlandish prices to buy her. One report was that someone had offered three million dollars. She was convinced that the only thing that prevented her enslavement was that her value as the organization's lawyer far outweighed any price that someone would offer. But she also feared that, once someone owned her, even if it was supposed to be temporary, the temptation to make it permanent might be too great.

One of Kate's assignments for this venture was to draft a slavery contract. Since she was considering becoming a slave to test out the processes, she would pay particular attention to that assignment. She wanted to make sure that ambiguous contract language did not lead to her permanent loss of freedom.

The second business venture would have the organization opening a string of resorts. This business, tentatively called "Club Shackles," would cater to owners and dominants alike. It would be a place where one could take his or her slave or sub to relax for a vacation in a spot where nobody would be offended by whatever nudity or punishment or sex occurred.

Kate thought that she could be a mystery shopper for this one also once she got her two girls trained. That would probably take a year to accomplish but it would take at least a year to get Club Shackles up and running.

She had some concerns about this venture too. First, she did not like the idea of subs and slaves co-mingling. At least she did not like the idea of the slaves that her organization provided mingling with subs. Subs were into the lifestyle by choice and for purely sexual and recreational fun. Slaves had no choice. They had been cruelly kidnapped and had their former lives stripped away from them. Regardless of how well they were trained, there would always be the temptation to sneak a message back to their loved ones through a complicit sub. Then the authorities would be alerted.

The second concern was the authorities themselves. The organization would essentially be advertising "look here for your kidnapped girls." She envisioned legions of undercover police officers vacationing at the resorts and developing dossiers on each of the guests.

And what would happen if recreational guests changed their minds? For example, what would the resort do if a dominant wanted to switch? What would they do if a sub decided that she had enough and wanted to be released? Or what would happen if a devious dominant grew tired of his or her sub and wanted to sell her? There was just too much at risk in this venture. She would write up her concerns and have them rework the plan before it was sent to the powers that be for approval.

The last concern was a more personal one. She took great pride in her life as a slaver. It was not something that she could ever put on her resume but, to her, that was what defined her. She loved the fact that she made a living through trafficking in beautiful female flesh. It made her feel like a swashbuckling female pirate.

Both of these new ventures detracted from this feeling. They were dragging her back into the mainstream of society when, in truth, she loved the feeling of being an outlaw. It was thrilling and dangerous. It kept her adrenalin flowing and had her in an almost constant state of sexual arousal. It made her feel alive.

The second venture, the resorts, was almost Disneylandish to Kate. It was taking what she loved about her life and watering it down into a generic consumer product. She was not sure how she would feel if the two businesses caught on and turned the organization legitimate. She would have to think about this.

While she contemplated all of this and drafted her response to the two business plans, three pairs of girls were ferociously waggling their tongues, bringing one another to a seemingly endless string of orgasms as they were being trained and conditioned to provide pleasure to other females.