The Price of Innocence

Chapter 24

Innocence had been married for six months and, she had to admit, this was not how she always envisioned life as husband and wife. Some parts of it were somewhat normal. When she and Richard went out to a restaurant or attended faculty events, she was the normal, loving, doting wife. People thought she was an incredibly beautiful wife, but a normal wife nevertheless.

When her parents or her mother-in-law visited, everything seemed normal. If they went away for a weekend, everything was typically, although not always, normal. There were even times when she and Richard were home alone that things seemed normal.

Certainly, she was spending more time at home these days. She had been kept by Dr. Grimm for two weeks of training near the beginning of the school year. Then, immediately after that, she had been sold and kept for eleven days of slavery by the Byrons. Since that time, she was frequently away from home because of being loaned or sold but she slept in her own bed more often than not.

She was always astounded how the normalcy of Richard's words could be so appropriate even when they were actually referring to some lewd or humiliating activity that was coming up for her. But anybody who overheard them saying their goodbyes to one another in the morning would be certain that this was a normal suburban couple living a normal suburban life.

One example was when Richard kissed his wife at the door as he was leaving for the university. "Hurry home," he had told her. Anyone overhearing his words would assume that she was going somewhere and that he looked forward to her return. It also had a different meaning, though.

For the past three days, Kaitlin had collected her stepmother shortly after her father left for work. Then she would drive her favorite slave girl to an estate in the countryside where the owners kept pony girls. Innocence would be stripped upon arrival and would be put into her tack. Straps wrapped her torso and waist and hips. Tall boots came to mid-thigh. A bit and bridle effectively gagged her as her tongue was trapped between two metal bars. And for decorative effect, a black ostrich feather was tucked into the bridle and a blonde tail attached to a butt plug was pushed uncomfortably into her bottom.

Once Kaitlin was satisfied with the look of her own pony girl, Innocence would be attached to a cart and then Katy would race her against the pony girls of the estate. It was humiliating to Innocence to be treated as some kind of animal but she did her best to compete in the races. She always started the races well and was typically several lengths ahead by the halfway point. But she always tired in the home stretch. So when Richard said "hurry home" this morning, he was not saying "I can't way to see you at the end of the day." He was really saying "Put some more energy into the home stretch and win for your stepdaughter."

"Have a good time in class today," accompanied another goodbye kiss one morning. That would be a perfectly logical thing for a husband to say, especially when his wife was a college student. Any neighbor who overheard them would sigh happily at how loving the couple was and how thoughtful the husband was.

What they would not have understood, however, was that Innocence had been loaned to others again. A friend of Richard's ran a private academy. Once she saw Innocence being displayed at a recent party, she had a brilliant idea.

Sixth graders at Rosebrook Academy were introduced to home management skills. All of the girls were from wealthy families and most would eventually marry wealthy husbands. It was important that they start to develop skills that would help them cope with the demands of running the estate or estates.

Two weeks of the course were dedicated to personal finance concepts. Other topics throughout the year included decorating, landscaping and menu selection. There was one part of the course, however, that consistently confounded Miss Arnot. For two weeks of each year, the sixth grade girls of Rosebrook were to learn how to care for and manage pets. But the selection of the proper pet had frustrated Miss Arnot for years. Some girls were afraid of dogs. Others were allergic to cats. Fish bored the girls. Hamsters looked too much like rats and none of the girls would get near them. And, the one year that snakes were introduced as the pet for the year, the screaming could be heard from five miles away.

Miss Arnot had arranged for the perfect pet for this year's class of sixth graders. They would have a pet girl. The class was delighted with the lesson and eagerly signed up for their turn taking care of the pet. With all of the previous pets, it had been like pulling teeth to get the girls to volunteer.

Innocence had thought that she could not possibly be exposed to anything that would embarrass her any more after all of the humiliations she had already endured. But she was wrong. Once again, she found herself blushing furiously in her latest predicament.

Miss Arnot did not usually teach classes because of her heavy duties as the school's administrator but she decided that she would personally teach this course for the next two weeks. She wanted to enjoy the delightful pet girl and all of her humiliations. On the first day of this section of the curriculum, she lectured on the care and feeding of a pet. Innocence was kneeling on all fours on a raised platform at the front of the classroom.

"These are the haunches," said Miss Arnot as she ran a palm down one of Cency's thighs. "Each pet is different. Some like their haunches to be stroked. Others like them scratched. You will have to experiment to find out what your pet likes."

She moved her hand to Cency's bottom and slowly caressed the perfectly rounded cheeks. "The same thing can be said of the pet's rump. You will have to try out different things to find out what your pet likes. And if your pet misbehaves, the rump is a good thing to use to correct the pet."

She raised a hand and brought it down with a loud crack, causing Innocence to yelp at being spanked. Many of the students giggled at the reaction and Innocence felt her blush deepening as she listened to the girls.

Innocence had to endure the dehumanizing treatment as her breasts were stroked and tugged, her teeth were inspected and a collar was placed around her neck. It was at the end of the class that the girls were to sign up for a day of caring for the class pet and they jostled each other to get to the front of the line to pick the day they wanted.

Each night, she was taken to a new home for the night. Usually, she was given a mat and would sleep on the floor at the foot of the student's bed. Some students, though, wanted their pet in bed with them. Each morning, the student would bathe the pet and then groom her, brushing her hair until it shined. Then she would be taken back to school for the next day of class.

Each girl was allowed to decide what kind of pet she would be. Some treated her as if she was a puppy. To others, she was a kitty. One girl even decided that she would be a cow and spent hours trying to coax milk out of her ‘udders."

Sex was the last thing in the world that she expected, especially given the age of the girls. But in the evening of her second day as a pet, one of the more precocious girl in the class was her temporary owner. She put her kitty's tongue to work and Innocence found herself licking the girl to multiple orgasms. Several of the parents also got into the act. On four nights, the parents retrieved Innocence from her sleeping mat after their daughters had fallen asleep. Innocence found herself in three threesomes with parents and once ended up just getting fucked by a single father. Each morning, she would be returned to her sleeping mat before the girl awakened. She decided that this was the most humiliating two weeks of her life.

Richard's comment to her this morning as he left for work was "Save some for me." Again, it was a normal sounding thing to say and anyone who overheard it might think that Richard would be getting home late and wanted Innocence to save some dinner for him. But the person would be wrong.

Richard had loaned Innocence to the Byrons for the weekend and they were due to collect her within the hour. She knew that Richard planned to attend the party on Saturday night. And she knew that the "save some for me" comment meant that he planned on using her just like all of the other guests and he wanted her to save one of her orgasms for him. It all seemed so unfair that she would be treated as if she was merely one of his possessions.