Every once in a while, Fate deals you an ace instead of a deuce. I was fortunate to receive such a present – gift-wrapped – before Victor tasked me with gathering information on Aleksandr “Sandr” Smirnov, and luring him to a jurisdiction where we could detain him.
And it happened, as it so often seems to in my life, because of sex.
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I’ve mentioned before that I kept up my relationship with Kristol, becoming one of her most valuable escorts under the working name of Sirena. Sirena was available only to the most exclusive, and highest-paying clients. As such, she tended to be involved in exotic – kinkier – play than most escorts.
That, of course, bothered me not at all. Having been trained in DeCoven’s Dungeon, I was well-versed in just about every kind of kink known in Europe. Snuff scenes, where one of the participants ends up dead, is one of the few places I draw the line for obvious reasons.
So, when Kristol contacted me, and said she had an important client – actually a couple – that she thought would be particularly suited to Sirena, I made sure I visited her offices promptly.
“They’re a Serbian couple,” she told me, sitting across from me at her desk, “Eva and Ratko Nikolić, and, like many established, married couples, they tend to repeat scenes involving similar kinks. They have two favorites, which they tend to keep coming back to. First, they want the escort to be a common whore whom they pick up in a public place, and use and abuse for their pleasure. In the second scene, they want the escort to be a Domina, using and abusing Ratko while Eva watches and participates.
“She’s a cold one, is Eva, with a taste for pain. She knows she is not allowed to leave scars or draw blood, but she enjoys hurting others, whether the escort or her husband. I’m told that she often approaches the edge of what is allowed, and a couple of times escorts have told me they were afraid she would run right over it – and them. But she controls herself – with difficulty – else I wouldn’t even suggest you take them on. Yet, you should stay alert and be careful with her. I think if she let herself go, she could be dangerous.”
Kristol named a price. It was high – even for Kristol. Even for Sirena. And it gave me pause for that reason. But I knew she wouldn’t have approached me unless she thought I could handle them.
I mused for a moment, then said, “Other than for the money, why do you keep supplying them? And what happened to the last escort that worked with them?”
Kristol sat back and sighed. “She was frightened by Eva on her last engagement, and said she won’t go back to them. But as to why – this couple is very much involved in the sex scene in Eastern Europe. Their endorsement carries a lot of weight, and can open a lot of doors for me – and for you.”
She looked at me directly, then, “Will you take them on? If you say no, I don’t know who else I can turn to, to be honest.”
I thought about it. I, of course, had all kinds of training most escorts don’t have – but if you’re trussed up like a goose, it won’t do you much good. Yet, I trusted Kristol and knew that her judgment could be counted on. Besides, her contacts had opened a lot of doors for me in the past. Perhaps this was a time for me to keep one open for her.
I nodded, “Da. I’ll take them on.” I grinned wickedly. “And Ratko won’t know what hurt him!”
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Which is how I found myself almost re-enacting one of my nightmares. At the behest of the client couple, I was sitting alone in a shabby bar, wearing shabby clothes, and trying to look desperate and hungry.
They were late, of course, in an attempt to make the escort – me, in this case – nervous. But one thing I had learned, first with Mistress, then in DeCoven, then on the hunt for Mistress’ killers, and finally through the training for The Organization, was patience. But, of course, I acted nervous and antsy because I suspected they would be watching before they approached me.
When they finally walked in, they ignored me and sat at a banquette table on the other side of the bar, but one that had me in their sightlines. They ordered drinks, and ignored me at first, while I pretended to bite my fingernails – a habit Mistress had vigorously broken me of early in our relationship.
Finally, Eva stood up and sauntered over, radiating contempt as she stopped close to my chair, invading my space and forcing me to strain my neck to look up. “How much?” she asked – as I had been told she would.
I craned my neck up at her. My real price had already been settled and paid in advance, but this was part of the scene.
“Short time or long time?” I asked in a rush.
She snorted. “Let’s say – long time.”
I sat back, trying to look like I was faking calm in order to negotiate. “Just you, just him, or both of you?” I replied, nodding towards her husband.
She shook her head and turned as if to leave.
I grabbed her sleeve, “Okay, both of you.”
She half turned back, “How much?” she repeated impatiently.
I licked my lips, “Um… €250?” I ended the sentence by letting my voice squeak upwards.
She snorted, and removed my hand from her sleeve, turning to leave again.
“€175,” I said, too loudly.
She turned back and looked down her nose at me, letting her eyes travel up and down my shabby clothes and not-quite-clean face. “Hunh. €75 is what you’re worth. But I’ll tell you what. If we’re happy with your… performance, I’ll add another €50. Take it or leave it.”
I licked my lips again, hesitating, “Okay, but the €75 in advance – the other €50 when we’re done.”
She stared at me, her lips curled in a sneer. “Yes – but only if you deserve it.” She reached into her purse, pulled out some bills, and tossed them on the table in front of me. I scooped them up quickly, trying to count them while keeping my eyes on her, then stuffed them into the change purse around my neck.
“Come,” she commanded, then turned on her heel and walked back to the banquette. “We’re leaving,” she announced to her husband, “We have our plaything.”
Without looking to see if either of us followed, she turned and walked imperiously out of the bar, tossing a note toward the bartender. He snatched it up, looked at it, then ducked his head in thanks.
When her husband and I joined her on the sidewalk out front, she had her hand up, and a black limousine moved smoothly up and stopped in front of her, then the chauffeur jumped out, ran around, and opened the door for her, standing rigidly at attention.
His eyes followed me as I got into the back.
She was raising the barrier between the back and the driver when I got seated next to her. It was tinted, like the rest of the windows. I reached for the seatbelt, but she stopped me. “Strip.”
I gawked at her, then licked my lips again, but slowly pulled off my sad rags, putting them on the seat, including the change purse, which I tried to tuck underneath me. I wasn’t wearing a bra, and lifted to slip my skirt off, then slowly slid my cheap, cotton panties down, clasping my knees closed over my naked mound. I made a show of being embarrassed by my nakedness because I was sure that was what she wanted. When I had everything off, she slowly pushed my rags onto the floor, then wiped her hands as if getting rid of dirt. “Sit on your palms,” was all she said.
Acting reluctant, I slowly worked my palms under my ass, then looked back at her. She was looking into her purse and pulled out a thick, black collar with rings on four sides. Leaning forward, she quickly fastened the collar tightly around my neck, then locked it in place with a small lock. Next, she withdrew a black wristband with a clasp on one side. Pulling my near hand up from under me, she fastened the wristband tightly to my left wrist, then clipped it to the left side of my collar.
She tossed another band to her husband, who had said nothing so far, and had, in fact, hardly been noticeable. Now I looked at him. He grinned with yellow-stained teeth, then pulled my other hand up, fastened it into the wristband, then snapped it to the collar. Both hands were now completely immobilized, and I was sitting, naked and helpless, between them.
He reached over me, grabbed the seatbelt, and drew it across my lap, clicking it shut.
She rapped on the glass, and the limo immediately pulled smoothly away.
“To gag, or not to gag. What do you think, Ratko?” she asked.
“Oh yes. At least until we get her home. Let’s not attract too much attention in public. Once we’re there, though – well, the screams will be very…amusing.”
I turned and opened my eyes wide at him as if I was scared, then opened my mouth to say something –
And felt her shove a ball gag into it. Quickly, she pushed my head forward, slipped the ends around my head, avoiding my hands with practiced ease, and fastened it behind my head.
I squeaked as if shocked and surprised, which caused her to smile.
Next, they each put one hand on the knee closest to them, and pulled my legs apart, my feet straddling the transmission hump on the floor. I feigned reluctance but didn’t fight.
“Now then – it’s time for you to start earning your money,” and she leaned forward, put her mouth to my nipple – and bit it. Hard. I arched my back as if in protest, but the seatbelt restrained me in place.
It made me wonder if she had any vampire blood…
She sat back up and smirked at me, then reached into her bag again and pulled out coated alligator clamps for my nipples and clit. She fastened one to my far nipple, then turned the screw to tighten it until I inhaled with pain, then did the same with the other nipple. She left the third clamp to dangle from a chain that connected all three through a metal loop.