Though he was a fully grown man of 21 years, they still called him „Little Fox“. Sure, that nickname was better than „pup“, as theh had called him during his youth, but it expressed the same problem: he was just the son of the famous Black Fox. His father was the brave leader who did daring attacks and whose last coup had brought them more gold than ever before. Three slave girls that had been sold for a fortune. Little Fox would never have thought of seriously conspiring against his father, but sure he was jealous.
And here, he came back from what had been just a patrol mission. Little Fox could see that the body of a woman was bound to his father`s horse. She was clad only in a camisole and knickers and it seemed that she had given up struggling and only looked at the approaching people with widened eyes, covered by tresses of fair blonde hair.
„Another one. More money for the clan, more fame for the Black Fox“, Little Fox thought when he watched from the distance as his father cut Jacqueline from the stirrups and handed her to the women, telling them to make her „look presentable“. The men padded the shoulders of their leader, offered him a drink and listened to his story whilst the half conscious, bound and gagged girl was carried inside a tent.
„It seems that you just have to ride out to find some white girls nowadays“, Little Fox thought, „maybe, I should try the same. Anyway, I need some fresh air.“
So, pretending that he would go on a hunting trip and accompanied only by his best friend, he left the camp in the first hours of the day.
***
At about the same time, Yamei told Zenobia and Diane that she had been able to talk to the Sultan as an ambassador of her uncle who had agreed to send his recently bought slaves as a present to his ruler. So, both Diane and Zenobia would be delivered into the palace later that day.
„I hope that the few things we could teach you during the last days will be helpful for you. Just remember that you have to get as close to Mei as possible and to find a way to send messages to me. If there`s a possibility to run away, together with Andrea, take it, but not before I can be sure that Mei has fallen from grace.“
Zenobia had only listened half of the speech. During the last days, she had indeed learned a few things. And some of these had left her more than confused.
The martial arts training had been strenuous, but also very interesting. Lin had warned them that they could not learn within days what had taken her years. But it could be useful against an attacking man who expected to have just a weak girl to cope with. After some hours, both Diane and Zenobia had been glad when Lin had finally ended the lesson and allowed them to wash themselves. That night, both girls had slept like stones.
However, there had been other nights to follow. The next day, Xiao had showed them what real inescapable bondage meant. After two hours, neither Diane nor Zenobia had been able to loosen a single knot and so, they had been retied and -gagged the same way for the night.
After being ordered to strip naked, each had been forced to lie on a big „X“, formed by two long wooden sticks. These Xes were attached to the floor at the crosspoint and when Zenobia looked closer, she could see that the sticks had grooves every four inces. She had to lie down on one of these Andreas` crosses, whilst Diane was lying on the other one some yard away. Then, they had to stretch their arms and legs along the sticks and Xiao had tied their arms and legs to the posts.
She started by tying Zenobia`s right wrist to the post. With the rope running through one of the grooves, she was not able to move her tied hand along the stick, but that was not the only precaution. Xiao took the long ends of the rope and wound them around her lower arms, about midways between her wrist and the elbow, where the next groove was. When she knotted it off, Zenobia could see that the knots were well out of reach for her fingers. She repeated the procedure to her left arm before tying up Diane the same way.
Then, Xiao had cut a number of ropes, each some yard in length and had worked her way up the girls`s arms. Since there were grooves every four inches, it meant that their arms were attached to the post below and above the elbow joint and at their upper arms whilst a final rope cut deeply into their armpits and connected their shoulders to the posts. Now, their arms were immobilized, no matter how they struggled.
Xiao stretched both girls`s legs before tying them off to the posts, starting at the ankles and working up to the tops of their thighs. Now, they were formed into a spreadeagle, unable to change that humiliating position. However, Xiao wasn`t finished.
Diane could not avoid that the Chinese sat on her chest and trapped her head between her lower legs. Then, Zenobia could hear some retching and moaning and could see that Xiao was doing something with some cloths. She could not see how Diane was gagged, but when Xiao rose, Zenobia could see that the blonde`s mouth and nose were covered by some scarves tied around her head and the way her cheeks bulged told her that her friend`s mouth had been stuffed to capacity.
„Now, it`s your turn, my dear“, Xiao said when she placed her butt on Zenobia`s chest. She reached for her bag and produced a black piece of silk.
„Now, I am sure you regret that you have refused to take these off during the exercises“, Xiao purred when she stuffed the knickers into Zenobia`s mouth. Indeed, the cloth tasted from sweat – Diane`s sweat – and Zenobia could not help retching, though she offered no resistance, knowing she was helpless.
When she had crammed the knickers in as far as they would go, Xiao secured the packing with a cleave gag she tied excruciantingly tight. Then, she took another scarf and stuffed it in the little space left between Zenobia`s open lips. Over that, she tied another scarf, covering her mouth from nose to chin. Then, Xiao took off her loincloth.
„Mhhmmm?“, Zenobia moaned questioningly. Then, she tried to protest when Xiao tied the silk band over her nose, placing the crotch part in a way she had to breathe in the other girl`s fragrance. Zenobia could smell the perfume Xiao was using, but another odour told her that Xiao had obviously been using her Ben Wa balls when wearing this loncloth. The Black rolled her eyes when Xiao tied a final scarf over her mouth and nose. This scarf forced her to close her jaws a bit and it put additional pressure on her gags.
Xiao, now stark naked, jumped up and went over to Diane again. The blonde mmphed with horror when Xiao took a short rope from her bag. Three metal balls were tied to it.
„Since you will have to stay like this for the whole night, you might want some distraction“, she said. Diane fumed and pulled on her ties, but she knew already that it was to no avail. During the two hours they had been bound and gagged before, they had found out that no matter how much they wriggled and squirmed, they could only make the crossed posts rotate around the axis where they were fixed to the ground. The distance between them was just so big they could just touch each other`s fingertips when bringing their arms as close as possible. There was no possibility to assist each other in undoing the knots.
They had been spared any crotch ropes during the morning session and Zenobia could not see what Xiao actually was doing, but the expression in Diane`s eyes and her frantic mewing told her that the Chinese was obviously massaging the blonde`s most intimate parts to get the Ben Wa balls inside her without hurting her.
„Ghhmmm! Uuhhmmmm! Nnnnggg! Hhhrrrrrrr!“
Xiao was in no hurry. She continued playing with her helpless victim and Zenobia could hear that her moans became less energetically. Then, she could hear a sigh and saw that Diane had closed her eyes.
„It seems that Xiao has conquered that barrier“, Zenobia thought and turned her eyes from Diane`s obviously not so hard plight. After a while, an angry moan told her that Xiao had obviously stopped teasing Diane. She looked up again and could see that Xiao was just slinging a rope around Diane`s waist and bringing the ends between her open legs. When she had tied the crotch rope off, Zenobia could only assume that it was keeping the Ben Wa balls inside her. Tightly bound as she was, Diane could not move enough to really get teased by these or the crotch rope, but the balls were there and irritated her, emphasizing her helplessness.
„Now, let`s help you to concentrate on your bondage a little better.“
Xiao went to a candle and took some of the wax to form two little plugs she firmly shoved into Diane`s ears. Then, she blindfolded the girl with a black scarf she tied over her head, knotting it off in her neck. Then, she went over to Zenobia who steeled herself for being treated the same way. However, Xiao just sat down beside her and caressed her hair.
„Poor thing, it must be terrible for you, knowing that your lover is jailed in the palace and you have to stay here instead of being on a rescue mission.“
„Mmhhmmm?“
Pity was one of the last things Zenobia would have expected from the Chinese. However, her eyes did not express mockery.
„You are missing her, don`t you? You miss her here“, she kissed Zenobia`s forehead, „and you miss her here.“ Now, she put her hand on Zenobia`s left breast, feeling for the Black`s heartbeat.
„Mmhhmmmph!“
„And, though you prudish American might not admit it, you also miss her – here.“
Xiao cupped the other`s pubic mound with her hand.
„Uuuhhmmmph! Nnnnggg!“
Zenobia wriggled her hips, but could not shake off Xiao`s hand.
„Somehow, I admire you. You are so helpless, so utterly helpless, but you are still trying to fulfill your rescue mission. You are a brave woman, Zenobia.“
„Mmmmhhmmm!“
„And now, you are facing another night in bondage, with no chance of getting free. But maybe, you want to think of something else. Something more pleasurable.“
„Nnngggg! Mmmhhmmphh!“
„Oh, don`t mind your friend over there. She can`t see us, she can`t hear us and she even won`t be able to smell your arousal, with Lin`s loincloth tied over her nose. If you don`t tell her, I won`t.“
All the time, her fingers had continued massaging Zenobia`s middle. To her horror, she felt that her body was responding to the caresses. Her breath accelerated and she involuntarily thrusted her pelvis against Xiao`s hand.
„Don`t fight it, dear. There is no reason to not allow yourself a break from suffering.“
„Mhhmmmm! Uuuhhmmmm! Mmhhmmmph!“
Xiao`s fingers had found a way inside her. She had never been touched there by anyone but herself – if one did not count those who had tied crotch ropes between her legs, which she had experienced several times during the last year. She was sure that Andrea would have caressed her there when they had been tied inside the box, had her hands not been tied behind Zenobia`s back. Andrea!
„Uuuhhmmmmm! Mmhhmmmmm! Uuuhhhmmmmmm!“
Zenobia squirmed under Xiao`s hands, sighing and shaking her head from side to side. She had closed her eyes and her concerns and worries were more and more washed away by the waves of passion that radiated from her womb.
„Mph! Mph! Mph! Uuuhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm!“
There it came! Zenobia felt not so much extasy, but more relief. The last weeks had been more than straining and indeed, she felt a part of the weight on her shoulders had vanished when she slowly calmed down again. Then, shame took hold of her and she opened her eyes, seeing Xiao`s face only inches away from her own.
„There, now you will feel more relaxed, dear. It`s nothing to be ashamed of, just a break from the day`s hardships. That is, of course, if you are sure you don`t need further relaxation.“
Xiao`s fingers had went to work again and Zenobia, still in an aroused state, could not help responding to it. This time, Xiao wasn`t interested in getting the Black to the brink as soon as possible. Again and again, she withdrew her hand or slowed down her movements, making Zenobia plead through her mouthfilling gag and driving her crazy. She thrashed in her bonds and trembled like she had been striken by a lightning. Finally, Xiao showed mercy and allowed her helpless partner to come. This time, Zenobia passed out from sheer pleasure.
When she regained consciousness, she could see that Xiao had risen from the floor and was standing beside her.
„Well, dear, that wasn`t bad, was it? We should repeat that from time to time.“
And such opportunities came. Whenever she and Diane had not been able to free themselves during the morning sessions and they were restrained for the night, Xiao blindfolded Diane and plugged her ears before turning her attention to Zenobia.
The girl had of course conflicting thoughts about that. On the one hand, she felt like betraying Andrea. But on the other hand, she more and more was anticipating the nights. On one occasion, she had even faked that she had been unable to free her wrists and to work on Diane`s bonds, only to ensure that they would both be tied up and gagged during the night. The feeling of guilt towards Diane did not help Zenobia in coping with the situation.
But whenever she was alone with Xiao – alone, if she did not count her bound, gagged, blindfolded and deafened companion close to her - , Zenobia was wax in the Chinese`s hands. She even returned the favors to Xiao when she had loosened her bonds and gag. When both girls were lying side by side on the carpet, panting from the aftermath of passion, Xiao meant:
„You know that this would have been a good opportunity to overpower me and to free Diane?“
Zenobia looked at her with a puzzled expression.
„Y-you m-mean, all that, all we – it was only part of my training?“
Xiao bent over to her and kissed her lips.
„Partially, of course. But as you may have noticed, Diane has not gotten that – special training. And this, my dear, has got nothing to do with professionalism. Although, I have to admit that I had been able to learn something by that, too.“
So, when it was time to be brought into the palace, she had mixed feelings about seeing Andrea again. Zenobia tried to just concentrate on her mission and to oppress any thoughts about her lover whom she had betrayed.
Now, they were both standing stark naked in front of Yamei. Both Zenobia and Diane had been washed and oiled and their bodies were shimmering and smelling like roses.
„I have told the Sultan that my uncle has felt guilty about buying you and overbidding the Sultan`s man. So, he will offer you to Du Wenxiu as a present – in exchange for some tax alleviations, of course.“
„So, everyone can be happy about his investments“, Diane uttered with some bitterness. Yamei smiled and continued:
„Your duty will to be to help the Sultan in learning English and to make him more acquainted with American custodies. So, maybe, you will be even allowed to stay dressed. But now, I have to send you in a way that shows you are not hiding daggers somewhere on your bodies.“
She ordered the two girls to stand with their hands to their sides and with their legs together and Lin and Xiao wrapped them in two silk blankets, covering them from neck to foot. Like this, they were put into the sedan chair. Yamei Lin entered and the latter rummaged through a bag. Before she could see them, the fragrance told Zenobia that it were their used knickers.
„I promised Du Wenxiu taht you are docile. And docile slaves don`t spit out their gags.“
So, Diane and Zenobia once more endured to be gagged with the vile tasting cloth balls. Then, the sedan chair was lifted and brought the four girls to the Sultan`s palace.
The guards obviously knew who they were and once they had stopped in the inner court, each of them was carried by two servants and placed in front of a divan on which Du Wenxiu was sitting. He and Yamei exchanged a few sentences of which Zenobia could only understand that obviously the Sultan was pleased by their appearance, though he had not ordered to unwrap them from the blankets yet. Then, Yamei and Lin left and Du Wenxiu spoke to Zenobia and Diane:
„My last teacher – she away. You her place.“
Zenobia`s eyes widened and she uttered a moan. Had the man just said that Andrea wasn`t here? She tried to spit out her gag and to ask the Sultan, but before she could do so, Du Wenxiu ordered them to be taken to the harem.
***
All her life, Jacqueline had been treated like a princess by her parents and had been spared from life`s hardships. Even on her trip to China and whilst living with her uncle, she had had access to considerable luxury and so, she was just a spoiled brat, not prepared for anything evil. Of course, until yesterday Jacqueline had thought that having to live at a small garrison town in the Chinese province was the worst she could imagine. But now, this seemed like paradise to her, compared to her current predicament.
Inside the tent, she had been ungagged and given some water. Jacqueline had spat out strays of hay and greedily drank. Then, she had screamed for help and tried to get her hands free. The women had tried to calm her down, but the blonde continued to scream and shout and had beaten at them with her tied hands. Finally, one of the women had called for male assistance.
The Black Fox had entered, followed by three of his men. He looked at Jacqueline who, with her wrists and ankles still bound, was sitting on the floor and tried to free her wrists with her teeth.
„Behave“, the Black Fox ordered in English. Jacqueline had been tought English at the girls` high school, but she answered in French, swearing at the man for abducting her. He smiled when she squirmed over to him and beat him at his legs. Then, he ordered his men to grab her by the shoulders and raise her up. Then, he grabbed Jacqueline`s chin and looked into her blue eyes.
„Behave“, he repeated.
„Cochon!“, Jacqueline yelled and spat into his face.
The Black Fox nodded and said something to his men. They dragged her outside and placed the squirming and screaming girl under three posts that formed an open door. Jacqueline shrieked with horror as one of the men threw a rope with a noose in it over the horizontal bar.
„You-you can`t do that, you bastards, I-“
However, they did not intend to hang her – from her neck. Whilst two men held her still, a third put the noose over her and placed it directly under her arms. Then, she felt that she was lifted up. The rope dug into her armpits and Jacqueline screamed and wriggled and tried to keep in contact with the ground. The man tied the other end of the rope to one of the vertical bars. Now, with her feet some five inches off the ground, Jacqueline swung like a pendulum and cursed her captors in a mixture of French, English and the little Chinese she knew.
The Black Fox approached and without a word, ripped the camisole from her. The blonde yelped and tried to hide her bare breasts with her bound arms. Despite her resistance, two men freed her wrists and retied her arms behind her back at wrists and elbows. Now, Jacqueline not only could no longer hide her charms, the tied elbows also forced her to thrust her big boobs out.
„Please, no!“
one of the man grabbed her legs, pinned them under his arm and released her ankles. The Black Fox meanwhile was working on the waistband of her knickers.
„No! No, please, no!“
Ignoring her pleas, he slowly peeled down her knickers. Jacqueline tried to flail and to prevent him from doing so, but after a while, she was hanging from the rope stark naked wilst the Black Fox stepped behind her and grabbed her scalp.
„No! Ouch! Noouuuuhhhmmmmppph!“
With his strong hands, he stuffed the knickers deeply into her mouth, forcing her to retch when the silky material touched the back of her throat. He then took her camisole, tore it into halfs and tied one of the strips tightly between her lips. Then, he let her go.
„Uuhhhmmmmph! Mhhmmmmph! Mph! Mhhrrr!“
Jacqueline now was literally dancing on the string. She tried to kick at the man, but they were all just out of reach. Then, remembering that she was stark naked and what show she was offering, she pressed her thighs together, blushing deeply from embarrassment.
The Black Fox left for breakfast, but the men seated beside the posts and began to eat and drink. As the time passed, some of the clan`s people walked by and watched the struggling and fuming girl. Some of the men seemed to be turned on by her naked forms, but most just seemed to be curious, just like soeone visiting a zoo and seeing a Giraffe for the first time in his life.
After some minutes, Jacqueline`s efforts became weaker and she accepted the helplessness of her situation. She swallowed some saliva, knowing too well that it were her own sweaty knickers that stuffed her mouth to the bursting. However, every attempt to wriggle off her tight gag was futile. Her armpits and shoulders hurt from having to carry her weight and Jacqueline uttered a groan of sheer pain.
The men didn`t seem to care. They had taken out some bones and were playing some game, only occasionally looking at their naked, bound and gagged victim. Jacqueline tried to plead through her gag and whimpered to get their attention, but to no avail. After some hour, the Black Fox came back and stepped in front of her.
„Girls like horses. Break them, then behave!“
„Mhhhrrrrmmmmph!“
She tried to kick him, mewing with pain when the sudden movement tore on the rope under her armpits. She wanted to show him that she was far from being broken or defeated. However, time was working for him.
After another hour, her head had sunken to her chest and she was only from time to time weakly moving her legs. Now, the Black Fox sat in front of her, some two yards away, and poured some tea into his mug.
The lapping of the liquid reminded Jacqueline of another problem that she had so far been able to ignore under all the pain and fear she was suffering from: she needed to pee badly.
„If these bastards don`t release me soon, I will not be able to hold it any longer! Oh no, such things never happen in books! But, I am a Lady, I can`t – ooohhh!“
„Mmmhhhhhhhrrrrrrrmmmmm!“
Again, the Black fox had splashed some tea, irritating the suffering girl with the sound. He smiled at her, obviously knowing what her problem was.
„This bloody heathen want`s to see me when I- But I can`t! I just can`t! Oh my god, my bladder will burst and it hurts, but I can`t!“
She squeezed her thighs together, blushing violently from embarrassment and trying to turn away from him. But she found herself surrounded by watchers. To her horror, it seemed that al of them had bowls or mugs in their hands and were producing splashing sounds.
„Ooouuuhhhhhmmmmmmm!“
Jacqueline could not fight it any longer. Her body relaxed and, closing her eyes in self denial, she relieved her bladder in front of the watching crowd. Once more, the Black Fox stepped in front of her.
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„Behave?“
She opened her eyes. Tears were running down her cheeks and she was trembling from both exhaustion and humiliation.
„Behave?“
Sobbing, Jacqueline nodded. Then, she fainted and immediately, the Black Fox ordered to take her down and get her back into the tent.
***
Zenobia needed all her self control to not blast her cover. Once in the harem, an identical copy of Yamei and three more girls had welcomed her and Diane. A Chinese girl named Wanjun had handed them two loincloths and two dresses who looked plain, but were maid of pure silk. Whilst it turned out that a small blonde called Olga couldn`t speak English, a taller blonde called Arlette could communicate with them and Mei was fluent in English, just like her sister.
„Yes, your companion has disappeared fromm the palace a few days ago. We don`t know how she did it, since she left at night. Of course, the Sultan has sent out a search party, but she has completely vanished. As a consequence to that, now all foreign slaves are tied up for the night. Poor Olga and Arlette, they had nothing to do with Andrea`s getaway!“
Olga, who had only understood her name being mentioned, smiled, but Arlette nodded and showed a wryly look on her face.
Zenobia felt like she had been hit with a hammer. Andrea was free! She was somewhere outside there, perhaps in great danger – and away from her.
Without thinking, Zenobia ran for the door. When she found it locked, she hammered at the wooden planks, then, she spun around, looking for another way to escape.
„Stop it! Now!“, Mei ordered in a sharp voice. Then, she said something to Wanjun who stepped between Zenobia and the window.
Zenobia had been a good pupil when Lin had tried to teach her some Kung Fu and her first blow hit Wanjun by surprise. But, as Lin had told them, one cannot learn within days what needs years. So, after a short struggle, Zenobia was lying on the carpet whilst Wanjun kept her in a vice, inescapable grip.
Mei approached and looked down at Zenobia who was panting and trying not to scream from the pain every move cost her.
„Well, it seems that you are not as docile as my beloved twin sister has promised. Typically for her to send such presents. Anyway, we have enough time to teach you how to behave in the presence of the Sultan`s concubine!“
having said so, she called in four guards who took care of Zenobia and carried her from the view of Diane who had watched the fight with a mixture of fear and resignation.
***
Though he had told his clansmen that he had gone on a hunting trip, Little Fox had just spent the day riding through the hills and forests and with a little surprise, he found that he was close to the road to Tengyue when dusk came. For a moment, he thought if they should spend the night in a nearby village and to get drunk, but then, he had heard the sound of horses and some voices. Female voices.
He and his friend dismounted and sneaked closer to where the noises came from. On a little clearing, some 100 yards off the road, he could see four women who were just preparing a night camp.
„What the hell is that?“, he thought.
On the one hand, these women behaved like men. They were wearing trousers and the way they made a fire and built up their little tent showed some skill. On the other hand, they were gossiping all the time as if they were on a tea party. Little Fox didn`t understand English, but it looked as if these four women were totally unaware of their presence.
„I wonder why they are here, off the road. The next village is only some mile away from here.“
Then, when one of them sat beside the fire, Little Fox almost petrified. He knew the brown haired woman. To be precisely, she had been brought to their camp, together with her two friends, some weeks ago. One day later, she had been sold on the slave market in Dali. And now, she was here, accompanied by three other women, a redhead and two Indians.
„Let`s wait for the night. Then, we will get hold of them“, he whispered to his friend.
***