Chapter eight

Though Arslan had treated her with some respect, the woman still was almost mad with fear. The Black had tied her to a bed, her wrists and ankles tied to the posts, forcing her to lie in front of him with spread limbs. Since Durya had been stripped of her camisole, she was now only wearing her panties and her gartered stockings. Her boobs were bare and only a flimsy bit of silk covered her sex and so, Durya blushed violently under the man`s eyes, though he was just sitting on a chair, only occasionally looking at her.

Arslan and Cheikh had decided to wait for the next day to give Charifa some time to think about what to do. they doubted that their opponent would call the French, since Charifa sure wanted her assistant (and supposed lover) back. Maybe, this move would finally get them victory and make them the only significant diamond dealers in Marrakesh.

„Maybe, I should think of finding a woman then, too“, he thought, looking at the pretty Durya who moaned through her gag. Arslan was not keen on founding a harem and even enlarge it, like Cheikh, but he sure was inerested in the other sex. He forced himself to take his eyes from the panty-clad Durya. She was not meant for his pleasure, since it was essential that they kept their word and left her untouched until Charifa had agreed upon withdrawing from Marrakesh.

***

Some 20 yards away, Sally had freed Dorothea and Magda and after a short embrace, they had considered what to do next.

„We should free Nadine, though she`s not really a reinforcment. But how about the other two?“
Dorothea, who was, like Magda, busy with peeling wax from her bare skin, looked over to the three women who were trying to fight their bonds and moaned through their gags. The blonde just squirmed and seemed no closer to rescue than ever, but the two Arabs seemed to be working more methodically and she was sure that they would be able to free themselves sooner or later.

„Magda, how`s your Arabic?“

The tallish woman answered something that sounded fluent and so, Dorothea made her come with her and they talked to the trussed up women. Dorothea spoke French and Magda translated her words.

„We will free you now, but we are not out of predicament yet. We will have to work together to get out of this lovely palace and so, we will have to overcome whatever problems some of us had with each other. Nod if you understand!“

Sally had told her a short version about her encounters with the twins and so, she wanted to make sure that they acted like a team. After a few seconds, the upper parts of the sacks moved, showing that Ghina and Layanah agreed to Dorothea`s proposal.

When all six women were free – Sally had warned Nadine to remain silent before ungagging her - , they looked around to see if they had anything that could help them in their escape. The door, of course, was locked, but there was the window and Sally was sure that they could remove the bars with the help of some of the tools they had found.

„That really could work“, Ghina had to admit. She had stared daggers at Sally when she had spat out the panties the Scot had gagged her with earlier. But now, there was no time for revenge. This would have to wait a bit.

„Maybe, we could try to find something more decent before getting on the streets?“

Magda had spoken for the first time since she had translated Dorothea`s words and Sally involuntarily giggled when she looked at the pretty woman`s nude body. She had seen how Magda and Dorothea had embraced once they were free and had had her own thoughts about these two. But now, she just handed Magda one of the sacks when suddenly Layanah, who had kept watching the door, raised her hand, ordering them to fall silent.

„There are three women coming!“, she hissed, looking through the keyhole. „Maybe, soon, we will have one dress too many!“

She and the others grouped around the door, waiting for Bineta, Lamina and Youra who were just working on the lock from the other side of the door. They could hear Cheikh`s wifes giggle, but soon, they would have to find out that secretly visiting their husband`s captives in the midst of the night had not been their best idea.

***

Wladimir felt guilty about what he and Alexa had done. Of course, she had seduced him, but he had been the one allowing it to happen. And now, he had betrayed his fiance – Sally, who was in the clutches of this mysterious woman, Charifa.

So, he was lying awake whilst Alexa still was sleeping beside him. His hand was resting on her breast, since he had also enjoyed their previous encounter and he liked her, albeit not as much as he loved Sally. But for now, he had to make plans.

As far as he knew, this Charifa had a palace in Marrakesh, but even if Sally and Nadine had been brought there, she sure would not invite him to come in and take a look. So, he would have to get there secretly and since it still was the midst of night, he would have better chances right now than in the bright daylight.

So, he quickly raised from the bed, put on his clothes and, leaving a short note for Alexa, he sneaked out of the hotel room. He had written that he in fact regretted what they had done, but that he did not blame anyone but himself and that before anything else, he had to rescue Sally. After that, one would see what would happen.

***

Dorothea had to admit that Ghina and Layanah really knew how to fight without weapons. Whilst she, Magda and Sally had still been fighting with Bineta, preventing her from screaming with a cloth slung over her lower face, they had already knocked out the two other Blacks and now, they quickly came over and just pinced Bineta`s carotid artery, causing her to collapse with twisted eyes.

Whilst Nadine, who once more was too afraid to do more than watching the door, looked for any other disturbance, the women undressed Bineta, Lamina and Youra, leaving them stark naked. Then, whilst Dorothea and Magda put on the dresses of Bineta and Youra, reluctantly taking their panties as well, Sally helped the twins to secure the three unconscious women by putting them in a hogtie so strict that their wrists and ankles were touching. Then, Ghina ripped Lamina`s dress and they gagged the three by stuffing their mouths to the bursting and securing that by tight cleave gags.

„Now, let`s go!“, Ghina suggested, but Layanah had the idea of taking the three women with them.
„Then, we have hostages, too! Looking for Durya now would be too dangerous, but if we can sneak through the door unseen, we can also take them with us!“

„Oh, of course, and the nice people of Marrakesh will say nothing if we walk the streets carrying three naked, bound and gagged women over our shoulders!“, her sister snapped, but now, Dorothea poited at the yard.

„There is still the car standing around. I think it`s strong enough to break this wooden door easily.“

Of course, this would be quite the opposite of leaving unseen and in addition, their captors would know where they were going, but it was worth a try and not more dangerous than trying to climb the walls.

„All right, I drive!“, Ghina said.

„I`m fine with that, as long as Sally won`t be the one behind the steering wheel!“

Sally pouted, but she helped the others to carry the still unconscious Blacks through the corridor and when they could see that there was no one around, they quickly put their hostages into the boot and entered the car.

„Damned! He took the keys! Sally, do you know how to short-circuit a car?“

„Oh, now, I am good enough again“, the Scot complained, but quickly, she reached under the wheel and, telling Dorothea what to do, she began to work with some wires until the engine started.
„Take care of your heads!“

Dorothea stepped on the gas and the car literally jumped forward. It had a long snout and the door was just made of wood, but it was not meant just for decoration, but to keep people out. However, it opened to the outside and so, the car broke through and Dorothea, who had learned to drive during the Great War, managed to keep the engine running and to regain control over the car.

„Tell me where to go!“, she yelled towards Ghina and they drove through the narrow alleys of Marrakesh as fast as the circumstances allowed. Dorothea could hear someone sobbing – Nadine, she presumed - , but obviously, all of her companions were unharmed except for a few bruises.

The blonde was so much in a fury that she had nearly broken through Charifa`s gate, too, but Ghina made her stop until someone opened from the inside. Soon, the car was surrounded by Charifa, her nieces and Haniyah, who all had come to see what had produced all that noise. Ghina and Layanah were talking to her in Arabic and so, Dorothea, Magda and Sally just got out and took Nadine by her arm.

„Maybe, we should go now!“

They went for the door that had once again been closed, but Charifa told them to stop.

„Oh no, we don`t want to cause any further fuss, we will just go our way and have you your way with your concurrent! Good look!“

„I said, stay!“, Charifa repeated and now, they could see the gun in her hand. Nadine gasped, but Dorothea and Sally just shrugged. Charifa continued:

„Maybe, you are no danger for me, but as long as Cheikh still has Durya, I won`t take any risks. Besides, Ghina told me that your actions have enabled all that mess, Salome!“

Sally looked at Ghina who now smiled maliciously and was holding her sodden panties beween two fingers, letting them dangle. Obviously, she had not forgiven Sally how she had treated her earlier.

„Well, one might discuss whose actions have started what, but why don`t we womenfolk just work together against this evil man? After all, he has kidnapped my best friend and this other girl here, too!“

For a moment, it looked as if Charifa would give in, but then, she shook her head.

„I am not glad about how things developed, but now, please follow me inside. I will take care that none of you will cause any trouble until all that`s over!“

***

„What the fuck was that?“

Wladimir had walked the narrow lane, being the only one in the streets, when suddenly a car had come up from behind. A fast car, with no lights and it`s front bumper hanging down. Wladimir had hardly been able to jump aside, for the car had not even tried to brake.

He had considered of taking a cigarette to calm down, but then, he had seen the car enter the court of a large mansion. According to his researches, this was Charifa`s house. So, whoever had been the hasty visitor, he had the same destination as him. Unfortunately, Wladimir now could be sure that everyone inside the house was awake, making it even more difficult to get inside.

„At least, if I get into the lion`s cave alone, Sally must forgive me if she ever finds out about Alexa and me“, he thought as he walked along the walls, trying to find a place where he could get inside the mansion.

***

„How the hell could that happen?“

Cheikh and Arslan had reached the court at the same time, each of them some 20 seconds after the car had broken the door. It had not taken the two men long to recognize that this was not the only damage: their captives were gone, together with Cheikh`s wifes and concubines. All that was left was some torn cloth and a few discarded ropes. According to evidence, the captives had freed themselves, taking the other women with them.

„Why couldn`t you tie them up properly?“, Cheikh blurted at Arslan. His friend suddenly got narrow eyes and he shouted back:

„Even if they got lose, they would not have been able to open the door from the inside! It was your wifes that entered the cellar – without your permission, I might add!“

Cheikh wanted to say something, but it seemed that Arslan now had found a valve for an anger he had for a long time.

„They have been dancing on your nose from the very beginning! I haven`t said anything because such things are not my business – but dealing with diamonds is! And despite our troubles with Charifa, you had nothing better to do than to start collecting white bitches! No business can be run if the boss thinks with his cock!“

Cheikh now beat Arslan in the face and soon, the two men were inflicted in a heavy brawl. Cheikh was taller and more muscular than Arslan, but he was the quicker and more skilled and so, it ended up without a winner when both men paused, sitting between some of the furniture broken during their fight.

„Sorry, but this had to be said“, Arslan said after he had spat out some blood. Cheikh looked at him with the eye that was not swollen and answered:

„Well, maybe, it really had to be said. After all, my dad always complained that you were the only person I was listening to!“

Suddenly, they chuckled and shook hands. Then, they helped each other to the well where they provisionally washed themselves before considering what to do next.

„Well, we still have Durya. If the others have just run away, all they can do is run for the police and tell them a hair-raising story about white slavery. Perhaps, we should think about going back to the Senegal, but I don`t think we will face prison. However, I am afraid that Charifa`s henchwomen have abducted your wifes and want to swap them against Durya!“

Cheikh nodded. A strange thought had come up within him: maybe, he would be better off without his three women. It was an impossible thought, but actually, he never had been close to a lucky marriage and obviously, getting concubines had not been the answer to the emptiness in his life. Cheikh tried to oppress that idea, but somehow, the absence of his wifes meant one thing to him: freedom. He vaguely knew that this was a bit unfair, since it had been his decision to marry Bineta, Lamnia and Youra, but somehow, he now longed for his bachelor days.

„Damned, either you have really hit me hard or I am getting old“, he ached and then, the two men considered what they would do if Charifa made her next move.

***

Though Charifa had not fallen in to Dorothea`s proposal to work together, she had more or less picked up a similar plan: Charifa had ordered Dorothea and Magda to follow her to her office whilst Ghina and Layanah had „taken care“ of Sally and Nadine.

„As long as these two are threatened by death, I can rely on you two!“

Dorothea did not tell Charifa that her plan hat a little mistake in it: having Nadine in her hands would prevent Alexa from going to the police and her worries about Sally would help to control her – but Magda had no close friend she would endanger if she tried something. Well, no close friend except of her. Dorothea remembered how Magda had reached for her hand when Charifa had forced them inside and she felt more than sympathy for her new companion, too.

„I won`t hurt your friends as long as you tell me everything about Cheikh you know! We might have his wifes, but he still has Durya and I don`t want to end up with a draw!“

Dorothea had helped to get Bineta, Lamina and Youra inside, but these had been treated with all respect. They had been freed and even handed panties and bathrobes by Charifa before they had been locked inside a windowless cellar room that at least offered the comfort of a few stools. Dorothea had shivered when she had remembered Nadine`s whimper as the twins had taken her and Sally to an adjacent room.

Now, she and Magda tried their best to give Charifa any desired information, but her thoughts wandered downstairs, to her friend whom she had seen for such a short time after Sally had once more tried to save her.

***

Charifa did not have such extravagancies as a torture chamber, but the twins had been imaginative, Sally had to admit. She only hoped that Nadine would not start to panic, for that would make things worse.

They had both been forced to strip naked and then, Sally had to lie down on an upholstered bench, her wrists and ankles tied to the bench`s legs. She now had to look up to the ceiling, her legs spread. The position was not that inconvenient, but of course, Ghina then took her own torn panties and stuffed them into Sally`s mouth, securing them with a thin scarf she tightly tied between Sally`s lips. Above, she tied another scarf and secured the whole lot with a narrow belt that prevented Sally from wriggling off her gag.

Now, the two took care of Nadine. The blonde`s arms were folded behind her back and her wrists tied to the opposite elbows. Then, a rope was slung around her waist, threaded between her legs from the front to her back and then slung over her parallel lower arms. Ghina had pulled until Nadine had shrieked and then tied it off. The crotch rope was pressing against the blonde`s sex now and whenever she tried to move her arms, this made things worse. When she started to plead, Layanah gagged her with Sally`s panties and Sally felt a bit indignant at how Nadine`s eyes bulged and how she moaned and retched. However, all resistance was to no avail and soon, a scarf was tied between her lips and another atop of that. Her gag was not further inforced, obviously, they knew that she would not be able to free herself anyway.

„Now, since we must leave you unharmed, we have to use some techniques that don`t leave marks!“
„Not counting rope marks“, Sally thought when she felt them sling a doubled rope around her waist. The ends were, as she had guessed, pushed between her legs and under her butt, but when they had brought them upwards, they just pulled the ends tight, but let them dangle close to Sally`s shoulders.

„Layanah, a hand, please!“

Ghina grabbed Nadine who was persuaded by a firm grip to her hair that she did not try to resist. Then, Layanah reached under Sally`s upper body, lifting it from the bench the little her arm ties allowed. Working together, they pushed Nadine`s lower legs under Sally`s back, after that forcing her to sit upon Sally`s chest. Now, Nadine`s pubic hair was only a few inches away from Sally`s face and her thighs encircled her head. A tug on her crotch rope told Sally that they were using the ends to tie Nadine`s crossed ankles with it. Whenever the blonde now shifted her position, Sally felt the rope tighten and in addition, Nadine`s weight on her chest made breathing difficult.
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„Mmhrrmmmph!“

Nadine suddenly twitched and squirmed, much to Sally`s discomfort. When she looked up, she could see that Ghina had poked a finger into Nadine`s ribs.

„She`s ticklish, just as I hoped!“

With upcoming horror, Sally could see that now, both Ghina and Layanah were holding big ostrich feathers and started to tease Nadine with these. Soon, the blonde was a helpless victim of her reflexes whilst Sally was a helpless victim of Nadine`s moves.

„Time passes faster if you are having fun!“, Ghina laughed, but this fun obviously was not meant for Sally and Nadine.

***

„So, we shall call the police!“

When Wladimir had returned to Alexa, he had told her about his latest discoveries and that he had been unable to find a way inside Charifa`s palace so far. But whilst he was thinking of working out a better stratagem, Alexa obviously wanted to get help from local authorities.

„At least, it`s France that`s ruling that country! They have to ovey to French laws, whether they want it or not!“

Wladimir sighed. He knew that the French rule was rather indirect, leaving the Morrocans some liberties. Of course, this did not involve kidnapping, but he had his own reasons not to cooperate with the French. He, Sally and Dorothea had broken more than one French law and so, it was better for them to keep their heads down. However, he did not want the redhead to know all that right now.

„If the police tries something, the kidnappers will have all the time to kill their captives – which includes my fiance and your best friend!“

Actually, Wladimir wasn`t sure at all who had been inside the car, but at least, this Charifa had been involved in all that and the car that had run through the streets at night had hardly just delivered something of no importance.

„We must get a clue whether they are inside without endangering them! An besides, we also have to have an eye upon that other diamond dealer – the one that sent you to Agadir, nicely packed.“

Alexa slightly blushed from the memory, though in the meantime, Wladimir had seen even more of her nude body. In fact, he was currently seeing more of her, for she had seduced him once more as soon as he had come back to their hotel room.

In Alexa`s chest, two souls were fighting each other: one wanted to free Nadine and all the others and see the law prevail over all these thugs. However, she could also imagine that only Nadine got free whilst this Sally remained in some harem far, far away whilst she had Wladimir for herself.
Wladimir distracted her from her thoughts when he suddenly jumped up, threw his cigarette to the ash tray and reached for his gun.

„Get dressed into something decent, we have work to do! Let`s just see if we can get some strong coffee!“

Almost involuntarily, Alexa obeyed. She had no real intention to expose herself to danger, but on the other hand, the way Wladimir tried to take things in his own hands impressed her.

***

„Thanks to God, at least, she hasn`t peed!“

With Nadine`s crotch so close to her face, this would have been more than disgusting. The torture had been mean enough anyway. Again and again, the two twins had tickled the poor blonde with the ostrich feathers, causing her to helplessly squirm upon Sally`s chest and to scream and cough through her gag, almost suffocating.

Now, they had left them alone for the moment and Nadine sat there, sobbing from embarrassment and exhaustion and Sally, trying to ignore the drops of sweat landing on her face, tried to examine her wrist bonds with her fingers. As long as they had had their way with Nadine, she had been to distracted by the constant, yet unrhythmical pulls on her crotch rope to concentrate on getting free, but now, she was sure that sooner or later, she would be able to loosen the knots – as soon as their captors would leave them alone.

However, Ghina and Layanah only seemed to have paused to think of another way of humiliating the two girls. Now, Ghina stepped aside Nadine, reached around her from behind and cupped her ample breasts, causing the blonde to mew with alarm. Then, she desperately tried to shake off Ghina`s hands, once more ignoring the effects such squirming had on Sally`s crotch rope.

„Mmhhmmph! Nnngggg!“

Ghina now kneaded Nadine`s boobs with more tenderness whilst Layanah obviously was pulling on the rope that ran from between her legs to her bound arms, for Sally could see the crotch rope tighten and loosen in a steady rhythm, slowly working itself deeper between Nadine`s labia.

„Let`s play a game!“, Layanah proposed. She went away from Nadine who was looking at her with fearful eyes. Ghina asked something in Arabic. The answer seemed to please her, for she giggled and went for the coiled rope lying aside, cutting off a piece of some four yards.

„Mhhrrrmmm! Uuhhmmmph! Mhhmmmmph!“

Nadine almost panicked when she saw what Ghina did: she tied a hangman`s noose into the rope, threw it over a ceiling beam and, despite Nadine´s frantic squirms, put it around her neck. Now, each move had the effect of tightening the noose and finally, Nadine stopped, moaning and whimpering whilst Layanah loosened the noose a bit. Not so much that nadine could have slipped her head through, but it now was not blocking her breath.

Ghina now appeared with a wooden bucket and tied it off to the dangling end of the rope. It was rather big, but empty and weighted just some ten pounds and so, id did not endanger Nadine immediately, but of course, she was filled with fear and even Sally now had to fight to keep her self control.

„Now, here are the rules: our blonde friend will try to reach orgasm, just from wriggling her hips and using her crotch rope. Sally, on the other hand, may do everything to assist her in that. For every minute Nadine hasn`t reached her goal, we will throw one orange into the bucket. I think you both know what that will mean, sooner or later."

Now, Nadine`s eyes were as big as saucers and she squinted for the rope with fear. If the bucket would become too heavy, it`s weight would strangle her. However, it was clear that all within her fought the idea of trying to-

„Mhhmmph!“

Sally squirmed, trying to get the blonde`s attention. Then, she began to move under her companion, causing Nadine`s body to rock slightly. When Nadine looked at her with a surprised mew, Sally tried her best to look assuringly and she continued her moves.

„Better living with humiliation than dying from modesty“, she tried to communicate via her eyes. Nadine blushed violently and let out a cry of sheer horror, muffled by her gag. However, when the first orange landed in the bucket, she reluctantly joined in Sally`s moves.

„If ever I get these two in my hands, they will have to learn that they are just amateurs, compared to my vicious ideas!“

And somehow, these thoughts warmed Sally`s heart – and other parts of her, for she more and more got into the game of teasing each other.

***

Arslan could not believe his eyes. He had went for an observation of Charifa`s palace when he had seen that European man wandering around and eyamining the walls. Obviously, he had come to the same conclusion like him on a previous attempt: the palace was a fortress, with high and smooth walls and so, getting inside by climbing was virtually impossible. However, this man seemed to have a reason for trying to find out about that and he didn`t look like a policeman. So, Arslan had secretly followed him to his hotel.

Some hour later, Arslan could see that this indeed had not been a coincidence: the man left, together with one of the two reporters he had sent away to Agadir, bound and gagged, just a day earlier.

„Of course! What a fool have I been!“

Now, he remembered the blonde he had captured together with the little brunette and Charifa`s bodyguards. It had been the other of these two journalists! How could he have been such an idiot not to remember her?

Anyway, now, the blonde obviously was inside Charifa`s palace whilst her friend was here in the streets – together with a man as interested in getting inside as him! There now seemed to be a third party in the game!

Arslan decided to follow the two and then to report Cheikh about the latest events, but soon, he found out that he could save one way: the two were heading towards Cheikh`s palace.

***