International Affairs 15

Linh watched as Nancy took of her tight leggings, rendering her naked like the others except for Janine who watched the scene panting heavily. The Asian licked her lips and then placed her cell phone on a wall shelf, so Nancy could see the display. It was an open video conference and she could see Katja`s gagged face. Since the display was small and she was some four yards away, she couldn`t make out many details, but she saw one thing that felt like a stitch to her heart: at the lower corner of the display, a part of Katja`s breast was visible and it moved – not as if she was breathing heavily, but as if someone was kneading it. Alex!

»If you have finished bonding with the Fräulein, please get to your knees and put your hands behind your back, palm to palm! You may keep looking at her, but do as I say!«

Nancy groaned. She knew that Katja could see her, too. See how miserably she had failed in protecting her. Her lips formed a silent apology as she sank to her knees and brought her wrists behind her back. She knew: if she took advantage of the fact that Linh was close behind her and could not use her gun, Alex would see it and do something to Katja before she even had left the room.

Linh had put the gun into her belt, for her hands were loaded with several items she now placed on the floor beside the kneeling blonde. She stepped closer and caressed Nancy`s shoulder-length fair blonde hair. Since Nancy measured 5`11``, Linh was seven inches shorter than her, meaning that now, their heads were almost at the same height. In addition, the petite Asian looked almost tiny beside the tall sportive Nancy, but sure, she played the dominant role.

»You are a beauty. I mean, I understand why you chose the Fräulein, but I am quite sure she was glad that you picked her.«

Linh`s mouth was so close to Nancy`s ear that she could feel her breath. She didn`t make a sound, but she looked at the phone`s display like hypnotized. Katja sure had not frolicked about being kidnapped again, but she had felt better with her than with Linh – maybe, she even had felt good when she had touched her. Nancy unwillingly remembered how she had kissed and caressed Katja and when Linh`s hands tenderly brushed along her arms, she sighed involuntarily.

However, though she was surprisingly gentle, Linh did nothing by halves. She took the roll of tape and tied Nancy`s wrists, followed by her fingers that she encased to their tips. Then, she took two zip ties and used one to further secure her wrists and the second to tie around her hands at the middle of her fingers before wrapping another layer over it, rendering her hands into a single silver mitten.

»Now, get your elbows together!«

Nancy was sportive and supple, but also had muscles and so, this wasn`t the easiest task, but Linh, who was surprisingly strong, too, helped her to get her elbow joints together. Then, she wrapped some rounds of tape around this before securing it with two of the bigger cable binders, one above and one below the joint. When this was covered with more layers of tape, too, Linh stepped in front of Nancy.

»Wow! I mean, I always loved the side effect of elbow ties, but in your case – what a set of Melons!«

She reached out and groped Nancy`s breasts that she had to thrust out and that therefore looked even bigger than they were. Linh repeatedly kneaded them, causing her captive to breathe sharply.

»So firm! Wow, I am sure that two men will buy you together for one alone can`t handle so much ample beauty!«

Nancy groaned as Linh massaged her boobs for some time before making her stand up. She led her over to the wall where Janine was cuffed with her hands above the head.

»Now, look at your boss or is she your colleague! She pretends being angry that you messed up the whole thing by starting a fight with her and Sweet Cheeks – but in reality, she`s just fascinated by your tits, Melons!«

Janine indeed showed a mixture of hatred and distress. Nancy wanted to apologize, but now, Linh ripped the tape from Janine`s mouth. When the brunette opened her mouth to pant, Linh reached under her chin and squeezed her jaw so she couldn`t close it again.

»Now, Melons, allow her to get a taste of your ample beauty!«

Nancy looked puzzled, but with her free hand, Linh pulled her closer and forced her to get her right breast near Janine`s mouth. The other woman croaked and tried to shake her head, but now, Linh hissed:

»Now, give her a mouthful, Melons – or else!«

As on keyword, a whimper could be heard from the cell phone. Nancy cringed, but then, she leaned forward, forcing the top of her breast into Janine`s mouth. Janine moaned and Nancy could feel how she tried to avoid the intrusion. Now, Linh changed her position, stepping behind Nancy and leaning against her, pushing her harder against Janine.

»Melons – too much for one person! But now, we are two!«

She reached around Nancy and began to grope her left breast whilst still forcing Janine to choke on the right. Nancy squealed as the Asian playfully pinched her nipple whilst she felt Janine`s restless tongue on the other. Then, Linh pushed her other hand between Nancy`s legs from behind.

»No, please, I-«

But Linh ignored her pleas and pushed against her. Janine, just trying not to choke, could not help working on Nancy`s breast with her tongue, lips and even her teeth whilst Linh gave the other a rough, yet not brutal massage, adjusting to Nancy`s breath and playfully pushing her upwards from between her legs. Only when Nancy had begun to relax and to somehow accept her predicament, she withdrew from her. Nancy staggered backwards and Linh quickly taped Janine`s mouth shut before she turned her attention to Nancy again:

»Now, look at that! It seems that you liked it!«

And indeed, Nancy`s nipples stood hard and erect, the right one still glistering from saliva. Also, there were traces of lipstick and even slight bite marks around it. Linh admired her boobs until Nancy could not help blushing. Then, she went for the cell phone.

»I am sure the Fräulein`s curious, too!«

Obviously, Alex had brought the other phone close to Katja`s face, for now, her big blue eyes filled the display. Linh held it an inch apart from Nancy`s right nipple and slowly wandered to the left, following the valley between the two mounds as she did so.

»Shall the Fräulein see how much you really enjoyed it, Melons?«

Linh now held the phone to Nancy`s pubic mound and even filmed between her legs. Nancy groaned and blushed all over – but at the same time, the idea that Katja was looking at her, too, felt intriguing and she knew that she had responded to the rough caresses earlier. Had she worn panties, there would have been a wet spot on them.

»Now, since you had your fun, back to duty, girls!«, Linh said and put the cell phone back on the shelf. Then, she suddenly bent forward, grabbed Janine`s ankles and raised her legs from the ground. The brunette moaned as now, her weight hung on her cuffed wrists and she tried to squirm and free her legs. Linh raised Janine`s legs as high as she could. Nancy now looked directly at a rather delicate choice of underwear. Janine`s skirt had slipped up to her waist and hidden underneath it, she had chosen not to wear pantyhose, but nylon stockings with peach colored garters and matching French knickers with a floral pattern and a lace trimming.

»Kneel down, Melons! Right in front of her!«, Linh ordered, aching from the effort to keep the struggling woman`s legs in a vice grip. Nancy obeyed and once her face was inches away from Janine`s lap, Linh forced the stocking-clad feet through the gap between Nancy`s shoulders and her upper arms. When she pushed her downwards, Nancy felt Janine`s thighs on her shoulders whilst her flailing feet brushed over her back.

»Now, trap her good, Melons! If she manages to break free, I will punish the Fräulein!«

Nancy strained her arm muscles and squeezed Janine`s calves between her back and arms like in a vice. She looked apologetically at the other woman, but Janine was just squirming and screaming through her gag. Linh quickly tied Nancy`s ankles with a pair of handcuffs before turning to Janine again.  Despite her wriggling, Linh slowly tugged her blouse from her skirt and one by one opened the knots, revealing a lacy bra that matched the knickers.

»A bit old fashioned, but nevertheless sexy!«

Janine answered with a furious groan. Linh laughed and plucked on a pesky little ribbon between Janine`s bra cups. Then, she turned towards Nancy again.

»I will now go and get a few things, Melons! Once I am back, I expect that you have pulled down her knickers so much her butt and pussy are exposed!«

Again, Janine groaned, but Nancy could hear another sound: a faint whimper, slightly distorted by the cell phone`s microphone. Whatever Alex had done to Katja, he would do it again – and worse – unless she followed the horrifying order.

Seeing the panties a few inches in front of her face, Nancy knew what she had to do. So, she slowly bent forward.

»Uuuhhmmmmph! Nnnnggggg! Mmhhrrrrrrrrmmmmm!«

Janine screamed through her gag and tried to fight with all she had, but Nancy was physically stronger, even if Janine was panicking. She managed to grab the knickers` front with her teeth and then pulled. Nancy had to shake her head like a dog, but she managed to get the panties down to the middle of Janine`s thighs when Linh approached and padded her head.

»Good girl, Melons!«

With a vicious looking knife, she cut the seams of the panties and yanked them free. Then, she held them right in front of Nancy`s face.

»I know you are still loyal to her, Melons. But you also have strong feelings for the Fräulein.«

She took something from her belt and put that into her hand, too. Now, a pink and white lace thong dangled in front of Nancy`s eyes and she knew it was one of Katja`s. Linh formed a ball from the two pairs of panties and put it against Nancy`s mouth.

»So, I think, your gag should match your mélange of feelings!«

She pulled back Nancy`s head by her scalp, forcing her to accept the gag. It tasted vile and the flimsy material filled her oral cavity. Linh prodded and pushed and then, she purred:

»However, something you should never forget is loyalty – or better obedience – towards me!«

Linh held the gag in Nancy`s mouth with one hand and reached for her belt. Then, she put her own discarded panties, the one Nancy herself had gagged her with shortly before, on top of the wad and pushed. Nancy groaned and retched, but Linh managed to cram that pair into her mouth, too. Now, Nancy`s mouth was filled from her lips to her throat, her cheeks bulged and she could not move her tongue even a millimeter.

»Now, what`s the taste of Love, loyalty and obedience like, Melons?«

»Gllggg!«

»Just as I thought!«, Linh giggled and used a narrow leather belt to secure the gag, buckling it tightly at Nancy`s nape. The belt had a thin upholstery, but it cut into the corners of her mouth and pushed the enormous gag in even deeper, causing Nancy to retch and groan.

»Now, bite down!«

Linh tickled Nancy`s chin with the knife, forcing her to close her jaw the few millimeters her gag allowed. Then, she tightly wound some 20 rounds of tape over it and around Nancy`s head, forcing her to keep her jaws like that, sealing her gag and cutting off all noise. Linh watched Nancy coping with her monstrous gag and then, she reached for two more of the small belts.

She made Nancy crawls a bit closer to Janine so the brunette was literally sitting on the blonde`s shoulders whilst her calves still were trapped by Nancy`s arms. With the belt, Linh secured Janine`s thighs to her shoulders, so Nancy`s gagged face was very close to Janine`s lap – so close Nancy knew that the other would feel her breath on her pubic mound and that her nose would touch her pubic hair if she bent forward a little. Already, she could smell the mixture of perfume, sweat and another woman.

»Now, for a few last things!«

With a swift move, Linh cut through Janine`s skirt and threw it away. Now, she was naked below the waist, except for her stockings and garters, and she wriggled her hips as she tried to get free. Nancy could feel her heels drum on her back as she flailed desperately. Obviously, being bound, gagged and naked had triggered something inside the tough policewoman.

Linh also removed her blouse and bra, looking at the tap at the back of it.

»Ah, 34B, just as I expected! Something for slightly smaller hands!«

She cupped Janine`s breasts and kneaded them, causing her to scream through her gag so loud Linh withdrew.

»My, my! I wanted to see for your gag later, but if you insist!«

She looked around through the room for the small rest of used panties she still had. It were two pairs: the white lacy ones of Leonie and the plain white ones she had taken from Ulinka`s dirty laundry some 36 hours previously. Janine vigorously shook her head. Linh shrugged and took a clothespin. She grabbed Janine`s hair with one hand and put the clothespin on her nose with the other. Unable to breathe, Janine wriggled and squirmed, pushing her lap against Nancy as she did so. Only when her face was deep red, Linh ripped the tape from her lips. Janine opened her mouth and gasped greedily, only to get Leonie`s panties crammed deep into her mouth. Only then Linh removed the clothespin, allowing Janine to breathe through her nose as she worked the panties all in. Since Janine had a rather small mouth and Leonie`s panties were fullback and quite substantial, Linh didn`t try to get the other pair into her mouth, too. Instead, she completed the gag with another leather belt and 20 rounds of tape. Then, she pulled the other pair over the brunette`s head, taking care the crotch part was over her nose, before she secured them in place with five more rounds of tape.

»Come on, it was you who gave me the idea!«, she said and playfully pinched Janine`s nose through the cotton covering it. Then, she took the cell phone and called Alex to bring Katja in.

Though her head was trapped between Janine`s thighs, Nancy distorted her neck to have a look at Alex when he brought in Katja, cradling her in his arms. She still was hogtied with cuffs on her wrists and ankles and still had her mouth gagged and of course, she still was naked except for the white garters and stockings. However, she seemed unharmed so far. Nancy sighed with relief – a sound drowned by Janine still grunting and moaning through her gag.

»Her friend Melons behaved well so far«, Linh said, »I think she has earned a little reward!«

Alex released Katja`s right wrist, freeing her from the hogtie, but leaving her ankles cuffed. The girl had to sit down close to Nancy and Janine, so Nancy could no longer see her. But they placed her right behind her, so the still kneeling Nancy felt Katja`s long tresses against her bound arms. Katja`s wrists were cuffed together again in front of Nancy`s belly, so her fingers were close to her crotch. Whenever Nancy felt the touch of Katja`s hands, it was sending small shivers through her loins and she sighed.

»Now, we finally can find some rest!«, Alex sighed when he let his eyes wander over the eight naked, bound and gagged captives that were wriggling and moaning around him. Linh, however didn`t seem satisfied yet.

»Just a few more things – just to keep the girls entertained!«

She cut another rope and tied it around Ulinka`s neck, in a way it would not block her breathing. The blonde policewoman still stood there, her breasts thrust out, her legs kept apart by the broomstick and Leonie`s head trapped between her legs. Linh forced her to bend forward and fixed the neck rope to the spreader bar. Then, she rummaged through one of the cupboards.

»I knew we still had two of these!«

She held two ostrich feathers in her hand and the ticklish Ulinka groaned in anticipation as she saw them. She could not help twitching as Linh brushed over her sides with the feathers.

»A bored damsel is a sad damsel! So, we want to keep you laughing and entertained!«

Using two more clothespins, she fixed the feathers` quills to Ulinka`s nipples, in a way the feathers just touched her sides. Now, the slightest move of Ulinka would cause them to brush over her sides, starting a vicious chain reaction: Ulinka would cringe and wriggle, causing her lap to run over Leonie`s face and also forcing the auburn haired policewoman to rock back and forth on her chair. this, in turn, would pull on Leonie`s and Sonja`s combined crotch ropes. After a while, Ulinka would be able to stop wriggling, but sooner or later, she would make a false move and the game would start again.

Giggling, Linh went over for Cordelia and Tina and checked their bondage. Cordelia, forced to kneel for an hour now, groaned as Linh pushed on her shoulders. Her leg muscles were aflame and she still was suffering from the close presence of Tina`s face so close to her most intimate parts and the clamps biting into her nipples.

»For the moment, I think, we can improve nothing here!«

She went over to Alex and whispered something into his ear. A minute later, Nancy was alarmed by Janine beginning to moan and struggle with renewed energy. Then, she could see Linh and Alex placing themselves at Janine`s sides.

»Tada!«, they yelled in unison, producing two vibrators. Janine screamed through her gag and Nancy also watched with horror as they switched them on. She noticed that the one Linh was holding was smaller and had been lubed with some cream. Then, they started their vicious game with Janine.

»Nnnngggggg! Mmhhrrrrrmmmmmm! Uuuhhmmmmmm! Mhhmmphh!«

Together with her muffled screams, Janine squirmed and bucked as much as her bonds allowed, but to no avail. Alex began to kiss and knead her right breast whilst his other hand pushed the vibrator against her pubic mound, moving the buzzing stick around. Linh took care of Janine`s right breast, but her hand with the vibrator had disappeared – under Janine`s butt.

»Uuuuhhmmmmmmm! Mmhhmmmmmmm! Hhrrrrrrrrr!«

Nancy, who was so close to the other`s ordeal that the vibrator Alex was holding occasionally touched her face, moaned with horror and compassion, too. Janine was squirming so hard even she was pulled back and forth and she vaguely sensed Katja move and protest, too. However, the two criminals showed no mercy.

On the other hand, they didn`t show brutality either, at least not physically. They caressed and kissed Janine`s breasts, their heads side by side, as if they were making love to a consenting lover. And Nancy could see that Alex wasn`t forcing the vibrator into her, but massaging her most intimate parts. She could not see what Linh was doing to Janine`s – backdoor, but she noticed with relief, that after some time, her struggles ceased.

»She must be completely exhausted!«, Nancy thought pitifully. She had troubles getting enough air into her lungs with the combined panties of Janine, Linh and Katja crammed so dense into her mouth and she neither had her nose covered by another pair of used panties nor were two persons assaulting her erogenous zones against her will!

However, when a specific fragrance reached her nose, Nancy realized that it hadn`t been exhaustion alone that had caused Janine to become less vigorously in her movements. She still moaned, but now, it was also sighs, accompanied by louder groans on every breath when Linh and Alex kneaded her boobs harder, adjusting to her rhythm. Nancy felt that Janine now moved her legs and hips – differently.

»OMG, that can`t be possible!«

Yet it was. Linh had assumed it and Alex had been more than eager to verify it: Janine had been triggered by the sight of the naked women in bondage, not just from ordinary fear, but because it had touched something hidden deep inside her. Janine wasn`t just fearful, she was horrified. And thus, she also was very responsive towards distraction.

Linh had seen it in Janine`s eyes when she had started to caress her: the look of a woman that was stripped of her clothes and would now be stripped of her dams against her darkest self. She had fought, fought hard not to succumb to what Alex and she had done to her, but in the end, she had had no chance. The only escape from the horrors of reality had been to give in to the caresses of her captors and when Janine had closed her eyes, Linh had known that it would only be a matter of some minutes now.

Nancy could not believe that Janine could get aroused by that treatment. And yet, when she again felt Katja`s fingers on her middle, she also slightly rocked her hips. She didn`t want to make Katja feel even worse, but on the other hand, she wanted her hands there. Her soft fingers that seemed to caress her, in an attempt to show some compassion. Katja couldn`t do more than brush over her soft flesh and her pubic mound, but the touch felt good and Nancy closed her eyes and moved her lap a bit. Still, Katja didn`t withdraw.

Nancy was distracted when Alex`s hand rubbed over her face. She opened her eyes and saw he had changed the position of his hand. Now, the vibrator pushed against Janine`s labia. With dismay, Nancy could see her swollen clit right in front of her eyes and when Alex pushed slightly forward, she reared up and let out a long throaty groan when the vibrator was pushed inside her. The fragrance was now literally breathtaking and Nancy felt a tingle deep inside her, since the show was both intriguing and terrifying. She knew that now, Katja`s fingers would feel her own wetness, but Nancy couldn`t help reacting.

However, her reaction was nothing in comparison to Janine`s when they brought her to orgasm little later. She screamed and spasmed for more than a minute before she finally collapsed in her bonds, panting heavily and not even realizing that Linh and Alex had withdrawn.

»Now, we have our final nickname – Wet Volcano!«, Linh breathed before she and Alex withdrew to rest a few hours. They were the only ones who were able to find some sleep.

***

The alarm clock rung at 8:00 o`clock in the morning and a grunting Alex took his hand from Linh`s breast (she usually slept in the nude, but for this night, she had kept on her panties), stretched his limbs and checked the bandage on his calf. Meanwhile, Linh walked through the room and collected the clothes of their captives in an iron box. Then, she handed it to Alex who had put on his clothes.

»Please, before you fetch breakfast, burn these. We won`t need clothes for our merchandize in the foreseeable future!«

If she had expected a reaction, her captives disappointed her; all were too exhausted to care about such minor details of their captivity. She and Alex talked for a few minutes before he left and Linh, still only clad in her panties, walked along the three groups of naked, gagged and trussed up damsels for a mixture of mockery and kindness.

Her first stop was at Ulinka, Leonie and Sonja. The blonde Ulinka was covered with sweat and her legs so wobbly she was more or less sitting on Leonie`s chest, though that put even more pressure to the other women`s crotch ropes and Leonie had to breathe directly into her crotch. At least, her sweat had clumped the feathers and so, they did no longer tickle her on each slight movement. Linh plucked the clothespins from her nipples and the exhausted girl weakly raised her head. Linh patted her cheek.

»Soon, we will have breakfast – and before, you may pee, without the – consequences it would have right now!«

Ulinka let out a fluttering breath and Leonie mewed from between her legs. Linh bent down to her and whispered:

»What have you done to pass time? Count her pubic hair?«

She then turned her attention to Sonja who looked as if she had fainted. Linh decided to combine an act of kindness with a practical joke. She took her knife and cut the taut rope between Sonja`s and Leonie`s crotch ropes. This caused Leonie to fall backwards with a muffled scream whilst Ulinka staggered helplessly, too. Tied together as they were, it ended with Ulinka kneeling with spread legs and Leonie lying on her back, flailing with her lower legs and her face still buried deeply in the other`s crotch.

Linh also cut the rope that went through Sonja`s crotch and forced her head backwards. The blonde raised her head and moaned with pain as her neck ached from the movement. She then weakly swung from the ropes attaching her to the ceiling and made small sounds whilst Linh walked over to Cordelia and Tina.

»Comfy?«, she asked. Cordelia was too groggy to even raise her head. Her legs had stopped hurting from having to crouch permanently, but only because they were numb. Her crotch rope also had become less painful, but only from her getting used to it pulling into her and from Tina having stopped moving. Linh caressed Cordelia`s cheek.

»It will hurt when you will try to move your legs again!«

Cordelia groaned and Linh plucked the clamps from her sore nipples, kissing each of them in the progress.

»Nnnggg!«

»Come on, that can`t be painful, Curly!«

Indeed, it was a bit painful; not because of Linh`s tender lips and tongue, but from the painful tingling caused by the return of her blood circulation there. However, Linh seemed disappointed.

»If you want pain, I give you pain!«

She yanked on the rope that went through both Cordelia`s and Tina`s crotches bot women bucked and screamed through their gags. A second later, Cordelia felt that the small move of her body had awakened the pain in her cramped legs and she now wailed until the lack of oxygen made her stop. Linh laughed and said:

»Always keep that in mind when I am trying to be friendly next time, Curly!«

She now went for the last group of captives. Katja, who had been tied in an almost comfortable position, looked at her anxiously, obviously waiting for anything mean from the Asian. But she just turned towards Janine who looked at her through the leg openings of the panties covering her head with a wild expression. Her hair looked messy and there was still a strong scent coming from between her legs. Linh playfully waved her hand in front of her nose.

»Phew, seems that there had been some time since your last – eruption, Wet Volcano? So, you and Melons are not more than colleagues?«

Though most of her face was covered, Linh could see that Janine was blushing all over. Linh looked at her eyes and could read the expression in them: a mixture of defiance, shame and the unwilling acceptance that Linh had won. She giggled and turned to Nancy:

»One moment!«

She went to her knees and, keeping balance by putting her hand on one of Nancy`s boobs, she looked between her legs. Nancy`s crotch was partially covered by Katja`s bound hands, but Linh sniffed.

»So, has the Wet Volcano raised your appetite, Melons?«

She looked up and recognized with glee that Nancy`s cheeks also reddened. She brushed over the tall woman`s middle, noticing she indeed was slightly wet. Then, she held her finger in front of Katja`s nose.

»Or has our naughty Fräulein been – more than friendly?«

She brushed her wet finger over Katja`s nose before she withdrew to check a few things on her laptop until Alex returned, carrying two large bakery bags and a box with soft drinks.

»Next time, you do the trip, Linh! I have been at three different stores, not counting the supermarket!«

»But you have gotten everything?«

Alex nodded. Then, he began arranging the breakfast whilst Linh prepared some instant coffee. Though it sure wasn`t the best coffee in the world, it smelled quite good and Linh waited until the smell filled the room before she announced:

»Girls, since we came to this lovely country to kidnap just one of you, things have escalated a bit. Instead of one piece of merchandize, we now have eight and instead of being long gone, we are still in Germany and in hiding! In addition, we have not only lost the camper, but also had to spend a large extra sum of money!«

She seemed to wait for a reaction, but the damsels were still all thoroughly gagged and also found that they weren`t to blame for their kidnappers` extra costs. Linh cleared her throat and continued her little speech:

»Of course, you are also worth quite a sum. Not only are you all beautiful, we also can serve – special interests. There is always a market for policewomen – some of our customers say taming one is an interesting challenge – like breaking mustangs!«

This caused some mewing from Leonie and Sonja whilst Ulinka and Tina managed to remain silent. Linh continued:

»Then, we also have two policewomen who tried to sabotage our work! True enemies, so to say! Well, you should better pray that your new owners are just interested in your physical qualities than in teaching you a lesson!«

Neither Nancy nor Janine reacted, but Nancy still felt the guilt on her shoulders even more than the weight of Janine. She could not look up, for she feared her colleague`s look, since she had caused this. Somehow, Janine´s naked exposed pussy, so close in front of her face, looked like it wanted to accuse her. A faint sound emerged Nancy`s thoroughly stuffed mouth.

»Maybe, we will make so much money that Alex here can even keep Curly as his personal toy! Though I would insist that he will invite me for playing from time to time!«

»Be my guest, Cherry Blossom!«, Alex said, bowing slightly towards Linh. Then, his eyes met Cordelia`s and the look in them made Cordelia shiver. Alex recognized it and blinked, grinning and licking his lip.

»Now, you better behave well so you can enjoy your meal! And better do so, for after breakfast, things will become a bit tougher than that leisurely adventure trip you have been on so far! Now, the unpleasant part of your journey begins!«

Linh smiled like a Cheshire Cat when this finally caused all captives to moan with alarm.

***