"Wake up, Kim Na," said a cool dry voice. It was the voice of the snake man I loved. The one that owned me. He had just finished loving me intensely, so that I had screamed myself hoarse with pleasure. I hadn't wanted it to ever stop. "I have to say, you really are a treasure. I can imagine how much stronger the effect had been when you were well and your mind and ability centre wasn't damaged. Whoever trained you before did an excellent job. I guess I'll have to invest in you even more. It looks like you've made a full recovery from your surgeries. You are ready to serve me and my brothers with all of your might now, aren't you?"
"Yes, my lord," I opened my eyes, wanting to do anything I could to please him, so that I could continue to hear his voice. He was like an addictive drug. I wanted him to touch me and to hear his voice more. I wanted him to put himself back inside me again.
"The doctors said that you will live comfortably if I take good care of you and that the surgeries were very successful. Although they've given me the all clear to let you show me how much you love me, you need to rest and recover for a few days after every session we have."
Even so, I continued to rub my face up against him, clearly asking him for more with my body language. He chuckled and stroked me, showing off to his favourite two subjects kneeling by the bedside, watching.
"In fact, the doctors said they feel like your body has likely developed a new skill. Imagine that. Awakening abilities without even needing the ability centre of your brain. Just how special are you? When you're a little better and a little stronger, I'll let the Tiger Eye and your master in. You won't be able to improve their abilities enough for them to hurt me. I've been letting them watch while I've been training you. Have you enjoyed it? You have enjoyed being watched, haven't you? Your master probably needs more time to heal, but I can let Tiger Eye remember what it's like to have the wife he will never keep. What do you say?"
"I'll do whatever my lord pleases," I whispered, rubbing my cheek against my owner's hand.
"That's my good pet," he said, stroking the rest of my body. "I need to grow stronger. Enough to take over the world. For that, I'm relying on you, pet. Ok?"
"As you wish, my lord," I replied, arching under his caresses and fingers.
"Then let me in," he commanded and I spread my legs for him, welcoming him in. I didn't remember anything he had been talking about, but that was ok. I didn't need to know anything except for how to please him.
When he was done, he watched me climax beneath him with a gentle smile, stroking my neck. And then he began again, thinking up new positions and ways to torture me into saying and doing everything he wanted. He didn't need to hurt me like this. He only needed to ask and I'd gladly obey him. It seemed that he enjoyed seeing me in pain.
Every now and then, he'd glance at the sides of the bed where his two favourite subjects kneeled, watching with attention. Sometimes, he would let them touch me or have them use a toy on me. Sometimes, he would have them torture me until I begged for mercy. Begged for release. Begged for him to take my all.
My owner was everything to me. He was so wonderful. Everything he did was good. I loved everything he did to me and made me do. Only he could have everything I could give him.
"Oh, look at the time. Time goes by so quickly when I'm with you, pet," my owner dabbed me on the nose and left a wet kiss. "I'll come see you later. Miss me."
With a few powerful strokes, he finished the job and then got up. Reluctantly, he cleaned himself up and left the room. His two favourite subjects watched him leave and close the door before they moved. It was as if they had been released from something that had been holding them in their rigid postures. They slumped to the floor and then stretched their joints.
Both had an angry glare in their red rimmed eyes. One of them only had one eye and looked unwell from the way he swayed. His lower face was covered with a faded and tattered facemask, but the skin of his forehead and around his eyes looked smooth. There were only a few wrinkles. It made him look much younger than the other man who just looked like a bulky chunk of either muscle or fat. Or both.
"You sit," the stronger of the two subjects told the one eyed man and helped him sit in a chair. "Just sit. I'll do it all."
The stronger of the two men carried me to the bathroom where he gently washed and dried me, muttering curses against my owner all the while. He grumbled and gently touched all my bruises with thick, hammy fingers and the electrical burns on my abdomen, cursing my owner all the more vehemently under his breath. When I tried to retort, I was spanked, and so I remained silent. He lay me down on the couch with my head in the one eyed man's lap to rest, while he stripped the bed, opened the windows and curtains and remade the bed with fresh sheets.
The one eyed man stroked my head. His one good eye looked so sorrowful. It was like there was an ocean of tears hidden inside. Pain, shame and guilt dimmed the edges of the ocean of sorrow.
"Are you ok, Uki-chan? Did he hurt you?"
"My lord would never hurt me," I smiled up into the one eyed man's one eye. "He would never purposely hurt me and if he does, I deserve it. I belong to him."
"I know," the one eyed man heaved a heavy sigh and looked away. I felt something in my mind tremble and want to open to him. For some reason, I felt a strong intimacy with this man. Anyway, my lord had said that one day, this man would also lie on the bed with me.
"Don't," the one eyed man poked my forehead, making the trembling in my mind stop. It felt like a rusty door that I had been trying to open was slammed shut by him, making me recoil with pain for a moment. Now I had a throbbing headache. "Uki-chan," he said with all seriousness, "you mustn't try to use your abilities yet. You haven't healed enough. You need to gather your strength. Now isn't the time to see how well the healing process is going. It'll take a long time. Possibly more time than we have."
I didn't understand and said so. The one eyed man only gave me a sad smile.
"You will one day," he told me.
The strong man finished cleaning up the bedroom and went to clean the bathroom. During this time, my owner returned with a meal. The fragrance of food made my stomach growl.
I heard loud growls from two other stomachs in the room.
"Sit her up," my owner commanded and the one eyed man struggled to help me sit upright. I leaned on him, so that I could face my owner. "Feed me, pet," my owner told me, handing me the tray and spoon.
The one eyed man and the strong man hurried to help support my hands when my weak, trembling arms struggled to hold the weight. The two subjects assisted me in feeding my owner, while he watched us with a smug grin. A handsome smug grin.
My owner was the most handsome man in the world and his snake eye was mesmerising. I could continue to stare into it for the rest of my life and never get bored. I wondered how much more wonderful he would look with two snake eyes.
So mesmerised was I by my owner's beauty that I didn't even notice when I had finished feeding him.
"This girl is such a treasure," my owner chuckled, cupping my cheek in one of his cool, dry hands. "No wonder you wanted to keep her to yourself," he kicked the strong man on the ground over. "The increase in strength after doing her is quite marked. No wonder you'd gotten so much stronger," my owner scowled at the strong man and then poked the one eyed man I was leaning against. "I'm surprised you never tried her, Red Eye. What? You aren't tempted by that power? I don't believe it. Tiger Eye, since you like her so much, you won't be averse to giving her your all at some stage, will you?"
Both subjects were holding their heads in pain and I wondered what was wrong with them.
"It won't be long before I'm strong enough to break the mental barriers in both your minds," my owner snickered. "Then whether you want to or not, I will watch you humiliate your precious treasure on the bed. Even if I can't break the two of you, it doesn't matter. I'll still be able to control you both easily. Besides the two of you, I am now the strongest man in this region. You won't be able to become stronger than me after I've done her enough times."
The two men clutched their heads and rolled on the ground. Blood dripped from their noses.
"Go to sleep, pet," my owner's voice injected me with sleepiness, adding to the drowsiness I was already feeling after all the activity. Very willingly, I went to sleep.