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Mistress Sold
(Crimson Rose)

Literally up shit cheek without a paddle or a canoe for that matter, I aimlessly drove about town in a desperate attempt to figure out what to do. Sure, I could find a relative to sell into slavery, in fact I already had the perfect candidate in mind, but that would be breaking more laws than I'm sure my bosses could account for. On the other hand, I could turn Blake and the few men I met in but that defeats the purpose of going undercover in the first place. Truly at an impasse for the first time in my life, I opted to go with the riskier of the two options in the hopes everything would work out for the best.

"Time's running out, Mistress," Damien said after about two hours of silence. "Take it from me, Blake isn't a man you want to cross. If you value your life you'll stop driving in circles and find a relative to sell."

"What's your deal? Why did he make you my slave and why did you so quickly agree?"

"He did it because I'm probably his least favorite person in the organization and I agreed because I value my life. Like it or not, I'm your slave for the next year and I'll do as you command without hesitation no matter what that might be."

"Tell me everything, slave. I want to know who Blake really is. How many are in this supposed organization. Is he really the man at the top or should I have gone further up the ladder to work for the real people in charge? I want to know every little detail about what I've gotten myself into and if you leave out a single detail no matter how small I'll fucking castrate you. Are we clear?"

"Yes Mistress. Blake is a wannabe middle man with delusions of grandeur. Don't get me wrong, he has some pull in the organization but he's far from top dog. And for the record, that chip he implanted really will explode with the press of a button and he won't hesitate to use it if you show even the tiniest hint of betrayal. And when you're dead and gone he'll find, enslave and sell everyone you ever loved or cared about. Same goes for everyone in the organization. And while he'll deny it outright, he has one too. We all do. It is how those at the top of the pyramid ensure loyalty."

"Why not just have it removed?"

"Because they'll know and after you're dead and gone they'll find, enslave and sell everyone you ever loved or cared about. I know you have no reason to trust me, Mistress, but I've seen it happen more than once."

"Entire families and groups of people up and disappearing in the middle of the night would make the news."

"Except they never take entire groups, Mistress. Those running the organization aren't stupid. To make it seem more natural they'll pluck them off one or two at a time. A mother will suddenly run away from an abusive husband that never actually laid a finger on her the entire time they were married. Husbands will run away with their mistresses no one even knew he had. Daughter and sons will move away to college, join cults or whatever else those in charge come up with. In truth they're all taken to the same facility, given a few lessons and then sold to the highest bidder. The point is, they're very good at making it seen as organic as humanly possible and once they have their eye on a target there's no making them change their minds so for the good of your family and friends pick one to sell or they will all be."