Slave Girl 2: Chapter 33

As I toil through the hours I spot Rosa, Cassie and Danae a couple of times in passing and cannot help but laugh.  Cassie, the free woman, followed after my slave like a fawning younger sister on the elder’s wedding day.  I don’t know what they were talking about but she hung on Rosa’s every word, the simple farm girl thirsting to hear ever more from her wise and worldly new friend.  She futzed and doted and sprang to help at the smallest need.  Meanwhile the frisky fox dashed and bounded and played in a chaotic orbit around the other two.  And in the center of the trio walked my beautiful blind demon gently smiling and calm.

Firewood is split and neatly piled inside of the woodshed.  The jumbled mound of broken furniture that I’d pulled from the house is hewn and added as well with the bits I couldn’t use burned and disposed of.  And I even get the area in front of villa tidied up including Mercury and his fountain.  Just past the midpoint and I had already done a good day’s work, just like back on the farm.  Dusting off my hands I give a nod of satisfaction at what I’d accomplished.  I’d more than earned a break and a lunch this day.

Flipping my tunic up over my shoulder I head into the house in search of a satisfying meal.  My search is a short one as I find a plate and drink already waiting for me in the kitchen, along with three lovely gals.  Danae sat on the window sill bright eyed and bushy tailed watching the other two finish up their lunch.

“We started without you Master.”  Rosa says, swiftly coming to receive a hug.  “I wasn’t sure how long you’d be.”

I kiss her and, of course, hug her.  “I’m glad you did.”

She smiles as she feels the warm sweaty flesh of my torso.  “You tease me working bare-chested Master!”

“It’s hot out there.”

“It’s hot in here.”  Rosa fans herself as Cassie chuckles.

I wash my hands and scrub my face then return to pull up a stool and dig into the meal they’d prepared for me.  It was a sumptuous mix of the food we’d bought and some of the gifts Cassie had brought us from the surrounding community.

“So?”  I ask.  “How are things going?”

“Excellent.”  Says Rosa.  “Cassie here has agreed to help us settle in and aid me with my condition.  She is such a sweet girl.”

Cassie seems to grow before my eyes as her shoulders lift and her chest rises.  “I am just happy to help.”

Cassie and I smile at each other.  “I’m glad it’s all worked out.”  I say.  As I eat I listen as the others begin to say their goodbyes.  Rosa had some private things she wished to do on her own and Cassie said that she really ought to be getting back home, though I could tell she really didn’t want to.  On a whim I throw my neighbor a line.  “I was thinking about butchering that lamb today.”  I nod toward the cold storage.  “I could use a hand with that if I can steal a bit more of your time.”

“Oh!  Yes.”  She nods eagerly.  “I could do that Quin.”

“Just let me finish my lunch.”

“Sure, you bet.  I could also show you the beds Rosa wants cleared in the garden.”

“Hm?  Oh, sure.”

“A-And I could…”

Rosa reaches across to touch Cassie’s hand.  “That’s enough Cassie.  That’s more than enough for now.”

Cassie blushes at the contact and stammers.  “Y-yes Ma’am.”  My eyebrows raise at Cassie’s addressing of a slave like that.  “I mean…Rosa.  Sorry.”

Rosa takes the comment in stride and pats the woman’s hand.  “Atta girl.”  As Rosa gets to her feet it was Danae’s turn to perk up.  It yips and spins in a circle before bounding out the window and scampering off toward the forest.  “I’ll be there soon.”  Rosa calls to the fox as if it might understand her.  With careful steps she finds her way back to me.  Feeling my face she brings a finger across my lips before kissing them.  “Don’t work too hard Master.”  She licks her lips, tasting the oil and wine she’d lifted from my lips, then whispers.  “Save some energy for me.”

“I will.”  I whisper back happily.  “Where are you going?”

“To pray.”

“Again?”

“Yes.  This time without interruption.”

I suspect she was referring to the well meaning Cassie.  “You’re going into the forest?”

“Of course Master.  Where else?”

“Um…do you have a place?”

“Yes Master.  Cassie found me a cypress not far from the garden.  Not so far from our Venus actually.”

“Good.”  Hearing this sets my mind at ease as she would be a good distance from that strange discovery I’d made this morning.  Not that I thought it was dangerous or anything but I would prefer to warn Rosa about it when I had the chance rather than her stumbling upon it on her own.  “I hope you find your answer.”

“I will baby.”  She kisses me again.  “I think I already have.”

Rosa stands tall, orients herself, then begins to walk for the exit with her arms out in front of her.

“Let me help…”  Both Cassie and I say and start to rise as one.

“You are both as bad as the other.”  Rosa laughs.  “As I said, to both of you, let me struggle.  I will call for help if I need it.”

“Just be careful.”  I say.  “Okay?”

“Danae will be with me.”  She says as if that was supposed to assuage my worries.

“And don’t wander.  Just pray and stay close.”

She gives me a deep, dramatic bow.  “I hear and I obey my mighty Lord.”

I roll my eyes.  “Off with you, slave.”

Cassie laughs.  “I could watch you two all day.”

“You should see us at night.”  Rosa quips, leaving both Cassie and I blushing yet again.  With a giggle and a wink she is gone.

The afternoon is much like morning as I throw myself into the work that needed done.  With Cassie’s help I butcher the lamb and wrap a shoulder roast for her and family despite her protestations.  We wash from that then set straight into the garden.  She shows me the beds that she and Rosa had figured would be the best for vegetables and herbs, assuming no Spring flooding, then she helps with clearing the paths and cleaning the benches and central fountain.

The pair of us aren’t exactly chatty but neither are we distant.  We just kind of flowed with each other.  We spoke the same language, had the same values, and our skill sets meshed seamlessly.  She knew everything that a rural lady her age was supposed to know while I had a good grasp on everything a rural fellow ought to know, the two halves making the time tested whole of the farming way of life.  Not long ago I would have been paralyzed with nerves being around a pretty woman my own age, especially with my shirt off, but Rosa had gone a long way to easing those old insecurities.  Cassie was…comfortable, and a true pleasure to be around.  And it was such a joy to watch her slowly open up as the day went on to reveal occasional peeks of the woman she had, until now, had to keep hidden away.  This budding new friendship of ours just felt right.

As I shovel and she sweeps to clean one section of paved pathway I venture to ask.  “So how did you know you that liked women too?”

A wistful smile passes over her comely face.  She hesitates, unaccustomed to be being able to speak of such things freely, but when she does speak she does so boldly.  “Not how, but who.”  She says.  “Her name was Rhea.  Or…is Rhea.  She’s married now and lives nearby.  She’s got three children already.”  Knocking the dust from the broom she turns and starts sweeping back the other way.  “She was older than me and so…”  She glances back to me and with a breath of liberation says proudly.  “…she was so beautiful!”  Her words are the waters of a bursting dam.  “You should have seen her then.  Her skin was like buttermilk.  Her eyes like chestnuts.  Her…her breasts like ripe pears and her ass like two round loaves of rising bread.”

“Wow.  She sounds delicious!”

“Ha ha ha!  Yes!”  Cassie laughs freely.  “Yes she was Quin, yes she was.  Delicious.”

“Did you tell her?”

Her smiles fades.  “No.  I dare not.” She says.  “My family is one of the more modern thinking in the area, but even they have their limits.  It would have killed Granny if it came out.  And it would have come out.”

“I’m sorry Cassie.”

“It’s okay.  I did have my fun with Rhea though.”

“Oh?”

Her grin brightens once more.  “I would sneak gifts to her.  Flowers.  Delectables.  Baubles.  He he he.  Erotic poetry.”

“No!”

“Yes.  She liked it too.”  She says.  “I hid and watched her read one once.  She…let’s just say she liked it.  He he he.  She really liked it.”

“You are naughty.”  I chuckle.

She nods and hides her face with a hand.  “I even sculpted a…ahem…a phallus for her.”

“NO!  Ha ha ha!”

“Yes!”  She chortles, her buxom body bouncing to the laughter.  “Nobody could figure out who her secret suitor was or how he was sneaking in without anybody seeing him.”  She says.  “Nobody expected her little sister’s friend.  I would bring them in right under everyone’s noses.”

“What did she do with the phallus?  Erm, if you don’t mind me asking.”

“I don’t know.”  She says.  “Neither does anybody else.  She never spoke of it that I know of.”  Her eyes drift off to the North.  “She might still have it to this day.”

“Ha!  I bet she does too.”

“The way I used to hang around there.  I was such a nuisance.”  She remember back.  “Everyone thought I was interested in her brother, and I cannot deny that I desired him as well, but it was her.  She was the one who captured my naive young heart.”  With a sigh she says.  “I hope I don’t become a nuisance here.”

“I highly doubt that’s likely.”  I assure her.

Closing her eyes she stands and takes a deep breath then lets it all out at once.  “It feels so good to speak of this Quin.”

I approach and rest my hand on her shoulder.  “One should always be free to express the truth inside of their heart Cassie.”

“How about you express your heart a few steps back there lover boy.”  A barking voice startles the both of us.

My hand snaps back from Cassie’s shoulder.  “Lucas!”

“Nobody answered at the door.”  He grumbles angrily as he marches up to his sister, his scowling eyes never leaving mine.  He takes her hand.  “Dad wants you home.  We were wondering what was taking you so long.  Now I see.”

“Lucas you dunce.”  Cassie wraps him on the knot I'd left on his head.

“OW!”  He howls and rubs the sore bump.

With her brother huffing and puffing behind her she faces me and says with a curtsy.  “Thank you for a most wonderful day Master Quin.”

I bow.  “And thank you for the company Milady Cassie.  And all of your help.”

“Come on!”  Lucas gripes, only to get another whack to the dome.  “OWWW!!!  Gods!  Stop it!”

“I’ll see you soon.”  Cassie says without so much as a glance toward her swearing sibling.

“I look forward to it.”

“Say goodbye to Rosa for me?”

“I will.”

Prying her arm from her brother’s grip she turns and takes her leave on her own terms.  Lucas pauses a moment and gives me a glare that could have curdled milk.  He backs away the first few steps then points at me, letting me know that our business was not done, before finally turning to catch up with his sister.  As I watch Cassie leave, and admire the way her wide hips and full buttocks sway with her unhurried gait, I find myself thinking ahead to the evening.  Taking up my shovel I return to my work, but slower than before.  I’d been told that I needed to conserve some energy for my slave after all.

Chapter 34