Memoirs of Kitty Siam Ch. 28

I looked her in the eye and quickly blurted out, "What?"

The look on her face changed from one of superiority to one of anger and as she stared me she yelled, "How dare you challenge me!"

Now I was beginning to become annoyed with her and I came right out and asked her what her problem is with my body.

You are too skinny she said, and you have the breasts of a thirteen-year-old girl. I can see your muscles under your skin on your arms, legs, and stomach. You look like you are malnourished. She went on to say that no man in Cassani would ever request me looking so thin and that I must be fattened up before I can earn my keep.

I did not back down and stood my ground and shot back saying that I am physically fit and in better shape than most of the women that I had seen here then asked if it was her job to try to fatten me up.

Yes it is she spat back and as the words left her mouth her hand came streaking up toward my cheek in an attempt to slap me but I was ready for it as her eye movement telegraphed the attack. My hand went up to block the slap and then I quickly latched onto her arm and twisted it hard as I bent her arm up behind her back.

As I stepped behind her I twisted my fingers into her soft reddish-blonde hair and pulled back sharply using her hair for leverage as I pushed her hand up higher on her back. She struggled hard to get out of my clutches but she did not have the strength or conditioning to resist me though that did not stop her from trying. She tried several times to stomp on my bare toes and that is when I pressed my torso against her back and shoved forward with my legs. As I shoved her forward with her arm still bent in my grip, I drove her face first into the solid wood door. Her chest hit first before her forehead. Her large pliable breasts were mashed flat between the hard wood and her ribs below. I could hear her struggling for breath as I used my leg muscles to keep her pinned against the door. As her struggles continued I leaned in and whispered into her ear, "Listen, I know you are the senior girl and I will listen to you but I will not take any verbal or physical abuse from you. Do you understand?"

This brought a long list of threats hissing from her lips, then she ordered me to let her go or she would have our Master whip me.

Really? I said. I then went on to describe how I slit the throats of the last two men who whipped me, and how I ran a sword through the chest of the Lord who ordered my whipping.

I felt a shiver cascade through her and I knew she understood what I had just told her. Her shivering was confirmation that she believed me and came to the realization that she may have bitten off more than she could chew as the expression goes. She stopped struggling and I asked her if I were to release her if she would behave.

Her reply was a quick, "Yes!"

Having reached an understanding with Ressa I released her and asked if we could start over and she politely agreed. I put my dress back on and sat on the bed and invited her to join me, which she did.

Ressa asked me if I really did kill the men that had whipped me, but I think she already knew this to be true.

To reinforce the issue I picked up one of the steel pegs that she had pulled out of my hair and tossed it at the door. The spike penetrated the door and stuck in a good quarter of an inch, and then I picked up the second peg and tossed it. The second one stuck in the wood as well about a finger's width from the first one. Her jaw dropped as I looked at her then challenged, "I make a better assassin than a whore."

Assassin? She asked.

Yes, that is part of my training I said, then went on to give her a bit of my background as to how I went from Emperor Drax' bodyguard, to shipwreck survivor, to cavalry officer, to diplomatic hostage to San'Zal's property. After I finished my brief history lesson I could see in her face that I had earned her respect, or perhaps it was more fear than respect but either way I was satisfied. Upon seeing this I asked her if she was still willing to help me to understand what our owner wanted me to learn.

Yes she replied as I looked at her and waited for her to start my education.