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Click hereJakob said, "Yes, your majesty. I'll have to try that someday."
"You'll sleep like a baby," King Eradis said. "Lights, please." Jakob doused the lamps and let himself out, leaving the room in silent darkness except for the moonlight from the terrace.
Orchid pressed her breasts against Daisy's back and wrapped her arms around the other girl, inevitably resting her hands on Daisy's breasts. The girl's nipples hardened at the touch and she groaned softly, her bound hands wiggling against Orchid's tummy. Orchid had never shared a bed with four other people, and she struggled not to squirm or shift, afraid to provoke the King's ire.
Within a few minutes she heard the King's breathing deepen and knew he was asleep. She quietly stretched her leg to make contact with Azalea and felt the other girl push back with her feet when they touched. Direct physical contact with a sleeping subject would make the next part easy. She counted to herself and waited.
After reaching one thousand Orchid closed her eyes. It was impossible to identify one girl's breathing from the others, but Azalea hadn't moved in hundreds of seconds. Orchid sent her mind reaching down through her leg and into Azalea's, and then traveled up it towards her head. On the way past Azalea's hips she couldn't help but notice the throbbing pulse of her heartbeat in her pussy as she came down from the orgasm she'd had just a few minutes before. The heavy metal plug spreading her asshole. Azalea's insides were coated with the King's semen and her body was rapidly absorbing his fluids. Millions of his sperm raced in every direction inside her womb, searching for an egg to fertilize, and Orchid saw that they'd find one soon. Remembering Azalea's earlier disgust, Orchid considered preventing the potential pregnancy by gently squeezing the egg out of existence before any seed could fertilize it. But no, that wasn't her purpose here.
Orchid darted up Azalea's spinal cord and into her brain. She was definitely sleeping. Orchid saw surface memories from the past hour and felt the memory of Azalea's orgasm. Disconnected episodes from earlier today, earlier this week. Random snippets of the past month, tied to fuzzy half-remembered elements from Azalea's more distant past. Orchid could sort it all out if she took enough time, but she didn't care about any of that.
Orchid crafted a thought and pushed it into Azalea's mind: "this is the last time". The chaotic fragments whirled and separated, like water and oil, as a few memories drifted to the top. Gathering clothes and food with Iris. Hiding their packs in the palace, outside the Garden. Travel papers folded into the window frames. Zinnia promised she could remove their tattoos. Don't tell the Reader. Freedom... family...
Orchid pulled herself out of Azalea to discover tears rolling down her own face. Freedom. Maybe they'd take her with them. But of course their plan wouldn't work, right? And they wouldn't trust her anyway. No, the risk was too high. There was no escape for Orchid because Vingoth knew her true identity. But maybe these clues could be helpful... She could talk to Zinnia and identify the Reader.
Orchid stomach tightened as she realized what she had to do. She quietly rolled out of bed and tiptoed to the door, cracking it open and squinting against the light from the office. She peeked her head out but kept her naked body hidden behind the door and immediately drew Jakob's attention as he stood guard outside.
"Yes, my lady Orchid? Don't wake the King," he whispered, uncomfortable with both her nakedness and breach of protocol.
Orchid whispered back. "Iris and Azalea are planning an escape. You'll find their supplies in the housekeeping closet at the base of the Crown Tower, and travel papers hidden in the window frames of their rooms."
Jakob looked at her wide-eyed. "Escape? But what about their tattoos?"
"I don't know," Orchid lied. "I just overheard them whispering."
"Why are you telling me this?" Jakob asked.
Orchid pursed her lips. Yes, why? Jealousy? Of course not. To gain trust. To avoid scrutiny. "For the good of the Kingdom and the people. Just don't mention my name to anyone."
Orchid slipped back into bed and thought she'd lay awake all night second-guessing herself. No, she didn't care about anyone's escape, or anyone's pregnancy, except her own. She had to be ruthless to survive, and anyway, this was her Kingdom. Her mind circled and circled, but Daisy's gentle breathing and soft body gradually led Orchid down into the peaceful depths of sleep.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 6 years agoI loved this story, it is well written! I understand Orchid trying to gain trust here, but also why not find a way to the apprentice directly ? Why Jakob? Or will this lead to a friendship and ally?
I feel bad for Iris and Azalea, but very much loved how their emotions were clear through Orchid's magic.
This is a great story, I know you probably won't continue it but I'm glad I got to read this much! Your writing is great, you should consider publishing it, I would definitely buy your book if it's as well written and interesting as this!
LovelySilenceabout 7 years agoI've been checking this story constantly for updates, I'm dying to read it! I really hope you continue with this one!
ThePracticeShortStoriesabout 7 years agoAuthorThanks for the recent comments. For some reason I lost momentum on this series, probably because the first 4 parts need a bit of rewriting and I hate going back to do that. :) However, I've got the rest sketched out and plan to return to it eventually.
Anonymousabout 7 years agoI hope you come back and give us another chapter. I'm not finicky; it doesn't have to be perfect. I'll even defend any typos from the grammar Nazis!
Anonymousover 7 years agoI really want to know what happened. I have never actually followed another story on this site. Most of the time the writing makes me want to stab myself in the eyes. I think your writing style is spot on and I'm dying to know what is going to happen next
ThePracticeShortStoriesover 7 years agoAuthorJulez, thanks for your comment. I struggled quite a bit with orchestrating a scenario in which Orchid would plausibly "buy in" to her mission rather than just trying to continually evade it. Maybe I needed to ponder it a bit more, because I totally understand where you're coming from. I don't think I pulled it off as well as I'd hoped.
Here's how I tried to build the scenario for her buy-in:
1. She begins as a generally loyal citizen who loves her country
2. She is "drafted" into a conspiracy against her will, but the general goals of the conspiracy align with her principles.
3. Being abducted into sexual slavery is horrible, but her brother is also risking life and limb for the same ends.
4. She sympathizes with Iris and Azalea, but doesn't think their escape will be successful anyway. However, she gets some leads that might help her with her investigation, and by turning them in she may earn some trust from her puppet masters.
Any tips?
Anonymousover 7 years agoHmmm, an interesting chapter. More plots being hinted at and more information on the king. Not all of it flattering. It is, uncomfortable, to have a male lead who cares nothing for his partners, just treats them as a series of wet holes. And as for forcing someone to try and sleep with their hands tied behind them...
Lots to enjoy about this chapter. Very evocative writing. Lots of blurring lines in the erotic scenes. I like the fact that not every sexual encounter ends with a screaming orgasm.
But what I really didn't like was what Orchid did at the end of the chapter. Yes, Orchid has a mission, and yes she was forced to accept it, but is now committed to it. But her actions here went beyond finding a potential assassin. Indeed, they seem to go against the character she has seemed to be for the last three chapters. She suddenly, and quite out of character, becomes a cold, cynical, drone, who without qualm throws two rape victims under the bus.
I see this may ingrain her into the fabric of the palace politics (even though she was earlier dismayed at the idea), but to do that by so callously betraying two fellow captives who so obviously hate the sexual slavery they are being forced to endure? Who are forced to bear everything with a brittle smile? Two political prisoners who just want freedom? Two women who she can more than empathise with? It is an enormous betrayal, and it felt 'wrong'. She didn't seem like a character without a moral centre, who could ignorantly break people and walk away without care.
Orchid is in the unique position of knowing, via her magic, exactly how others are feeling. So far, empathy and emotion have been a massive part of the magic she can do, and yet she immediately chooses to discard everything she knows, betray two fellow captives, and coldly ignore any consequences of what she has done, (including condemning one victim to carry her rapist's child).
To be honest, the end of this chapter made me dislike Orchid quite a lot. She seems to have gone from an unwilling wild card, to a tool of oppression. I know you wanted her to have agency quickly, but to do that at the expense of the other flowers feels very unworthy.
Julez
Anonymousover 7 years agoWhy does she care if the king is killed? He is clearly a piece of shit who cares nothing for the women he rapes and holds captive.
