A Master's Ring (V.3)

[such_a_bad_man]

The winds this time of year pierced several layers if you weren't prepared. Eddie turned his head into the wind as he whipped past them in a gust. Instantly, he saw Elizabeth hug herself to keep warm. The poor girl wasn't wearing much as it was unseasonably warm during the day today, but the sun took it all away when it went down.

Eddie didn't hesitate; he slipped his coat off, glad for his hoodie underneath, and slid it around Elizabeth's shoulders. "Here. Take this. You look like you're freezing..."

Eddie walked along with her, jamming his hands into his pockets to keep his hands warm as they neared the Student Center. It was a handy building built on this side of the campus. With the school being up in the hills, it wasn't the most pedestrian friendly so the Union was a 20 minute walk down the hill. The Center served the same role without having to cross campus.

Eddie pulled the door open for Elizabeth, behaving like he always did, but part of him wondered if he should have. Did she open doors for him now? Did he still act like a gentleman in front of people? How do the social expectations play into their relationship now?

Eddie followed Elizabeth inside, still wrestling with those questions. He was on autopilot, using her presence in his peripheral vision to keep walking, and was in danger of walking past the pizza place.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Ellizabeth Sommerset

The wind picked up rustling the leaves of the trees lining their path across the university's grounds. She clutched her arms and shivered from the chill. "Brrr, I knew I should have remembered a jacket."

His hand let go of hers, and Elizabeth surprised herself with how much she was missing the simple contact of holding his hand.

"Here," He said taking his coat off and slid it over her shoulders, "Take this. You look like you're freezing..."

"Thank you." His coat immediately made her feel warmer. She snuggled underneath it, but looked beside her to see Eddie in just a shirt, sweater, and jeans. "But now you're the one that's going to be cold."

"Hang on a minute." The coat smelled like him, and oddly Elizabeth found it slightly comforting. With one hand holding the coat closed over her she reached between them to pull his hand out of his pocket to thread her fingers with his. "There that's better."

They came up to the Student Union Center and Eddie reached out to open the door for her like a gentleman would. She nodded her acknowledgement of his gesture and stepped inside. It was warmer inside and Elizabeth took a moment to soak in the warmth of the heated building waiting for Eddie to close the door and come up beside her again.

She reached out and took his hand again. This wasn't just because Eddie seemed a little lost in thought at the moment, but mostly because Elizabeth had discovered she rather liked the contact of holding his hand for some reason.

She led him over to the food court within the Student Center and placed their order for them at Michelangelo's Big Apple Pizza. She even paid for it herself since Eddie was too strapped for cash at the moment, which was hilarious to her since once he became a master he'd have enough money to buy a thousand New York style slices of pizza without even worrying about overcharging his bank account.

With two sodas and two slices of pepperoni pizza in hand they walked up the steps to the veranda overlooking the food court. At this time of night the only people using the food court were people grabbing quick bites before hitting the books again for all night study sessions. Up here on the veranda there was no one around. Their privacy was assured and also Elizabeth loved it up here because she could watch the people eating at the food court over the railing.

She set down the drinks and slices of pizza and rather reluctantly gave him back his coat. She took her seat and smiled to Eddie, "I'm actually pretty hungry right now. I haven't had anything since the turkey sandwich I had for lunch other than a stomach full of Professor Bryant's sperm."

She lifted and took a bite of the pizza relishing the taste. The cheese was stringy and she had to use her fingers to break it from the pizza so she could slurp it up with a mouth-filled muffled little girlish giggle. Once she swallowed that bite and downed a swallow of her sprite she looked up at Eddie and asked him, "So, I'm sure you have tons of questions about all this. I'll answer anything I can...so now's the time. Ask away, Eddie."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Eddie snapped out of it when he realized that Elizabeth had ordered and paid for them both. He hadn't realized how much he had let his mind drift until he was following her up to the veranda above the food court. He'd spent many a night up here on study sessions and group projects. He knew that they would be alone up here which was all for the better in his mind.

He blushed a little at how casually she mentioned what she ate. He hadn't considered that a meal, but she seemed to enjoy it. Eddie sat and folded his slice for a bite before helping wash out the grease with some Coke. He cleared his throat and wiped his mouth before he leaned in to ask his questions. He wasn't quite so casual about the way things worked for the two of them now.

Still, Eddie was unflappable, the quality that drew Professor Bryant's eye. He had spent the walk over processing his new reality and categorizing his priorities. There was really only one place to start.

"Who will be the person most upset with Professor Bryant's choice? From what he said, he was clear that this would be counter to the new way of doing business. Who will be the main players that won't want me to succeed?"

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

She lifted and took a bite of the pizza relishing the taste. The cheese was stringy and she had to use her fingers to break it from the pizza so she could slurp it up with a mouth-filled muffled little girlish giggle. Once she swallowed that bite and downed a swallow of her sprite she looked up at Eddie and asked him, "So, I'm sure you have tons of questions about all this. I'll answer anything I can...so now's the time. Ask away, Eddie."

He leaned in as if still concerned about someone else eavesdropping on their conversation and softly asked, "Who will be the person most upset with Professor Bryant's choice? From what he said, he was clear that this would be counter to the new way of doing business. Who will be the main players that won't want me to succeed?"

She nodded at his question using a napkin to wipe some pizza sauce from the corner of her lip as she swallowed down the new York style pepperoni paradise in her mouth. Finally she answered, "We siblings aren't supposed to comment on the affairs of the masters, but of course we do. We gossip between ourselves about them more than you'd be comfortable with when you become one."

She took a sip of her sprite before continuing, "To answer your question, Eddie, there's only one hundred of those black rings in the society. So there's one hundred possible masters, but there really isn't. The actual number is eighty-six masters." She told him, "You see, over the years some masters had done something so egregious their rings were taken from them, or they died without a clear heir to claim their rings. So why it matters is there's somewhere in a vault is fourteen unclaimed rings. That in a big way is what this is all about."

"Master Samuel's faction, he's the leader of the faction Professor Bryant is a part of, and the master of the household I grew up in," She explained, "He's been trying to get them to assign those rings to new members in the old way for decades, but his faction is only a minority-large enough to be a nuisance, but not enough to change how things are. Those fourteen rings could tip the balance of power in the society."

She lifted up her sprite for another drink before continuing. "The other side is quite comfortable with the power and influence they have now and obviously don't want their privileged position to be affected in any way. So their argument is someone from the outside is not really capable of handling a ring, an argument that ends the conversation since before you no one from the outside world will have claimed a ring in over a hundred years."

She took another sip of her sprite and was surprised to hear the gurgling sound of a straw trying to suck up soda from an empty soda cup. "To answer the question you asked, the one to look out for is Master Anson Von Braum, but the most vociferous against you would probably be Master Allejandro Acosta."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Eddie listened, leaving his fresh slice to cool a bit. He didn't look Elizabeth in the eye as she told her story; he was busy building the scene in his head. It was a bit of personality flaw that Eddie had. When talking socially, he had no problem meeting someone's gaze, but when learning information, he had to build a representation in his mind's eye.

He pictured a room of 100 chairs with 14 conspicuous vacancies. On one side, a small cadre of Masters, pointing and arguing with the larger majority on the other side of the room. It is clear that one voice dominates the room when they argue due to the shift in numbers. Out of that mob, two men step forward. In Eddie's mind, they were just faceless names, but they were the vanguard of the majority. Meanwhile, 14 seats with 14 rings sit waiting for their owners.

Eddie sighed as he sat back, lifting his chin to meet Elizabeth's eyes. "I hope he wasn't hoping for me to lead the charge on change... I'll need to know my allies first." He said, looking down at his imagined senate of Masters that he imagined in his mind.

"But I see why this was so important to Professor Bryant. If he hadn't chosen me, there would be 15 unclaimed rings and his allies would be down an important voice... Who should I look to for support and guidance among the Masters, then?" He asked, looking at her to help him add names to his imagined performers.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

She took another sip of her sprite and was surprised to hear the gurgling sound of a straw trying to suck up soda from an empty soda cup. "To answer the question you asked, the one to look out for is Master Anson Von Braum, but the most vociferous against you would probably be Master Allejandro Acosta."

"I hope he wasn't hoping for me to lead the charge on change..." Eddie sat back in his chair after hearing all of that with a pronounced sigh, "... I'll need to know my allies first."

"As I understand their strategy," Elizabeth qualified, "You'll be their example to Master Anson and Master Alejandro and the others in the majority faction so they won't be able to use the argument that outsiders are incapable of being true masters anymore as well as being the example to show the value of returning to the old ideals of the society."

"But I see why this was so important to Professor Bryant. If he hadn't chosen me, there would be 15 unclaimed rings and his allies would be down an important voice..." He continued, "...Who should I look to for support and guidance among the Masters, then?"

"Well...you'll have Master Samuel and Masters Alexei and Akiko, Eddie," She told him, "But that's not even a done deal for you. The whole point of using the old way of choosing replacements is testing your merit as the person to wear that ring. In order to do that your first step will be getting them to accept you and it won't be easy. It's really no use dwelling on the second or third step now especially when you haven't even started accomplishing the first."

She began to gather their empty plates cups and napkins to dispose of them in the garbage. "Also you should know that Professor Bryant is not stepping down solely for his ideals about how the old ways of the society should be resurrected. He does have something of an ulterior motive-though that makes it sound so sinister when its so not really malevolent. An ulterior motive known as his son, Jason. He has leukemia, and has been fighting it for quite some time, but the doctors say he won't last more than a few more months."

She got up with their trash in her arms, "When you do become the master of his ring. Professor Bryant intends to spend as much of the time Jason has left with him as just a father and son. With Isobel who's been as much of a mother figure to Jason as possible too of course. Together the three of them plan on doing as much of the family things as possible: going camping together, fishing, going to Disneyworld...and more." She then turned towards the trashcans to deposit their used rubbish. "...It's just something I thought you should know."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"Well...you'll have Master Samuel and Masters Alexei and Akiko, Eddie..."

Eddie nodded. "Right my interviewers..." He mused as he added their names to the minority figures in his mental reconstruction. He snapped out of it as Elizabeth began clearing the table without him asking. Immediately, he wondered if this was her training kicking in or if she was just being helpful. He winced as he started to realize that he'd be viewing her actions through that prism, but then wondered if it mattered. He let that go as Elizabeth explained about what was going on in Professor Bryant's life.

The thought of having a child with such a congenital disease made his heart sink for Professor Bryant. At his age, the good professor might not be able to have another child. As Eddie got up and joined Elizabeth, he thought about having children for the first time and he figured he would ask.

"I've noticed that Masters don't seem to have children with their Siblings and vice versa. Your mother had you with someone from outside the society. Professor Bryant's son was mothered by someone other than Isobel. Is there some rule against it?" Eddie asked, taking her hand so naturally as they walked along the Student Center together.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

"Well...you'll have Master Samuel and Masters Alexei and Akiko, Eddie..."

At her words he nodded musing, "Right my interviews."

She deposited the trash into the garbage can and looked back to Eddie. "They'll start tomorrow night. In the meantime we should get to know eachother better. If I am to be your First Sibling I'll need to know your tastes better than you do."

She returned to her chair and sat facing him. She wondered if he would be the type that arrogantly expected his siblings to do his chores for him or the type that would stubbornly not accept the help of his siblings on anything, doing his own laundry, picking up after himself, or worse apologizing when one of his siblings chose to do those things for him. She didn't know which kind of master he would turn out to be, but she hoped he would be the type to learn to accept the service of her and the other siblings with grace. and repay that service with mastery of the situation at hand, themselves, and their siblings-not capriciously but with respect and balance.

That was the very ideal the Master's Society was founded on back in the days of the dawn of human history.

"I've noticed that Masters don't seem to have children with their Siblings and vice versa." He stated.

She blinked in confusion at that.

"Your mother had you with someone from outside the society." He continued, "Professor Bryant's son was mothered by someone other than Isobel. Is there some rule against it?"

She shook her head, "I can see your reasoning, but you're wrong, Eddie. There's no rule against it. in fact it happens a lot of the time. For instance my mother married my father out of love and had the blessing and complete support of Master Samuel. That said she still continued to serve him in every way expected of a First Sibling, including in the bedroom, with my father's knowledge and consent in the relationship. I am my father's daughter, but my big sister, Lauren's father is Master Samuel himself since she was born before my parents even met eachother."

"Also Siblings are often blessed with bearing children by their masters-we take precautions of course, but it does happen." She leaned in to emphasize her next point, "Some masters have many unrecognized heirs, and some continue to live among their father's household raised by their mothers."

"Jason's mother died giving birth to him," She sat back crossing her arms regarding him, "And professor Bryant has had at least four children from his Siblings, but for reasons I am not privy to Jason is the only one he's officially recognized as his son. I don't know for sure but personally I think its because he feels guilty about the mistakes he made as a father in the past."

"You're going to have to make a lot of adjustments to live in this world, Eddie," She leaned forward again, "Your concepts of love and family, even marriage is much too narrow."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Eddie was starting to put things together as Elizabeth explained it to him. It sounded so much like how hereditary titles were handled in Europe for centuries. There could be many dozens of children involved, but only a few recognized kids. It all felt overly complicated, which was another reason for the rings to not be handed down from parent to child anymore. It also consolidated power to a few families. It was a pre-Enlightenment society all over again. It was all the more convincing to Eddie that he'd done the right thing by accepting.

Having set his mind right about that, he circled back to something Elizabeth said before her explanation. It was a point that made him nervous all over again.

"... In the meantime we should get to know each other better. If I am to be your First Sibling I'll need to know your tastes better than you do."

"So when you talk about getting to know each other, you don't mean things like knowing my favorite color or stuff like that, huh?" He asked before leaning in. "It's green, by the way."

He swallowed as he looked across at Elizabeth. Just like Isobel, she was physically beautiful and perfect. He tried not to think about how Societies like they have discussed engage in eugenics, but it wasn't beyond the pale in his mind. He pushed that away and told himself to worry about things he could change for now. But even that went away as his more primitive mind reminded him that Elizabeth was his now.

"I mean... it's cool if you wanna explore my like and dislikes; I worry they might be rather pedestrian after serving Professor Bryant all this time." Eddie tried to change the subject, but found himself just talking about it from a different angle.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

"You're going to have to make a lot of adjustments to live in this world, Eddie," She leaned forward again, "Your concepts of love and family, even marriage is much too narrow."

"So when you talk about getting to know each other, you don't mean things like knowing my favorite color or stuff like that, huh?" He asked before leaning in. "It's green, by the way."

"Green, got it. But knowing your favorite color is only the start though." She leaned in too with an amused little smile. "If I'm going to perform my duties as your First Sibling I need to know you better than you know yourself."

"I mean... it's cool if you wanna explore my like and dislikes;" He said a little nervously, "I worry they might be rather pedestrian after serving Professor Bryant all this time."

"Oh I doubt that very much, Eddie." She smiled, "As your First Sibling it'll be my duty to arrange and manage your time with the other siblings to make certain your personal and sexual well-being is being met as well as theirs. So start adopting a policy of total honesty with me."

She reached out across the table taking hold of his hand, "Let's start easy. Close your eyes and engage your imagination. Put yourself in the night after the induction ceremony. When you wear the ring as its master and you can have me for that first time...tell me, Eddie...how do you want it to go? Do you want it to feel romantic? Or do you want something more pornographic?" Her fingers tightened before he could respond on his hand. "Remember, total honesty with me."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"Oh I doubt that very much, Eddie." She smiled, "As your First Sibling it'll be my duty to arrange and manage your time with the other siblings to make certain your personal and sexual well-being is being met as well as theirs..."

Oh god, right... the "other Siblings". Eddie had spent so much time thinking about his interview and getting to know Elizabeth that he'd forgotten that both Professor Bryant and Elizabeth had mentioned there had been others. Between his class work, his part-time job, all his extracurriculars, he had no idea how he was going to juggle one girlfriend, let alone several.

He pushed that away; he couldn't do anything about it now so stressing about it wouldn't help. If nothing else, Eddie knew he'd be relying on his ability to compartmentalize to make it through this new life of his. When Elizabeth told him to close his eyes, he followed her lead. He needed to be present in this moment to answer her honestly. He knew this would shape their relationship moving forward so he didn't want to stumble out of the gate.

"Honesty.... Honesty..." He repeated to himself as he built the moment in his head like he did with his Mock Senate on the table moments ago. He was sitting on a bed. Initially, he imagined it to be his small bed in his dorm room, but allowed his mind to expand, figuring there might be a larger bedroom they'd get to use after his initiation. He started to fill the room with objects, building the scene in his mind scape. The last thing he added was Elizabeth. She was a blurry abstract to start, but she gained more and more clarity as he started to talk.

"Well..." Eddie paused, feeling nervous about saying this out loud, but then realized how silly he was being in the face of his new First Sibling. "I... I really like it when women wear lingerie... Like I said... kinda pedestrian..." He said, trying to be self-effacing to assuage the creeping embarrassment that was coloring his cheeks red.

"And... for our first time... I'd really just like it to be the two of us getting to know each other's bodies..." He swallowed again, seeing the two of them in bed together in his mind already. "Lots of foreplay as I learn what feels good for you and you learn me... I mean, this is assuming we haven't had that sort of first time in bed together..." As he was laying this out, he was faced with the realization that he was assuming that they couldn't sleep together until he put the ring on.

Eddie opened his eyes and looked at Elizabeth. "I mean, what are the rules about that before they let me have the ring? I mean, I wouldn't be your Master yet, right?"

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

"Oh I doubt that very much, Eddie." She smiled, "As your First Sibling it'll be my duty to arrange and manage your time with the other siblings to make certain your personal and sexual well-being is being met as well as theirs. So start adopting a policy of total honesty with me."

At the mention of her sister Siblings that would serve him Eddie looked like he had conveniently forgotten about them. That concerned Elizabeth. Did he think he could steal her away from the society? Did he think she'd be so craven and selfish as to keep her master-if and when he became her master-all to herself without of course sharing him as a First Sibling was supposed to do?

"Honesty...honesty..." She heard him mutter as if a mantra to himself before taking a moment to say, "Well...I... I really like it when women wear lingerie... Like I said... kinda pedestrian..."

She shook her head with a comforting smile, "It's not really pedestrian, and I like wearing lingerie for my master."

She reached out across the table taking hold of his hand, "Let's start easy. Close your eyes and engage your imagination. Put yourself in the night after the induction ceremony. When you wear the ring as its master and you can have me for that first time...tell me, Eddie...how do you want it to go? Do you want it to feel romantic? Or do you want something more pornographic?" Her fingers tightened before he could respond on his hand. "Remember, total honesty with me."

"And... for our first time... I'd really just like it to be the two of us getting to know each other's bodies..." He added trying to banish any embarrassment with taking time to swallow past his nerves. "Lots of foreplay as I learn what feels good for you and you learn me..."

"Mmmmm" Elizabeth murmured as she had closed her eyes picturing it as he laid out his plans for the two of them that night and then his eyes snapped open wide.

"I mean, this is assuming we haven't had that sort of first time in bed together..." He stammered, "I mean, what are the rules about that before they let me have the ring? I mean, I wouldn't be your Master yet, right?"

She opened her eyes and looked at him calmly, "The rules are that you may not...not until that first night you become my master. It's part of the process. Can you spend as much time around me talking about this subject and restrain yourself of taking advantage of me-after all self-restraint and self-discipline are two of the ideals the society was founded on, Eddie."

"Now let's go back to the scene in your mind's eye," She closed her eyes and squeezed his hand again, "What kind of lingerie do you see me wearing? I would assume it's your favorite color...Green, correct? Is it frilly or lacey? Is it sheer? How revealing is it?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Elizabeth was great; she calmed him back down and allayed his worries immediately. He closed his eyes and sank back down into his vision. It was so vivid to him that he started to feel like he was there. He listened as Elizabeth joined him in building the scene.

"Now let's go back to the scene in your mind's eye. What kind of lingerie do you see me wearing? I would assume it's your favorite color...Green, correct? Is it frilly or lacey? Is it sheer? How revealing is it?"

Eddie tilted his head at the thought of the color. "No... not green. While I love seeing it in nature and in outfits and my surroundings, I prefer the classic white, black or red when it comes to lingerie. I think for our first time, I'd like you in something in deep dark red. I think it will set off your skin tone and hair... And I'd prefer your hair down... I love long hair..."

Eddie took a moment, his image of Elizabeth starting to crystallize in his mind. "You'll be in something silken, like a gown almost... with spaghetti straps and a plunging neckline... down to your navel... The silk is loose in the garment, but where it touches your body, it acts like a second skin, showing off what's underneath..."

Eddie sat back, smiling as he could see it all clearly now. "Yes... that's a good start..." he murmured as he saw himself taking Elizabeth gently into his arms.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

"Now let's go back to the scene in your mind's eye," She closed her eyes and squeezed his hand again, "What kind of lingerie do you see me wearing? I would assume it's your favorite color...Green, correct? Is it frilly or lacey? Is it sheer? How revealing is it?"

"No... not green." He told her tilted her head successfully wrapped up in the imagined tableau, "While I love seeing it in nature and in outfits and my surroundings, I prefer the classic white, black or red when it comes to lingerie."

She smiled at that keeping her eyes shut to not leave the scenario they were building together, "I love red. It's my favorite color."

"I think for our first time, I'd like you in something in deep dark red," Eddie explained, "I think it will set off your skin tone and hair... And I'd prefer your hair down... I love long hair..."

Her smile widened pleased that she'd be able to please Eddie so easily when he would become her master. "And the lingerie?"

"You'll be in something silken, like a gown almost..." Eddie stated after a moment visualizing what lingerie exactly he wanted her to wear that night, "With spaghetti straps and a plunging neckline... down to your navel... The silk is loose in the garment, but where it touches your body, it acts like a second skin, showing off what's underneath..."

She beamed as the exercise was working getting Eddie to open up and here he was taking the initiative to fill in the details. All of which would prove very helpful to her in her efforts to make this fantasy of Eddie's into a reality that first night.

Elizabeth sighed in pleasure as she visualized the scene of him, her master and she his devoted First Sibling on that first night together. She could feel his arms wrap around her so gently, as if she were so precious to her. And she melting against his body. Her arms reaching up around his shoulders and head lifting. She puckered her lips begging in the clearest sign of passion a woman could offer, as well as the clearest act of submission a slave could proffer to her master.

Would her master Eddie deign to give her the kiss she was begging for?

On the Veranda of the food court of the University's student center she was still holding Eddie's hand across the table. She gave his hand another squeeze. "I think your vision of our first night is beautiful, Eddie. What would want to do next with me?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Eddie smiled at her praise. He had to admit, this was more exciting than he figured, but that wasn't going to stop him now. Her question did give him pause, however. He cracked his eye to glance over the railing to the students coming and going below.

"Ummm, are you sure you want to hear this... out in public?" He asked, his voice dropping to a whisper as he gestured to the railing with his head. He really liked where this was going, but this felt like a conversation that was slowly turning private.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

On the Veranda of the food court of the University's student center she was still holding Eddie's hand across the table. She gave his hand another squeeze. "I think your vision of our first night is beautiful, Eddie. What would want to do next with me?"

His eyes opened a crack and Elizabeth sensed his body shift to look over the railing at the handful of people still eating a late supper in the foodcourt below.
"Ummm, are you sure you want to hear this..." His voice had dropped to a mere whisper, "...Out in public?"

"It's alright," She smiled in amusement at this, "No one can hear us, Eddie, but I'll give you some help."

She leaned forward so her face was barely an inch in front of his, then lowered her own words to just a whisper, "We're standing there in your room. Your arms are around me holding me tight but so very gently at the same time. I strain up lips puckered for a kiss. I am offering it up to you to claim as my master. Do you grant me that kiss, Eddie?"

Then she added in the same whisper, "What about your hands. Do they start to lower down the silken red lingerie I'm wearing to cup over the curve of my buttocks? Do you want to squeeze them?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Elizabeth was so wonderful. Just as he was starting to get worried, she read him like a book. Even better, she drew in close. He could feel it as he had his eyes closed; her breath caressing his face as she spoke.

"We're standing there in your room. Your arms are around me holding me tight but so very gently at the same time. I strain up lips puckered for a kiss. I am offering it up to you to claim as my master. Do you grant me that kiss, Eddie?"

Like some ethereal dream, Eddie could see it. He could feel it as Elizabeth had drawn so close. Without hesitation, he answered.

"Yes."

He wanted nothing more than to kiss her in that moment, but she continued. Her words were so perfect to paint the scene in his mind. She did it better than he ever could for himself. Her breath and her ease with residing in his personal space had his body alive with excitement.

"What about your hands? Do they start to lower down the silken red lingerie I'm wearing to cup over the curve of my buttocks? Do you want to squeeze them?"

"Oh god yes..."

Eddie balled his fists, clutching at the extra fabric of his loose jeans. He wanted to kiss Elizabeth so badly, but he wasn't sure the line when it came to the rules of the new society he had joined. Sex was out until the ceremony, but did that mean kissing too? He sat there, mouth dry as Elizabeth whispered to him.

"I'd cup your perfect ass and help lift you up against me so that I could kiss you like I've always wanted to." Eddie decided it was time to confess a few things. "I wouldn't rush to disrobe you; I'd be too busy enjoying and exploring your body for hours... There's so much I need to touch and explore..." Eddie knew he had to be rock hard and there was no way to hide that from her if she was as close as she felt.

"I know I'm supposed to be the Master, but I'd worship your body like a goddess... Nothing would make me happier than to spend hours learning what makes your body respond and making you orgasm without penetrating you..." Eddie bit his lips, realizing what he had said out loud.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

She leaned forward so her face was barely an inch in front of his, then lowered her own words to just a whisper, "We're standing there in your room. Your arms are around me holding me tight but so very gently at the same time. I strain up lips puckered for a kiss. I am offering it up to you to claim as my master. Do you grant me that kiss, Eddie?"

"Yes." He said in a breath.

Then she added in the same whisper, "What about your hands. Do they start to lower down the silken red lingerie I'm wearing to cup over the curve of my buttocks? Do you want to squeeze them?"

His reply came in the same breathy voice, "Oh god yes..."

She could see him getting lost, diving into the fantasy, letting it wrap him up within it now. His cock was probably a steel bar in his pants now. His face had flushed, and perspiration was starting to form on his skin from the arousal.

"How do you want squeeze my asscheeks," She asked. "Help me Eddie, please. Tell me so I can picture it in my mind. So I can go through this week in anticipation of when you're finally allowed to make it a reality as my master."

"I'd cup your perfect ass and help lift you up against me so that I could kiss you like I've always wanted to." Eddie confessed.

"Mmm...I'd like that," She smiled at that, "Would you take the lingerie off me then?"

Eddie's head shook slightly, "I wouldn't rush to disrobe you; I'd be too busy enjoying and exploring your body for hours... There's so much I need to touch and explore..."

"You can, Eddie," She said, "We would have all night that night. There'd be no need to rush any of it at all."

"I know I'm supposed to be the Master, but I'd worship your body like a goddess..." Eddie gasped biting his lip. "Nothing would make me happier than to spend hours learning what makes your body respond and making you orgasm without penetrating you..."

"Mmmm...That sounds wonderful, but you're wrong on one thing. There's no supposed to be to it," She said the breath of her words caressing over the lip he was biting, "If worshipping my body like a pilgrim at the altar of a pagan goddess is what would bring you pleasure than I would gladly submit myself as your slave to that."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"If worshipping my body like a pilgrim at the altar of a pagan goddess is what would bring you pleasure than I would gladly submit myself as your slave to that."

Eddie let out a sigh of relief upon hearing that. "Oh thank God..." he whispered. The words were barely out of his mouth before he leaned forward, looking to kiss Elizabeth for the first time. He'd planned it, dreamed it, fantasized about it for years since starting at the school, and his body had never been more ready for that moment.

He didn't know if he could. He didn't really care in the moment. He only knew that he'd never wanted to do anything more in his life. His hands slid up Elizabeth's arms, looking to hold her and pull her into the kiss. He barely registered the look on Elizabeth's face as he moved.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

"Mmmm...That sounds wonderful, but you're wrong on one thing. There's no supposed to be to it," She said the breath of her words caressing over the lip he was biting, "If worshipping my body like a pilgrim at the altar of a pagan goddess is what would bring you pleasure than I would gladly submit myself as your slave to that."

"Oh thank God..." Eddie let out a whispered sigh of relief at that.

Then his hands pulled away from hers and reached to climb up her arms. He leaned in closing the scant distance between them. Head tilted as his lips pressed against hers. He was kissing her.

Elizabeth's eyes widened in shock at the abrupt action, but then softened as she pressed into the kiss. It was not so bad. Kissing Eddie was nice actually, but she mustn't allow this to continue.

"Don't Eddie wait until the night of the ceremony," Elizabeth pulled away and pushed him back into his seat. "Self-control, remember? Everything you do ever since you left Professor Bryant's office tonight is part of being tested for this."

She took his hand in hers thumb tracing over his palm, "Don't blow it on the first day, okay?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"Don't, Eddie; wait until the night of the ceremony."

Eddie was lost in the kiss until Elizabeth broke it. Looking in her eyes, he knew he screwed up, but he also saw that she enjoyed it which let him breathe again.

"Self-control, remember? Everything you do ever since you left Professor Bryant's office tonight is part of being tested for this."

"Shit, right... I'm sorry. I just got swept up in the moment and... I've wanted to do that for a long time..." He admitted, biting his lips. He tried to breathe slow through his nose as he watch Elizabeth hold his hand. Her thumb moving on his skin felt so nice. Really, any touch or caress was so much more than he expected when he woke up this morning.

"Would you like to hear more of what I want on that first night?" Eddie asked, hoping he hadn't ruined the mood.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

She took his hand in hers thumb tracing over his palm, "Don't blow it on the first day, okay?"

"Shit, right... I'm sorry." He admitted chewing on his bottom lip, a little act that Elizabeth was finding rather endearing, "I just got swept up in the moment and... I've wanted to do that for a long time..."

Elizabeth nodded. She knew boys considered her quite attractive, and she had caught Eddie watching her in class on more than one occasion. She had never been ashamed of her appearance, but unless they were her master the oppinions of others really didn't matter to her too much. Now though Eddie's opinion did matter to her. In a week or so he would be her new master.

So now she smiled warmly to him, "Just hang in there for a few more days."

Eddie then asked her, "Would you like to hear more of what I want on that first night?"

"Oh yes, it's giving me valuable insight into your tastes," She nodded giving his hand another squeeze, "As I recall you were granting me a kiss with your hands on my ass in my little red silk nightgown lifting me up onto my toes for our kiss to last as long as possible." Her eyes drifted closed again as she pictured the tableau she described, "What else do you want to do to me that first night, Eddie?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"What else do you want to do to me that first night, Eddie?"

Eddie's eyes fluttered closed as he felt Elizabeth squeeze his hands again. He slipped back into his fantasy, smiling at the thought of holding Elizabeth like that and kissing her. "After kissing for... as long as we can stand it, I'd help ease the straps of your gown off, letting it fall to the floor. You'd have matching lace stockings underneath with a garter belt. Elegant heels help bridge the gap in our height, but not enough. I'd walk you to the bed and help you lay in the middle of it. Then, as I said I would, I'd spend hours learning your body: your sensitive spots, your ticklish joints, the caresses that make you moan, the kisses that make you scream. I'd make you cum with my hands and mouth a few times as I explore before finally giving you what you want..."

Eddie bites his lips again, peeking out one eye to see if anyone is too close for this discussion. "I'd finally part your thighs and sink as deep as I can inside you. I'd spend that entire first night making love to you in every position I can think of and as many as you can show me..." He swallows, his throat dry at the prospect. "I... I have a lot of day dreams to work through..." he added, blushing furiously now.

 

[Veroe]

IC: Elizabeth Sommerset

"Oh yes, it's giving me valuable insight into your tastes," She nodded giving his hand another squeeze, "As I recall you were granting me a kiss with your hands on my ass in my little red silk nightgown lifting me up onto my toes for our kiss to last as long as possible." Her eyes drifted closed again as she pictured the tableau she described, "What else do you want to do to me that first night, Eddie?"

"After kissing for... as long as we can stand it, I'd help ease the straps of your gown off, letting it fall to the floor. You'd have matching lace stockings underneath with a garter belt." Eddie's eyes had drifted shift and he chewed his lip in that way he always did that Elizabeth was beginning to find more and more adorable about him.

"No Panties," She asked with a tone of wry amusement at the omission, "What else, Eddie?"

"Elegant heels help bridge the gap in our height, but not enough. I'd walk you to the bed and help you lay in the middle of it." He continued.

"And then...?" She was breathing heavier lost within the fantasy Eddie was weaving in her mind's eye.

"Then, as I said I would, I'd spend hours learning your body: your sensitive spots, your ticklish joints, the caresses that make you moan, the kisses that make you scream." He told her.

Elizabeth could almost feel his lips and tongue on her skin, exploring every inch of her body-no, that night her body would have become his property. That was at least a week away from tonight but she wanted it so bad she could taste it now.

"I'd make you cum with my hands and mouth a few times as I explore before finally giving you what you want..." He continued, "...I'd finally part your thighs and sink as deep as I can inside you. I'd spend that entire first night making love to you in every position I can think of and as many as you can show me..."

She chuckled wryly, "We may need more than that first night, I've learned of quite a few...a lot of them I'm just dying to try out, and I'd love to share experiencing them with you."

"I... I have a lot of day dreams to work through..." He said an adorable little blush coloring his cheeks.

She reached up and her fingers tenderly stroked the blushing cheeks, "Don't worry Eddie, we'll have all the time in the world to make each one a reality. That will be my purpose as your First Sibling."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Eddie leaned into her soft, warm hand and smiled. He took a long slow breath to calm his nerves before blinking his eyes open and looking at Elizabeth. "I hope I can make you happy..." he said, admitting to something that had been eating at him since their talk with Professor Bryant.

The Professor had been living this life for ages. He knew how to move in it and how to handle the women entrusted to him. This was all new to Eddie. In some ways he felt tremendously inadequate to the challenge it presented. But he wasn't about to shy away from it; the professor's idea for the future of his organization made more sense to him than people being handed power they didn't earn.

"If I didn't measure up like the Professor hoped, what will happen to you?" He asked, wanting to know the result of all of this if he failed at the interviews.