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The ancients built the Temple of Temples on the cliffs overlooking the sea; they planted its orchards and vineyards; they filled its gardens with fragrant herbs, and all things pleasant to look upon. All was done exactly as commanded by Cecil, the First High Master.
Cecil, who bade the people to call him “Uncle,” was a prophet, say some. Others declare that he was more god than mortal. A few believe he traveled through time, and chose the Island Kingdoms as one resting place among many. The wisest of the elders insist that it is of no consequence where Cecil came from, or what manner of man he was. It is enough to know what he did for us.
Cecil united the priest-kings beneath his rule in return for the gifts of peace and bounty. Those who challenged him were silenced when he caused the sun to disappear at noonday, casting the world into darkness. When the doubters proclaimed him High Master and swore their allegience, Uncle Cecil gave back the sun and began his reign, by all accounts a time of laughter and feasting and carnal pleasures and erotic dances, made all the more enjoyable by the gift of the Birth Control Pill.
When the gods were displeased with the people of the Island Kingdoms, no punishment was required as in the darker times. Cecil punished the Sacred Whore in private rituals and ceremonies, which she welcomed and from which she emerged with bruises, but smiling. It is said that she appeared happiest when the gods were most displeased.
When the time came that Cecil must return to his wanderings, he soothed the people's grief with the promise that another High Master would someday take his place. Among the sacred objects in my care is the Scroll of Cecil, wherein is told the story of his last moments among my ancestors:
“Saith Cecil to his Sacred Whore and the girls who were bathing him, 'Again with the tears! You human females have so much going for you, but the crying is hard to take.'
“And he foretold the coming of a new High Master, and commanded that all be kept in readiness, for he could not say whether the One would arrive within a day or a millenium. 'I do these things on impulse, or when I owe somebody, or when the ratings need a boost.'
“And lo! Cecil took some trinkets and a cask of wine, and vanished as the legends say he first arrived, looking at the Wrist Oracle by which the High Masters know when it is time to go. 'When it's time to come,' saith the prophet, 'Master isn't looking at his watch.' Carnalia, his Whore, disappeared at his side.
“The maidens dried their tears and prepared the sleeping bower with new linens and fresh flowers. The gardeners and vintners and orchard keepers went about their work. As Cecil had commanded, a new Temple Virgin was chosen and trained to become the Sacred Whore of the new High Master. The priest-kings kept the peace, and settled their disputes as Cecil had instructed: by drawing the high card or spinning the Wheel of Fortune.
“Always, there were those who loved war, and those who cursed their luck when a spin of the Wheel went against them. But they were kept in check by their fear.
“For the new High Master shall be known by this sign: the sun shall vanish once again, as it did at the Test of Cecil. But within the hour it shall appear again, to bless the presence of the Anointed One. This shall come to pass on the seventh day after his arrival in the Temple Garden. His Virgin shall know him by a secret sign, revealed at the moment of his arrival.
"Saith Cecil, 'Wait for the signs. Don't let some shyster take over the place and manhandle the girls.'
"From that day forward, all would be kept in readiness at the Temple of Temples, as if each day was the appointed day for the arrival of the One."
My name is Ariadne. I was chosen as a young girl to become a Temple Virgin, should those who preceded me fail to achieve the prophesy. On my 18th birthday, I came to the Temple of Temples. Here, until the hoped-for coming of the High Master or my 21st birthday, I would live alone, save for the servants who came each day and left at sunset, and priests who visited to study the scrolls.
I would be pampered with every comfort except the one that mattered: my Master, the One whose coming had been prophesied so long ago that some had begun to lose faith.
Ages had passed since the Promise of Cecil was written down. Virgins beyond count had preceded me, keeping the High Temple in readiness and praying to be worthy of a new High Master. Each of us has counted herself the most fortunate of females...and then the loneliest...and finally, when our time was ending and we had never known his touch or tasted his seed, we knew that none could match our shame. Upon her twenty-first birthday, a Temple Virgin was said to have been deemed unworthy by the gods. On that day, she must leave the Temple and reenter the world, never to bathe the Master in his cavern springs, nor massage his skin with oil, nor wear the Sacred Clamps for him. Never to learn the mystery of the Vibrating Phallus, most intriguing of the sacred objects kept beneath the altar.
Most of the banished Virgins took husbands or lovers, and found happiness. Others, their hearts unable to embrace any man but the Master they were born to serve, became prostitutes for money. There is no dishonor for a woman of our people in selling her body, and her heart can remain untouched.
That would have been my choice. I was saved from that fate with but a day to spare...
Why I am so blessed, I do not know. I am only a simple girl from the village of Fellatia in the farthest Island Kingdom. I was schooled in the ways of the Sacred Whore since I was old enough to read the Lessons of Uncle Cecil. But I am no one special. My breasts are nicely shaped, and I think my eyes are pretty. But I cannot play a musical instrument, I have a weakness for sweet pastries, my singing is only adequate and my nipples are too sensitive, to the point of impertinence. Sometimes, when I despaired of knowing my Master, I used to touch myself and make my pussy wet. A Temple Virgin is forbidden to know carnal pleasure without her Master's permission, and no wonder. It was a frustrating experience; I did not allow myself to climax, for that is a prerogative at least as important to the Master as ending his Whore's virginity.
It was a lonely life, if a luxurious one. I need do nothing all day but wander the gardens, frolic with the tame birds and animals, bathe in the hot springs and fountains, and improve my mind by reading so that I might converse with the Master if he should desire it. I was also instructed to study the duties of the Sacred Whore, but I had memorized them long ago:
1) She must see to the physical comfort of the High Master, overseeing the quality of his food and wine and the beauty of his gardens.
2) She must warn intruders away from the Temple of Temples.
3) She must welcome carnal punishment from her Master whenever the gods are angry, lest they vent their anger in the ancient way, with floods or famine, or with rashes on the priest-kings' private parts.
4) She must help him plan festivals and celebrations so that his people can know the benefit of his wisdom and hear his jokes, and dance for him, and bring offerings.
5) She must take her Birth Control Pill each day when she prays at the altar.
6) She must worship the Object of Desire, her Master's penis. His seed is the essence of life, and must be cherished above all things. He must be helped to bring it forth from his body as often as possible, or he will suffer dreadful discomfort and be unable to commune with the gods.
7) The sacred fluid must never be wasted. If the Master spills it outside her body, it is the duty of his Whore to lick it up and clean all traces of it from the penis.
Yes, I knew my duties and believed them to be the highest privilege. But like the countless Temple Virgins before me, had begun to lose hope of using what I knew in the service of my Master. Only hours before my twenty-first birthday, he had not come. By nightfall, I would be the next in a long line of failed Temple Virgins.
During my final vigil, facing banishment from a paradise that never had been, I fought despair as I prayed. I knelt at the altar, arrayed as always with the Miraculous Vibrating Phallus and other sacred objects that had once belonged to Cecil.
“Hear your servant, Uncle Cecil,” I whispered, trying to hold back my tears. “Please tell me how I can be worthy. Have I displeased the gods by fondling the phallus when I was supposed to be dusting it? Did I wait too long between body waxings? I am smooth now, and I promise never to be so lazy again…”
So focused was I on my desperate prayer that I hardly noticed the noise in the garden. Something had disturbed the songbirds.
“I can dye my hair blonde, if he dislikes brunettes,” I offered. “For a taste of my Master's pre-come and the chance to give him a scalp massage, I will do anything you suggest to be worthy of him. Only give me a sign, Uncle Cecil!"
There was definitely a disturbance outside. The peacocks were screeching. The lambs were frightned. There was a sound of splashing. There had never been a trespasser on the Temple grounds, but it was my duty to expect one and send him away. Quickly, I put away the sacred objects: the clamps, the cuffs of hammered silver, the leather flogger and the vibrating phallus, which buzzed briefly to life at the touch of my hand. I wiped away my tears, smoothed my clothing and composed myself before going to the garden. No matter the depth of my private grief, I would not shame the High Master's Temple by behaving as less than a lady…
Or so I believed. Then I heard his voice.
For the first time since childhood, I heard the voice of a man who was not of the priesthood or employed to maintain the Temple grounds. He sounded angry, and I am embarrassed to admit that I hid behind a column and listened, suddenly afraid to confront him.
“Where the fuck am I?
Oh, my. He was definitely not of the priesthood.
Curiosity took over, and I peaked around the column. There stood a stranger more intimidating than any I could have conjured in my imagination. He was taller and broader of shoulder than men of the Island Kingdoms. He was dressed all in black, and not in the loosely draped linen of our people, but in an upper garment, and a lower one that encased each leg separately.
His clothes were soaking wet, for he was emerging from the duck pond. One of the big male geese hissed at him. The stranger hissed back, sending the poor thing race-waddling toward the safety of the water.
For a trespasser, who was closer than anyone had ever come to the wealth of the gods and the secrets of Cecil ~ and with only a girl and some tame animals to stop him from taking whatever he could carry ~ the intruder did not behave as if he liked it here very much. He was looking all about, as if he were lost, or expecting someone. When he turned to face the Temple and the alcove where I was hiding, the scowl on his face made me shudder!
“DeMille, you crazy bastard, this isn't funny anymore!”
He had blasphemed!
Now I had no choice but to confront the man. I confess, I am not very brave. I was trembling when I emerged from the shadows. But when the stranger saw me approaching, I tried to appear calm, as if this sort of thing happened all the time.
For a moment, he seemed as wary of me as I was of him. I tried to take courage from that. “You are trespassing, Sir. I must ask you to leave.”
“Most amusing,” he said. His voice was a rough, slightly threatening purr, seductive as the half-smile that had replaced that awful scowl. How handsome he was! It was terrible of me to think it, but I had been so lonely here…My nipples all but pierced the sheer linen of my garment, as if wanting to go to him.
“I am not here to amuse you, Sir, begging your pardon,” I said, stopping a respectful distance from him, and ready to run if need be. He took a step toward me, grinning now rather than smiling. I flinched, but did not back away.
He was tall as a god, with the powerful body of one of the athletes who performed naked in our sacred games.
What would he look like, naked?
“I know why you're here,” he said. “What I don't know is why I'm here, or where 'here' is, exactly.”
He towered over me, looking me up and down with such insolence that my knees nearly gave way. I threw back my shoulders and tried to seem taller. A mistake, because it only drew his attention to my breasts. Cursed nipples! Such tiny, insignificant pink things, to ache so much and behave with such rudeness.
It would have been a good time to say something in a confident tone. But I have never been able to concentrate when my pussy is becoming puffy and moist.
“You don't work at the Wing,” said the stranger. “I never forget a nicely made pair of tits."
I gasped. No one but the High Master is permitted to acknowledge the female attributes of the Temple Virgin. To do so with a tone of blatant disrespect was the lowest insult!
“You have blasphemed twice, now,” I scolded, taking a tentative step forward. I could not afford to be timid.
“Blasphemed? Bring me Cecil B. DeMille and I'll show you how I blaspheme."
I didn't know whether to slap him or faint. I had never heard Cecil's name spoken in vain, nor been taught a proper response. I was speechless.
He liked that. It seemed to relax him a little, “Seriously, it was an impressive trick and you have lovely tits. But I'm a busy man, and enough is enough. Where is he?”
He seemed sincerely puzzled, which made him less terrifying. I realized he might not know our ways. “It is disrespectful to speak the surname of Uncle Cecil, or to stare at the…person of his Temple Virgin. You did not know, of course but ~
“His what? His virgin?” He laughed. A rich, masculine laugh; the rarest of all sounds in my world. “That rules out Broken Wing, Nevada."
"Did you say 'Broken Wing?!'”
Even among my people, only the most devout would recall such an obscure reference from the Scroll of Cecil. Broken Wing, Nevada is mentioned only once. It was one of many worlds Cecil visited in his wanderings. “You know of Broken Wing? You have been there?"
He sat on a garden bench and began to remove his wet footwear. More fascinated now than afraid, I knelt at his feet and helped pull the cold, wet leather from first one foot, then the other. It seemed entirely natural to help him undress, since he was obviously uncomfortable, and male.
“Tell me about Broken Wing. Is it true about the bandits? The ones with one arm? Is it true that they pour silver coins into the hands of the blessed?”
He upended a shoe and poured water onto the grass near where I knelt. Neither of us cared that a little of it splashed on my garment.
“You're good,” he sighed. “I'll grant you that. But this has gone on long enough. Hand me my things, will you?”
I looked down, following his glance. There at my knees was a card, like the ones the priest-kings used to settle disputes. And beside it was...No, it could not be!
His Virgin shall know him by a secret sign, revealed to her at the moment of his arrival.
On the grass beside the ordinary card was another, extraordinary one. It was the twin of one of the sacred objects I had prayed over each day for three years.
"Where did you get this," I heard myself squeak, surprised that anything could be heard above the pounding of my heart. My hand hovered above the thing, wanting to reach for it but fearing to, as if it might vanish ~ and take my dreams with it.
“The Ace of Spades? I keep one for luck.” He laughed, a bit uncomfortably it seemed. Had he been offended by my behavior? Of course he had! I had all but called him an intruder in his own garden.
“Not that card, Master," I said softly, placing a hand upon his knee in a gesture of appeasement. “The other card. The one that matches Cecil's."
He looked at me oddly, as if I were the one with secrets and mysteries.
“That? That's my MasterCard."
I pulled my hand away, suddenly knowing beyond any doubt that I was in the presence of the High Master ~ and had touched him without permission! I had never felt less worthy, or more eager to do more intimate things. With or without permission.
“You really are the One. The new Uncle Cecil."
He reached down and retrieved his belongings, as I had been told and had failed to do. “No need to be insulting. I'm Cesar Mabeuse, and I'm no more your uncle than he is."
"Forgive me, I am not handling this well," I whispered, hanging my head to hide a scalding blush.
He touched me then, just a fingertip raising my chin so that our eyes met, but oh! what a touch. His eyes were dark as the night sky and glittering with amusement and delicious wickedness. The hot blush that swept up my body was no longer due to embarrassment.
"Other than a virgin," he said, "who are you?"
Before I felt the impulse, I was clinging to his legs with my head upon his knee, crying and laughing and so excited I could hardly speak.
“I am Ariadne of Fellatia. Your servant, if you will still have me!”
“Still? I haven't had you! I never had you."
“Do I displease you? I promise to change. I will learn what pleases you." I began to massage his thighs, enraptured by the hard muscular feel of him and emboldened by my alert pussy. "Only give me a chance to care for you, and I swear on my life that you will never have a painful build-up of bodily fluids. You will never know a single unassuaged desire that might interfere when you commune with the gods."
“Good god.”
“Yes! Any god, or all of them. The world is yours to shape as you see fit.” I knelt up, drawn to his beautiful face. His lower lip wanted sucking. “How handsome you are, my Master.”
“Master?”
“Master of Priests. Master of Ceremonies!"
"Are you ill? Is this some kind of rehab center?"
"It is the Temple of Temples, and you are its Master. Master of carnal punishments! Master of all you see, to the horizon and beyond."
He looked about, seeming to take it all in for the first time: the Temple of purest white marble; the garden flowers, gathered from unexplored regions of space and time by Uncle Cecil; the potent aphrodisiac steam that emerged from the Cavern of Hot Springs in the mountain behind us; the turquoise sea, the distant islands, home to larger cities but lesser temples. To a man, the people who lived there and the priest-kings who ruled them were servants of the High Master.
“It is yours to command, High Master. And it is my duty to help you by servicing your physical needs." I had begun to work the curious fastenings that held his phallus prisoner within the wet lower-body garment.
“What are you doing?”
"You must be uncomfortable in these wet things. I wish only to...to...To be perfectly honest, I am eager to see your penis."
"My penis."
"None other. I have waited so long. I have studied so hard..."
My hands stilled, barely touching the fabric now, as I awaited permission to continue. It was nearly unbearable to wait, but I had been unforgivably forward.
It moved. My Master's penis recognized me.
All I had read and studied, all I had learned from the prostitutes about the Object of Desire ~ how it would look and feel and taste; how to sense its moods; how to guage the fullness of the sac that hung beneath it, and how to bring forth its burden of creamy fluid ~ all I had learned had not prepared me for the thrill of feeling my Master's phallus responding to my touch. Jerking to life, seeking its mate! I could feel the heat of it even now, when it was caged.
“Who are you, really?" He sounded a little angry, as he had every right to be, for I had not been on my best behavior. But even as he pushed my hands away, his own began to work loose the fastenings. He was going to let me see it!
“I am your receptacle, Master. I am the body you punish when the gods are angry. I am the servant who peels your grapes and pours your wine. I am the Whore whose deepest desire is to be fucked by you, and then allowed to clean you with my tongue."
“Because I carry MasterCard?”
“Yes! The MasterCard will not be proof enough for the priest-kings. They have grown too accustomed to their independence. But do not worry about them. Seven days from today, when the noonday sun disappears and you make it return, no one will dare to doubt you…Already, the servants will be spreading rumours of your arrival. Once people learn you are here, it may be many days before I have you all to myself. Please let me see...Please, Master. I promise not to do more than look, or give it a kiss if you will allow me."
He groaned, and both of us glanced down. We were rewarded with the sight of his rampant male organ springing loose from its confinement. It was purple and angry, pulsing with veins and infinitely threatening as it bobbed toward me. It was the most wondrous thing I had ever seen.
My prayers had been answered. For the first time in my 21 years, I was beginning to feel like a Whore.
Ariadne in the Temple Garden, awaiting the coming of her Master:
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Cecil, who bade the people to call him “Uncle,” was a prophet, say some. Others declare that he was more god than mortal. A few believe he traveled through time, and chose the Island Kingdoms as one resting place among many. The wisest of the elders insist that it is of no consequence where Cecil came from, or what manner of man he was. It is enough to know what he did for us.
Cecil united the priest-kings beneath his rule in return for the gifts of peace and bounty. Those who challenged him were silenced when he caused the sun to disappear at noonday, casting the world into darkness. When the doubters proclaimed him High Master and swore their allegience, Uncle Cecil gave back the sun and began his reign, by all accounts a time of laughter and feasting and carnal pleasures and erotic dances, made all the more enjoyable by the gift of the Birth Control Pill.
When the gods were displeased with the people of the Island Kingdoms, no punishment was required as in the darker times. Cecil punished the Sacred Whore in private rituals and ceremonies, which she welcomed and from which she emerged with bruises, but smiling. It is said that she appeared happiest when the gods were most displeased.
When the time came that Cecil must return to his wanderings, he soothed the people's grief with the promise that another High Master would someday take his place. Among the sacred objects in my care is the Scroll of Cecil, wherein is told the story of his last moments among my ancestors:
“Saith Cecil to his Sacred Whore and the girls who were bathing him, 'Again with the tears! You human females have so much going for you, but the crying is hard to take.'
“And he foretold the coming of a new High Master, and commanded that all be kept in readiness, for he could not say whether the One would arrive within a day or a millenium. 'I do these things on impulse, or when I owe somebody, or when the ratings need a boost.'
“And lo! Cecil took some trinkets and a cask of wine, and vanished as the legends say he first arrived, looking at the Wrist Oracle by which the High Masters know when it is time to go. 'When it's time to come,' saith the prophet, 'Master isn't looking at his watch.' Carnalia, his Whore, disappeared at his side.
“The maidens dried their tears and prepared the sleeping bower with new linens and fresh flowers. The gardeners and vintners and orchard keepers went about their work. As Cecil had commanded, a new Temple Virgin was chosen and trained to become the Sacred Whore of the new High Master. The priest-kings kept the peace, and settled their disputes as Cecil had instructed: by drawing the high card or spinning the Wheel of Fortune.
“Always, there were those who loved war, and those who cursed their luck when a spin of the Wheel went against them. But they were kept in check by their fear.
“For the new High Master shall be known by this sign: the sun shall vanish once again, as it did at the Test of Cecil. But within the hour it shall appear again, to bless the presence of the Anointed One. This shall come to pass on the seventh day after his arrival in the Temple Garden. His Virgin shall know him by a secret sign, revealed at the moment of his arrival.
"Saith Cecil, 'Wait for the signs. Don't let some shyster take over the place and manhandle the girls.'
"From that day forward, all would be kept in readiness at the Temple of Temples, as if each day was the appointed day for the arrival of the One."
My name is Ariadne. I was chosen as a young girl to become a Temple Virgin, should those who preceded me fail to achieve the prophesy. On my 18th birthday, I came to the Temple of Temples. Here, until the hoped-for coming of the High Master or my 21st birthday, I would live alone, save for the servants who came each day and left at sunset, and priests who visited to study the scrolls.
I would be pampered with every comfort except the one that mattered: my Master, the One whose coming had been prophesied so long ago that some had begun to lose faith.
Ages had passed since the Promise of Cecil was written down. Virgins beyond count had preceded me, keeping the High Temple in readiness and praying to be worthy of a new High Master. Each of us has counted herself the most fortunate of females...and then the loneliest...and finally, when our time was ending and we had never known his touch or tasted his seed, we knew that none could match our shame. Upon her twenty-first birthday, a Temple Virgin was said to have been deemed unworthy by the gods. On that day, she must leave the Temple and reenter the world, never to bathe the Master in his cavern springs, nor massage his skin with oil, nor wear the Sacred Clamps for him. Never to learn the mystery of the Vibrating Phallus, most intriguing of the sacred objects kept beneath the altar.
Most of the banished Virgins took husbands or lovers, and found happiness. Others, their hearts unable to embrace any man but the Master they were born to serve, became prostitutes for money. There is no dishonor for a woman of our people in selling her body, and her heart can remain untouched.
That would have been my choice. I was saved from that fate with but a day to spare...
Why I am so blessed, I do not know. I am only a simple girl from the village of Fellatia in the farthest Island Kingdom. I was schooled in the ways of the Sacred Whore since I was old enough to read the Lessons of Uncle Cecil. But I am no one special. My breasts are nicely shaped, and I think my eyes are pretty. But I cannot play a musical instrument, I have a weakness for sweet pastries, my singing is only adequate and my nipples are too sensitive, to the point of impertinence. Sometimes, when I despaired of knowing my Master, I used to touch myself and make my pussy wet. A Temple Virgin is forbidden to know carnal pleasure without her Master's permission, and no wonder. It was a frustrating experience; I did not allow myself to climax, for that is a prerogative at least as important to the Master as ending his Whore's virginity.
It was a lonely life, if a luxurious one. I need do nothing all day but wander the gardens, frolic with the tame birds and animals, bathe in the hot springs and fountains, and improve my mind by reading so that I might converse with the Master if he should desire it. I was also instructed to study the duties of the Sacred Whore, but I had memorized them long ago:
1) She must see to the physical comfort of the High Master, overseeing the quality of his food and wine and the beauty of his gardens.
2) She must warn intruders away from the Temple of Temples.
3) She must welcome carnal punishment from her Master whenever the gods are angry, lest they vent their anger in the ancient way, with floods or famine, or with rashes on the priest-kings' private parts.
4) She must help him plan festivals and celebrations so that his people can know the benefit of his wisdom and hear his jokes, and dance for him, and bring offerings.
5) She must take her Birth Control Pill each day when she prays at the altar.
6) She must worship the Object of Desire, her Master's penis. His seed is the essence of life, and must be cherished above all things. He must be helped to bring it forth from his body as often as possible, or he will suffer dreadful discomfort and be unable to commune with the gods.
7) The sacred fluid must never be wasted. If the Master spills it outside her body, it is the duty of his Whore to lick it up and clean all traces of it from the penis.
Yes, I knew my duties and believed them to be the highest privilege. But like the countless Temple Virgins before me, had begun to lose hope of using what I knew in the service of my Master. Only hours before my twenty-first birthday, he had not come. By nightfall, I would be the next in a long line of failed Temple Virgins.
During my final vigil, facing banishment from a paradise that never had been, I fought despair as I prayed. I knelt at the altar, arrayed as always with the Miraculous Vibrating Phallus and other sacred objects that had once belonged to Cecil.
“Hear your servant, Uncle Cecil,” I whispered, trying to hold back my tears. “Please tell me how I can be worthy. Have I displeased the gods by fondling the phallus when I was supposed to be dusting it? Did I wait too long between body waxings? I am smooth now, and I promise never to be so lazy again…”
So focused was I on my desperate prayer that I hardly noticed the noise in the garden. Something had disturbed the songbirds.
“I can dye my hair blonde, if he dislikes brunettes,” I offered. “For a taste of my Master's pre-come and the chance to give him a scalp massage, I will do anything you suggest to be worthy of him. Only give me a sign, Uncle Cecil!"
There was definitely a disturbance outside. The peacocks were screeching. The lambs were frightned. There was a sound of splashing. There had never been a trespasser on the Temple grounds, but it was my duty to expect one and send him away. Quickly, I put away the sacred objects: the clamps, the cuffs of hammered silver, the leather flogger and the vibrating phallus, which buzzed briefly to life at the touch of my hand. I wiped away my tears, smoothed my clothing and composed myself before going to the garden. No matter the depth of my private grief, I would not shame the High Master's Temple by behaving as less than a lady…
Or so I believed. Then I heard his voice.
For the first time since childhood, I heard the voice of a man who was not of the priesthood or employed to maintain the Temple grounds. He sounded angry, and I am embarrassed to admit that I hid behind a column and listened, suddenly afraid to confront him.
“Where the fuck am I?
Oh, my. He was definitely not of the priesthood.
Curiosity took over, and I peaked around the column. There stood a stranger more intimidating than any I could have conjured in my imagination. He was taller and broader of shoulder than men of the Island Kingdoms. He was dressed all in black, and not in the loosely draped linen of our people, but in an upper garment, and a lower one that encased each leg separately.
His clothes were soaking wet, for he was emerging from the duck pond. One of the big male geese hissed at him. The stranger hissed back, sending the poor thing race-waddling toward the safety of the water.
For a trespasser, who was closer than anyone had ever come to the wealth of the gods and the secrets of Cecil ~ and with only a girl and some tame animals to stop him from taking whatever he could carry ~ the intruder did not behave as if he liked it here very much. He was looking all about, as if he were lost, or expecting someone. When he turned to face the Temple and the alcove where I was hiding, the scowl on his face made me shudder!
“DeMille, you crazy bastard, this isn't funny anymore!”
He had blasphemed!
Now I had no choice but to confront the man. I confess, I am not very brave. I was trembling when I emerged from the shadows. But when the stranger saw me approaching, I tried to appear calm, as if this sort of thing happened all the time.
For a moment, he seemed as wary of me as I was of him. I tried to take courage from that. “You are trespassing, Sir. I must ask you to leave.”
“Most amusing,” he said. His voice was a rough, slightly threatening purr, seductive as the half-smile that had replaced that awful scowl. How handsome he was! It was terrible of me to think it, but I had been so lonely here…My nipples all but pierced the sheer linen of my garment, as if wanting to go to him.
“I am not here to amuse you, Sir, begging your pardon,” I said, stopping a respectful distance from him, and ready to run if need be. He took a step toward me, grinning now rather than smiling. I flinched, but did not back away.
He was tall as a god, with the powerful body of one of the athletes who performed naked in our sacred games.
What would he look like, naked?
“I know why you're here,” he said. “What I don't know is why I'm here, or where 'here' is, exactly.”
He towered over me, looking me up and down with such insolence that my knees nearly gave way. I threw back my shoulders and tried to seem taller. A mistake, because it only drew his attention to my breasts. Cursed nipples! Such tiny, insignificant pink things, to ache so much and behave with such rudeness.
It would have been a good time to say something in a confident tone. But I have never been able to concentrate when my pussy is becoming puffy and moist.
“You don't work at the Wing,” said the stranger. “I never forget a nicely made pair of tits."
I gasped. No one but the High Master is permitted to acknowledge the female attributes of the Temple Virgin. To do so with a tone of blatant disrespect was the lowest insult!
“You have blasphemed twice, now,” I scolded, taking a tentative step forward. I could not afford to be timid.
“Blasphemed? Bring me Cecil B. DeMille and I'll show you how I blaspheme."
I didn't know whether to slap him or faint. I had never heard Cecil's name spoken in vain, nor been taught a proper response. I was speechless.
He liked that. It seemed to relax him a little, “Seriously, it was an impressive trick and you have lovely tits. But I'm a busy man, and enough is enough. Where is he?”
He seemed sincerely puzzled, which made him less terrifying. I realized he might not know our ways. “It is disrespectful to speak the surname of Uncle Cecil, or to stare at the…person of his Temple Virgin. You did not know, of course but ~
“His what? His virgin?” He laughed. A rich, masculine laugh; the rarest of all sounds in my world. “That rules out Broken Wing, Nevada."
"Did you say 'Broken Wing?!'”
Even among my people, only the most devout would recall such an obscure reference from the Scroll of Cecil. Broken Wing, Nevada is mentioned only once. It was one of many worlds Cecil visited in his wanderings. “You know of Broken Wing? You have been there?"
He sat on a garden bench and began to remove his wet footwear. More fascinated now than afraid, I knelt at his feet and helped pull the cold, wet leather from first one foot, then the other. It seemed entirely natural to help him undress, since he was obviously uncomfortable, and male.
“Tell me about Broken Wing. Is it true about the bandits? The ones with one arm? Is it true that they pour silver coins into the hands of the blessed?”
He upended a shoe and poured water onto the grass near where I knelt. Neither of us cared that a little of it splashed on my garment.
“You're good,” he sighed. “I'll grant you that. But this has gone on long enough. Hand me my things, will you?”
I looked down, following his glance. There at my knees was a card, like the ones the priest-kings used to settle disputes. And beside it was...No, it could not be!
His Virgin shall know him by a secret sign, revealed to her at the moment of his arrival.
On the grass beside the ordinary card was another, extraordinary one. It was the twin of one of the sacred objects I had prayed over each day for three years.
"Where did you get this," I heard myself squeak, surprised that anything could be heard above the pounding of my heart. My hand hovered above the thing, wanting to reach for it but fearing to, as if it might vanish ~ and take my dreams with it.
“The Ace of Spades? I keep one for luck.” He laughed, a bit uncomfortably it seemed. Had he been offended by my behavior? Of course he had! I had all but called him an intruder in his own garden.
“Not that card, Master," I said softly, placing a hand upon his knee in a gesture of appeasement. “The other card. The one that matches Cecil's."
He looked at me oddly, as if I were the one with secrets and mysteries.
“That? That's my MasterCard."
I pulled my hand away, suddenly knowing beyond any doubt that I was in the presence of the High Master ~ and had touched him without permission! I had never felt less worthy, or more eager to do more intimate things. With or without permission.
“You really are the One. The new Uncle Cecil."
He reached down and retrieved his belongings, as I had been told and had failed to do. “No need to be insulting. I'm Cesar Mabeuse, and I'm no more your uncle than he is."
"Forgive me, I am not handling this well," I whispered, hanging my head to hide a scalding blush.
He touched me then, just a fingertip raising my chin so that our eyes met, but oh! what a touch. His eyes were dark as the night sky and glittering with amusement and delicious wickedness. The hot blush that swept up my body was no longer due to embarrassment.
"Other than a virgin," he said, "who are you?"
Before I felt the impulse, I was clinging to his legs with my head upon his knee, crying and laughing and so excited I could hardly speak.
“I am Ariadne of Fellatia. Your servant, if you will still have me!”
“Still? I haven't had you! I never had you."
“Do I displease you? I promise to change. I will learn what pleases you." I began to massage his thighs, enraptured by the hard muscular feel of him and emboldened by my alert pussy. "Only give me a chance to care for you, and I swear on my life that you will never have a painful build-up of bodily fluids. You will never know a single unassuaged desire that might interfere when you commune with the gods."
“Good god.”
“Yes! Any god, or all of them. The world is yours to shape as you see fit.” I knelt up, drawn to his beautiful face. His lower lip wanted sucking. “How handsome you are, my Master.”
“Master?”
“Master of Priests. Master of Ceremonies!"
"Are you ill? Is this some kind of rehab center?"
"It is the Temple of Temples, and you are its Master. Master of carnal punishments! Master of all you see, to the horizon and beyond."
He looked about, seeming to take it all in for the first time: the Temple of purest white marble; the garden flowers, gathered from unexplored regions of space and time by Uncle Cecil; the potent aphrodisiac steam that emerged from the Cavern of Hot Springs in the mountain behind us; the turquoise sea, the distant islands, home to larger cities but lesser temples. To a man, the people who lived there and the priest-kings who ruled them were servants of the High Master.
“It is yours to command, High Master. And it is my duty to help you by servicing your physical needs." I had begun to work the curious fastenings that held his phallus prisoner within the wet lower-body garment.
“What are you doing?”
"You must be uncomfortable in these wet things. I wish only to...to...To be perfectly honest, I am eager to see your penis."
"My penis."
"None other. I have waited so long. I have studied so hard..."
My hands stilled, barely touching the fabric now, as I awaited permission to continue. It was nearly unbearable to wait, but I had been unforgivably forward.
It moved. My Master's penis recognized me.
All I had read and studied, all I had learned from the prostitutes about the Object of Desire ~ how it would look and feel and taste; how to sense its moods; how to guage the fullness of the sac that hung beneath it, and how to bring forth its burden of creamy fluid ~ all I had learned had not prepared me for the thrill of feeling my Master's phallus responding to my touch. Jerking to life, seeking its mate! I could feel the heat of it even now, when it was caged.
“Who are you, really?" He sounded a little angry, as he had every right to be, for I had not been on my best behavior. But even as he pushed my hands away, his own began to work loose the fastenings. He was going to let me see it!
“I am your receptacle, Master. I am the body you punish when the gods are angry. I am the servant who peels your grapes and pours your wine. I am the Whore whose deepest desire is to be fucked by you, and then allowed to clean you with my tongue."
“Because I carry MasterCard?”
“Yes! The MasterCard will not be proof enough for the priest-kings. They have grown too accustomed to their independence. But do not worry about them. Seven days from today, when the noonday sun disappears and you make it return, no one will dare to doubt you…Already, the servants will be spreading rumours of your arrival. Once people learn you are here, it may be many days before I have you all to myself. Please let me see...Please, Master. I promise not to do more than look, or give it a kiss if you will allow me."
He groaned, and both of us glanced down. We were rewarded with the sight of his rampant male organ springing loose from its confinement. It was purple and angry, pulsing with veins and infinitely threatening as it bobbed toward me. It was the most wondrous thing I had ever seen.
My prayers had been answered. For the first time in my 21 years, I was beginning to feel like a Whore.
Ariadne in the Temple Garden, awaiting the coming of her Master:
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