A Dark Future - Book 1

This is a post-democracy fantasy story. Any similarities to real world events or people is completely coincidental. I do not endorse any of the things happening in this story actually happening in real life.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

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“Honey, did you see what I sent you?” Robert asks as he walks into Jane’s office.

“The Better America Act thing?” Jane takes off her headset and replies, too focused on her monitor to look at him. Robert notices she is taking notes, and actually has a video of the press conference paused. That seems a bit unusual for her, as she is rarely interested in politics.

“Yes, it’s fucked up. How the fuck is this ok? How do we call ourselves a civilized country and do this shit?” Robert asks, his blood pressure clearly rising.

“Calm down, honey, I’m looking into it. Remember what we talked about, you can’t get upset about every single thing that happens now, or you are going to stroke out within a few days.” Jane sighs, frustrated both with the situation, and her inability to think of anything that will make Robert not stress out over this.

“Why don’t you just go back to work, and try to avoid the news for a few days? I promise I will let you know if anything else big happens, and tonight I’ll give you a summary of the BAA thing.” She asks, hoping to buy herself some time to figure out a better solution.

“Fine. I’ve got a meeting in a few minutes, and after that I’ll do my best to stay off the internet. Sorry, I don’t mean to take these things out on you; I just can’t believe this is actually happening. I love you.” Robert says, clearly still frustrated, but realizing he is making Jane’s life more complicated.

“I love you too. Back to work with you.” Jane answers, putting back on her headset and continuing to watch the press conference.

Jane takes the following notes:

• All borders will be closed immediately. Military and National Guard units, as well as drone surveillance, will ensure no one goes in or out.

• All citizens to submit DNA samples within the next two weeks.

• Citizens found to be less than 95% European ancestry to lose citizenship immediately and be detained.

• Citizens who appear to be less than 95% European ancestry will be detained by authorities as they are located,  but will be released if testing shows they are over the limit.

• Adult males detained will be sent to detention camps, and then assigned to various long term work camps. Corporations are allowed to lease detainee labor.

• Female detainees over the age of 40 will be treated as the male detainees.

• Female detainees between 18-39 will be screened for health issues, STDs, mental disorders, drug addiction, etc., and those deemed fit to reproduce to be auctioned to various white males to be their breeding slaves (they are calling them concubines).

• Adult females in the previous group not deemed fit will be sterilized and assigned to various jobs.

• Children who are detained will be raised in camps, and as they age out are treated the same as the adults.

• Auction criteria listed on the Better America Act site.

“Robert isn’t wrong.” Jane mutters. “This is some sick shit, and this is just what they are publicly admitting. Who knows how bad things will actually be?”

Jane can’t help but be curious, and pulls up the Better America Act website. Looking at the bidder criteria, she notices the following:

Initial bidding restricted to those with:

• At least 99% European ancestry.

• Men with a stable employment history.

• Men with proven fertility via sperm testing.

• Men who do not yet have children.

• Men who have the means to provide for additional partners and children (over $200k net worth and $100k household income minimum).

As Jane reads through this, she realizes Robert meets all of the criteria. They both have had DNA testing in the past, and are both 100% European, Robert has been at his job for a decade, their fertility issues had been on her end, and they just barely met the income and net worth levels. She decides to schedule the DNA testing for both herself and Robert for the morning, knowing Robert would want to put it off. She also applies for bidder status for Robert using his previous DNA test results and attaching a copy of their medical records from their fertility specialist.

When she is doing that, Jane hears Robert making noise in the kitchen. “He must be funneling his frustration into making dinner for me.” She thinks, with a smile. “Now how do I explain this in a way that doesn’t send him into a cleaning frenzy...”

As Jane gets off work, she sends the notes to her phone, along with a brief description of her plan. As they sit down for dinner, Robert asks. “Anything else happen after I came down?”

“We aren’t discussing that at dinner, honey.” Jane says. “After dinner we can go through it all. I’d like to have a nice, normal meal together, while we still can.”

Jane and Robert make small talk, but Jane can tell Robert is still thinking about the ‘Better America’ bullshit. As they finish their meal, Jane decides it’s best to get the conversation over with, while it’s still early enough for Robert to work through his frustration.

“Ok, honey, you’ve been patient, so here is the deal. Yes, what they are doing is fucked up. Probably more than you realized, if you didn’t read the entire Act summary before you sent it to me. But there is an opportunity here, both for us, and for a few of the detainees.” Jane proceeds to summarize her notes, while Robert gets more and more aggravated. As he begins to cut in with questions, Jane tells him to just type them into his note app on his phone, and she will answer them at the end. As she finishes going over her notes, she flips pages, and says. “Now onto the opportunity bit. Don’t freak out, and please let me finish, because I know you are going to have questions and objections.”

“Yes, Ma’am” Robert says with just a hint of sarcasm, clearly concerned about where this is going.

“I’d like to propose that we bid on one or more of the women who are going to be auctioned.” Jane says.

“Are you insane? I’m not going to buy a person.” Robert says quickly.

“Honey, I knew you would say that, but please let me finish so I can explain why we need to do this.” Jane says patiently. “Look, honey, all of these women are going to be sold to someone, and chances are most people bidding are going to be doing it because they like the idea of owning a slave. Think of some of the men we’ve run into over the years on BDSM sites, and what they would do with a woman who has absolutely no ability to say no to anything.”

“Fuck.” Robert says, and takes a minute to think. “This is so screwed up, but you are right. So explain to me how this would work, and how us buying a woman makes us any better than those creeps.”

“Well, for starters we can interview the women before we bid. You qualify for priority bidding status, and in our area, not many men will qualify. That means we won’t have a ton of competition, at least at first. We can find a few that could work well with both of us, and then interview them, and see if they want us to bid. If they say no, we move on to the next woman. I’m not suggesting that we force this on anyone.” Jane explains.

“Plus, anyone who doesn’t get any bids at all may end up sterilized, and probably will be forced into prostitution or worse.” Jane continues. “Given the choice, I can’t imagine not choosing the nice couple that shows up offering a quiet, safe life.”

“I’ll need to think about this. We can’t have another Dee situation. Neither of us can handle that.” Robert says, getting a bit choked up.

“I’m going to vet the women carefully, and make sure we don’t screw up like that again. I know I fucked up choosing Dee, and not seeing the problems sooner, but I promise this will be different.” Jane says quietly.

“We fucked up with Dee, not you. I should have said something sooner, but you liked her so much, and I kept hoping things would get better.” Robert says, taking Jane’s hand in his.

“Well, this time we need to communicate regularly about how things are going. I promise I’ll do better about asking you how things are going on your end, and please be honest, even if you think I won’t take it well.” Jane soothes Robert.

“This is a lot to take in. I need to sleep on it, we can talk more tomorrow, if that is ok. I’m going to go for my evening walk, I don’t suppose you want to come?” Robert says, standing up and clearing his plate.

“No walking for me tonight. I may have scheduled our DNA tests tomorrow. Better to get it over with sooner rather than wait until it’s busy at the testing site.” Jane decides not to tell him about the bidder application just yet. “Have a nice walk.”

“Thanks, I’ll be back shortly.” Robert says as he grabs his shoes and walks out the door.

As Robert walks around the neighborhood, he struggles with the decision. On the one hand, he could, potentially, help rescue someone from a terrible existence. On the other hand, he thought they were helping Dee, and instead they got used, and Jane had gotten very hurt. He remembers back to Dee, how she had wanted to be ‘owned’ in a BDSM sense, and then how badly it went when she started staying out all night, acting coldly and avoiding them during the day, the almost certain cheating, and the pain when he finally had to end the relationship for Jane’s mental health.

As he thinks back to what Jane had said earlier about the types of people who would be bidding on these women, and what they would do with them, he decides to do some research when he makes it back to the house. Getting back to the house, he kisses Jane, and tells her he is going to do a little research.

Jane was right. If anything, she may have underestimated the danger to the detained women. Robert finds men discussing how to torture women into full compliance. Another is asking about how to induce Stockholm Syndrome as quickly as possible. Some of the worst were the posts about body modification, things like removing tongues so the women wouldn’t be able to speak.

Robert notices with grim amusement that several of these men’s profile pictures clearly showed that they were minorities. Robert guessed they hadn’t read that part of the act yet, and wondered how long it would take for them to figure it out.

He wasn’t sure either of them was ready to do this again, but it didn’t look like he had much of a choice. He texts Jane to join him for their shower, and heads to the master bathroom to start the water.

Jane hugs him when she comes in. “Are you ok?” She asks.

“You were right.” He says. “It’s worse than you said, if that’s possible. If we can find the right fit, I’m willing to consider it.”

Jane looks relieved. “I knew you would come around.” She says. “I love you, and I promise, I’ll make sure we get the best girl we can.”

“I’m sure you will.” Robert says, kissing her on the forehead, before stepping into the shower, and then making room for her. “The question is how do we go about it?”

“I may have already applied for a bidder license for you.” Jane admits, stepping in to join him. “It doesn’t really say when or how the auctions will work; it sounds like they haven’t really worked it out yet. Most of what was announced was general, not specific information that we can plan around.”

“I love you.” Robert says as he washes Jane. “But please talk to me before doing anything else. We are a team, we can’t have you going rogue.”

“I’ll do my best.” Jane says, leaving some wiggle room to make decisions that need to happen quickly. “We have time to make decisions. Testing lasts for two weeks, that gives us time to plan.”

“We need to start thinking about how to make the choice, if we have multiple women who are interested.” Robert says.

“Why take just one?” Jane asks. “I suspect we’ll have plenty of interest.”

“I agree to one, and you immediately want more.” Robert says, shaking his head. “How many women are you thinking of? I don’t want to agree to two, and then you push for three.”

“It depends on what we find.” Jane says. “But I don’t see any reason we can’t support two or three.”

“Or four, or five.” Robert says. “How long until we have to buy a second house?”

“Just hear me out.” Jane says, rinsing off and starting to wash Robert. “Say we end up with three sweet girls. They can split up the chores, maybe one of them will be my shopping buddy, and the other two can hang out with you while I’m gone. It could work out great for all of us. It’s not like we don’t have the space.”

“Or they could murder us in our sleep.” Robert points out. “Or argue constantly. Or be messy and lazy.”

“We’ll have to let them know that none of that will be tolerated.” Jane says. “As for the ‘murdering us in our sleep’ thing, I mean, I guess it could happen, but it could just as easily have happened with any of our former subs. If either of us get murderer vibes, we pass on the woman. We’ve got time to work out the details.”

“I guess.” Robert says. “Maybe we’ll find out more at testing tomorrow.”

Jane and Robert were both quiet as they drove to the testing center the next morning. The previous night’s conversation had given them both plenty to think about, and Robert had struggled to shut off his mind and sleep.

They pull into the center a few minutes later, check in on the tablet at the front desk, and find seats to wait.

“I didn’t expect it to be this busy already.” Robert says.

“Just wait til the end of the testing period.” Jane says. “I bet a ton of people end up waiting until the last minute.”

Their names are eventually called, and they are quickly swabbed and moved to a secondary waiting room to await their results.

“They are taking this seriously.” Jane says, nodding at the exit door, which has a guard on it.

“They probably don’t want anyone bolting if they get unexpectedly bad results.” Robert says. “Although this isn’t exactly a diverse group.”

“That’s to be expected.” Jane says. “Would you show up for testing day one if you were a minority? Or would you hide in your home and try to enjoy the last few days of freedom? Or try to run away maybe, if you had somewhere to go?”

As names are called, people come up and are issued a new state ID card. Robert notices the cards are in different colors, and one man begins crying loudly as he is handed a red card, and is told to go through a different door back into the building. He is clearly in shock, and the guard has to approach and order him again to go through the door. The man’s wife speaks frantically to the attendant, clearly trying to understand what is happening. She begins to argue with the attendant, and the security guard grabs her, tossing her out of the door, and closing it.

“Fuck.” Robert whispers to Jane. “I don’t think I would survive if they just took you from me like that.”

“Not going to happen.” Jane says. “We wouldn’t be here today if we hadn’t already been tested. Remember to keep your composure, honey. We don’t need any negative attention in here.”

A few minutes pass, with Robert watching the interactions. “The ID cards appear to be color coded.” He tells Jane. “Any idea what the colors mean?”

“It didn’t say anything on the BAA site, but we’ll have to ask when we get our results.” Jane says. “Most people seem to be getting white and yellow, right?”

“That’s what I’ve noticed.” Robert says. “The guy that got pulled back got a red card, and I noticed one woman getting a green card.”

The interior door opens, and a guard walks in leading a short dark haired woman.

“Sit here please.” He tells her, and goes to talk to the other guard, pointing at her. The other guard nods, and then he walks back past the woman, and through the interior door.

Robert leans over to Jane, and whispers. “Hispanic?”

“Hard to tell with her head down, but probably. Why else would the guards be paying special attention to her?” Jane asks.

Just then, the woman looks up and scans the room, noticing almost everyone staring at her.

Jane whispers to Robert, “She could be an option, she’s kind of cute.”

“If you like the ‘Might knife you in your sleep’ kind of girl.” Robert replies.

“She’s just nervous and scared. You can hardly blame her for that.” Jane says, squeezing his leg.

“I don’t blame her for anything, but that doesn’t make me want to trust her enough to bring her into our home.” Robert says. “Besides, we can’t just latch onto the first person you see. We also have to be careful to find people that can get along with both of us, and not draw unwanted government attention to our house by doing anything stupid. That’s the last thing we need.”

“It was just an idea, honey.” Jane says somewhat defensively. “We can just drop it.”

Robert’s name was called next, and he noticed the attendant was holding out a green card, along with some paperwork.

“Congratulations!” She says. “You got the jackpot.”

“What?” Robert asks. “I’m sorry, I have no idea what the color codes mean.”

“You scored 100%, so you get a green card. White card is 99-99.9, Yellow is 95-98.9, and below that is Red, which means getting detained. Each card has different rights and responsibilities, so make sure to read the documents before leaving. If you have questions, you can come up and ask, or go to the website on the paperwork. Good luck.” The attendant says, seeming genuinely happy for him, which makes him feel rather disconcerted.

“What did she say?” Jane asks as he sits down.

Robert starts to summarize the conversation, about to hand over the paperwork so she can read it, when Jane’s name is called.

He watches her walk up, but can’t see what color she is getting. He decides to read the paperwork while he waits, but doesn’t get far before Jane plops down next to him.

“I got green!” She says, a little more loudly than was necessary, clearly excited.

“I’m still not sure I understand what that means.” Robert replies quietly, uncomfortable with the fact that most of the waiting room, including the young Hispanic woman, are now staring at both of them.

“I asked the attendant, and she asked us to read the green paper before we leave, and to come ask her if we have questions.” Jane says. “It sounded like she expected us to have questions.”

Robert and Jane grab their copy, and begin reading.

“Is this saying we can just walk up to a woman we think will be a red card, and claim her as our property?” Jane asks.

“Keep reading.” Robert says. “It sounds like we can claim two, because we are both green cards. See down here: If a husband and wife are both green cards, the husband may use the wife’s green card slip to claim a second concubine. We need to read all of this before we leave, I wasn’t expecting this to be this real this fast.”

“I’m glad we discussed the possibility of taking two women last night.” Jane says. “What do you think of that girl? I think she’s cute, in sort of a tomboy way.”

“You are getting way too caught up in this.” Robert replies. “First, I agreed to one girl, then two, after we take two weeks to assess the situation. Now you want to bring a girl home with us, right now. What’s next, buy a set of triplets at an auction and have five extra women in the house?”

“Keep reading, honey. It doesn’t sound like this is optional. On the next page it says: Green cards who don’t make claims will get assigned women, starting on auction day. We definitely don’t want some rando assigned to us. We could end up with someone that is an awful fit. We are going to have to use the claims before that happens, to make sure we get someone compatible with both of us.” Jane says, much to Robert’s chagrin.

“Ok, that’s it. I need to read the rest of this thing now, and find out what other traps are in this.” Robert says, already beginning to read with much more urgency.

Jane is a bit frustrated. She had been hoping Robert would get into this a bit more, like she was. She imagined this could be good for the two of them, she could have women in the house to keep her company and be her friends, and Robert could finally have the kids and large family he had always wanted, all while feeling like they were doing a good thing. She skims the paperwork, ignoring the legalese parts, and trying to focus on the important parts.

“Alexia Sanchez.” The attendant calls loudly, leading everyone in the room except Robert to immediately look at the Hispanic woman, who begins to cry as she gets to her feet. Jane is relieved that Robert is still reading, and resolves to keep him away from these types of situations in the future until he is a bit more prepared to deal with the new realities of the world.

The guard at the door gestures towards the woman, and she slowly moves towards the attendant’s window. The attendant’s face softens as she talks to the woman, taking much longer than she had with any of the previous people. Alexia appears to ask a question, and the attendant points in the direction of Robert and Jane.

Alexia turns to face them, and appears to be coming to some sort of decision. As she begins to slowly walk towards them, making eye contact with Jane, the guard steps forward, clearly ready to move her out the door for detainees. The attendant waves him off, and he goes back to the door.

“Hello, My name is Alexia.” She says to Jane, sniffling a bit, but managing to keep her composure. Robert comes out of his reverie, too caught up in reading the paperwork to notice her approach.

“I’m Jane, and this is my husband, Robert.” Jane replies. “What can we do for you?”

As she prepares to speak, Robert gets up and offers her his chair, getting a nasty look from the guard as he does. “Robert, sit back down, Alexia doesn’t need any extra attention right now.” Jane says. “Go ahead Alexia.”

“Rosie at the counter tells me you both are green cards.” Alexia says. “I work... worked for the state, that’s how I ended up here on day one. We were all told we had to be tested immediately, before returning to work. On the way over, our boss explained a bit what the card system means. Your green card means you can claim someone, right?”

“Actually, since we are both green cards, we can claim two women.” Jane replies. “Are you asking to be claimed?”

“Not me, my cousin Lucia. She is waiting at home. I told her not to leave the house today. Rosie says that because I got a red card, they are going to pick her up for testing. I don’t want her to go through that, and I don’t know anyone who is likely to get a green card that I can ask to help her. She’s only 18, being dragged out of the apartment by random people would terrify her.” Alexia sniffles, the emotions starting up again. “I can’t ask you to use both of your claims on us, but if you could claim her, I would at least know she is ok. Maybe you could let me record a message you could play for her, so she knows that I sent you.”

Robert starts to reply, and Jane stops him. “Honey, let me handle this please. You and I can talk before we give her a definite answer.”

Robert doesn’t look thrilled at this, but shrugs and sits back, waiting to hear whatever Jane is going to say.

“Tell me about your cousin. How old is she, does she have any skills, what is her personality like? I have to make sure that anyone I bring into my home will work well with both of us.” Jane says.

“Lucia is 18, very sweet, a bit shy with strangers, and she loves kids. She just finished high school. She is very smart, she’s been looking for a job until she can start college for nursing, though I suppose that isn’t going to happen now.” Alexia pulls out her phone, showing Jane a photo of her. Jane takes the phone, surprising Alexia a bit, and asks her “And what if we wanted to claim both of you?”

“I would be extremely grateful, but if you only are going to claim one of us, please claim her. She’s never even had a boyfriend, being sent to an auction would really mess her up.” Alexia says, tearing up a bit more thinking about it.

“Give me a minute to speak to my husband, and then I’ll let you know what we’ve decided.” Jane says gently.

Alexia retreats a few steps, just far enough to give them a bit of privacy without being far enough to attract any response from the door guard.

Jane turns the phone screen towards Robert. The girl in the photo is very cute. Pale for a Hispanic girl, long hair, maybe a bit skinny, but with a captivating smile.

“You want to claim them both?” Robert says, nervously.

“I wanted to claim Alexia initially.” Jane says. “I think her cousin sounds perfect for you though. A sweet, kind girl like she is describing is exactly what you’ve always wanted, plus Alexia should be very grateful if we claim her cousin. Claiming both seems like the right move for us, and them.”

“This is all moving very quickly.” Robert says. “How do we know they are going to be a good fit, long term?”

“Look at the last page of the paperwork. It essentially says you can trade any woman who isn’t pregnant, or send her back to auction. Once she has kids, that becomes more complicated though. I honestly don’t think it will be an issue, I’m getting good vibes off Alexia.” Jane says as she eyes up Alexia. “I do have one more question for her. Are you good with us claiming them both? I don’t feel comfortable just taking one or the other.”

“I’ll have to trust your judgment, honey.” Robert says. “If you weren’t here, I would have said yes the moment the tears started anyhow.”

“I know, honey.” Jane says, giving him a kiss. “Finish reading the paperwork while I talk to Alexia. I love you!”

Jane walks the few steps to Alexia, and quietly says, “We aren’t interested in splitting you up, so if we claim you, it will be both of you.” Alexia’s expression quickly brightens, but before she can say anything, Jane continues, “First, I want to make sure we are on the same page. My husband’s happiness is the most important thing to me. You will do what I say, when I say it, when it comes to Robert, and remember that we are in charge. We both want kids, and I will treat you and any future children with respect as long as you follow the rules and don’t cause trouble. If you or Lucia become a problem though, I won’t hesitate to have you both sold. If you think this is going to be an issue, please tell me now, so we don’t all have to go through that.”

“Yes Ma’am, thank you so much.” Alexia replies. “I promise, you won’t regret taking us.”

“I hope not.” Jane says, hoping she was making the right decision for both Robert and herself. “Let’s go get you registered so we can get out of here and pick up Lucia before the goon squad arrives.”

Registration is surprisingly quick and easy. The attendant Rosie appears to be expecting them to claim Alexia, and scans Alexia’s card, and then Robert’s, and has Robert sign on a digital pad that he is using his green card claim on Alexia. Rosie makes sure to mention that Alexia should not be out on her own, and if she leaves the house with either of them, they must have their card with them in order to prove ownership.

Once that is done, Rosie says “Are you claiming her cousin Lucia, too?”

“Yes.” Jane says. “That’s the plan. Do we just go pick her up and bring her here?”

“That’s right.” Rosie goes on to explain “I’ll print out a claim slip for you, just fill in her information, and bring her back to the desk where you got tested, and give them the claim slip. They should be able to get her tested fairly quickly, and then once the results confirm she’s a red card, we will need to scan both of your cards, since the second claim requires both of you to have a green card. I’m assuming you are going to pick her up now?”

“Yes.” Robert says. “I think Alexia is anxious to get this over with.”

“Ok, good. I’ll just put that in the system, so they don’t send anyone to go pick her up before you get there. Normally after an auction or claim we would reprint the cards for the owners with their concubines’ ID numbers on them, but since you are coming right back, I will wait to do it until you have both claims in the system. In the meantime, if you are stopped by anyone official, just have them scan your ID, and it will show the claim.” Rosie says. “Any questions?”

“I don’t think so.” Jane says. “We’ll be coming right back anyway, so if we come up with any, we can always ask next time.”

As Robert and Jane lead the way to the car, Alexia follows behind, looking a bit stunned to realize she was someone’s property now.

“Robert, do you mind driving so we girls can talk?” Jane asks.

“Of course.” Robert responds.

As they reach the car, Jane opens the back door and motions for Alexia to get in the back seat as well.

Alexia buckles up and asks. “Is there any way I can get my phone back? I’d like to call Lucia to tell her we are coming.”

“Once we are back at home we can go over rules for the house, and decide on phone privileges. For now though, please unlock the phone, and reset the PIN to 0000. Once that is done we will call Lucia to make sure she is ready for us. Oh, and give Robert the address so he can start driving that way. How far away is your place?” Jane asks.

“Our apartment is about 20 minutes away.” Alexia proceeds to give Robert the address, which appears to be a slightly run-down apartment complex on the other side of town. “I’ve got the PIN reset; can I call Lucia now?”

“Go ahead and dial, and put the phone on speaker.” Jane continued “You can give her the basic information, and then I will give her instructions. Is she aware that this might happen today?”

“Not today. We thought we had until we decided to go test, or the two weeks were up, as long as we mostly stayed at home or work.” Alexia says hesitantly. “I’m not sure how she is going to react.”

“It’s fully understandable that she may need some time to process. Go ahead and dial, and that will give her a few minutes at least to process it all before we get there.” Jane instructed.

Robert listens to all of this, wondering just what he has gotten himself into. They had been part of the BDSM scene for several years, and even experimented with Total Power Exchange before, but this was something very different. Jane had always been the more passive one in managing their subs.

“Alexia?” Jane and Robert heard Lucia’s voice for the first time as she answered. “Are you ok? You haven’t been answering my texts. I’m seeing things on the news about people being rounded up from government buildings.”

“I’m ok. They got us as we came in this morning. My boss said we all had to go to be tested immediately, and they had a few police put us into a van.” Alexia explains. “I don’t have a ton of time, so please just listen, and I’ll explain the whole story to you as soon as I can. I’m coming home now with my new owners.”

“Owners? What do...?” Lucia interrupts, sounding a bit panicked.

“Lucia, remember, just listen, don’t talk right now.” Alexia talks over her. After waiting a moment to make sure Lucia was being quiet, she continues. “A couple at the testing center both got what are called green cards. It meant they can claim two female detainees. When I got detained, I asked them to claim you. They offered to claim us both, so we can stay together.”

Jane motions at Alexia to hand over the phone, and Alexia quickly finishes with “I’m going to hand the phone over to Jane now. She is one of my owners. She is going to give you some instructions. Please do exactly as she says. This is very important. I’ll be home soon.”

“Hello Lucia. I understand this is probably quite a shock, none of us expected this to move this quickly when we woke up this morning. We are about ten minutes away, and can talk more later. We will have plenty of time to get to know each other. For now, please pack any good clothing you have, keepsakes, anything important to you. If you have extra time before we get there, begin to pack Alexia’s things. Please be properly dressed in jeans and a shirt when we arrive as well. We will be going to the testing center once we pick you up.” Jane instructed. “Do you understand?”

“umm... Yes...” Lucia stammers.

“Yes Ma’am, or Mistress in the future, but we will go over that more later.” Jane corrects her. “Do not leave the apartment until we arrive. See you shortly.”

Jane hands the phone back to Alexia.

“Lucia, we’ll be there very soon. Just start packing, and I’ll explain everything soon. I know this is all very sudden, but I did what I had to do to protect us.” Alexia says, and hangs up when Lucia says she is going to pack.

“She seemed a bit shell shocked.” Robert comments.

“I promise she is a sweet girl, sir; She won’t give either of you any trouble. She was just surprised.” Alexia promises.

“We’ve got a few minutes before we get there, why don’t you tell us more about yourself, your work history, and what skills and training you have?” Jane requests, holding out her hand for Alexia’s phone.

Alexia hands over the phone, and begins. “I was born here. My mom was from Mexico, and moved here when she was young. My dad is from here too. His mom is also from Mexico, and his dad was white. My parents split up when I was still a baby, and I’ve only met my dad once. I don’t really remember much about him, and my grandparents are all dead.”

She takes a breath, and continues. “I was an ok student in school, and I managed to get a county job right out of high school as a receptionist. Most recently I was the administrative assistant for one of the managers at the State Department of Agriculture in town.”

“Do you enjoy that kind of work?” Jane asks.

“Not really, Mistress, but it pays the bills, and I’ve been taking care of Lucia since just after I graduated, when my mom ran off.” Alexia says.

“What other skills do you have that aren’t related to that job? Do you know how to cook, clean, do other household work?” Jane asks.

“I can cook a little, but Lucia usually cooks for us. She does most of the housework too, but I did learn when I was a kid.” Alexia says. “We are both bilingual, if that helps.”

“So if we wanted you two to take over the housework at our house, Lucia is the person that needs to be responsible for most of it?” Jane asks.

“Probably, Mistress.” Alexia says. “I’ll work hard though. I can clean for sure, Lucia should probably do the cooking, though.”

“What about past relationships?” Jane asks.

“I had a boyfriend in high school, but he was a jerk. Since then I haven’t dated much, I’ve been too busy taking care of Lucia on my own for the past four years to want to mess with that.” Alexia says, a bit of anger in her voice when she mentions the boyfriend.

“What happened with the boyfriend, exactly?” Jane questions.

“He tried to push for more than I was willing to give. We dated for about a year, and he just wouldn’t stop pushing for more.” Alexia says, and then sighs. “I finally gave in, and he took my virginity during my senior year of high school. I broke up with him the next day. I always said I was going to do better than my mom, find a good guy to marry and give myself to, but I wasn’t strong enough. I didn’t really want to date after that.”

“You poor thing.” Jane reached over to hug Alexia. After a moment she pulls back, and lifts Alexia’s chin to look into her eyes. “You do understand that our relationship will involve you having sex with Robert, right?”

“Yes, Mistress, I understand. It’s been a long time since that happened, and you two have already made a commitment by claiming not just me, but Lucia as well. I am very grateful, and will do my best for you both.” Alexia says, and looks a bit scared for a moment. “You aren’t going to hurt me though? Or Lucia? She has never had a boyfriend, and I don’t think she has any experience at all.”

“No one is going to hurt anyone” Robert responds quickly. “As for experience, that isn’t an issue. We previously were involved in the local BDSM community, and what I’ve found is that with most submissives, the first step is working through all of the trauma caused by their bad experiences, which is usually almost all of the experience they have. I’m perfectly happy to be patient, and Jane can help to teach both of you what you need to know.”

“Thank you, sir. This is our building, we should park on the far end to be near the stairs.” Alexia says, looking a bit relieved, but clearly anxious to get upstairs and see Lucia.

“We will give you two a few minutes when you get in there, but after that we really need you to start packing. We both expected to be back at work by now, and I’ve got a meeting in a few hours that I really can’t miss.” Jane says.

“Thank you, Mistress, we will be quick.” Alexia confirms.

Alexia leads the way up to her apartment, with Robert and Jane behind her. As she enters Lucia comes at her like a missile, throwing her arms around her, sniffling a bit.

“It’s all going to be ok, Lucia.” Alexia says, attempting to comfort her younger cousin. Looking at Robert and Jane, and she nods towards the couch. She continues to talk to Lucia as she steers her down the hallway towards their bedrooms.

Robert looks over at Jane and says. “Well, this certainly isn’t what I was expecting when I woke up this morning.”

“Me either.” Jane responds. “But it’s turning out ok so far. Alexia seems like a nice girl, and if Lucia is half as sweet as Alexia says, you are going to be very happy.”

“I feel so bad for both of them.” Robert says. “Their whole world is being upended, and it’s not their fault.”

“I know, and we will do everything we can to make the transition smooth for them. No need to rush them into anything when we get home.” Jane reassures Robert. “For now we should probably both email our works to let them know we are going to be back online a little later than expected.”

As Robert and Jane pull out their phones to notify their bosses, Alexia comes back into the room. She notices they are busy, and waits until Jane looks up at her. “Lucia is packing now. Is this our last time coming here, or will we be able to come back again for the rest of our things?”

“We can come back this weekend.” Jane says. “Just get what you need for the next few days, clothes, toiletries, etc., and any food that is going to expire before Saturday, or that you will want and don’t think we will have.”

“Thank you, Mistress.” Alexia looks relieved. “We should be done in a few minutes, I’ll go let Lucia know.”

A few minutes later Lucia and Alexia come down the hallway, Lucia with a duffle bag, and Alexia with a cheap suitcase.

“Are you good to go?” Jane asks.

“We just need to go through the fridge and pantry, Mistress. We will be quick.” Alexia answers.

“Go ahead and do that, I will help carry down the bags when you are done.” Robert says.

Alexia and Lucia spend a few more minutes each going through their food supplies, Lucia grabbing ingredients from the pantry while Alexia gets Tupperware that must be leftovers from the fridge. Robert walks over to glance in the pantry, and notices it’s fairly bare. He walks back over to the couch, and sits next to Jane again.

“They have almost no food in the pantry.” He whispers to her, and she nods in acknowledgment. “Do you think you should check to see if they actually have everything they need, like toiletries and women’s stuff?”

“I’ll ask them about it when an opening comes up.” Jane whispers back.

A few moments later Alexia looks over to Lucia, who nods, and then tells Jane. “We are ready now, Mistress. Also, here is Lucia’s phone, I had her reset the PIN.”

“Well done Alexia, I appreciate you anticipating that. This is just temporary, once we get settled we will discuss phones moving forward, but I don’t see any reason you won’t get them back.” Jane tells the girls as she takes the phone and puts it into her purse with Alexia’s. Lucia looks relieved, and Alexia looks pleased as well.

Robert carries the suitcase and duffle down, while the girls handle the groceries. As they get settled in, Jane decides to find out a bit more about Lucia.

“So, Lucia, can you tell me a bit about yourself?” Jane says.

“What kind of things do you want to know?” Lucia asks nervously.

“Why don’t we start with your parents?” Jane asks patiently.

“My mom died when I was 12.” Lucia says. “I don’t think she knew who my dad was.”

“I’m sorry to hear that.” Jane says. “So did you move in with Alexia and her mother then?”

“Yes.” Lucia says. “Until she ran off with her new boyfriend a few years later.”

“Maybe one day, when you are comfortable with us, you can tell us about that.” Jane says. “It certainly sounds like a stressful time for you both.”

“New guy was a druggy, and having two kids didn’t really work with that lifestyle.” Alexia says. “One day she didn’t come home, and honestly, life was actually easier without having to worry about what either of them were going to do.”

“I’m sorry to hear that.” Jane says. “Do either of you do drugs? Or smoke?”

“We couldn’t afford it even if we wanted to, Mistress.” Alexia laughs.

“Speaking of which, Robert noticed that your pantry was pretty bare.” Jane says. “Do either of you need anything? Food? Toiletries?”

“We could use a few things, Mistress.” Alexia says. “Would you mind if we talked about that privately?”

“Of course.” Jane says.

They pulled into the testing center a few minutes later, and got Lucia registered quickly using the paper Rosie had given them. A few minutes later they were called back, Lucia was swabbed, and they all went to the waiting area.

“Do you mind if I go talk to Rosie for a minute?” Alexia asks.

“That’s fine.” Jane says.

Alexia steps up to the counter, and quietly says. “You were right. They seem nice.”

“I’m so glad.” Rosie says. “I’d hate to think of you ending up with someone awful.”

“Thank you so much.” Alexia says. “I should probably get back to them.”

“Good luck.” Rosie says as Alexia turns to go back to Robert and Jane.

A few minutes later Rosie looks up and catches Jane’s eye. Jane motions at Lucia, and Rosie nods. “Lucia, It’s time to find out your results. Do you want us to go with you, or Alexia?” Jane asks.

“It’s going to be red.” Lucia says. “You both may as well come up with me.”

They head to the counter, and Rosie says. “I’m sorry, Lucia.” She slides over the red card paperwork, and says. “I didn’t print out her card yet. If you are ready, I can scan you both now, and we can get the claim done.”

“Lucia, are you ok with that?” Robert asks gently. “If you would rather we didn’t claim you, now is the time to speak up.”

“I want to stay with Alexia.” Lucia says.

Alexia leans forward to whisper in Lucia’s ear as Robert and Jane get their cards out.

“Thank you, Master and Mistress.” Lucia says, apparently at Alexia’s prompting.

“You are very welcome.” Robert says. “I’m glad we could keep you two together. That should make this a lot easier for both of you.”

Rosie prints new cards for Robert and Jane, and then prints Lucia’s, handing them all over. “Did you end up thinking of any questions?”

“I’ve got a million.” Robert says. “But I think we are good for now.”

“Goodbye, Rosie. Thanks again.” Alexia says, waving to her as they head to the exit door.

“I know it didn’t take that long, but I swear it feels like we were in that office for days.” Robert says.

“I know what you mean, Master.” Alexia replies. “My first time in there this morning felt like it took half of my life. I was dreading the results. Thank you both so much for claiming us, I can’t imagine not being able to see Lucia again, and not even knowing what happened to her or for her not to know what happened to me.”

“We were happy to do it. I’m just sorry that there isn’t something more we can do for you.” Robert says. “Let’s get moving though, we don’t want Jane to be late, and we still need to grab lunch on the way home.”

As everyone piles in the car, Robert hopes things calm down a bit moving forward. He’s looking forward to a few quiet days with no more surprises.

“This is it.” Jane says as they pull into the driveway. “Always glad to be home.”

Robert pulls the car into the garage as Jane unbuckles and turns around to look at the cousins. “Let’s get inside and have lunch, Robert can help you unload your things after that.”

“Our food?” Lucia asks hesitantly.

“Sorry, I forgot about that. Bring the refrigerated stuff in, just put it wherever it fits inside the fridge for now, we may have to re-organize this evening.” Jane replies.

The group exits the car, Lucia and Alexia looking eagerly around the house. It’s nothing special, but definitely an upgrade from their apartment. The group sits down to lunch, and Robert and Jane talk about work a bit. Alexia and Lucia are still a bit unsettled, and seem to be trying to avoid drawing attention as they eat.

“I need to get back to work now. Robert, can you show Lucia and Alexia around the house?” Jane asks him. Looking at the cousins, she says “We only have one room with a spare bed, I hope you don’t mind sharing for now.”

“We’ll make do, Mistress.” Alexia says

“Excellent.” Jane kisses Robert on the cheek “Have a good rest of the day honey.”

“I will. I’ll probably just take the rest of the day off to help them get settled in.” Robert replies.

“Sounds good. Feel free to come in and talk if you don’t hear me on the phone.” Jane says to Robert. “I’m going to be working on some house rules in between calls, send me any you think of, and then we can all go over them this evening.”

Jane walks off to her home office, and Robert looks at Alexia and Lucia and says “I promise she is a sweet woman once she gets to know you.”

“She does seem a bit intimidating, but I think I can see it.” Alexia says quietly.

“I think the easiest way to explain Jane, is to imagine that she’s a guard dog. She’s wary of new people at the start, but once she decides you are one of her people, she will do anything for you.” Robert says, sounding like he’s said this before.

“Even for us? We are barely people anymore, just possessions like your car.” Lucia says, clearly upset.

“Lucia!” Alexia hisses. “We talked about this, these people didn’t have to claim us, I ASKED them to. They didn’t have to let us get our things from the apartment, to ask us what we wanted for lunch, or let us sit at the table with them. We need to make the best of this, and that starts with not taking out our anger on them.”

“It’s ok Alexia.” Robert says “I doubt Jane or I would react well if we were in your shoes.” Looking at Lucia, he continues “Please never say you are just a possession. Inside of this house, you are a human being, and I don’t ever plan to treat either of you as anything less than that.”

Lucia has been staring at her hands since Alexia began talking, but looks up at this, and then looks at Alexia. She looks like she has more to say, but just quietly utters. “Yes, Master.”

“Are you both done eating?” Robert asks gently

“Yes, Master” Alexia answers for both of them.

“Great, let’s get your stuff out of the car, I’ll show you around the house, and then we can get you settled in.” Robert says, standing up from the table.

As Robert leads the way to the garage, Alexia hangs back a moment and hugs Lucia “I promise it’s going to be ok, these are good people.” she whispers.

She turns and follows Robert before Lucia can reply.

A few minutes later, the last of their things are inside, and Robert tells them to follow him up the stairs. “This is the master bedroom. If the door is closed, please knock and wait for us to reply before coming in.” Walking a bit further, he continues “This is kind of a hangout room, feel free to hang out on the couch or use the treadmill, just keep the door shut if you are going to be making much noise at night or while Jane or I are working.”

“Thank you, Master” Alexia says, nudging Lucia when Robert turns to go further down the hall.

“This is just a spare room, we don’t really have anything in it right now. I suppose we probably should get bedroom furniture, especially if we get any more people in the house.” Robert says, clearly just realizing this. “If it’s just the four of us, I suppose we could make this one of your rooms.”

“95% is a fairly high threshold. I think more people are going to be detained than anyone realizes.” Alexia says. “You may want to wait to do anything until numbers come out at the end of the testing period, but bunk beds might be a good idea, in case you end up with four or more concubines.”

“We definitely don’t need five women.” Robert says. “I know I can handle two, but I never even thought about three, much less five.”

“Master, you mentioned that before, would you mind telling us what you mean by that?” Alexia prods gently.

“Let’s finish the tour first.” Robert says.

“This next room is the guest room where you will be staying, as you can see it’s fairly bare. If you need something, let us know, and we will work on it.” Robert opens the door to show them. The room contains a queen bed, an empty desk with an office chair, and nothing else. “The mattress is a bit old, I’ll talk to Jane about getting something better.”

“I’m sure we will be fine, thank you, Master. I’m sure more than a few concubines will be sleeping on the floor, especially those who don’t have kind masters and mistresses.” Alexia says. Lucia is still staying quiet, just taking it all in.

“No one is sleeping on the floor here.” Robert says. “Worst case, we have some air mattresses I can pull out, would you like me to do that instead of you two sharing?”

“No, we can share for now.” Alexia says, and Lucia nods at this.

“I’ll go get some hangers for your clothes, there may be some boxes in the closet, if you could just put them in the closet in the spare room.” Robert says as he walks through the door.

Robert comes back a few minutes later with hangers, as well as a small box. “I found this, it’s one of those wire cube organizers, I don’t think we have any of the boxes to go in the sections, but you can at least unpack your clothes into them. Jane may have a few of the boxes, I’ll check with her in a bit.”

“Thank you, Master” Lucia answers this time, much to Robert’s surprise. “Alexia, will you help me get it put together?”

“One moment, Master, you said you would answer my question when the tour was done, would you mind telling us while we unpack?” Alexia says.

“Sure.” Robert says, sitting at the desk in the corner of the room, to get out of the cousins’ way. “So Jane and I have been married for twelve years now. Jane has had a few health struggles, I’ll let her tell you about those if she chooses to, but about four years ago she decided that I deserved more than she could provide in the bedroom. I told her I didn’t, but she is quite determined when she puts her mind to something. I had some experience in BDSM before we got together, and we dabbled in it early in our marriage, before her health issues. She initially had planned to just find me a casual hookup occasionally, or at best a friend with benefits. After talking about it with me though, we both realized that wouldn’t work. I get attached too easily, and it would end up causing a mess if I fell for someone who wanted something casual.”

Robert pauses for a moment, as if he’s getting his thoughts straight. “She decided we would get a girlfriend. We dated a few women, and finally met someone Jane thought would work. Her name was Dee. Things went well at first, but something bad was constantly happening to her, finally she ended up in a scary car wreck driving to our house. We got there before the police, helped her get to the hospital, stayed with her, took her back to our place to take care of her, and she basically didn’t go back home. We helped her with a rental car, and then once hers was officially totaled, we helped her buy a new car. I built her a computer for her birthday, and we really spoiled her. But it was constantly one step forward, two steps back. She started staying out all night, not letting us know when or if she would be home.”

“That’s awful. You and Jane must have been scared, since she had just had the car wreck.” Alexia said, looking genuinely horrified.

“The first time, Jane woke me up at 2 A.M., to tell me Dee wasn’t home. We both tried to call her, and we ended up in the car driving the route to her work, and then back again when we didn’t see signs of an accident or a broken down car. It was awful, Jane was freaking out, and I think we both thought something bad had happened. An hour later we ended up back home, and I texted Dee again, telling her that Jane was panicking, to please let us know if she was ok. Fifteen minutes later she texted saying she would be home soon.”

“What did she say when she got here?” Alexia asks, clearly interested. Lucia is listening as well, but seems more focused on putting together the organizer.

“Absolutely nothing.” Robert said, getting a bit angry. “She acted like it was any other night, that we had overreacted completely, and her coming in at 4 A.M., which is six hours after her work ended, was totally normal.”

“Jesus, what a lunatic.” Alexia says “What did you do?”

“We tried to calmly talk to her about it, I explained that Jane was worried sick, and she grudgingly said she wouldn’t do that again. It happened a few more times, but not to that extent, usually more like 2 A.M., and we kind of got used to it. Then she went out one day on her day off, and said she would be back at midnight. Jane woke me up at five this time, and told me she still wasn’t home, and wasn’t answering the phone. I told her we weren’t going looking this time, and we decided to go about our day. We went out for a walk, and to get breakfast, and when we got home she was asleep in our bed.” Robert continued telling the story.

“We waited until she woke up, and sat her down to tell her things had to change. We barely got a sentence out before she said she was going to find somewhere else to live, and she didn’t need to be parented.” Robert exhaled slowly, clearly a little upset. “She packed her things into the car we bought her, and left. She accidentally sent us a text meant for what I’m assuming was her new boyfriend the next day, it sounded like she had been with him for a while.”

“What a bitch!” Alexia says, clearly offended on Robert and Jane’s behalf. “Jane’s defensiveness makes a bit more sense now though. I promise you, we aren’t like that bitch though.”

“We wouldn’t have claimed you if we thought you were.” Robert said. “You didn’t ask for this situation though, even if you did technically ask to be here. I’m going to talk to Jane to make sure she understands, but neither of you HAS to do anything sexually with us. We claimed you to help you, not to victimize you.”

“In the car earlier Jane said I would be.” Alexia started to say.

“Like I said, I’ll talk to her about that. I’m not comfortable forcing anyone to do anything. Consent is important to me, even if the rest of the world has lost its mind.” Robert says, standing up to pace in agitation.

“What if we do consent?” Alexia asks.

“If you are certain that is what you want, then tell us. Please be sure that’s what you want before you do it though.” Robert says. “I’ll confess, I find you both attractive, but I don’t want either of you in my bed unless it’s your choice.”

“Thank you, Master.” Alexia says. Robert glances over at Lucia, who hasn’t unpacked anything for the past several minutes, too focused on the conversation between Alexia and Robert. “Which bathroom can we use?”

“Oh, I’m sorry, I got sidetracked when we got to this room, and forgot to finish the tour. Follow me.” Robert says.

Leaving the cousins’ new room, he takes a right, leading to the final two rooms of the floor. “The room to the left is my office. If my door is closed, I’m probably in a meeting or a call, so please don’t interrupt unless it’s an emergency. If it’s open, feel free to come in any time though. Once you get your phones back you can always text me if the door is closed and you need something.”

“Understood, Master.” Alexia says, Lucia just behind her. Robert made eye contact with her, and she nods.

“And this is your bathroom.” Robert says. “We will need to get a shower curtain for it, so for tonight you will have to use the master or downstairs bathroom if you want to shower. There should be soap and shampoo in the linen closet, along with towels and washcloths. If you want something specific from the store, write it on the list on the fridge, and Jane will get it. I suppose she may take you to the store with her as well at some point.”

“I’m sure what is here will be fine.” Alexia says. “Lucia, do you want to take a bath and take some time to breathe?”

“I should probably be useful around the house.” Lucia responds tentatively. “Do you have anything you would like me to do, Master? I could do laundry, dishes, clean?”

“Let’s wait on all of that. Jane is particular about laundry, there aren’t many dishes to be done, and we probably shouldn’t make noise while Jane works anyhow, with her office being downstairs.” Robert responds. “I think Alexia is right, take a bath, feel free to have a nap, just try to take some time for yourself. We have plenty to talk about tonight, it couldn’t hurt to relax before that.”

“Thank you, sir.” Lucia says. “I’ll go get some clothes.”

“What are you going to do Master?” Alexia asks.

“I’m not really sure. I already took the rest of the day off, but you two are fairly well settled in. I probably should go check on Jane first.” Robert replies.

“May I speak to you for a moment first? Once Lucia is in the bath.” Alexia asks, and Robert thinks he spots a blush.

“Of course. I’ll go wait in the hangout room.” Robert says, turning down the hall.

A few minutes later, Alexia walks in and sits down next to Robert on the couch. “Master, first I’d like to thank you again for claiming us both. I know I made the right choice with the two of you, and I hope we prove to you both that you made the right choice as well.

“You are very welcome. I’m just glad you two didn’t have to deal with the auction, and whatever would have come from that.” Robert says.

“Secondly, I’d like to tell you that I consent. Not just to you, but to the Mistress as well. I’ve always thought women were pretty, and I find Jane to be... intimidating... in a way that I never thought I’d describe as good before.” Alexia says, definitely blushing this time.

“Are you sure about this? Normally I’d say you can withdraw consent at any time, and I suppose you can, but that would certainly make our living situation awkward. Things aren’t like they were before, you can’t just go back to your apartment like nothing ever happened.” Robert says, a bit surprised and cautious. “The last thing I want is for us to be living in a tense situation, or to feel like I have to choose between your and Lucia’s safety, and the happiness of the household as a whole.”

“As you said, things aren’t the way they were before. We aren’t going to wake up tomorrow and find out that the card system has gone away. I’m never going to find a husband and get married. That was the past. When I got taken for testing, I realized I needed to make the best of the present, starting with asking you and Jane to claim me.” Alexia explains. “I want a family. That isn’t going to happen if Lucia and I are your house staff, and nothing more. And I want to be one of Jane’s people.”

“Ok, I believe you. I really need to go talk to Jane about all of this, why don’t you come downstairs with me, and wait in the living room. Jane will probably want to speak to you, too” Robert says.

Robert and Alexia go down the stairs, Robert motioning her to wait in the living room, while Robert stands outside of Jane’s office listening for voices. Not hearing anything to indicate Jane is on a call, he enters.

“Hi honey, did you get them settled in?” Jane asks, looking happier than she has in weeks.

“Yes, they are going to share the spare room. I offered to bring out the blow-up mattress, but they said no.” Robert said. “Lucia is settled in and taking a bath, and then maybe a nap, and Alexia is in the living room. We need to talk about this whole situation, and then I’d like for us both to talk to Alexia.”

“Ok, what did you want to talk about specifically?” Jane asks. Robert proceeds to tell her that he told the cousins their story, making sure to tell her that he didn’t give them her health specifics. He then said “Jane, you jumped the gun in the car earlier. I didn’t want to contradict you in front of Alexia, but I’m not forcing either of those girls into our bed.”

“First of all, who said force them? I’m not asking you to become a caveman, whack them over the head, and drag them to our bed. But let’s get real. Alexia asked us to claim her as our concubine. She doesn’t strike me as a dumb girl. She knows what that entails.” Jane says.

“In her case, you are right. When I told them I wasn’t going to have either of them in our bed without consent, Alexia asked what if she did consent.” Robert relates the conversation from earlier. “She seems quite determined about consenting to not just me, but both of us.”

“That does surprise me a bit, but not completely.” Jane says with a big smile. “I thought I saw her looking at me with an interesting expression earlier.”

“Either way, I’m not taking Lucia into our bed unless she consents, without you pushing her into it.” Robert says. “She didn’t ask us to claim her, and that’s a line I will not cross.”

“That’s fine honey, Like I said, I’m not asking you to be a caveman.” Jane re-iterates. “Anything else you wanted to talk about before we speak to Alexia?”

“Yes. The master and mistress thing. Is that really necessary? These girls aren’t submissives, they didn’t choose to be in this situation. It makes me a bit uncomfortable to have that title when it’s not freely given.” Robert explains.

“They are going to have to get used to it in public. The Better America Administration is still adding rules, and probably will keep tweaking them for a while, but that one is on the list. At some point we can tweak it a bit at home, but they need to get used to it first.” Jane explains. “I know you think I’m going overboard with most of this, but this isn’t a game. If we are too lenient, they could be taken away from us, and we could get into trouble. We have to protect both us and them.”

“You know best, I’m sure.” Robert says, sounding genuine. “I’m going to go get Alexia.”

A moment later Alexia and Robert walk back into the room.

“Hello, Mistress.” Alexia says quietly.

“Your Master says you have something to tell me?” Jane asks.

“Yes, Mistress. Master says to be a concubine in all ways, we have to consent.” Alexia kneels, surprising Robert, but not Jane. “ I would like to consent... to serve both of you, as your concubine, if you will allow it.” Alexia says, eyes downcast, voice trembling slightly.

“Do you understand what that entails?” Jane asks.

“Yes, Mistress, I think I do.” Alexia says hesitantly.

“Very well, explain what your duties will be to your Master.” Jane says, giving Robert a smile over Alexia’s head.

“I will ensure my Master is sexually satisfied, bear him children if he wishes, do any task he lays before me, and anything else he requires.” Alexia says, raising her eyes slightly towards Jane to see if she is responding favorably.

“You missed one thing. You will be his companion. My Robert needs love and positive attention as much as he needs sex. Make sure you show him that you appreciate and value him. Not every man would have claimed two young women and not have one of them bent over a piece of furniture several hours later.” Jane says, chuckling. “Not that he doesn’t want to, deep down.”

“Yes, Mistress, I will be his companion too.” Alexis agrees eagerly. “And I don’t mind being bent over furniture eventually, though I would prefer to ease into things in a bed the first time or two if possible.”

“No one is bending you over furniture until you are ready for it.” Robert says. “You said you want to serve both of us. What duties do you think your Mistress will require of you?”

“I’m not really sure... I’ve never been with a woman, but I will do my best to learn. I will do anything she tells me to though.” Alexia says.

“I’m sure the two of us will work it out.” Jane says. “I was hoping you might be open to women, but I didn’t really expect it. I doubt I will get as lucky with most of our concubines as I have with you.”

“I feel like you both know something more than me. Alexia mentioned more concubines earlier as well.” Robert asks.

“I’m keeping an eye on the BAA website.” Jane says. “In particular, they have a map with live numbers on them. You can see how many of each card is being assigned at each testing center, county, state, and nationally. You can also type in someone’s card number to look up their info.

Jane asks for Alexia’s card, which she hands over. She types in the number, and shows Robert her screen. “You can see a scan of her red card here. It shows you as the owner, and me as an authorized handler. If you click over here, you can actually see her test results.”

“Mistress, may I see them?” Alexia asks “Rosie just handed me the card, I didn’t see the actual numbers. How close was I to not being detained?”

“Yes, get up and come over here.” Jane says. “You weren’t all that far away. 85% European descent. There is some chance that if you and Robert have children, they could be yellow cards.”

“I didn’t think of that.” Robert said. “How can I have children who I know might be detained?”

“I’m not sure.” Alexia says. “I didn’t think about that. I suppose, in a way, I’m grateful I didn’t miss the cut off by 1%, but that would at least mean my kids would be practically guaranteed to not be red cards.”

“We will have to do some research on that. Like I told Robert earlier, the BAA rules seem to be changing twice a day still. Hopefully once the testing is done, and the auctions have happened, they will be more static, and we can decide what to do regarding the future.” Jane says. “For now I’ve got to get to work. Alexia, are you ready for your first duty?”

“Yes, Mistress!” Alexia says, trembling a bit with eagerness and nerves.

“Excellent. Your Master has had a hard on since you first asked us to claim you. Take him upstairs, and make him cum. You can use your mouth, hands, or breasts, but no penetration below the belt. Remind him that I want pictures or videos as proof, if he forgets, you will need to come show me the results in person.” Jane commands. “I’ll throw in an extra incentive, not that I think you need it. If you can make him come in your mouth, using only your mouth for the last 90 seconds, you can choose what we have for dinner.”

Alexia looks more than a little flushed, but she nods to Jane “Yes, Mistress, I will do my best.”

“Please wait outside for a moment.” Robert says.

“That was mean.” Robert says to Jane. “You know a girl who has almost no experience isn’t going to suck me off to completion her first time.”

“Probably not, but you do love enthusiasm, and she is going to be very enthusiastic.” Jane replies with a smirk. “I’ll tell you what, if you are happy with her afterward, ask her what she and Lucia like, and then you can suggest that we do it for dinner. They won’t have to know that I know.”

“I love you.” Robert says, walking towards the door.

“You’d damn well better love me.” Jane says “Don’t forget photos, or preferably video. And close the door on your way out.”

Robert does close the door quietly as he leaves, nearly running into Alexia. “Are you ready, Master?” She asks.

He grabs her hand, then they head up the stairs. Alexia smiles as he does, happy with how this is turning out.

Robert guides Alexia into their bedroom, and sits on his bed. “Have you ever done this before?” He asks.

“A few times, in a car, a long time ago. My ex only lasted about 30 seconds though.” Alexia asks, blushing.

“This is going to take more than 30 seconds.” Robert says. “Why don’t we start by undressing you. We don’t want to dirty up your clothes after all.”

“Master... Mistress said nothing below the waist.” Alexia says haltingly.

“No penetration below the waist, and don’t worry, we aren’t going to do anything she said not to do. I’d like to enjoy the view though, and it’ll help this go faster too.” Robert smiles.

“Yes, Sir.” Alexia says, and starts to take off her shirt. Robert stands to help her. As the shirt comes over her head, they come face to face, and Robert leans down to kiss her on the forehead. He walks behind her as she freezes, and undoes her bra, bringing it slowly down her arms.

He then steps around in front of her again, and admires the view. “Very nice, B or C cup?” He asks.

“B cup last time I checked, Master, but I haven’t been measured in years.” She replies, fighting the instinct to cover her breasts.

“I’ll talk to Jane about taking you to have it done. And no more master right now, we are just Robert and Alexia, right?” he says, and she nods in agreement.

Robert reaches down and undoes the button and zipper on her pants. Not removing his left hand, he moves behind her, squatting as he uses both hands to slowly pull them down.

Alexia says nervously “Ma..... sorry, Robert, I’m sorry about the panties. I didn’t realize any of this was going to happen today.” She is wearing light blue boy shorts, more than a bit worn and frayed.

Robert responds by kissing the exposed skin of her ass cheek, making her jump. “You have nothing to apologize for. We will pick you out some new ones soon.” He then proceeds to run a hand up her leg to her ass, appreciating the feel of her smooth skin.

“Umm.. I thought I was the one that was supposed to take care of you sir.” Alexia says. “Not that I’m complaining, that feels really good.”

“I get distracted sometimes. Hard not to when you are looking at an amazing ass.” Robert said, kissing it again, and slowly sliding the panties down.

Alexia gasps a bit as they come down, and Robert’s face returns to her ass again, giving her a few quick kisses on the cheek.

“Your turn.” he says as he stands, and Alexia turns to him, and begins to help him take off his shirt. “Why don’t you kneel while you remove the rest?” Robert says with a smile.

Alexia quickly kneels, and her hands trembling, undoes his pants and removes them. She reaches up towards his boxers next, still trembling a bit, and Robert stops her for a moment, reaching down to softly caress her face, while guiding it to look at him. “You are doing great so far, nothing to be nervous about. If you are unsure of what to do, just look at me, and I’ll guide you.”

Alexia nods as she keeps eye contact for a moment, before raising her hands, and slowly pulling down his boxers. She makes a yip of surprise as Robert’s dick smacks her right on the chin. Robert can’t help but snort in laughter, and thankfully Alexia giggles, her nerves mostly calmed.

She takes his penis in her hand, and slowly strokes it. She then takes her other hand and touches his balls lightly. She looks up at him for reassurance, and he says “You are doing fine. Gentle with the balls, like you are doing now.” She nods, and continues. After a minute of this, she leans in, and licks the tip. She then opens her mouth just a bit, licking and sucking on the side of the shaft, until she reaches the base.

“Let’s move to the bed.” Robert interrupts, and moves towards the edge. He grabs a pillow from underneath first. “Kneel on that, so that you don’t hurt your knees.”

“Thank you,” she says and kneels in front of him. He lies back a bit, and she goes back to licking his shaft. She gradually moves towards the tip, taking it into her mouth. “Be careful with your teeth.” Robert instructs.

“Mm hmm” she says, not stopping. She experiments with more suction, and then less, all the while Robert gives her little hints, some of which are words, and some of which are gestures or noises. She tries to go deeper, but can’t quite make it all the way down. She occasionally notices Robert’s phone in his hand.

“Don’t gag yourself. We have our whole lives to work on that later if you want to.” Robert says. He leans forward a bit, and gently touches her breasts. As he cups them, she continues to suck. “Tell me if your mouth starts to get tired or sore.” Robert says. “It will eventually, especially since you aren’t used to doing this.”

She pulls off for a moment, and says “I really want pizza tonight.” before going back down on him. Robert can’t help but laugh, and pulls her off of his dick, and up onto his lap.

“I’ll tell you a secret, if you promise not to tell anyone.” He says quietly to her.

“Ok.” She says, leaning in.

“If you lose, I get to pick dinner. I think pizza sounds nice.” Robert whispers.

“Fuck, yes.” Alexia says “I knew I picked the right master.”

“Seriously, is your mouth getting sore?” he asks again, quietly.

“Very, it feels like my jaw is cramping.” She says.

“Then why don’t you let me show you how to help me get off? We can work on blowjobs later.” Robert says, and lays down on the bed, pulling Alexia with him.

Robert pulls Alexia into an embrace with him, kissing her gently. He probes at her lips with his tongue, but she doesn’t open. “I haven’t brushed my teeth since this morning.” She says, and he smiles.

“We can skip that for now.” He replies. He puts his arm around her, turning her sideways towards him, her head towards his chest.

“Jane set you up a bit. I tend to take a long time to finish. For today, lick and suck on my nipple, while I hold you, and I’ll finish myself off.” He said, taking his shaft into his hand.

“Are you sure? I can keep trying.” Alexia offers, but Robert shakes his head, and directs her towards his nipple. As he strokes himself, he feels her ass in his hand, and her little tongue flicking his nipple. It doesn’t take long until he is on the verge, and he tells her “I’m about to cum, if you want a good picture for Jane, close your eyes and put your face on my stomach.

She quickly complies, and feels his hot cum streaking over her face. After a moment it stops, and Robert says, “Keep your eyes shut, but turn your head towards me.” As she does, he notices it’s on both of her eyelids. “Stay just like that for a moment, I’m going to move you a bit.” He positions her so that she is between his legs, her face right behind his dick, the tip sitting against her lips.

“Smile for Jane.” He says.

“Smile for Jane.” Alexia hears, and sees the brightness of the flash through her eyelids. “I’m sending her the photo now. Would you rather clean up first, or show her in person?” Robert asks.

“Do you think she would appreciate seeing it in person?” Alexia asks.

“Definitely, but it’s your choice. She won’t think badly of you if you don’t.” Robert explains.

“I think I should.” Alexia says. “It’s on my eyes though...”

“I’ll get a warm washcloth and clean your eyes, and then you can show her, and use it to finish the cleanup once she has seen.” Robert says, heading to the linen closet.

Robert gently removes any cum near enough to Alexia’s eyes to potentially cause a problem for her. “You should be able to open them now.” He says.

Alexia hesitantly opens them, thankful not to feel any burning. “Thank you.” She says. “I can’t really get dressed like this, should I go down naked?”

“I’ll text her to close the blinds downstairs, and that she is going to get a special visit.” Robert says. “Before you step out of the room, do you want me to make sure Lucia isn’t anywhere she can see you?”

“Umm... Yes please.” Alexia says, laughing a bit. “Not that we haven’t seen each other getting ready before, but definitely not with someone’s cum dripping off my face.”

“No problem.” Robert’s phone dings, and he says “She is excited about the photo and the visit. She says to come down in 30 seconds. I’m going to make sure the coast is clear.” He steps outside to look down the hall. “The door is still closed, you should be safe, for now at least. I’ll bring your clothes down.”

“Thank you Robert, or umm Master?” Alexia says.

“We are both still in the room, and no one else is here, so Robert is fine.” He says, stepping back inside. “One more hug before we go downstairs?”

“Sure” Alexia says, keeping her face away from Robert’s shoulder.

Robert squeezes her for a moment, and steps to the door. “Still clear” He says, and she slips quickly down the stairs. “I’ll be down with your clothes in a minute.”

***

Jane can’t believe how much the photo turns her on. Alexia is in the background, her face absolutely plastered with cum, Robert’s dick resting against the tip of her nose. “Fuck.” She murmurs. Jane doesn’t normally have a high libido, but she wonders if having these girls in her house is going to change things in that regard. She hears a quiet knock on the door, and realizes she has been spaced out looking at the photo for the past minute or so since she closed the blinds.

“Come in.” She says, her voice squeaking a bit, making her cringe. She hates when that happens.

Alexia quickly came into the office, shutting the door behind her. She came a few steps closer to Jane before kneeling before her. “I’m sorry, Mistress, I didn’t succeed.”

“Did your Master have a good time?” Jane asks smirking, clearly knowing the answer already based on the state of the other woman’s face.

“I think so, Mistress.” Alexia replies, blushing a bit.

“And did you have a good time?” Jane asks again, smiling a bit more, and reaching down to tip Alexia’s chin up so she was making eye contact.

“Yes, Mistress, I had a very good time.” Alexia says, smiling a bit.

“Good. He didn’t break any of my rules though?” Jane asks teasingly.

“No, Mistress. I thought he might, he started kissing my.. behind... after taking my clothes off, and I reminded him of the rules, but he said that was allowed.” Alexia responds tentatively.

“The day Robert takes a woman into the bedroom, undresses her, and doesn’t pay attention to her ass is the day I take him to the doctor to find out if he’s dying.” Jane laughs. “As for failing, if you made Robert happy, you didn’t fail. Robert loves enthusiasm, and I figured I could get you to be even more enthusiastic for him if I dangled a reward in front of you.” She reaches down to caress Alexia’s cheek, still a bit damp and sticky. “Robert is the most important thing in this entire world to me. If you can help me keep him as happy as possible, we will get to be friends. Did anything else happen that you think you should mention?”

“Master asked me to call him Robert while it was just the two of us in the room” Alexia replies hesitantly. “He seemed very determined about it.”

“I expected that he would.” Jane replies. “Robert is always worried about the other person, and worries deeply about consent. I doubt I could ever have gotten him to touch either of you if you hadn’t volunteered.”

“I picked up on that, Mistress.” Alexia says. “He seems like a genuinely good man, and I am very happy with my choice.”

“Good.” Jane smiles. “We should probably get you cleaned up now. Do you want to go shower, or just wipe down your face?”

“I will wipe off my face for now, if that is ok, Mistress.” Alexia says. “I had hoped to shower with you later, to help you with anything you needed.”

“What a good girl.” Jane says, absolutely beaming. “I’m so glad this is going well.”

“Me too, Mistress.” Alexia begins to explain. “I’ve had to be the one making all of the decisions for the past several years, taking care of Lucia, trying to keep us from being evicted, it’s been very hard. I think this life will actually be easier now.”

“Good. Why don’t you go get cleaned up, and then come back. Please bring in two chairs from the breakfast table. I’d like to talk to you and Robert about some of the data I’m seeing on the BAA site, and I’d rather not ruin your knees.” Jane says.

“Thank you, Mistress, that is very appreciated.” Alexia says, rising from her kneeling position.