“Why are you wearing so much leather?” I asked.
“This isn’t just any old leather. It’sScottishleather.”
“Okay?”Is that supposed to mean something to me?
He held up a pair of thick leather cuffs. “Turn around and put your hands behind your back.”
“What if I don’t want to be cuffed?”
“Are you disobeying my orders?” asked Strappy-mask.
I didn’t know what would happen if I disobeyed, but I was pretty sure it involved his penis. I suddenly regretted sassing him. “Nope. No, sir.” I put my hands behind my back like a good little girl. The cuffs were surprisingly comfortable. But that wasn’t the point. It was still rude to barge in on some half-naked girls and cuff them without their consent! Although technically that Society contract I’d signed was my consent.Why the hell did I join a sex club?!
The men led us down a hallway and into a dimly lit room with about 10 other women. All in lingerie, and all handcuffed. And there was definitely no exit sign in here. Strappy-mask pulled the chain off his shoulder and used it to connect my cuffs to a thick metal ring on the floor.
“What the hell is happening?” I whispered to Chastity as soon as he was out of earshot.
“I don’t know,” she replied. “But I love it! Can we please come here every night?”
“Are you serious?! This is insane. They’re treating us like cattle.”
“Right? It’s so hot.”
“No it isn’t!”Fine. It’s a little hot.But it was so weird! And being chained up with no possibility of escape made me have to pee so badly. “How long do you think they’re gonna keep us here?”
“I don’t think it’ll be long.”
A guy in a suit and a cowboy hat walked to the podium at the front of the room and cleared his throat. “In a few minutes, each of you will be sold to the highest bidder. From that moment until 2 a.m., you are their date.” He was talking so fast that it was hard to keep up. “You have two options for the kind of date you are. If you’d like to be auctioned as a girlfriend - loyal, but not submissive - tap the purple square on the floor in front of you. If you want to be a sex slave to your owner, tap the red square.”
I looked down at the floor. There were indeed two LED-lit tiles in front of me. One purple, one red. I hit the purple one.Easy choice.
The floor squares dimmed and one of the walls lit up. It was covered floor to ceiling in masks. Lace masks, bunny masks, leather masks…even scary masks like the ones they wore inThePurge.There was a three-digit number displayed next to each one.
“During the bidding you will each wear a mask,” said Cowboy Hat. “You may dance to entice bidders, but do not, under any circumstances, remove your mask. Beef and Biff will be walking around to take your mask orders.” Strappy-mask, who was apparently named Beef, started approaching girls to take orders while Biff got the masks off the wall. Once a mask was selected, that part of the wall would dim.
Cowboy Hat kept talking. “Once you’re all masked, the auction will begin. Just a few rule reminders…” He started rattling off rules faster than I could follow.
“Which mask?” asked Beef.
“Uh…” I saw that Chastity had just selected a nice pink lace masquerade mask to match her hair. They didn’t have any more like that, but they did have a similar blue one. “Number 084, please.”
Biff walked over and grabbed my mask. My hands were still cuffed, so he put it on me.
“…and just to reiterate one more time - you can always use the safe word.” The auctioneer ended his speech.
“Did you hear the safe word?” I whispered to Chastity.
She shrugged. “My safe word isharder, Daddy.”
“Is thatthesafe word. Or is that just what you say? Because there’s a huge difference there.”
“I dunno. I wasn’t paying attention. Hey, wanna bet on which girl will sell for the most?”
“No.”I want to know the safe word!
“I’m guessing her.” She nodded towards a girl in a leather bunny mask and lingerie made only of leather straps. Something told me she had definitely hit the red button. It was going to be a real downer when I sold for like 1/100 of what she sold for. Or what if I didn’t sell at all? Just no bids. Crickets. I’d never be able to show my face in Club Onyx again.
“Everyone ready?” Cowboy Hat didn’t wait for an answer. “Great. Let’s begin. You’re up first.” He pointed to a girl in the front row. “Name please?”
