Interlude 1-Amanda and Mark
Amanda realized that the problem was basically that she kept underestimating Elaine. She had underestimated how Elaine would respond to a physical relationship with her, she underestimated how Elaine would react to the party in Las Vegas and finally, and crucially for this phase of Amanda's life, she had underestimated Elaine's willingness to enter slavery. Amanda wondered that if she had simply told her old roommate what she was planning for her Elaine would have come along willingly, or at least put up enough of a fight with Roy that Amanda's plan could have gone through. Well, Roy had swept in and poached Elaine right out from under Amanda and Amanda's get out of trouble card was gone. Now she had to work off her debts and she was not happy about it.
Elaine seemed like such a helpless waif that it was easy to forget hat she was a capable woman. Elaine had lived in both New York and Los Angeles on her own. In the city, not the suburbs, something that Amanda was not even willing to try. Elaine could be independent and strong, it was just in some areas, sex mostly, she liked to be led and dominated. Amanda had to remember not to take Elaine's sexual submissiveness as a sign that she was weak and incapable of taking care of herself. She knew Elaine was painfully shy, but when she had worked at the Canyon she had to make presentations to every new employee, and they had a pretty high turnover rate there. There were things that scared Elaine, but Amanda knew that once her pretty former roommate and lover made her decision to do something, she jumped in all the way. Amanda hoped Elaine was enjoying her life as a slave.
Amanda had by now realized that she was in love with Elaine. She knew she should not have feelings like that for someone who was a mark for her, but there was no real denying it. That was why she had dragged things out so long with Elaine and why she had left without finding a buyer. She wanted Elaine for herself and was angry she had let the chance go. She thought often about Elaine's beautiful body squirming deliciously under her, how her little pet had sobbed like a baby the first time Amanda had made her orgasm. What she really missed was how Elaine performed oral sex on her, though. She had been an eager and able learner and by the end no one was better at eating pussy than Elaine.
Well, that was in the past, Amanda thought bitterly. Her life had taken a turn for the worse after Elaine. Her real estate deal should have set her up for the next few years, at least given her a financial cushion. Instead the whole market had collapsed and Amanda lost not only her money, but the money of people who did not like losing money. They had called in their loans, Amanda could not pay. Frank Goller had bought her debt in exchange for Elaine. The plan was simple, Amanda was going to lure Elaine to a weekend in the desert then get her to sign the enslavement papers. Amanda was not quite sure how she was going to do that, but Elaine was never able to say no to her so Amanda knew she could do it.
Then along came Roy and everything went to hell, again. Roy had slashed her tires (at least he had been good enough to buy her new tires later) and stolen Elaine out from under her. Amanda was completely out of luck, out of options. The only thing she had left was herself, she knew that selling herself into slavery was an option. But Amanda had a talent that made her very useful. Amanda had the ability to find slaves. Amanda could not explain how she did it, but if she was in a room full of people she could tell who was naturally submissive. Once she located likely prospects she would move in, like a hunter searching out prey. She would get to know them and pretty quickly she could tell if they were just submissive or if they were a slave waiting to happen. If they were just submissive, Amanda would, if she had time, have a fun little fling with them then move on. If the woman was a slave, Amanda would stay around, break down her defenses and get her to sign the papers making her a slave. Amanda would sell her to a broker, Rex Owens was her usual contact, or straight to a buyer if one was available. The process would take anywhere from a few days to a month.
Over the years she hold sold six women into slavery and could have done a few more had she chosen to pursue them, but Amanda had other interests, too. She worked as a river guide and had missed at least two sales by going on river trips instead. There had been one guide on one of her trips who was a delicious submissive and Amanda could have gotten her, but Amanda wanted to keep her around as a playmate for future trips. Then she had gotten married and that was that. Amanda realized she had missed a few lucrative opportunities.
Elaine had been a beacon. Amanda had been drifting a bit and started working at the Grand Canyon as a front desk clerk as a way to kill time until her next adventure. When she was checking in and going through new employee orientation Elaine had given a presentation on insurance and vacation. Amanda had been floored, she had never experienced any woman who was so obviously a slave. Elaine needed a roommate and Amanda talked to the housing manager, it did not take her too long to get him to put her with Elaine. It should have been simple, break through her defenses and sell her, two months, tops. But Amanda had stayed for a year. She was too into Elaine, Elaine was a luxury, she became Amanda's de-facto slave and Amanda loved every minute of it.
Looking back, all of this could have been avoided had she just sold Elaine when she first had the chance. But she had gotten too attached and that was a mistake. Elaine was a luxury, a beautiful, submissive woman who really enjoyed where Amanda took her. She had been kindness and company in a life that Amanda realized was lacking in both. And she was great in bed, the things that woman could do with her mouth amazed Amanda and Amanda had been with a lot of women.
Now the chain of events had led to Mark buying her debt. Mark was a modern day feudal baron in rural Nevada. He had a huge ranch near the town on Elko, Nevada. He also owned the nicest casino in town, the brothel, a mine or two and interests in about anything else of value in the county. That was just he legal activities. He was also a member of the Association and dealt freely in slaves. Amanda suspected that not all the slaves he acquired were acquired legitimately or disposed of legitimately. As odd as it sounded, there were rules and etiquette for this sort of thing. She knew he was a pot dealer and he did it by the bale, not by the bag and suspected he controlled the meth trade in the area. He was rich; he was, within his local area, powerful; and not overly burdened by scruples.
He was a good looking man, too. He was in his early 40s with short, brown hair that was starting to thin. He had a neatly trimmed mustache and a handsome face. His build was stocky and muscular, Amanda had watched him wrestling down cattle with his ranch hands and had been wrestled down by him a few times already herself. He was urban and sophisticated with a ruthless edge to him. Amanda was attracted to him, she could see being in some sort of long term arrangement with him if she could just spend most of her time out of Elko.
Sam was the muscle behind Mark's operations. He had the look of ex-military or ex-CIA. Short, powerful with an assortment of scars and tattoos. He also had a huge cock; Amanda had quite enjoyed the one time she was with him, but he was too obsessed with Elaine to spend much time on Amanda. Sam was the guy Mark sent when people needed to be dealt with. If you were lucky, Sam just hurt you until you agreed to do whatever he asked. If you were unlucky you simply disappeared and were never seen again. Amanda wanted to get on and stay on his good side, but she feared for Elaine if he got his hands on her again.
Amanda herself was a good looking woman in a very distinctive way. She was fair skinned with pale blue eyes and a pretty face. She was very fit and solid. Years of hiking, biking, rock climbing and rowing boats had given her a chiseled build. All of that would be enough to make Amanda a beautiful woman, but her hair was the topper. Amanda had a huge head of curly red, hair. It would stay tied back if she worked hard enough at it and tied it back with some extra strength hair ties. But if she did not stay on top of it, and she usually did not, it would fall loose. She was a natural red head and proud of it. If anyone doubted she was natural, she kept most of her fiery pubic hair to prove the point.
Amanda's new duties were not too bad, she had to take care of Mark while she found two slaves for him. Sam was too obsessed with Elaine (wasn't everybody?) to take much notice of Amanda, and aside from an occasional night, left her alone. Amanda did want to get some warning to Elaine, but was not sure how. Mark was not bad, if you liked power he certainly dominated his little corner of the world, and he wasn't bad to look at. He did not have the sadistic streak Sam did, if you reminded Mark every now and then how powerful and important he was he was easy to handle. What annoyed Amanda was that he kept her on a short leash. Amanda had to find him two slaves to settle up her debt. She was good at that, she could find two in a few months easily if she was turned loose. Unfortunately, and irritatingly, Mark kept her close. There was not a lot of prospects in Elko and Wells, Nevada. There were not a lot of good looking women period and finding one with the right mindset was impossible. If he would let her go to Las Vegas or even Reno she would have one quickly.
