Chapter 8 : Morning
Neither one of the dark elves stirred as Anton unlocked and opened the cage's door.
Kianna's legs were stretched out as much as the cage would allow and as Anton took hold of one of her ankles and gave her a light tug, she gave out a tiny groan and hid her face deeper into the pile of small pillows.
With a half grin on his face, Anton gently pulled her forward and dragged her legs out of the cage. Laying on her back, Kianna blinked drearily up at him as her torso came to rest in the cages doorway.
"Good morning my little dark elf!" smiled Anton as he leaned over her and brushed her bangs away from her face "Are you ready to wake up now?"
"...Mm mm!" mumbled Kianna through her gag as her eyes refused to stay open completely.
"Aw, are you sure?" teased Anton as he smiled down at her "I would think my little dark elf was probably pretty hungry by now! But if she's not..."
Kianna whined miserably as she scrunched up her still closed eyes.
"Oh! Does that mean you do want to have some breakfast then?" chuckled Anton as he gave the dark elf a light tap on her plate covered nose.
Her ears drooping limply from the sides of her head, Kianna willfully blinked the sleep from her eyes and nodded eagerly.
"Well alright then!" smiled Anton as he gently pulled her the rest of the way out of the cage "Do you need to use the bathroom first?"
Kianna went still for a moment before blinking up at him and nodding even more frantically than she had before.
Chuckling at the desperation that was now in the dark elf's eyes, Anton lifted her out of the cage and stood her up.
Kianna stood on her own for only a moment before trying to take a step. The very instant she made to move however, her legs buckled out from beneath her and with a panicked grunt she began to fall.
Anton caught the now frustrated dark elf by her shoulder harness and lifted her back up to a standing position. He grinned as he watched her wobble on her unsteady legs.
"I think you're going to need a little help!" he teased as he bent down and tossed her over his shoulder before lifting her up into the air and wrapping his arm around her legs to hold her in place.
"Humph! Hm!" protested Kianna as she suddenly found herself hanging upside down behind his back and with her bare bottom now resting next to his head. Squirming feebly she kicked her feet as a bright blush spread across her face.
"You might want to quit moving around so much!" warned Anton with a smile as he gave her a light smack on her exposed butt cheek "Because if you end up peeing on me, I am going to whip you!"
Kianna froze and whimpering in response she pressed her thighs together and held herself still.
Chuckling, Anton turned to the door and moving quickly but carefully he carried the dark elf out of the dungeon and up to the bathroom on the ground floor.
Once in the bathroom, Anton set Kianna down on the toilet seat and took a step back. The dark elf looked at the still opened door before looking up at him expectantly as she squeezed her legs together.
"You're not going to be able to clean yourself up on your own" explained Anton as he turned around and faced away from her.
Groaning, Kianna slumped in defeat and unable to hold back any longer began to relieve yourself.
Anton waited for the sound of tinkling water to come to an end before turning back to the clearly embarrassed dark elf.
Kianna kept her eyes shut as Anton took a handful of paper and dried away the leftover moisture from her slit.
Still blushing, Kianna tried to raise herself up from the toilet seat and stumbled into Anton's waiting arms. Grunting at her indignity, she was taken by surprise as Anton scooped her up in his arms and lifted her bridal style.
"Hi" said Anton as he gave her wide eyed look a closed-lip grin.
Kianna went completely still as she stared up at him. After a moment she blinked and flattened her ears back submissively behind her head as her eyes became full of nervousness.
"Aw, are you worried I'm going to let you fall?" teased Anton as he leaned his head forward and playfully narrowed his eyes at her "What did I tell you about trusting your Master Kianna?"
The dark elf stared back at him for another moment before looking away with her eyes. Making a low grumbling sound she shifted to the side and lightly pressed herself against him. Laying her cheek against his shoulder she blinked and looked back up at him through her eyelashes.
"Now that's more like it" whispered Anton as he gave her a broad smile "Such a good girl!"
Kianna's blush deepened as she twisted her head to the side and hid her face against him.
"Aw, looks like somebodies feeling bashful all of a sudden!" teased Anton as he gave her a gentle squeeze "How cute!"
Kianna grumbled again in response as she closed her eyes and pressed her forehead against his shoulder in protest.
Anton chuckled as he left the bathroom and headed for the kitchen. Once there he set the dark elf down in front of the farmhouse style breakfast table.
The large rectangular shaped table had seating for six, with a chair on either end and 2 chairs on each of the sides.
Anton pulled out one of the side chairs and turned to Kianna who was clearly busy with focusing on staying upright. She had finally been able to stay standing by keeping her knees locked together.
Sighing softly through his nose, Anton crossed his arms and bent forward so that he would be able to look the dark elf in the eyes.
Kianna blinked as she lifted her large, ruby colored eyes up from where she had been staring at her legs and focused them on his.
"I'm going to go back downstairs to get your sister" declared Anton "There's realistically no reason for me to assume that you'll just stay put up here while I'm gone. Not that I think you could make it very far with your arms bound and your legs in the condition that they're in. Regardless though, I'm sure you'll still try to take advantage of this opportunity. And that being the case, I really should restrain you... But I really don't want to do that..."
Kianna's eyes went wide as her ears pointed themselves straight upwards.
"...I want to talk. I have questions. And I'm sure you do too" said Anton as they both stared into each others eyes "I don't want to hurt you Kianna. And I don't want you to hurt yourself by trying to run or attempting to do something heroic while you're all alone up here"
The dark elf remained completely still as she continued to stare back at him.
"I'm serious when I say that I want you to be able to trust me. And I know that's not going to be an easy thing for you to believe. So to help prove to you that I am serious about it. I'm going to put some trust in you too" stated Anton "This is going to be part of building trust between us. So, can I trust you to stay still and wait right here while I'm gone? ...Please?"
Kianna laid her ears back submissively as her eyes dropped down to the floor. After a moment of thought she slowly nodded her head.
"Hm! Such a good girl!" said Anton as he straightened his back, stood upright and smiled "I knew I could count on you!"
Kianna looked away and grumbled in annoyance as her ears pointed themselves straight back behind her head.
Chuckling, Anton ruffled her hair as he walked past which caused her to whine in distress as she started to wobble on her unsteady legs.
As he entered back into the dungeon, Anton was surprised to find that Fiona was already awake.
The drowsy looking dark elf was sitting upright in the cage and looking at the place where her sister had just been sleeping. Her ears shifted themselves towards Anton as she heard him enter the room and her eyes quickly followed.
"Good morning" said Anton as he knelt down at the cages doorway "I'm a little surprised to see that you're already awake. How are you feeling?"
Fiona took on an almost caged-animal like look as she hunched in on herself and started moving backwards to the back of the cage. With her ears pointed straight back behind her head and her large eyes glaring, her wordless message of hostility was all too clear.