Selena opened her eyes to see the third Empress ascending the steps to the stage. She snarled openly at Selena as she knelt beside her and put her breasts and pussy on full display. Then she gave the Emperor a flirtatious smile as she shook her diamond breast pendants.
“Your Majesty is making fun—why even bother having this little bimbap up here, when he always crowns me the winner?”
“Because, Empress the Third, for the first time, we feel you have some true competition.”
The Emperor’s small, piggy eyes were still sliding all over Selena’s exposed breasts and pussy, making her skin want to crawl right off her body. She leaned her head against Valen’s leg, grateful for his comforting presence. He was her Master, she reminded herself—the Emperor couldn’t touch her. She was safe here with the big Kindred. Even as exposed as she was, she was safe.
And then, finally, the Emperor raised his voice and shouted,
“I declare that the winner of this year’s Pet Parade is none other than Lady Selena of Earth! All hail, Lady Selena, this year’s finest pet!”
“No! No, it cannot be!” Empress the Third exclaimed. She jammed her shoulder against Selena’s and there was a sudden, blindingly painful shock in Selena’s right side. It felt almost like someone had jammed a taser against her skin and given her a massive jolt.
“Ouch!” Selena gasped and pushed Empress the Third by reflex, trying to shove the painful electrical current away.
With a dramatic cry, Empress the Third toppled over and went rolling off the stage, right into the Emperor’s lap.
“She pushed me! She pushed me! That horrid little bimbap tried to kill me!” she wailed loudly. “Did you not see it, your Majesty? She tried to assassinate a Royal, right in front of you!”
“What? What are you talking about?” Selena gasped. “You pushed me first!” She was about to add, “And then you shocked me!” but Empress the Third wasn’t done yet.
“She used a shocker on me too!” she exclaimed. “Look—it’s there—just by her knee!”
She pointed at the stage and Selena looked down to see something that looked like a large golden tuning fork lying there. Sparks were still crackling from its two ends, making her gasp and scoot away from it quickly.
“I’ve never seen that thing in my life!” she exclaimed.
“Liar! Your Majesty, that little bimbap was trying to kill me!” Empress the Third declared. “And you know the penalty for an attempted assassination!”
“Now, Empress the Third, I hardly think she was trying to assassinate you! You are always so dramatic.” The Emperor sighed deeply. “However, there are penalties for molesting or injuring a Royal,” he continued, frowning.
“But, I never—” Selena began.
“Your Majesty is correct, there are indeed penalties for injuring a Royal, but it was not Selena who injured Empress the Third—the incident was the other way around,” Valen snapped, his voice an angry growl.
“He lies! The Kindred lies to protect his little bimbap!” Empress the Third exclaimed. “Your Majesty, she should be sent to the Dungeons beneath the palace and whipped with an electric pain flogger! Maybe burning all the skin from her back would teach her a lesson!”
“Under no circumstances!” Valen growled. “The punishment far outweighs the crime and you have no right to decide the matter anyway.”
The Empress’s green eyes flashed malevolently.
“In that case, let us send her someplace where they do have a right to decide the matter. The little bimbap should go to the High Court and her fate should be decided there!”
“No, no!” Valen said quickly. “There is no need for that!”
Looking up at him, Selena thought he had turned ever so slightly pale. Apparently going to court was a bad idea for some reason.
“I don’t know, Kindred,” the Emperor said, frowning. “It seems a poor show of gratitude when we crowned your Dependent Female the best pet and then she immediately attacks our third Empress.”
“I didn’t—” Selena began but Valen gave a sharp tug on the leash connected to her harness and she gasped as it pinched her nipples cruelly.
“In cases such as these, I believe the law mandates that it is up to the Master of the Dependent Female to punish her,” he said, frowning. “Which I shall proceed to do here and now, to your Majesty’s satisfaction.”
“What?” Selena began, but then, to her surprise, Valen lowered himself down beside her. He sat on the edge of the stage and patted his lap. Giving her a stern look he said, “Come here, Selena—you’ve been bad and now I must punish you.”
48
At first, Selena wasn’t sure what to do. She just knelt there, still on her knees beside him, looking up at the big Kindred with wide eyes.
“I tell you, she must be brought before the High Court!” Empress the Third snapped.
“No!” Valen growled. Reaching for Selena, he jerked her across his lap, face down, with her ass in the air. With a few quick, economical movements, he unbuckled the leather harness from around her hips and pulled the thick red phallus out of her.