WARNING: This is a work of erotic fiction. It contains depictions of
nudity and graphic sex.

Author: A Strange Geek
Title: Amanda's Choice
Summary: A 14-year-old girl with a troubled home life is swept away to
another world by an older female lover, where she must make the
ultimate choice between love and freedom.

Part: 12 of 19
Keywords: ff, oral, magic

Note: Story codes are for this Chapter. See Chapter 0 for complete list
of codes

Copyright A Strange Geek, 2005

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Sirinna led her two charges back around the side of their shared
quarters, down the path to the shore, passing the small strip of beach
past Sirinna's window, then around and past the ridge outside Amanda's
bedchamber, and finally to a small, sheltered niche formed between the
outside walls of Amanda and Tanyee's bedchambers. It was turned away
from the sea, though the constant, low roar of the waves could still be
heard, and protected from the path that ran from the door up towards
the Healer's office by lush foliage.

Here inside this niche lay a deep, bowl-shaped depression in the
ground, filled with water that gently steamed. A small spring in the
center bubbled the surface of the water with a low gurgling sound,
sending ripples that causes little splashes against the edges of the
pool. Both the canopies of palm trees and the roof overhang from the
building itself provided complete shade from the sun, and the curving
shape of the walls channeled whatever little breeze was in the air to
this spot.

"This should do," Sirinna said with a smile.

Amanda sighed. It was clear to her now that privacy was a relative term
at the Manor. It was private only in the sense that it was not open to
anyone that walked by, and she assumed that one would not approach
without being invited, but she had hoped for something a little more
traditional, such as something indoors.

"Well, it will have to do," Sirinna said, noticing Amanda's reaction.

"No, it's fine," Amanda said quickly. "Sorry, Sirinna, don't mind me,
it's been a really trying day."

"It's all right, I understand," Sirinna said. She did not actually
completely understand, but she truly wished things to be as pleasant
for Amanda as possible. She clung to the hope that Amanda might yet
decide to stay, and anything she could do to make her more comfortable
was worth any inconvenience. Or breaking with tradition.

She stepped over to Tanyee and began to remove her restraints. "I'm
going to leave you two to bathe here."

"You're not joining us, Sirinna?" Amanda asked, sounding disappointed.

Sirinna finished removing Tanyee's cuffs before turning and smiling
affectionately at Amanda, lighting caressing her cheek. "Well, you said
you were interested in bathing only," she said softly. "If I stay, I
may be tempted to initiate something a little more than that with you."

Amanda smiled, blushing lightly, feeling a small spark of desire at
Sirinna's words. For a moment, she was tempted, but she truly needed to
just get clean and try to relax. "Maybe later," she said in a lower
voice. "When I'm not aching as much down there anymore."

Sirinna nodded and played with a lock of Amanda's hair for a moment
before turning back to Tanyee. "Now, Tanyee, I expect you to head
straight to your bedchamber when you are done," Sirinna said, and to
Amanda's initial surprise, she unlocked and removed the collar and
chain from Tanyee. After a moment's thought, it made sense to her.
Naturally Tanyee could not bathe with a leather collar and a metal
chain with her in the water.

"Yes, mistress," Tanyee said, smiling slightly. She rubbed briefly at
her neck, silently grateful for the momentary respite from the symbol
of her punishment. She truly hoped her retraining would not last much
longer. She was anxious to show both Sirinna and Roquan that she was
indeed still a good slave.

"I will bathe with the others and return after to re-collar you.
Normally I would just ask another Trainee to do it, but where I do not
have another, I will put you on your honor. I know I can trust you."

Tanyee's smile widened at the praise. "Yes, of course, mistress."

Amanda was grateful Sirinna did not consider asking her. She would have
been far too uncomfortable doing such a thing. She glanced at the items
in Sirinna's hand, and a question that had nagged at her came to mind.
"Sirinna, just where do you carry the key for that when you're naked?"

"It doesn't have a physical key, Amanda," Sirinna explained, showing
the lock to her more closely. No keyhole was apparent. "See? It's keyed
magically to Trainers and the Overlord." She snapped the lock closed,
then squeezed it between two fingers. After a few seconds, it popped
open. She paused, then locked it again, and thrust it towards Amanda.
"Here, you try."

Amanda blinked in surprise and nearly recoiled, but then tentatively
grasped the lock. She squeezed it as she saw Sirinna do, but nothing
happened. She tried it again, tugging at it this time, but it remained
locked. Sirinna was about to pull the collar back when Amanda decided
to try a third time.

As soon as she placed pressure on the lock, there was a crackle, and
Amanda uttered a yelp as something sparked against her fingers, like a
static shock from touching a doorknob after walking across a carpet.
She yanked her hand back.

"Sorry," Sirinna said sheepishly. "I should have warned you about that.
Try to tamper with it three times and it gives you that little jolt."

"I noticed," Amanda said sourly, shaking her hand, a small lingering
pins-and-needles sensation in her fingers.

Sirinna set the collar and chain aside. "Please, if you would, take
these back inside with you when you two are done. You don't have to try
and put it on her yourself."

"Good," Amanda declared defiantly. Yet the fact that Sirinna had used
the word "please" finally when requesting something of her was not lost
on her. In a softer voice she added, "But I'll make sure I take them
inside and put them in Tanyee's bedchamber."

"And take your time and enjoy yourselves," Sirinna said with a small
smile. "I don't have any more training planned for Tanyee for the
afternoon."

"Thank you, mistress," Tanyee said just before Sirinna turned and left.

Amanda watched her go until Sirinna had disappeared from view around
the side of the building. Amanda experienced a twinge of conscience.
Her time was limited on this world now, and Sirinna likely wanted to
spend as much time with her as possible, or at least she hoped that was
the case. Now she felt like she had just driven Sirinna away. It was
not like her pussy ached /that/ much, anyway.

She turned around just as Tanyee slipped her lithe body into the water,
easing herself down and sighing with pleasure as she settled down
against the side of the pool, the water coming to just short of
shoulder-level. "Please, join me, Amanda," Tanyee said. "It really is
quite nice."

Amanda stepped up to the side of the pool, feeling the steam warm and
wet against her skin. She dropped to a knee and tentatively tested the
water with her hand, and found that it was warm, but not hot. As she
splashed the water with her hand, a few small suds appeared, but were
dissipated by the churning water soon after she extracted her hand.

Amanda hesitated just a moment longer, feeling oddly embarrassed. Even
though she had been going about nude all morning, somehow the act of
bathing seemed more intimate to her than just walking. Nevertheless, it
looked too inviting, and she overcame her reluctance and carefully
lowered herself into the pool.

The water felt delightful against her skin as her body slid further
into it, the spring in the middle stirring currents in the water that
felt soothing against her muscles and joints. The sides of the pool had
been polished, so despite being carved from rock, it felt comfortable
against her body. As she lay herself against the side, she found that
the contours fit her body very well.

"Actually, this /is/ rather nice," Amanda said with a small smile.
Under the water, she waved her hands back and forth, and then rubbed
them against each other, the stickiness quickly washing off. More suds
bubbled to the surface. She drew her foot up to her body and scrubbed
it as well. "That's much better," she added with a relaxed sigh.

More suds appeared on the surface. This time, as the water churned,
they began to multiply, quickly forming a thin layer of bubbly froth
that began to circulate around the perimeter of the pool.

"Amanda, I'm curious," Tanyee said. "You remember your homeworld,
right?"

"Yes, I do," Amanda said. "I was never given the Draught."

"Do they not have baths like this back on your world?"

"Oh ... well, they do, but most people bathe in private. By
themselves."

Tanyee nodded slowly. "That's rather odd, isn't it?"

"In what way?"

"Well, isn't it easier when you have two people, so you can help each
other wash?"

Amanda's cheeks colored slightly. "Uh, I suppose you have a point," she
said in a low voice.

Tanyee smiled and lifted herself from her spot opposite Amanda. She
splashed through the water around the edge, the growing suds swirling
around her, smelling faintly of lavender and spice. "Don't worry, I
know you're just interested in bathing," she said gently.

Amanda nodded. She glanced around her, noticing the thickening, bubbly
suds around her. "Did you put any soap in?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing," Tanyee said. "Perhaps Sirinna
did."

Amanda thought she would have seen Sirinna do such a thing. She did not
even recall Sirinna carrying anything. "I guess it doesn't matter."

Tanyee settled down next to Amanda, splashing the water with her hands,
making the foam thick and plentiful. The water currents stirred and
streamed the suds towards them, where it clung to their bodies. Tanyee
lifted one of her slim, smooth legs from the water. She scooped up some
of the suds and spread then over her skin, moving with slow, sensual
movements.

Amanda stared at this for a few moments, mesmerized, the water feeling
a little warmer against her body than it was when she first entered.
Tanyee finished soaping her leg and lowered it back into the water,
causing Amanda to blink as she realized what she had been doing, a
blush rising to her cheeks.

"Something wrong?" Tanyee asked innocently.

"Uh ... n-no, not at all," Amanda said shakily. She swallowed and
turned her gaze away. She repeated what Tanyee had done, though in a
more clumsy and hurried manner. She risked a sideways glance towards
Tanyee, and found Tanyee watching her now as well.

"So, um," Tanyee said, her own voice sounding a bit strained. "Are
things really different back on your world?"

"Very different," Amanda said quickly. "We ... we don't have slavery,
for one."

"That I think I knew," Tanyee said. She paused to wash her other leg,
Amanda doing her best not to look, though stealing furtive glances out
of the corner of her eyes. Tanyee's gaze continually drifted to Amanda
as well, watching as the girl's hands slid over glistening skin. "I
remember someone mentioning that only Narlass really had it, at least
in this way."

Amanda wanted to retort that her world had had the sense to get rid of
slavery, but she knew that her world's version was totally different
from Narlass. It was not a fair comparison. "Certainly we don't have
magic on our world," Amanda said instead.

Tanyee nodded. "I think I knew that, too."

She lapsed into silence, lingering a bit over the other leg, as if
trying to attract attention to herself. Amanda had more quickly
finished with her own, and now shifted her eyes to Tanyee. Her body
felt very warm now, her cheeks burning at the fleeting thoughts that
passed through her mind. The ache in her pussy had started to abate
under the soothing waters, but now surged back with a subtly different
feeling too it.

Tanyee finally dropped her leg back into the water. She looked back to
Amanda with a mildly disappointed look, her eyes searching and wanting.

Amanda felt uncomfortable under that gaze, even as she returned a
similar one. She desperately tried to make some sense out of her
thoughts. Failing this, she instead attempted to return to their
conversation. "About ... a-about magic," Amanda said in a shaky voice.

Tanyee appeared to pause, then blink rapidly a few times. "Oh, um, yes.
I don't know that much about it, though."

"Is Narlass the only world to have it?" Amanda asked.

"I think so," Tanyee said. "I'm not sure."

"Well, they must be," Amanda said adamantly. "If they're the only ones
running around taking people from other worlds."

Tanyee rose to her knees, water running from her body, her breasts
rising up above the water, shiny with the soapy water. "I guess you're
right about that," she said absently. She scooped up two large,
shimmering globs of the suds in her hands.

"I hope I am," Amanda said. She could not bear the thought if multiple
worlds plucking people from hapless worlds purely because they had
magic and could wield it and their victims could not. She drew herself
up in the water, trying hard to keep her mind focused. Her breasts rose
partially above the water, the nipples firm and erect despite the heat.
"I think it's bad enough that Narlass does this, I ... I ... what ...
what are you /doing?/"

Tanyee's hands were moving purposefully over and around her breasts,
cupping them in her fingers, squeezing the wet and soft flesh, slowly
spreading slick suds around and under them. "Washing myself," she said
in a husky voice. "What else?"

Amanda stared, the ache in her sex growing, her body trembling. She
heard Tanyee start to pant lightly, her nipples also quite prominently
erect. Tanyee appeared to linger over these, rubbing them with her
soapy fingers, uttered a very soft moan.

"Stop that," Amanda admonished in a weak voice.

Tanyee paused. "What?" she said absently.

"What y-you're doing," Amanda said, her own voice low and husky. "Stop
it."

Tanyee paused, then reluctantly lowered her hands. Amanda continued to
stare at Tanyee's breasts for another few moments before finally
forcing herself to turn away.

"It's your turn," Tanyee said with a tiny smile.

"Huh?"

"Your turn. Wash yourself." Tanyee paused. "Wash your breasts."

Amanda tried to protest, but her mouth opened with no words coming to
mind to send past her lips. She closed it again, mystified at what was
happening to her.

"Would you like me to do it instead?" Tanyee asked hopefully.

"No!" Amanda snapped, though her voice was weak. She swiped some suds
from the water around her and began haphazardly spreading them over her
petite orbs. "I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself," she said in a
softer voice.

Amanda had intended to finish as soon as possible, touching herself
only long enough to soap down her breasts and call it good. It was not
long before she abandoned this plan, her quick and rough movements
slowing, fingers moving with greater care and purpose. She lifted her
breasts in her palms, lightly squeezing her fingers around them,
feeling her flesh yield and slide under her touch. Her fingers brushed
her nipples, then lingered, stroking them until she was panting lightly
as well.

Amanda finally stopped herself, raising her eyes and flinching back
when she saw Tanyee had crawled up next to her, looking at her with a
dark and sultry gaze. "There, I-I'm finished," Amanda said, voice
quavering, the ache between her thighs growing worse. "Why are you
looking at me like that?"

At first it appeared that Tanyee had not even heard Amanda, but then
she breathed a sigh and pulled back a little, though reluctantly. "Like
what?" she asked.

"Like ... never mind."

There was silence between them for the next few moments, the only sound
the gentle gurgling of the spring. By this time, suds obscured the
surface of the water completely, renewed by the splashing and rippling
emanating from the center of the pool.

Amanda was totally perplexed. She did not understand what had come over
her, why she was growing so strongly aroused after having wanted
nothing more to do with sex that afternoon. She did not think herself
attracted to Tanyee that strongly.

"Tanyee," Amanda said finally. "Do you notice anything really strange?"

Tanyee hesitated a moment. "I don't think so," she said slowly, though
doubt tinged her voice.

"I mean, do you feel strange?"

"Do you?"

Amanda nodded.

Another pause. "Maybe you're just relaxed now," she ventured.

"I don't feel like this when I'm relaxed," Amanda said. Her eyes darted
over Tanyee's body. Her face felt flushed again, and there was heat in
her sex. "I-I think we should call this good and get out of ..."

"No, wait," Tanyee said quickly, one of her hands catching Amanda's
shoulder. Amanda felt hew body quiver at the touch. Tanyee slid her
hand down Amanda's arm. Amanda let her breath go as a strained sigh.
"We're not finished yet. I ... I need my back done."

"Tanyee, maybe I shouldn't ..."

Before Amanda could complete her thought, Tanyee had already turned her
back towards Amanda and pulled her hair out of the way.

Amanda hesitated a long moment before wordlessly crawling through the
water behind Tanyee, her pussy tingling madly under the water. She
scooped up some more suds and began to spread them out over Tanyee's
back. At first she used only one hand, but then felt compelled to use
two, letting them roam over Tanyee's back and her shoulders, growing
increasingly excited.

Tanyee closed her eyes, her mouth dropping open, her body quivering
with desire at Amanda's touch. Amanda's hands lingered longer than they
needed to, straying around to Tanyee's waist and sides, then down along
her hips and backside. By this time, Tanyee had begun to moan softly.

Amanda finally pulled herself away. She was shaking, her knees spread
wide under her, the temptation to touch herself almost overwhelming.

Tanyee turned around. Raw lust smoldered in her eyes. "Now you," she
said.

Amanda turned, her heart pounding. She heard splashing behind her as
Tanyee moved up to her, scooping copious amounts of soap in her hands.
When she felt Tanyee touch her, she had to bite her lip to suppress a
whimper. She was still at a total loss as to what was happening to her.
Was it the Kaylaxxa they gave her? But that was only supposed to make
her more sensitive, not actually arouse her. Unless there was something
that they had not told her.

Tanyee's hands glided over Amanda's back, sending shock waves through
Amanda as easily as if she had been touching Amanda's breasts or pussy
instead. It took a lot less time for Tanyee's hands to begin to roam,
sliding around her waist and her hips, then back up along her sides.
Amanda tried to speak, fighting through the fog of powerful arousal,
until Tanyee's arms came around Amanda, hands cupping and squeezing her
breasts.

"Uhhn!" Amanda cried, panting, Tanyee stroking her nipples, sending her
arousal so high that it ached. Before long, one of Tanyee's hands
plunged down between her thighs and began stroking a very wet and warm
pussy. Tanyee's strokes became deep and quick, causing Amanda to cry
out as she started to rise. She gasped, knowing that this was wrong,
but unable to get herself to want to tell Tanyee to stop. She submitted
to her lust, closing her eyes and tilting her head back, breath growing
short as she grew close. Tanyee did not slow down; Amanda soared
upwards and crested over into orgasm, her hips jerking against Tanyee's
hand.

"Amanda, do me now," Tanyee begged into Amanda's ear. "Please, I-I
really need it."

In a daze, the remnants of her climax still throbbing dully in her sex,
she turned around in Tanyee's arms. Tanyee was about to turn around,
but Amanda was too fast, her own continued arousal making her as
anxious to touch Tanyee as she was to be touched. Tanyee gasped as
Amanda's hand thrust over Tanyee's mound, shuddering and clutching at
Amanda as she was stroked. After a few moments, one of Tanyee's hands
dropped down into the water, and Amanda moaned as she felt Tanyee's
fingers in her cunt again.

Tanyee wrapped her free arm around Amanda, drawing her closer. They
breathed heavily into each other's ears, grinding their breasts against
each other, hands stroking each other's pussy in a frenzy. Tanyee cried
out in orgasm, her arm tightening around Amanda, hips pumping against
Amanda's hand. Amanda again began to rise, Tanyee's fingers
unrelenting, moving with an unnatural urgency.

"Tanyee, you're going to make me cum again ..." Amanda moaned.

"Keep going," Tanyee begged. "I'll cum again, too."

"S-something's not right about this, Tanyee ..."

"Oh gods, I'm so horny ..."

"That's what I mean ... we can't be ..."

"Don't stop, Amanda, please!"

"I ... uhhh ... /uhhhh!/" Amanda gasped, writhing in the water as she
climaxed again, her eyes tightly closed as her cunt spasmed. She was
breathless for a few moments, unable to speak until her orgasm faded,
and even then her hips jerked irregularly as Tanyee kept stroking her.
"We h-have to stop ..."

"Oh, Amanda! Keep stroking ... oh gods! ... ohhh! ..." Tanyee threw her
head back and cried out as she erupted into another powerful climax,
hips bucking wildly.

Finally, with a huge effort of will, Amanda took her hand out of
Tanyee's pussy and pushed the two of them apart.

Tanyee fell backwards, splashing hard into the water, her head
momentarily disappearing under the surface before she regained her
balance and sat up, gasping and wiping water and soap from her face.
Amanda fell back as well, but fetched up against the side of the pool
and steadied herself, panting heavily, her pussy still throbbing dully
and aching for more.

The suds in the water had begun to dissipate, the Disalla losing its
potency as the water was recycled in the spring. Yet enough remained to
continue to fuel both their flames of lust. Already Amanda wanted
Tanyee's fingers stroking her again, and Tanyee was looking hungrily at
Amanda.

"Did I do something wrong?" Tanyee asked, a hurt tone to her voice.

"No, Tanyee, it's just that /this/ is wrong," Amanda said. "We
shouldn't be this excited!"

Tanyee swallowed and took a deep breath. "I know," she said in a small
voice.

Amanda looked around her. "Let's ... let's get out of this bath."

Tanyee bit her lip, looking disappointed, but she nodded in
acknowledgment.

The two of them climbed out of the pool, both still panting, both with
cunts still hot, wet, and unsatisfied. Tanyee opened a small hidden
niche at the base of one of the walls, leaving Amanda with a brief view
of Tanyee's pussy between her legs that made Amanda ache, and pulled
out two large towels. She handed one to Amanda, their gazes locking for
a moment, each having to resist the urge to touch the other.

They dried themselves off in silence. Removed from the source of the
Disalla, their lust began to diminish, but very slowly. Their bodies
had absorbed so much that it continued to course through their
bloodstreams and keep them in a heightened state of arousal. Amanda
tried to keep her gaze averted, especially when Tanyee dried her
breasts, as the sight of them being manipulated would have driven her
mad. As it was, she lingered on her own breasts, as if trying to show
off for Tanyee as well as excite herself.

Amanda heaved a sigh as she finished, dropping the towel to the side in
frustration, the pink folds of her pussy still moist. She glanced down
and picked up the collar and chain that had been left to the side. "All
right, let's go back inside," Amanda said tersely.

"All right," Tanyee said in a defeated voice.

They trooped around the back of the building and around to the front
entrance, Amanda in the lead. As she was able to think straight again,
she felt flushed with embarrassment. She had no idea what had come over
her. Had there been something in the water? Was it that odd soap she
didn't remember anyone adding to the pool?

She headed straight into Tanyee's bedchamber and dropped the collar and
chain unceremoniously to the floor near the bed. "Sirinna can take care
of that when she gets back," Amanda said. She turned around to head
back to the door, and nearly ran into Tanyee, who was standing in her
way.

Amanda stopped and looked at Tanyee. Though her desire was abating,
enough of it remained that it was difficult not to respond when Tanyee
placed her hands lightly on Amanda's shoulders.

"It's going away," Amanda said, though her voice was shaky. "If we
wait, we ..."

Tanyee's hands slipped down Amanda's arms. "Just one more," she said
softly.

Amanda swallowed. She wanted to pull away. Instead, she let Tanyee
slide her hands around Amanda's waist and pulled Amanda gently towards
her. "No, we shouldn't."

"We never got to do something last night," Tanyee said in a husky
voice.

Amanda took a deep breath and let it go. Tanyee pulled her closer until
their bodies touched. "Tanyee, if we wait, we ..."

"I'd really like to taste you, Amanda," Tanyee whispered. Her hands
dropped to Amanda's backside, stroking it lightly.

Amanda clutched at Tanyee and moaned.

"We can do each other," Tanyee said.

"Oh God, Tanyee ..."

"Please, I need it ..."

Amanda needed it as well. She did not understand why, but she needed
it. "O-okay."

Tanyee guided Amanda to the bed, making furtive touches on Amanda's
backside, her breasts, her thighs, as if trying to keep Amanda aroused
past the waning effects of the Disalla. Amanda was quivering with
desire again as she dropped onto the bed, sinking into the soft
comforter, parting her legs willingly as Tanyee descended on her, and
just as willingly tilting her head back and opening her mouth to
receive Tanyee's still very aroused pussy against her lips.

There was no delicacy to their movements. Both were driven by raw need.
Tanyee pushed fer face to Amanda's mound, licking with abandon, moaning
through her nose into Amanda's pussy. Her hips dropped, shoving her own
cunt against Amanda, who accepted it without complaint, her tongue
licking hard and fast at Tanyee's slot.

Yet this time they rose more slowly, as the remaining effects of the
Disalla dropped off quickly. Amanda was the first to notice the change,
her excitement less intense than it had been moments before, now fueled
simply by being locked in such an intimate position with Tanyee. She
did not seek to extricate herself from this, her soft moans growing
more urgent, her body needing to consummate what had already been
started.

For a brief moment, Amanda had a disturbing thought. What if nothing
really had happened out of the ordinary? What if she really had become
that excited on her own by being in the warm bath with Tanyee? What if
this place was changing her somehow, making her more sexually needful?
Or what if she just liked doing it this often now and didn't want to
admit it.

The moment passed as she grew close to climax, her muscles tensing and
her hips rising. She uttered a high-pitched squeal through her nose as
she hung at the edge for a few seconds before cresting over. She moaned
deeply in her orgasm, feeling Tanyee shudder and tense above her.
Amanda closed her eyes and licked as hard and fast as she could at
Tanyee's clitoris, and was rewarded by another shudder, a moan, and a
twitch of Tanyee's hips at the start of her climax.

Their near-shared orgasm was drawn out, fading slowly, their desires
finally abating. Both were panting lightly when Tanyee finally slid
from Amanda's body, dropping to her side where she lay quietly, the
only sound in the room that of their ragged breathing.

"What ... what happened?" Amanda asked, dazed by the experience.

"I don't know," Tanyee said, her voice strained.

"Maybe we should tell Sirinna about this."

Tanyee struggled to sit up and looked at Amanda in alarm. "No, please,
don't!"

Amanda also sat up, looking at Tanyee in surprise. "What?"

"Please, Amanda! Don't let her know about this."

Amanda stared at Tanyee, non-plussed. "But if something odd happened,
shouldn't she be told about it?" she asked.

Tanyee sighed and lowered her eyes, stricken. "Amanda, I don't want to
be a Trainee anymore," she said somberly. "I want to go back to being a
normal slave. I'm a good slave, Amanda. I want to be that again."

Amanda was taken aback by the depth of conviction in Tanyee's voice.
Until that moment, she still had her doubts about what Tanyee really
wanted for herself. "Um ... but why would Sirinna be upset over this?"
Amanda asked tentatively.

Tanyee looked up, a pained look in her eyes. "I was too ... aggressive
with you. A slave shouldn't be that way. I don't want Sirinna thinking
that I still need more remedial training."

Amanda was torn between wanting to find out what had happened to her
and not hurting Tanyee's feelings. There always was the possibility
that it had all come from Amanda in the first place, that she got
excited all on her own and drew Tanyee into it. She hated not knowing
for sure, but she wondered now if it was worth risking trouble for
Tanyee.

Amanda sighed. "All right," she said in a low voice. "I won't tell
her."

Tanyee smiled with relief and placed a hand on Amanda's shoulder.
Amanda was grateful when none of her feelings of desire returned to her
at this touch. "Thank you, Amanda," Tanyee said. "I really appreciate
this. You're ... you're a very good friend, Amanda."

Amanda managed a weak smile.