Note: This story was dynamically reformatted for online reading convenience. The Lost World by BP In high school I developed a strong interest in history. The lost civilizations of Central and South America were particularly interesting to me. When a friend of my father asked if I would be interested in going on and expedition. I jumped at the chance, despite my parents misgivings. A week after the end of my sophomore year of college I was getting off a plane deep in the wilds of Colombia. The people I was supposed to meet missed their connecting flight and were two days late. Once we got together, the man who was supposed to be our guide couldn't be found. Hurriedly we hunted around for another. After interviewing several people who claimed to be guides we settled on Pablo. He appeared to know what he was talking about and was helpful in getting us outfitted. For days we traveled on horse back up into the mountains over ever smaller trails. At night we talked about vague myths of a lost civilization and how great it would be if we could find where they went. I won't bore you with the details of the first couple weeks as all we did was visit ruins that had been well picked over. After leaving the last disappointing ruins the trail disappeared. Pablo said he felt there might be something of interest ahead. For three days we travel where it look like no man had ever been before. Over and around mountains then down thru lush valleys. The scenery was breathtaking in its variations. Descending into one valley, we came upon a and over grown path that appeared to be paved with flat stones. No one said much but you could feel the excitement in the air. Several times we had to dismount and hack thru the brush but the path became clearer. Everyone was talking in hushed tones, eyes darting everywhere. Then there appeared large stone figures barely visible thru the vines and dead leaves flanking the path. Here there appeared to be more order to the trees and we could see glimpses of what looked like mounds of vegetation ahead. Our excitement was boiling as we forged ahead. Hacking thru brush we came upon what looked like a temple built into the side of a hill. Armed with a machete and a big flashlight I wandered into a beckoning opening as the others explored elsewhere. I was sure I was in a temple because the walls had vague traces of paintings on them along with carved figures. Upon closer inspection one of the figures was a female with over sized nipples and pubic area. Moving along a wall, I found the same theme recurring. The male figures were smaller and not as finally detailed. Moving deeper into the temple I noticed that the female figures looked fatter then it hit me that I was seeing various stages of pregnancy. There was no light except for my flashlight and I was glad that the litter and vines had thinned out. I came to a hall that went off at an angle and began following it. Suddenly something I stepped on gave way and I was sliding down a steep passage. To say I was scared would have been a gross understatement, I was terrified. My slide ended with me tumbling out into a small room with a passageway over to one side. Picking myself up and knocking the dust off I began to see if I could find a way out. The way I had entered was out of the question as it was too steep and the walls too smooth. My only option was the passageway. Carefully I made my way, checking for any more slides. The walls here had paintings on them but these were almost pornographic in their depiction of sex acts. All the females had the out sized nipples and pubic details. I almost stumbled when I came to some steps that went down and the passage turned. It was spooky as hell down here and hard for me to keep my composure as I felt my way along. Another turn and I was in a small room. How in hell did people cut all this rock? What is this place? Where am I? Those thoughts raced thru my brain as I tried to remain scientific. There were two passages off this room both had steps going up. I picked the one to my right and began climbing step after step. Stopping to catch my breath I felt a cool draft in my face. That spurred me on. I must be getting close to the outside I told myself. The steps I had been climbing suddenly ended and I stepped into a room with a strange platform in the middle. The platform was carved out to accept the back side of a person but the platform was cut away where the crotch was. All of this was a bit strange to me. I had been so engrossed in school I hadn't paid much attention to boys and sex, now I was in some sex temple. My desire to get back to the others took over and again I was forced to make a choice of which passage to take. This time I took the one to the left. More steps and turns then a dim light ahead. Forgetting caution, I raced ahead. Breathlessly I stumbled into a dimly lit room into someone's arms. I screamed out but all that came out was a squeak. Then everything when black. Was I dreaming or did I see someone leaning over me? The fog would no sooner start to clear when I would feel some thing prick me and the lights would go out. Again the fog was clearing except this time I kept my eyes closed and tried to listen without letting on that I was awake. I could hear people talking but it was a language I had never heard before. Cracking one eye lid I couldn't see any light. My eyes flashed open, was I dead? What was going on? Trying to move my arm I found it held down by a strap as were my legs. I could lift my head but the room was too dark to make out anything. Something was attached to my nipples and they felt strange but not half as strange as my pussy. Oh shit I had been captured by sex maniacs! That thought bounced around my brain like a ping pong ball. I tried to cheer myself by telling myself that at least I was alive. Off to my right a voice spoke softly, even though I couldn't understand the words the tone was soothing as a dim light came on. A nude woman appeared at me side. As she came closer, I saw that her nipples looked like those on the figures, huge. They had to be as big as my thumb. Leaning over slightly she dangled her nipple on my lips and said something. Her hand touched my head gently as her nipple lay on my closed mouth. Opening my mouth to try to say something her nipple popped in my mouth and a drop of milk landed on my tongue. Suddenly I realized I was hungry and started sucking. Her milk was so sweet I gave in to the needs of my empty stomach. First on nipple then the other until I had drained both of them. Now that my tummy was full, I slipped back to sleep. This time when I awoke it was daylight. I had to see where I was. Opening my eyes I could see that I was in a simple room with a window, a couple chairs, a rug on the floor and a bed on the other side of the room. Laying on the bed was a woman who sat up and looked at me. Her blanket slid off her boobs exposing huge nipples. When she spoke, I recognized her from last night. She was good looking, dark skinned but not black. Her boobs were maybe a C cup but her nipples were mammoth. Nipples, last night there had been something on my nipples. Looking at my nipples, I was shocked to see some sort of tubes still sucking on them. I had gotten so used to them I had forgotten about them. Looking down over my belly I saw several cylinders with tubing coming out of them on my pussy. Why did I call it that never before had I thought of my vagina as my pussy? I had also never thought of my breasts as boobs. This was strange as hell. Why the sudden change? My nurse interrupted my thoughts by untying my arms. When I moved my hand toward my boob, she grabbed it and shook her head no. She untied my legs and helped me stand then pulled a chamber pot from under my bed and motioned for me to relieve myself. As bad as I had to go I quickly gave up trying to ask for privacy. Blushing profusely, I squatted and let my pee gush out. Oh the humiliation when I farted and felt my ass open. The embarrassment of having someone watch me crap was total but I couldn't hold it. My nurse handed me some paper to wipe myself then motioned for me to lay back down. For a spilt second I thought about ripping those things from my body and running but thought better of it when I remembered I had no idea where I was. Sitting down on the bed I glanced out the window but couldn't see anything that gave me a clue of where I was or who these people were. My nurse took the chamber pot and set it outside the door. As she returned, I noticed that her pubic mound was very prominent and her labia hung down several inches. She smiled at me and said something as she cupped her milk filled boobs. Standing beside me, she offered me a nipple to nurse on. The rumbling of my stomach convinced me to accept her offer. I felt a bit strange, a grown woman twenty one years old, nursing like a baby. But then everything else was strange. By the time I drained the first nipple I had to admit that I kind of liked the feel of her nipple in my mouth and was looking forward to draining the sweet milk from the other. My nurse spoke softly and stroked my hair like a mother does to a nursing baby. I couldn't understand her words but her actions and tone were clearly friendly. Then for a second my mind panicked at the thought I was going lez. I pushed that thought from my mind as I reminded myself of my dreams about some of the guys I had seen on campus. While my mind had been wandering, I had been sucking on an empty nipple. I let the nipple slid free and said "I'm sorry I was day dreaming." My nurse looked puzzled by the sound of my words but then I remembered that if her words sounded strange to me mine must sound strange to her. She then smiled and hugged my face to her boobs briefly before motioning for me to lay down. As I laid down, she said something like a command. I sat back up as I watched her and tried to repeat what she had said then laid down she grinned and nodded yes. I tried to tell her I was not sleepy and didn't want to lay down but she firmly insisted. She said something else and held up some leather straps and indicated she would tie me to the bed if I didn't do as she wanted. I was quickly getting the feel that if I didn't what I was told I would be made to do it. A well-built man stuck his head in and spoke briefly with my nurse then handed her a metal box before closing the door. My nurse returned to me with her gentle smile and the metal box. She opened the box and took out a syringe. It looked like one I had seen from the early 1900's but it was still a syringe and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it was for me. I protested saying I felt fine and didn't need a shot of anything but my nurse motioned to the leather straps and made a tying motion with her hands. Glumly my head sank back on the pillow in submission. My mind raced but I could think of no way out of my situation. I was their captive and had nowhere to run. Other then the sucker tubes on my nipples and pussy I was unharmed, I had been fed and looked after. If they were going to kill me, I didn't think they would be doing all that. My nurse got up and did something that I couldn't see and the sucker tubes stopped their gentle suction. She then came back and took the tubes off me. Carefully she inspected my swollen nipples and then my pussy. She hummed a tune softly as she worked then spoke a single word as she motioned for me to open my legs. She then went to the door and repeated the word as she opened the door. Several people out side looked in. She spoke to them and closed the door. Again she said the word and opened her mouth. OK now I knew what open was in their language. I repeated it and spread my legs. My nurse grinned and patted my leg. Looking things over my nurse got up and motioned for me to move down on the bed and place my feet on the floor. Remembering her threat to tie my up and the people outside I did as she asked. My nurse sat on the floor between my legs and wiped my bald, BALD! Pussy with something that tingled. Yesterday my pussy was covered with lite brown hair. My nurse spoke in soothing tones as she picked up the syringe and stuck it in my outer lip. At first I only felt the slight prick then a building pressure as that lip grew. She repeated the procedure on the other lip, making them almost double their original size. For a minute she admired her handy work and I thought she was finished. I quickly found out that there was more to come as she examined my inner labia. Her touch was that of a doctor not of one trying to arouse me. I felt like I was watching this happen to someone else as she stuck the needle in my right labia. The fluid felt warm as it began to stretch and fill my labia. Finished she got up and handed me a mirror. My pussy looked like a paler less swollen version of hers. To emphasize the point she stood close to my face and spread her legs as she thrust her pussy out for my inspection. On each of her dangling lips was a gold half sphere fastened to a gold disk like pierced earnings. The disks had some engraving on them. It was plain that my nurse was proud of her labia jewelry. I was surprised to see that there was no sign of pubic hair and as my eyes explored I noticed the tip of what looked like a little boys penis where her clit should be. Sensing where I was looking my nurse took her fingers and pushed the flesh back from around that protuberance revealing a three- inch long clit. She moved her fingers to stroke it and to my amazement it grew longer and thicker until it truly looked like a baby's penis. I stared in surprise as my fingers touch my tiny clit buried in my pussy folds. They were going to make me like them. Then thoughts of me at the beach coming out of the water with my wet suit clinging to my protruding pussy flashed thru my brain. I could imagine the guys staring at it lustfully or like I was a freak. My nurse motioned for me to stand up as she spoke a command I repeated it as I stood then I said sit as I sat back down she looked a bit puzzled then as I did it again she repeated sit and we giggled. It was frustrating not to be able to converse easily. I wondered if she would understand Spanish. When I spoke a few words in Spanish, her eyes grew cold. Grabbing me by my arm she hurried me outside and down a paved road. I was urged by her firm grip and almost pushed up steps then into a big building. People stepped back to let us thru, their chatter stopped as they stared at me. I felt embarrassed being nude but then none of them wore anything except necklaces. After a knock on a closed door we were shown into a large room ornately decorated. Predominate in the decor of the room was figures like I had seen in the temple and passageways. An old man came out of a side door and greeted my nurse. After a brief but hard toned conversation the old man spoke to me in broken Spanish. It was a form of very old Spanish, almost Latin. He introduced himself as the leader of his people and ushered us into a smaller more comfortable room where he asked me to sit. My nurse spoke to him and he replied firmly. He then spoke in his Spanish and told me that Many generations ago they had fled the Spaniards as they took over their land and that while he and some of the elders still remembered how to speak their words their people didn't want anything to do with Spanish speaking people. The three of us talked as best we could for hours until a woman spoke harshly to the leader. He smiled and told me his wife scolded him for not coming to lunch and offering you some. As we walked thru several well-appointed rooms, I noticed that there were female figures everywhere. At the table I introduced myself, Ann, and they introduced themselves. My nurse was Tia. The leaders full name I couldn't pronounce. After several attempts to say it he said to call him The Chief. His wife's name was just as hard to pronounce so we settled on Queen. As we talked The Chief explained the laws of his people then he dropped a bomb on me. He informed me that in order for me to return to my people I would have to consent to have a baby by one of his people. Then he added that the baby would remain with him and it would be killed if I brought people back with me. I voiced my unhappiness with his rules but he patiently told me that such drastic measures were necessary to insure that their community was left alone by outsiders. When I asked about the injections, the Queen spoke up. She asked if Tia had hurt me. I smiled and said that Tia had been very good about taking care me. The Queen smiled and said that was good as Tia was going to be with me for a while and she was going to help me with my development. During our lunch I couldn't help notice the Queen's boobs. Her nipples weren't much thicker then Tia's but they were over two inches long. She saw me looking at them and flipped her sagging boobs up so they were laying on the table. With a smile she told me that they no longer make milk but the men of the community still come by to suck on them for good lick. She asked me to come with her as she stood. As we walked, she asked about my treatment since my arrival. I tried to recall everything and in the process, I inquired about the people I came with. She cast me a quick glance and told me that they were not as fortunate as me. They had tried to remove items from the temple and were crushed. I gasped hearing about their brutal demise but the Queen reminded me that the survival of their people depended on outsiders not knowing their presence. I was stunned when the Queen told me she came here the same way I did many years ago and has lived here happily ever since. Now that I didn't fear for my life I began to notice more of my surroundings. The halls we walked thru were all well lit but no where had I seen the torches or even the torch holders I had seen in the underground passageway. The windows had glass in them but yet I felt a comfortable movement of air wherever we were in this building. I asked the Queen about this and she grinned and told me that they were highly civilized people and had some contact with the outside world and its technology. She mentioned the lighting and proudly told me that they were far more advanced then what I was used to. Our conversation halted as we came to the end of a broad hallway. There before us was two huge wooden doors with carved female forms in all positions on them. The Queen put her hands on a pair of breasts and the doors swung open. Her hand gently pushed on my butt as she urged me froward. I hadn't taken but a few steps and the doors closed by themselves. Before me was a strange altar. It looked a bit like one I had seen in the underground passages but this was made of wood and covered in places with fabric. I was urged to go to the altar then get up on it. This made me nervous but I did as I was told. Damn it was like a OB/GYN doctors exam table just fancier. I wondered what was coming next but was afraid to ask. The Queen asked me several questions about the injections Tia had given me and how I felt about them. I told her I honestly didn't care about them. The injections didn't hurt but they also didn't make me feel any different. The Queen smiled and told me I should have seen myself the day before I woke up. I was puzzled, I thought I had only been out for one night. The Queen informed my that I was drugged for three days. She said that during that time they had learned all about me and put my body thru some tests to see if I was going to be kept there or drugged and returned to the road to the Temple. The Queen saw my puzzlement and told me that over the years they had other visitors and had learned that some of them weren't healthy or had other problems so now they are all checked out. Some got greedy and were killed others were never believed when they told of finding the Temple. As spoke she moved around busily doing something. Stepping between my legs she grinned and said "You are going to experience Heaven and Hell. I'm going to strap you down for your protection. Do not fear this will not harm you as I have experience it many times." I wanted to run like hell but The Queen had already strapped me to the altar. She grinned as she moved between my legs. In her hands was a phallic object, unscrewing a shaft from the base of the fake cock she explained that she was going to fill it with a strong sexual stimulant. I watched with fear and excitement. Other then occasionally diddling myself and being felt up on a few dates I didn't know much about sex. The Queen eased the tip of the fake cock into the entrance of my virgin pussy. When it was deep in my pussy, she pulled it half way out and attached it to an arm that had appeared between my legs. Satisfied she stepped back and told me that I was going to learn why the women here have such big pussy mounds. She picked up a jar and scooped out a gob of light green cream. With a practiced hand she coated my pussy with cream. She took extra care to make sure my little clit was throughly coated then she rubbed more cream on my nipples. The Queen did something and the fake cock began pumping in and out of my pussy. She watched for a minute then kissed me before placing her nipple on my lips. Knowing I was expected to suck it I wrapped my lips around her huge hot nipple. I found that I was growing to like sucking on females nipples and was getting over the fear of going gay. My pussy was starting to tingle as the Queen pulled back. With a pat on my arm she told me Tia would be in to feed me soon. My pussy was doing things it had never done before. My pussy lips felt bigger then they had when Tia injected me but I wasn't sure because of all the cream on them. My nipples joined in with the tingling and bolts of energy were shooting between my pussy and my nipples. I don't know how long I laid on that alter with that fake cock pumping my pussy or now many times I climaxed but I was exhausted when Tia came in. She turned off the cock in my pussy and unstrapped me. Before letting me up she coated my nipples and pussy with the cream. Then to my surprise she put cream on herself. Smiling she escorted me outside. As she showed me around, I noticed many females with the same cream on them. It didn't make any difference how old they were. I watched as a mother was sitting on her porch watching her little girl play. The mother called her daughter over and they hugged then the mother opened a jar and scooped out a gob of cream. Her daughter spread her legs and thrust her hips at her mother as he mother rubbed the cream on her. Tia noticed where I was looking and pointed to another girl down the street. She was older, I guess early teens her prominent nipples looked like they had been freshly coated. As Tia and I got close to her, Tia spoke to the girl. Smiling the girl spread her legs as something was said to me. She was proudly showing off her labia jewelry and long labia. Tia hugged her and we walked on. I still felt too embarrassed to look at the men directly. The penises of the men were all sizes and shapes and all uncircumcised. From what little I knew about penises they all appeared normal but their balls looked bigger then what I thought they should be. I saw a pregnant woman with cream coating her pubic area. Tia stopped and talked to her saying something about me. The pregnant woman grinned and patted me on my arm before going on her way. We also stopped as she spoke to several young men. One of them pointed at my nipples as something was said that made them giggle. Tia tried to explain what they were saying but didn't have much luck. On our tour of the village Tia taught me more of her words as I taught her mine. The whole time I had been trying to ignore the demanding itch between my legs and on my nipples. We stopped at one house and were greeted by a pregnant woman who acted like she knew Tia well. During their conversation I heard several mentions of the Chief and the Queen. I knew they were talking about me and my treatments but could only pick out a few words. After a bit the woman left the room to return a few minutes later. In her hand was a penis-shaped thing with a plunger sticking out of the base of it. A shiver went thru me as I was sure it was meant for me. Sure enough, Tia told me lay back and spread my legs. Tia then rubbed some of the cream on my pussy lips around, making sure I was well coated. Then other woman kneels before me and gently worked that fake penis into my already hot pussy. Once she had it bumping into my cervix she gave the plunger a tap and the plunger started moving in of its own accord. As the plunger moved the woman made short little strokes that I was sure were pumping whatever was in that penis deep into my womb and throughly coating my cervix. Content that the contents of the fake penis were properly placed within me the woman pulled it out and gave my tummy a gentle pat. She and Tia exchanged smiles and a few words before she escorted us to the door. As I started to go out the woman hugged me to her baby-filled belly and reached between my legs to touch my pussy. I opened my mouth in surprise only to have her place her lips over mine. Before I could close my mouth, she pushed something in mine with her tongue. Then as we separated she put her hand over my mouth and indicated I should swallow. Why was I letting do these things to me? Never in my life had I let anyone so totally control me. Now I was following Tia around letting her show off my nude body and put who knows what into my body. The embarrassment and humiliation were no longer making me upset, I was hot as hell. I kept telling myself that it was the drugs they were giving me but a little voice was telling me that I loved it and wanted them to do more to me. My belly felt like there were a million ants running around in there, tickling the hell out of me. My pussy was drooling pussy juices down my legs. We hadn't gone a block before I had to grab hold of Tia as a massive climax wracked my body. Gradually it passed and Tia guided me on our way. I don't think we went three blocks before a stronger climax brought me to my knees. When I recovered Tia again helped me to my feet. My body felt tingly and warm. I'd be lying if I told you I didn't want what was happened to happen. That little voice in the back of my head was yelling for Tia to do more to me make me a sex toy, control, me make wild with lust. The third time a climax hit me it knocked me to my knees. Vaguely I thought I heard Tia tell me that they will get stronger. The fourth climax hit just as we returned to my room. Tia helped me to the bed then as I started to calm down she put a nipple in my mouth and told me to drink. For hours and hours I had delicious climax after delicious climax. Finally I passed out from exhaustion. The sun in my face woke me but I was unsure of where I was or what happened to me. When I touched my throbbing swollen nipples, my body quaked with a small climax. Gradually it came back to me. As my mind replayed the past days events I couldn't believe that I was day dreaming about what they might do to me today. Having to go to the bathroom I sat up and looked around to see where it might be. The chamber pot was gone and I didn't want to make a mess. Just then Tia came in seeing my need she quickly escorted me thru other rooms and into a bathroom. After relieving myself I looked around for the toilet paper and saw none, not even a place to hold a roll. Tia came to my rescue. She guided me to something that looked vaguely like a European bidet. It felt strange to squat over that thing as water shot up washing my whole crotch. From there she led me to a shower and began washing me. She then handed me the soap and indicated that I was to wash her. I felt strange touching another woman so intimately but Tia spread her legs and bent over then lifted her arms as I washed her. Pushing my lesbian fears aside I had to admit that it felt nice to have someone wash you and wash her. She insisted I wash her privates and when I did I couldn't help feel her long inner labia. I was truly embarrassed when I brushed her clit and made Tia quiver. She grabbed my hand and directed me to frig her clit. That had to be the most obscene thing I had ever done. It was hard for me to realize only a week before I hardly know my pussy existed now it was the center of my being. The intense orgasms of the night before had faded to a fond memory to be replaced by soft tingling of this new sexual awareness. As I dried Tia, she showed off her predominate pubic area proudly. Her outer lips weren't blood engorged so the skin looked normal but the size of them would have been more normal if they had been. Strangely I found myself kissing those huge puffy lips. Tai moaned softly and gently cupped my head to her. Something thrust out between my lips and without thinking my lips opened and in went her clit. Without being told I was sucking on her clit. Tia was telling me something that I didn't need a interpurator for. I was getting a thrill from pleasuring her. Tia finished her climax and guided me to my feet. From there we went to breakfast. I was famished and ate like two people to the delight of the rest of Tia's family. Oh yes I forgot to tell you I had been staying in Tia's house but it wasn't until that morning that I got to meet her husband and her children. After breakfast Tia told me, the Queen had asked for me to visit her again. As we got up to go to the Queen I felt damp between my legs and discovered that my period had started. I was deeply embarrassed again. Tia laughed lightly as she sent me to the bathroom while she cleaned up where I had been sitting. Now what do I do, all of my stuff was with the others and they were dead. In answer to my question Tia came in, she handed me her equivalent of a tampon. With that taken care of we went to visit the Queen. The Chief greeted us warmly and grinned broadly when Tia told him that my period had started. We talked as we waited for the Queen to return. He had a lot of questions about the outside world and technology. As we talked, I wondered if my treatments would stop now that my period had come. The Queen came in quietly and motioned for us to remain seated as she joined us. Their probing questions had nothing to do with sex as they picked my brain. When it came time for lunch Tia asked to be excused so she could feed her family. Smiling the Queen told her that was fine and she would send me back later. Although I was not locked up, I was gently reminded that was there captive. We talked for several hours before the Queen rose and led me to the same room I had visited the day before. Without being told I climbed up on the altar. That pleased the Queen. She told me that some had resisted and made it harder on themselves. Softly she told me that she could make a girls training quite painful. Judging from what I had experienced there was no doubt she was right, my drug assisted climaxes had bordered on pain. The Queen wheeled a cart over that had an enema bag hanging from a pole. Grinning she told me I would like this. Having said that she placed a basin under my crotch then greased up the nozzle and pulled out my tampon. The water in the bag was pleasantly warm and soothing as it flowed into my pussy. The excess water flowed out, flushing my pussy. At first I thought that is all it was but then I felt a tingle. When I looked a the Queen with a questioning look, she grinned back at me. During the several minutes the it took for the bag to empty, my whole lower belly started to tingle. The Queen pulled the nozzle out of my pussy and put a suction tube on my clit, then on my nipples. These suction tubes felt different that those Tai had put on me, these tubes pulsed like a milking machine. For next two hours my body was a roller coaster of climaxes. Some of the time I sucked on the Queen's nipples as she encouraged me to enjoy it. When I asked why she was doing all that to me, she told me that they were making sure I was addicted to sex in a why that could only be satisfied by them. It really shook me when she calmly stated that after that day it would take months for my body to get free of the effect of the drugs they had given me. My thoughts were interrupted by another strong climax. As I regained my senses, I thought over the Queen's words. My pussy was in control as I told her she didn't have to worry about me running away. I added that I loved what they had done to me and wanted more. She asked if I was ready to be bred by one of their young men. I took her hand in mine and told her I was under her control.