Acknowledgments
Hello All, let me first say If you have comments or I have inspired you, I LIVE for feedback my e-mail is
lordgriffin@wowway.comI next want to give a heartfelt thanks to Dr. D. For his help in editing, I would say 95% of the story is me, but now without the spelling and structural errors. He did add some details that really brought out a few scenes, Small things like a character clad in WW’s outfit, but the devil is in the details and that detail takes a pretty good scene and makes it WOW
Now WHY am I writing this? I’d like to say why…I have been a lurker for years, and I get very frustrated, mainly by the writers who have GREAT ideas but:
We HAVE to let the heroine GO, or the story would end
The antagonist HAS to be a sadist, so the reader hates him
The antagonist HAS to be stupid so the Heroine can get away
Or just authors afraid that if they actually make an antagonist with depth THEY (the Author) will be labeled as doing in Real life what they wrote about (I have it on firsthand information that George Lucas secretly wants to be a Sith lord and rule the Galaxy)
I hope you may get some enjoyment out of this, and as my story continues to serve as an example….you do not have to make disposable characters to have a good arousing story nor will you run out of things to write about.
Hunter of the Amazon
by Lordgriffin
Part 1
Diana Prince sat at her desk at the National Security Agency. It felt good, natural, to be back in intelligence work for the country. With the World War II generation dying off, Princess Diana had been able to stop being Wonder Woman full time, and return to her secret identity. The World of Man was not going well, in her opinion. Between the onset of the internet, private for-pay cable channels, and sensationalized news being constantly paraded on the 24-hour news channels, the Sexual Revolution had been minimized. The Federal Communications Commission was helpless when faced with First Amendment rights of the news agencies and private channels, as long as those channels did not violate pornographic laws. However, this did not prevent them from showing images of nudity, and putting forth a concept that women were now more promiscuous or enjoyed what they were doing. The public thought this was a triumph but Diana and her sisters on Themyscira worried about the slippery slope. Human trafficking was up to huge numbers; even the media specials on the news networks had caused the public only momentary disbelief before they went back to their lives. Of course, the vast majority of the humans being bought and sold were women.
Diana had discussed it with her mother, Queen Hippolyta.
“Mother, there are still GOOD people in the world, but there is a power out there misleading them.”
Hippolyta sipped her wine, placidly still, looking at her daughter with love and concern. The queen’s long, blonde hair flowed down to her slim waist. Her alabaster skin was flawless, almost lost against her white toga.
“What do you mean Diana?” She reclined on a heavily tufted white silk one-armed chaise lounge with ornate gold trim. In her hand was a solid silver chalice of fine white wine. Flanking her were two beautiful brown-eyed guards with golden armor clasped to their ample bosoms looking stern and alert.
“The public has been desensitized; they show bondage as something to be enjoyed without portraying that it is often painful. And they never describehow it feels for a captive to be sat in place for hours on end like an animal with nothing to challenge their minds, nothing to occupy their time. Goodness, even animals are treated better than that most of the time!”
Hippolyta sat up, distressed. “They have become that…perverted? I suppose I should not be surprised. Why, just the other day one of my guards, I won’t say who, told me about a sordid fantasy circulating about through this world wide information network about me. A crude story or image, I stopped her before she could say, about me being for--d on my knees before some demi-god, pleasuring him with my mouth before my subjects. To think of it…” Hippolyta took an unladylike gulp of her wine and fanned herself with her other hand, without finishing the thought.
“I don’t believe it is perversion, Mother. The average person just wants to be entertained. It is instant gratification, and I am sure that it is a conspiracy.”
The queen considered this and then took another more seemly sip of her wine, reclining back again on her couch. She sighed and looked at her long slender leg shod with a golden slipper with laces that hugged to her perfect calf, turning her ankle slightly to enjoy the way the sun reflected off its surfaces. “You have your golden lasso, why have you not exposed it?”
Wonder Woman, clad in her classic outfit shook her head. “It’s not that easy mother. I along with Hawkwoman and other heroines have had hundreds arrested. However, even using my lasso to ensure their truthfulness, these powerful men, some rich, some public officials, do not even seem to be aware they are doing it. They are taking advantage of the public desires, so they are not consciously aware that they are supporting a criminal enterprise.”
Hippolyta frowned. “You know that I have never been in favor of you being in the World of Man, particularly since you met that Steve Trevor. You have counseled me on aiding their world yet it seems all our aid has done exactly the opposite of what you intended. You should come home, Diana dear.”
Wonder Woman shook her head. “I don’t believe Wonder Woman can get to the bottom of this; however I’m certain if I take on my secret identity again, I can work undercover and make a difference. I will become Diana Prince again.”
Hippolyta’s eyebrows knitted together at this, as she surveyed her beloved child with concern for her welfare. “Will that not be obvious? You have not aged…”
Diana smiled at the motherly clucking. “No, there are thousands with the name ‘Prince’ in the United States alone and Diana is a common name. At best, they will think it an interesting coincidence. Besides I will inform the President. I would never infiltrate the country as a spy.”
And so Diana sat now in her IADC office thinking. President Dana Perino, America’s First woman president, alone knew her cover. She had agreed to allow Wonder Woman to alter her memories, but should anything happen, Wonder Woman had bestowed a code word within the president’s subconscious as a fail-safe measure. Should the Chief Executive hear that code word, she would immediately become aware of Wonder Woman’s status and be able to send assistance if necessary. At this stage, Diana Prince is now the lead agent in the Human trafficking office.
Siting on the top floor of the NSA building, Diana looked out across Washington DC. Stately buildings filled her view: the Library of Congress, The Washington Monument and many other white marbled architectural wonders. This capital city of man was beautiful as the sun shone its face upon it. The view reminded her of ancient Rome. There was a knock at the door.
Diana looked up to see Daniel, her office assistant. The young man flashed a smile, his soft brown hair waved over in the front. He certainly had a rugged look about him but there was innocence as well.
“The Director wants to see you Miss Prince.”
Diana rose from behind her desk. Unlike most agents, she still preferred a skirt and high heels, with a business suit top. Her silken jet-black hair was done up in a bun and she wore horned rimmed glasses. Diana’s suit coat was accessorized with a satin blouse with a violet French ruff.
Diana smiled. She was not trying to tease. It was natural for men to be attracted to women and Diana noticed his eyes on her figure, albeit somewhat obscured as it was. She had nick named him “Boone” after Daniel Boone whom the rugged looks of the young man did resemble. Walking by, Diana used a finger to gently close the young man’s mouth. He blushed and she smiled.
“Don’t be so self-conscious, Boone. I appreciate the compliment.”
Daniel smiled, “Okay, Miss Prince.”
Diana paused. “Call me Diana. I prefer informal. I’m not a cougar, Daniel, but why don’t we do a dinner? I am not looking for a relationship. If there is a way I can dress that would be less…teasing… we could discuss it.
Daniel chuckled, “You’re not teasing me Miss….I mean, Diana… and you have the wrong pelt to be a cougar: a lioness maybe.”
Diana looked back into the rich brown eyes with their faint purple highlights. “Yes I am, and I don’t mean to. So, dinner?”
Daniel nodded, “Sure.”
A strong male voice cut the air. “If you two are done with the warm and fuzzy, Jessica Gannet is waiting for us in my office.”
Diana looked up to the NSA Director, Jake Fox. The tall, upper middle-aged man was dressed in a navy blue business suit with pinstripes, his salt and pepper hair cropped short. He had an impressive athletic build from the workouts he did. An ex-Marine, he still held a reserve commission as a Major General.
“Sorry, Mr. Fox.” Diana quickly scribbled her phone number down for Daniel. She would take him to dinner and build a friendship when she could.
Walking into the director’s office, she was greeted by Jessica Gannet, the owner of the largest news media conglomerate on the planet.
“Miss Gannet,” Diana smiled.
The middle-class woman wore a professional skirt with medium heels, and a simple soft blue top, her most striking feature being the full mane of red hair the flowed freely about her shoulders. Her green eyes betrayed her Irish ancestry. She waited with crossed arms.
Mr. Fox moved behind his desk and brought out a dossier labeled Actaeon Davies. He slid the file across the desk to Diana.
“This is Mr. Actaeon Davies, one of the richest men in the world. A British citizen, he normally lives in lavish seclusion in a castle in Scotland. He fancies himself a trophy hunter, and a playboy.
Diana opened the folder, examining the picture of a man in his early 20’s dressed in an expensive silk 3-piece suit, sporting a fedora and showing off a smile of supreme self-confidence. He had soft blonde hair, close cut, and groomed. Despite the suit, he had an athletic well-muscled look about him, without appearing to be bulky.
Fox went on, “The problem is the types of trophies he hunts. He is a weapons expert, but he has been implicated in the disappearance of at least 40 women, including Raven of the teen titans, Tigra, a supermodel by the name of Miranda Kerr, and one Senator.
Diana looked up. “Murder?”
Fox shook his head “Not that we’ve determined yet, but slavery, environmental terrorism, extortion and blackmail seem good bets.”
Diana scowled, “Why hasn’t Interpol picked him up already?”
Fox sighed, “Can’t definitively prove any of it yet. He lives with a number of women, openly objectifies them and has had several children by them. The thing is every one of them refuses to testify. Given the chance to leave, they stay. While he is not very public about it, we think he’s offering them a generous retirement to make them his doormats. Unfortunately, that’s not illegal.”
Diana looked over at media mogul standing there, avidly taking in the discussion. “And where does Miss Gannet come in?”
The young woman smiled “As you know my late father founded Gannet Corporation on being culturally, politically and socially responsible in all matters. That and we have been running your stories about human trafficking. We have arranged to have you pose as an investigative reporter. Mr. Davies has publically agreed to an interview, at his castle, that he calls IusPrimaeNoctis.”
Diana blinked at the name, “The right of the Lord?”
Miss Gannet nodded, “Exactly, as in the ancient right of the lord to deflower the bride of a wedding”
Mr. Fox leaned over, “We want you to do the interview, see if you can get a line on this. He is smug, self-assured, and highly intelligent.”
Diana looked up “When do I leave?”
Miss Gannet smiled, “My corporate jet is fueled and waiting at Regan National. Flight plans have been filed for an 11 o’clock departure tonight. You can sleep on the plane on the way there. I’m sure you’ll find it quite comfortable.”
Hunter of the Amazon
Part 2
Diana went home to pack. She did not need much, but she had to keep up appearances. Waiting for the phone to ring, she set up a meeting with Daniel. Smiling at her own forwardness; she had swung by a department store and picked up a few things for Daniel. At around 6 o’clock the phone rang.
“Hello. Daniel?” She chuckled, “Yes… yes... I love Greek food…The Parthenon? At 7:30? Yes, that is fine. See you there.”
When she arrived at the restaurant Diana smiled at the women done up in simple sheets as if formal togas. The men dressed in fake cuirasses and the restaurant had scenes of Greek mythology on the walls. She stopped to admire a nicely-rendered Pegasus. She had known that stallion, had brushed his wide white flanks. What a fine animal he was! The ‘prince of all horses’ she had cooed in his twitching ear once. He had chuffed and shook his head up and down and she had laughed.
“Diana?” a male voice said.
Diana turned and smiled seeing Daniel standing there in a causal suit coat with slacks
“Diana, I really thought you were putting me on.”
Diana let him escort her to her seat. “I told you Daniel you’re a nice fellow, and I like you as a friend.”
Daniel sat down and they ordered, “Yeah, but I am so plain. You could have any man you wanted. Walter works out, Harold is a runner, Jim boxes twice a…”
The woman shook her head, “I can like you too Daniel”
They ate a casual dinner, chit-chatting about work and their lives. Near the end of the meal Diana smiled.
Daniel cocked his head a bit. “You didn’t come just for dinner, did you?”
Diana’s warm smile deepened. “Daniel, have you ever wanted to do field work?”
Daniel nodded, “Of course. I have all the clearances but I do not have the experience for it. Besides they want me for my computer skill.”
“Not any more. I have permission to take you with me on this mission. I need you for my cover.”
Daniel cocked his head, “Really? What’s the mission?”
Diana sipped the last of her ouzo and put down the glass. “I am a reporter, I need a photographer. Do you mind if I explain on the way?”
Daniel frowned, “I’ll need some clothes.”
Diana shook her head. “I already packed you a bag, including your pistol.”
Looking surprised, Daniel followed her. “You know I’m a gun enthusiast? And you know all my sizes?”
Diana’s twinkling blue eyes playfully mocked her associate. “Daniel, I AM in intelligence.”
The exited the restaurant and got into a private limo. Once at Reagan National, they boarded the private Gannet jet waiting in a secured area while the luggage from the limo’s trunk was brought on board. Everything was ready for departure by 10:15 pm, 45 minutes ahead of schedule. Nevertheless, immediate clearance was granted, it taxied and leapt into the sky with an impressive display of power: both mechanical and institutional.
Six and a half hours later, they landed at Stornoway Airport in Scotland. They enjoyed a scenic sunrise on the long ferry ride to Ullapool, then a 90 minute drive in a luxury limousine to the outskirts of Inverness. After that, the horse drawn carriage ride to a magnificent castle took another twenty minutes.
Deep in the highlands, the castle overlooked Loch Brittle, the countryside in full bloom of summer. Morning dew still crowned the spectacular floral display.
Daniel bedecked in a denim shirt with a brown vest covered in lenses and camera took pictures of the stony keep. “No guards,” he murmured as they followed the chauffer.
The grounds were immaculate with wrought iron sconces and the massive drawbridge lowered. Horses whinnied in their stables within the keep. Diana, dressed in a skirt and a business suit top, followed Daniel, surveying the grounds with an instinctive eye for exits, shortcomings and any possible obstacles during an emergency escape. They were ushered into the outer throne room. Diana and Daniel had their pre-prepared Gannet press passes checked and validated.
Actaeon Davies arrived with a jovial smile. The young billionaire looked surprisingly young for a man of his remarkable achievements. Diana gauged him to be between 19 and 26. He had a shock of blonde hair, and wore a full kilt. Standing just over six feet tall, he was handsomely attired in a double breasted burgundy silk jacket, complete with white ascot and French ruffled cuffs. Below the jacket, he sported a blue and yellow tartan kilt, of Clan MacLeod, a fly plaid, and a white seal skin sporran. Off-white hose and Ghillie Brogue shoes complete with a Sgian-dubh finished the immaculate look. The man smiled at his guests, his feet clicking as they walked across the marbled floor. Under his arm, a handmade riding crop rested easily.
Actaeon smiled “Miss Prince,” he nodded to her, “and you must be Daniel.” The billionaire’s handshake with both of them was quick, firm, and confident. “I understand you wish to know about my girls.” The man had a muscular build to him. Diana could feel a soft manicured hand but the muscle felt like a brick wall. He had the build of a swimmer more than a weight lifter.
Diana was taken aback by the physical presence of the young man as well as the misunderstanding he seemed to have about the reason they were there in the first place. “Uh, Mr. Davies…”
Actaeon smiled “Please call me Actaeon. It’s Greek you know.”
Diana nodded, “Yes, the hunter who viewed the Goddess Arteritis bathing. He was punished by being transformed into a stag and made to pull Artimis’ chariot. But Mr. Davies, we came here to do a story on YOU.”
The cultured English voice replied with a fair amount of mirth. “I believe the CORRECT story was that the hunter fell. The intrusion was purely accidental and the Goddess transformed him out of spite. Sadly, spite or not, he was still turned into a beast of burden for her convenience, which is why I am always mindful of the wrath of women and try to always keep an upper hand with them. As for your story being about me…well, your paper has done so many articles on my harem, it would be refreshing to read an article that was focused on something else.”
Smiling, Actaeon extended his arm grandly, “In any case, I will escort you to see whatever you would like. Daniel, feel free to take as many pictures as you need of anything you see here. What’s more, it’s perfectly fine to speak to whomever you like, but I warn you, your senior editors may censor what you capture here. The images and quotes may be very shocking to many of your readers.”
Daniel followed along as the group made its way through the ornate outer throne room, his high-end digital SLR clicking away constantly as he photographed the lavish surroundings. A modern-day Nero, Actaeon had covered the place in ornate artwork, tapestries and paintings. Gemstones were inlaid in the floors and walls. Actaeon made Bruce Wayne look like a pauper.
Entering into the main throne room, Diana and Daniel were stunned by the scope of the space and its even greater ostentatious display of wealth. Millions had been spent on what the eye widened at here. It was breathtaking and surreal at the same time.
The shock of it continued with both NSA agents being brought up short when a gorgeous young woman stepped from the wings. Her hips rolled as she walked with her eyes down. What was shocking was that she wore a complete harem girl’s outfit that covered absolutely nothing. The garment was composed of pink and blue silk sleeves and leggings that were so sheer you could plainly see the girl’s bare arms and legs. The garments were snug at ankle and wrist. A belt of gold coins and a broad, Egyptian-style gold necklace were all that held the sheer silk garments from falling off the girl. The woman’s sex was bare and uncovered, devoid of any pubic hair. The soft pouting nether lips nestled between her shapely thighs. Nothing covered her firm ass, the muscles clenching and relaxing as she walked. A soft diamond studded harness formed a triangle around her breasts, causing them to stand pert. Her only other adornment was a diamond dog collar round her neck. Make-up highlighted her green eyes and her soft, moist red lips smiled as she moved to stand by the young billionaire
“How may I serve you master?”
Diana inwardly seethed at seeing a sister treated this way. She was nothing but an adornment on display simply for her sexual assets, as if what where between her legs were more important than her as a person.
“Miranda, these two reporters are here to see our harem. We will be showing them around. His hand dropped to caress Miranda’s bare stomach openly. Diana did not cover her surprise, seeing the woman’s belly was entering her second trimester of pregnancy. “Miranda Kerr? The supermodel,” she blurted, hearing Daniel’s camera clicking behind her.
The woman smiled “Former supermodel”
Actaeon broke in “Shall we continue, Miss Prince? I’m sure you’d like to see more, not just one minor servant.”
“Minor servant? You’re holding a world-renowned model as a slave girl? You impregnated her and you call her a minor servant?”
Actaeon stopped walking forward and turned, tapping his riding crop against Miranda’s bareass. “Come now, Miss Prince, if you’re not here to be an objective reporter, I may have to end the interview. There are no SLAVES here. I own servants and animals. Everyone here is free to come and go as they please. And how is it you automatically assume that I am the father?”
Diana clamped her mouth shut and said nothing. She needed to see more and didn’t want to spoil that chance by making a scene, especially after all the efforts of those involved to put her in this place.
“Now come, let us continue,” beamed Actaeon, pleased with Diana’s frustration. “Oh, can I get you anything?”
Daniel spoke up, “Sweet tea if you have it,” while Diana said, “Is there any Cognac?”
Actaeon smiled, “Miss Prince, you are at the very teat of the finest Scotch whiskey producing region in the world and you would order Cognac? French piss. I wouldn’t tarnish a spittoon with it! No, my dear, I will be happy to educate your palate in this matter and I will brook no discord from you. Miranda, bring one sweet tea with mint from the grounds and two snifters of the Glenmorangie 1977.” Turning to face Diana, he exudes his full charm and enthusiasm upon her. “I should think you’ll find this local distillery’s efforts most breathtaking, my dear. It’s just a short ride north of here. I’ve been at their tastings several times and the ’77 is still my favorite.”
They continued to walk, Diana with her note book, her eyes taking in the lavish details “Mr. Davies, how DID you earn your fortune?”
Actaeon smiled, “All business; right then. I made my fortune in livestock.”
Diana frowned. “Livestock?”
Actaeon nodded, “Hmmm yes… Buying, selling breeding.”
“What kind of livestock?”
The English Lord smiled “Time honored Scottish tradition, Miss Prince. Cows, sheep, the occasional mare, all bred to be champions or by champions. By the way, Miss Prince sounds so formal, may I call you Diana?”
“I prefer Miss Prince for now. I understand you are now into mining as well?”
“Yes, in Zambouli, Africa. Titanium mostly.”
“Zambouli? Those are protected lands.”
The lord smiled as he swaggered into the next room, a library with two stories of books and polished sliding wood ladders on rails for access. “Not since King Otwani and Queen Zanda annexed it, and gave me mining rights.”
“They annexed Zambouli? I had not heard that.” Zambouli was where Wonder Woman’s good friend Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, resided.
Actaeon barely acknowledged her as the group looked about the ornate library. “Bloodless coup” he smiled again that charming smile. Daniel took in the room’s most arresting feature with wide-eyed wonder. Diana shook her head in sad acknowledgement of Man’s vanity. Actaeon beamed with obvious pride. The library featured a huge variety of stuffed animals mounted on the walls every eight feet or so between the stacks of leather-bound books.
“This is one of my trophy rooms, both intellectual and physical,” the billionaire watched the eyes of his guests, assessing their expressions. “Signed first editions and all prime examples of their species.”
Diana’s eyes widened, male egos never ceased to amaze her. Trophies she could appreciate, but why not a battle trophy? Why an animal? Then her blood ran cold: In the center of the room stood a full stuffed lion.
“Those are illegal,” Diana pointed grimly. The lion looked strangely familiar.
Actaeon nodded, “Normally yes, but in exchange for conservation efforts, you see, the Zambouli had allowed the lion population to over breed. I was given a permit.”
Diana moved closer, praying her suspicions would not be confirmed. However, as she looked closer, the lion was missing a fang, and its forepaws had six claws. This lion was Christian, Sheena’s companion. It HAD to be. Something had to be seriously wrong with her friend, Sheena.
Just then, Miranda returned with the drinks, walking in short steps her feet barefoot on the marble, leaving moist footprints. Daniel finished taking pictures of the library and reached for his drink from the offered tray. He took a long pull on his iced tea then looked at the glass approvingly.
“That’s delicious,” he declared.
“Homegrown mint,” Actaeon replied. Tucking the riding crop into a loop on his belt, the young man took both snifters off the tray and handed one to Diana. “Here you go, my dear. Elixir of the Gods.”Raising his glass he aerated the scotch with a swirl and put the rim beneath his nose, inhaling lightly with a smile. “Mmmmhhh.The scent of heaven.You’re lucky Ms. Prince, it is a scent no woman can truly understand.
Furious at his outrageously flippant remark and seething with the thought of Actaeon having killed Sheena’s companion, Diana tilted the snifter back without a hint of ceremony and knocked back the small portion of single malt scotch with a quick toss down her throat. It burned and sizzled down her throat like liquid fire. Great tasting fire. She wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of showing a hint of the scorching sensation in her throat. She waits half a beat to recover enough and then smacks her lips noisily.
“Not bad, but I still prefer Cognac. It’s got more soul. Shall we continue the tour?”
Actaeon looks at her with a quick cold glare then his face lightened up with a beaming charm, appreciating the challenge that had just thrown down by matching his sarcasm with her own.
So they walked on, moving into the workout room. The room had free weights, a boxing ring, heavy bags, electronic trainers. The entire area also had numerous posters and pictures of Wonder Woman.
“Hero worship?” Diana said this with a smirk.
Actaeon replied in kind, “Of a sort, I hope to meet her one day, perhaps best her in hand-to-hand. I like a good work out you know.”
“You think you can take on a super-powered being?”
Actaeon gave a nonplussed look. “Why not? If Batman can hold his own against Superman, or against Gorilla Grod, why couldn’t I do anything less? With the right technique I am sure Wonder Woman can be bested. Besides I do not step back from challenges. I step into them, always.”
“So then, you think to add another trophy to your overstuffed library?”
Actaeon strolled with them as they moved out of the workout room into a long hallway. “I have made no secret I would like to have her. What man would not?” Actaeon opened a door halfway down the hallway revealing a steep set of spiral stairs. With the billionaire leading the way, they descended.
Daniel asked, “Where are we going?”
Actaeon looked back, “To my dungeon, young man. My tastes have taken me to redecorate it. An apt place for my harem, I thought. The women here serve me and my lusts and I care for them.”
As they emerged from the stairway, cleverly polished silver ducts reflected sunlight through the shafts into the area. In the evenings there were both sconces and modern lighting, illuminating the area. Within the harem was a scene of debauchery right out of the Roman Empire.
The large area had at least 10 cages. Some cages had women in them, some were empty. Some cages sat on round ball feet on the stone floor while others were suspended from the high ceiling. One cage had a naked woman standing upright inside it. That suspended cage had bars curved and formed to closely fit the outline of her body. The dark haired woman stood naked and gagged but she showed no signs of distress and made no signal whatsoever for relief.
Everywhere, large clusters of silk pillows formed comfortable resting areas, with women reclining on them. Some of the ladies were actively engaged in lesbianism, while others were pleasuring themselves. One beautiful woman stood chained to a massive marble pillar, looking like the woman in the temple scene from the Conan the Barbarian movie, but all seemed happy.
A young girl that could hardly have been more than 18 walked up completely naked. “Welcome back, Master,” she purred. The girl had short brown unkempt hair but her entire body had been painted in the colors of a red fox. Her skin was a russet red and her hands and feet were a deep black to her elbows and knees, her underbelly white, the artist had used the paint to give her flat face the perfect impression of a muzzle and a wet black nose, in the minutest detail.
“You’re into bestiality?” Diana tried to needle the billionaire.
Actaeon took the girl’s hand and kissed it, “Oh I don’t know. I have always appreciated a saucy vixen.
Diana rankled more, “Don’t you find that a bit sick?”
Before Actaeon could answer the woman snarled, “Don’t you DARE think you’re better than HE is.”
Diana regarded her “Actaeon, why don’t I interview her first.”
Actaeon pointed to a small side room. “Go ahead. Her name is Marion.”
Daniel continued to snap pictures unimpeded of the harem space with its sheer gossamer silk-hung walls, its wide variety of bondage devices and the carnal activities of the many beautiful women around him. He had to adjust himself more than once between switching lenses. Diana walked off with Marion into the small side room and set up a white noise generator. “I think this will prevent any listening device from picking up what you say to me. I am Diana,” she said, offering her hand as the two sat down in two comfortable stuffed chairs set at right angles to each other.
When Marion took her hand Diana got a shock: The color on the young girl’s body was not makeup or even paint. She was tattooed! It was a full-body tattoo -- the beautifully-realized appearance of a fox. If the woman ever had it removed there would be extensive scarring. Marion’s genitals were devoid of pubic hair and the smooth nether lips had been tattooed a bright white, causing her pink inner lips to hint at what lay within. She even had a ridiculous set of Faux fox ears sticking up thru her hair.
Marion looked away in disgust. “I do not care if he hears. I can say what I want.” Her young breasts swayed, only the pink nipples lacked color as the tattoo ran red on the outside of the breast and gave way to the white underbelly just before the start of the areola.
Diana blinked and as the girl bounced her leg on her knee. She could see that even the undersides of the vixen’s feet had been tattooed.
“Why?” Diana began, “Why would you let someone do this to you? I mean even if you have a young infatuation with his money, your body…you will be scarred for life.”
Marion popped up immediately, her black hands clenched. She turned away angrily, showing her firm bare ass, all russet red except the inmost stripe of white that went around her anus and down between her legs to her white belly. “You’re just trying to get Mr. Davies in trouble.”
Diana shook her head, “No I am not. I mean…listen to you. He’s having sex with you, he might place a CHILD within you, and you still call him Mr. Davies?”
Marion turned back, face twisted with anger. “You know NOTHING!”
Diana reached out a hand, “Easy…then TELL me.”
Marion rejected the hand and her total lack of modesty bothered Diana a lot. Her eyes kept straying to the soft bare white lips of the girl’s sex. “I was a drug addict.”
“Is that how he controlled you?” Diana asked. Her face was upturned to search the eyes of the girl standing before her for the truth.
Diana’s head whipped to the left as the girl landed a sharp slap on Diana’s cheek. “How DARE you! He SAVED me!”
Diana quelled her anger. “Saved you HOW, and do not try THAT again.” Her jaw set as she struggled to control her own anger.
There were now tears running down Marion’s red and white cheeks, her back nose sniffling as she sat back down in the soft chair and slumped low in it. “I told you I was a drug addict. I lived on the street. One of my johns raped me. People used me for a few dollars. I couldn’t get clean. Then Actaeon found me. He made me a deal: He’d clean me up, make me pretty again…”
Diana added in to her litany of woe, “In exchange you had to be his slave?”
Marion bolted to an upright, straight-backed defiant posture, her body leaning forward in tense defiance. “I told you NO, he...said I could leave.”
Diana asked coolly, “So why did you stay?”
Marion sniffled. “If I serve him for 10 years, I get a full retirement: One million Euros, invested so I can live off the interest.”
Diana looked shocked. “But what of …you might have children!”
Marion shrugged, “That’s the deal...if I want I can raise them...keep them, or they will be adopted.”
Diana frowned. “Adopted…by whom?”
Marion shrugged, “I don’t know or care. Why should….I just know they won’t be hurt. They will be raised and educated. Meantime, I can have all the pleasure I want…”
Diana frowned, “That’s damned irresponsible.”
Marion replied sarcastically. “As irresponsible as having crack addicts out there? As irresponsible as having orphanages where kids are shuffled around like chess pieces? As irresponsible as thinking a whore has less value then a virgin?”
Diana was not sure how to answer that, but she smelled a rat. There had to be something in it for Actaeon. “But what of your...body art,” she pointed out.
Marion smiled, “What of it? I like it! It covers up all the track marks and scars. I look exotic now.” Saying that, she stood and pirouetted, showing off her body with pride. “When I retire, I have everything I want; even men who will pay me to make love to me.”
Diana was amazed at how insidious Actaeon’s plan was. He was using his wealth to brainwash them, to exchange their dignity for financial security. That was IF he lived up to his word.
Many of the interviews went the same way. Each woman who came into the small room and sat beside Diana in the soft armchair had her reasons and had the same promise. Actaeon had doctors and could hire people to care for his stable 24/7.
After interviewing several women, even seeing some of Actaeon’s children, all treated decently, none aware that their mothers served on their back, Diana finally sought out the billionaire with a question for him. “Mr. Davies, will YOU submit to an interview?”
Actaeon smiled and shook his head “No, I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you there, Miss Prince. I tend to like my anonymity. Now if you have seen all you came to see, I am a busy man. As you may have noticed, I have many women to please.”
Hunter of the Amazon
Chapter 3
Diana and Daniel were allowed to look around more and everywhere they went in the sprawling castle, there were beautiful women. Not one of them wore a stitch that covered her ass, her breasts or her pubic mound, although their other adornments were widely varied. It ranged from complete nudity to some adorned in gold to some painted like Egyptian princesses. A few even had clothes painted on their body in latex so when you looked at them your first impression was that they were clothed. Upon closer inspection, they were bare.
Sixteen hours later, back at NSA headquarters Daniel and Diana went over the pictures the young associate had taken.
“Daniel, I am impressed! All those naked women and most of your pictures were of his lay out. We can map out the entire castle.” Diana leaned over and closely examined a picture that had a beautiful woman bound in a leather harness to the left who was standing next to the stuffed lion. The regal beast, beautifully stuffed and mounted was clearly in focus.
Daniel smiled “Well, I admit there was a lot of eye candy there, but I suppose my mind’s eye will be a good as anything I’d take…though I DO have a few of my favorites. After all, we WERE supposed to be there as the press and this is a captivating story.” He smiled, glancing at several of the chained women against a wall.
Diana shook her head, “Is that truly how you want women, Daniel, as some kind of object? Not a companion to complement you?”
Daniel shrugged while using his computer to enhance an area on a photo “Well, yeah...it is kind of inviting to a guy.”
“Why?” she frowned, surprised yet impressed by the honesty of his answer.
“Diana, in the animal world it’s only natural for the female to be as selective as possible, to reject males, and to get the most suitable genetic mate for her eggs. A key test is whether the male can overpower her, or perhaps even overpower a rival male she may prefer. With males, the driving biological imperative is to breed with as MANY females as possible, to spread his genetic seed as far as possible so HIS DNA survives.”
“But Daniel we are NOT animals.”
“I know, but in a WAY we are,” he said frowning and centering the screen on one of the stuffed lion’s hind paws. “Humans DO have instincts like all animals and while we can override those instincts with reason, we still HAVE them. It doesn’t seem quite fair: women’s desires are legal, but men who pursue, are labeled as sexual harassers or rapists. Now that’s reasonable, I know, in many cases, but well…that inequity just bothers me sometimes.” Daniel looked up “Hey, why did you look so shocked at that lion back at the castle? He had the permit.”
“Do you know Sheena?” Diana asked, frowning at the photo.
“Yeah, Queen of the Jungle in Africa…big conservationist.”
“Diana nodded “that’s her lion, her companion since birth.”
Daniel nodded his head, “Well that explains this. Here… look.” He enhanced the image. “Look under his paw. It’s a silver charm of a zebra. Doesn’t Sheena use one of them to transform herself into that animal?”
Diana nodded, “You’re incredible, Daniel. Yes she does.”
Daniel smiled “There is a chamber under that pedestal, I’d bet on it. However, without a search warrant…”
Diana waited for the weekend. Her repeated attempts to contact Sheena were met only with polite refusals from some low-level Zambouli functionary that claimed she was “busy on her back.” In the dark night in a quiet field not far from her apartment, Diana Prince began to spin round and round. Then, with a bright flash of light, her uniform appeared. Securing her golden lasso to her hip, she summoned her invisible jet, and flew back to the castle. When she arrived under the cover of night in her invisible craft, she safely landed and secured the plane. As before, the castle she approached was mostly unguarded. It was child’s play for her to either avoid the guards or to quickly use her lasso to convince those that did confront her to patrol elsewhere.
Once at the stuffed lion, she ran a hand despondently down the cool soft flank. She remembered when he was alive how he had helped protect and raise Sheena in the African jungles that used to be the ancestral home of the Amazons. She remembered those days of Perseus and the Greeks when the Amazons ruled almost all of Africa, before they had to move to Paradise Island to avoid the World of Men. Walking to the hind paw, she found the charm. A gentle tug, like the pull-chain of a light switch, caused the top to move noiselessly. A stairway appeared and she studied the charm before descending. It was clear the charm was attached to the necklace, with other charms hanging from it. There was a lioness, a zebra, and a bird of some kind. This was indeed Sheena’s magical necklace. She was right! Actaeon had done something to the Jungle Queen.
Keeping the necklace, she slowly made her way down the staircase. The area was sparsely lit but the first thing she noticed was the glint of a softly-lit glass display case. In the clear case, hanging from pins on a dark cork backboard was Sheena’s tan animal skin garment. Beneath it a plaque read “Sheena: Bagged in Zamboli, Africa.” Next to that distressing sight was something almost as bad. It was Tigra’s costume pinned to the board with its corresponding plaque reading, “Tigra: Bagged in New York City, USA.” Wonder Woman shook her head at the next space, where a temporary white index card pinned there with a thumbtack simply read, “Reserved for Wonder Woman’s uniform.”
Wonder Woman’s head turned at the sound of footsteps. Someone was coming. It was more than likely the area had some kind of alarm. Holding Sheena’s necklace tightly, she quickly ascended back up to the roof and set a course for Zamboli, Africa.
Hunter of the Amazon