The Silk Trap. A Novel in 43 Chapters
Chapter 34: The devil’s anointment
The devil anoints his disciples with fear.
Lara’s stone-cold eyes looked through her tears at the queen.
The Queen walked around Lara like a vulture circling its prey from the sky.
“You have a few choices, Lara,” the queen continued, “ You can try to escape…I would not recommend that. Here are some pictures of some of the girls who tried that.” The queen showed Lara pictures of women who had been brutally beaten and tortured, some in handcuffs and some lying in hospital beds.
The Queen kept looking at Lara’s shock and fear and the gruesome photos, as she continued, “These girls eventually saw the benefits of working for me and now are happy and earn a lot of money and travel around the world seeing new places and meeting new clients and making new friends.” The queen showed Lara some more pictures of the same girls smiling and posing on yachts and flashy resorts and beaches.
She pulled a chair and sat down next to Lara and put her hands on Lara’s shoulder, and continued, “But these girls had to learn the hard way. You don’t have to do that. You are a beautiful woman, and I really like you. I think you will love this place and this new business. You are intelligent and beautiful, and my business needs more girls like you. If you stay and we get along, who knows, I could offer you a partnership in my company, and you can start to make a lot of money in a surprisingly short time.” The Queen picked up the pictures of Lara’s sister from the table and put them in a paper bag, and said, “If you stay and join my team, I will make sure that your family is well looked after and no one is ever harmed.”
“Can I go home and see them?” Lara asked, trying to understand the deal she was getting into.
“Sure!” Came the excited reply, “I can arrange that after I see that you have settled in here well, and we get along. You can meet them whenever you want, and I am sure you will not tell them anything about what we do here. I would, in fact, love to expand my business into London with your help. You can hire some more girls there, and I will provide the money and the safety you need to make the business secure.”
“What do I have to do?” Lara asked, dreading the answer, but for the first time, really trying to gauge the nature of what the girls who worked for the Queen did.
The Queen stood up and walked over to the bed, and pointed up at the cameras in the ceiling.
“In essence, you have the opportunity to become a cyber porn star Lara. Some rooms here like this one are fitted with some great hidden cameras and sound equipment to create some very realistic cybersex videos. You have to have sex with actors and sometimes clients, and the resulting videos will be licensed to other online channels. We will arrange everything; you simply have to look beautiful and have a great time.”
She continued as if conducting a training workshop in a corporate office, “ We sometimes also have live sessions where we take requests from clients who are online, and you have to essentially listen to their requests and try and do what they want.” The queen started to laugh a little when she continued, “I personally find these sessions very entertaining because I can read their comments and sometimes control what we let our girls actually do. We protect you girls from some really crazy men out there!”
Lara was trembling. She was afraid and disgusted and felt like throwing up.
The queen noticed Lara’s trembling hands. “I know it's all a lot of information to take in, darling. I know. But the best way to get used to it is to try it”, she said reassuringly.
Lara was crying again…but through her tears, she whispered, “When do you want me to try it?” The queen’s eyes lit up. She looked happy that Lara was finally coming around without any further discussion or coercion.
“Tonite, she replied immediately. I have an online auction on right now to see what price I can get for your show? I have not decided how to do the show still, but we could have an actor have sex with you, and some clients can watch it and send in their requests, or I can also offer you to a high-paying client and then film you both having sex and then license that video. We will have to see what we get. But you will have to be ready by midnight. I will let you know who is coming to your room later today. But for now, I want you to rest and eat well, and I’ll send you some clothes to wear for the show as well.”
Lara said nothing. She was too numb to answer.
The queen put her hand on Lara’s head and softly stroked it, “You are going to be fine, and you’ll see it’s actually not that hard. In fact, after a few times, you will like it. And slowly, you will enjoy it because of the money and the lifestyle you will get to have.”
The queen, satisfied with her anointment of Lara, got up to leave but then stopped at the door and said, “One small thing, where is your passport?”
Lara looked up and thought for a second and replied, “It must be in my room in the hotel. All my things are there.”
The queen nodded. “No, It’s not in your room. We have all your stuff here now, but the passport is not there.” Lara suddenly remembered why that was the case; Michel had it!
Lara was never going to tell the Queen that she had come to Prague with Michel!
The queen looked at Lara with piercing eyes and asked, “Did you come to Prague alone, or was there someone with you?”
“I came alone.” Lara immediately replied. “I was treating myself for graduating from college.”
The queen looked suspiciously for a moment and then broke into a big smile. Ok, don’t worry, we will keep looking for your passport or try to get you a new one!”
“I have to go now, darling. But I am excited about your premier tonite”, said the queen as she left, locking Lara’s room again.
