Chapter 7: Spreading The News

Wednesday July 21, 2010

Outside of a quick meeting and reveal in the locker room when Li was going off shift Monday, Resha and Li did not see each other on the Monday and Tuesday.

On Wednesday I invited all the Tribe members who were in town, my soldiers and other interested parties like Uncle Martin and his wives to the mansion for an informal dinner. There I talked about the Chief’s health, and since they were all interested, my personal love life - children on the way, weddings, and my new concubine. It was important enough that I pulled people out of the Safe House and the Batcave.

Before the meeting I asked Samantha and Qwit if they wanted an announcement made. The Tribe had rejected Qwit as a husband so he was free to be with Sam. I gave them my blessing. They were living together. However, they were not ready for that yet.

Since Li was going to overnight at my place, she asked about seeing Resha. I was not sure who Resha wanted to see more, me or Li, but I arranged for Nia to pick Resha up from work on her way over. They had met previously, and the timing worked better for everybody, Li avoided some rush hour traffic.

When I made my talk I first mentioned that the Chief was in better shape and would returned to the tribe full time next Saturday, assuming Marta told him he could go. Out of an abundance of caution for his friend the Patron had supplied a portable oxygen concentrator, this required an upgrade to the power grid for the Tribe. A backup system with batteries was part of the rig.

Marta had been with her father, “holding him down” almost every night since he was brought down from the mountain. (Zar laughed out loud at that. Everybody caught the drift.) Marta claimed it was to make sure he did not sneak off to the ski lift before he was ready. She loved her father and made sure some things were working well, on behalf of her cousins in the tribe she checked him repeatedly. That drew a laugh, many people knew just how Marta loved her father, she had no shame about such things and many had eyewitness knowledge of how close they were. Nobody minded that the widow daughter who sacrificed so much found comfort in her widower father’s arms. All knew that Marta could be very persuasive and determined where her father was concerned.

Next I explained about the Five, what their plans were for the mountain as a base using the Colony for slave labor. “We could eliminate them today, but we don’t want to look like a drug cartel,” I said, getting a laugh. Instead we were working to eliminate the problem without drawing police or military attention. “It is called staying below the radar.” Also, we intended to take every cent they had.

We were doing recon, had discovered where the Five lived, where the medical supply business was located, and where their offices were in the hospital. We sent some scouts into the area so now we knew about two brothels they operated, plus their port warehouse on the coast where girls were sometimes kept. “These animals traffic in humans, so they will feel the cattle prods - that is only fair. They will not live long.” If they surrendered, fine. If not we would use recoilless rifles to bring down the house with them inside. It was a plan with very low risk.

I mentioned the Five’s claim of how they were going to go “Pizarro” on the natives, not realizing that that the Colony was descended from Francisco Pizarro’s own troops. The Five would be properly instructed when the time came, then questioned. Perhaps some of the vintage persuasion devices from a well known Inquisition might be exercised on their asses. “You might be interested to know that I have a few ‘pears of agony’ available for those who do not learn their lessons properly.” The devices were simple, disgusting, and provided pure agony over an extended period.

The Tribal council had agreed that the Five were an external matter that I would oversee. The Patron agreed also put it in my hands. As for Grisha and the three older council members, they had already been found guilty. They would eventually see the Five die after we had asked our questions. Then the greedy old women would join the Five on the “buzzard’s buffet” after a short step and a very long drop. Some traditions should not be changed. They might be granted the “tumbler” rocks, where the trip down the mountain involved some contact with rocks that reached out causing the people to tumble as they fell. The theory was that the fall was worse that way, although nobody ever really answered the question from direct knowledge. The thanksgiving feast might come early for the great condors.

Nia was the closest relative at the gathering to the guilty women, so she was given a chance to speak. She started by saying that she and her late husband were shown no favoritism, or even basic decency, by her close relatives on the Council. The three older members had become increasingly fearful, with self-interested attitudes, about my coming to power and their getting older. (The latter was easily fixed.) These people were the reason she left the tribe and came to serve Marta, even if she and her husband knew that as a lifestyle, it was a one-way trip. The three oldest council members had held power for too long, they were only serving themselves and would not let go.

Next I explained how the Chief and the tribe had agreed on Zar’s nieces Mer and Pur as my tribal wives. That drew cheers, the people knew that my marriage and possible children (two wives meant double the chance) assured the continuation of the Tribe tribe as an entity. All the tribe members knew the girls and said they were good choices for me, it would surely improve my life to be married to tribe members. Everybody knew I had little choice in these matters but it was a great opportunity for them to offer opinions for my benefit. I did mention that the girls were underage so they would not show up in my bed soon, but their education was a different matter. Also, I mentioned that when a mistake was made, I spent the night in the Chief’s bed ... with Kwool. This was yet another bond holding me to the tribe, another promise of a future for their children.

In terms of my wife from the colony I stressed that no decision had been made. However, in related news I did feel that I should call attention to how Li and I had “put a name on our relationship ... along with a diamond.”

Li was wearing the entire rig tonight. She was perfectly willing to show her labial piercings to everybody but I said that some things were better viewed in private. I also mentioned that Li had a room in the house and a spot in the garage for the car I gave her. Some people were surprised by how close we had become. “My family had cause to leave Miami and Dallas. Marta is established in Detroit. You can see how I will stand in Peru and LA, with both serving as my homes, and making stable communities for my people.” To those who had gotten used to LA, this was a welcome assurance of the future for their children.

By nature, all these assurance about my future were reflections of their future, and strengthened their bond of loyalty to me.

Next I called Cynthia up to the front and asked her to explain the circumstances for the three bundles of joy on the way. She was properly embarrassed as she confessed her own plan, but said I was the best Prince in the world and she really could not help herself when the chance came. “It is not just men that tell lies to consummate a relationship they want,” she said, blushing red as she did. “Now I and my parents have taken the Oath to the Patron and are proud to be members of the Colony.”

Some of those gathered thought she had a great idea, considering my lifestyle. After she confessed her own deception she also mentioned that Gracie and Belen were purely “unintentional” in terms of my part, but reflected a lack of attention to detail by the women involved. It looked like Gracie would be first of the three to deliver, but anything could happen.

The pregnancies were the big item of the night, Abril and Li were both especially surprised at the news, but I said, “imagine how I felt.” I explained the Patron’s big reveal. Cynthia also talked about the delight it gave the Patron to keep me in the dark until the right moment.

I said the indians in the room were welcome to take part in the upcoming elections and the policy discussions for the tribe. I made arrangements to upgrade communication options from the mansion.

Lastly I handed out DVDs of my presentations to the Tribe and the Colony, with the suggestions that they watch them during the next week. In a sense the Five previewed for us changes I knew was coming. My talks covered the whys, and my plan for the future. “The Five would not be the last outsiders to wish to profit off of our land. We must stay ahead of them.

I spent a few minutes on marriage and the customs of “my three homes.” Clearly some changes in tradition had to be considered. That pretty much ended the announcements for the evening.

Many wanted to see Li’s diamond in situ, and her room was not really good for a crowd, so she asked to use the playroom. She was unashamed about getting naked and spreading her legs on the X-cross with the spotlights focused so everybody could get a good look at the brilliant diamond with all the associated shiny bits, she showed off the full rig plus her tight little snatch. While showing herself to everybody she stressed that she had selected the yellow diamond, the placement, the metals and her title of “concubine” as a one-word summation of our association. She insisted, “it reflects my heritage as a Chinese whore, conceived at mid-ocean during a gang-bang, with no knowledge of my blood father. I was born a slave, for sexual use. This is the greatest promotion any whore could aspire to. My mother approves of this bonding.”

Sam, who had helped in all this, backed her up, saying that I was thinking in terms of something more conventional in every way, but Li made the final choice to lifetime submission of her body and soul to my pleasure.

After her “show and tell” Li took Resha, Cynthia and Abril to her room so they could have a more private talk with me. I made it clear that, as they knew, I would have multiple wives and no choice about them, “just like a fairy-tale prince or princess.” (Actually some fairy-tale princes get arranged marriages, others get to do quests like rescue a princess from a dragon. That does not always end well.) I was raised with a very unconventional expectation. So in that sense, Li was not not really a radical change, and I might have more unconventional arrangements in the future.

As a general plan, Li would overnight with me during 1 to 3 times during the week while Abril and Cynthia were penciled in for the weekends. Resha’s work schedule also favored her joining me on weekends, but that could change at any time. She was low whore on the partner pole at work but was in high demand so her shifts sometimes changed.

Resha was good with that, although she wanted a private conversation with me tonight.

Cynthia and Abril both had secrets to keep about their futures, but Resha wondered how this all came about. First I stressed that I was not going to work at the law firm forever, unlike the folks I worked with at the office I had hats saying “Patron,” “Chief, and “Jefe of 49” waiting for me. But until the day I left the firm, I needed knowledge. That really was the start.

Li explained how, from her first day, I was different from the other lawyers, and despite the silly conduct rules - “silly rules, made to be broken,” she said - we became friends and then lovers. We had been that way for over two years, I was the only cock she enjoyed since she was accepted as a service girl. She also became my spy without my prompting. She knew that it would help me and was glad to do it, without any expectation. But gradually we formed an stronger emotional bond.

“She is in my dreams,” I said. Now she had a place in my life which would extend beyond my time with the law firm, so she was closer to a wife than a co-worker.

Resha blurted out, “what about the blessing of children? How can Li find a husband?”

Li answered that simply. “I have no need to look for lesser men. First, he is better than any husband you or I have ever seen. Plus, you see how he gives his home to Nia, who does not carry his child, she has the best food the best medical care and his trust at a responsible job. He even satisfies her night needs, that is the custom in their society! That will not change as long as she is loyal to him, it is a message you should heed. If and when the time comes for me to make that choice I will enjoy the same promises.” Li did not have to ask about what Resha’s man gave her to provide for her child.

“But what of his other women? Aren’t you jealous sometimes?” Resha asked. She knew this was the old Resha talking, the one from high school, living in that foolish make-believe society before she had her child. But she had slipped into that mode so she asked without thinking it through.