Chapter 2

I moved forward with my hands raised and said, "My name is Handor and I am in charge of this, the Han Brigade of the Sin Loos."

One of the two women in front hollered, "Susan, we found you!" She rushed forward to hug Sue to her tightly. I decided that this was either good or really, really bad.

The other one came up to me and said, "Who the hell are the Sin Loos?"

I decided that honesty was the only hope as Sue, now Susan, knew much of what was going on if not all the details. I said, "We are on an exploring mission. The Sin Loos is the nation to which I belong. Our city is west and some south of here on the other side of the mountain range."

"You didn't have any point guards out and weren't very careful. Either you are careless because the Sin Loos are that powerful or you weren't expecting to fight. Which was it?"

"Mostly the later. We are not looking for a fight and only started to respond when we were threatened. Because we weren't trying to start a war, we were not taking proper precautions. Are you the leader? Would you tell me your name?" She didn't respond.

Sue had left and returned dressed and looking more confident than she ever had before. She said, "I am Susan Thorpe of the Lu's. I am daughter to the Senior of the Lu's. Dorothy is my sister and Emily is my aunt and leader of this party.

"You are now our prisoners. You will find we are not as rough on men as you are on women though you are all warned to treat all Lu's with respect and be very careful of how you treat your women. There will be an accounting when we reach Luray.

"I have spoken. Emily, lead us after you collect their weapons."

I handed over my weapons and my men did the same. We were gathered together and kept on foot with our horses led behind us. Our women rode in the wagon with the scribe and one of the cooks.

Our change in fortune had been quick and dramatic. I was concerned with surviving. I hoped my men would still their attitudes toward women as the Lu's seemed to be matriarchal almost as much as we Sin Loos were patriarchal. Men were in the minority but seemed to be considered as warriors, which was more opportunity than we gave women. I had a bad feeling about what Susan might have to report about our culture compared to hers.

We followed the three women leaders into the camp with the rest of their party and our wagons and horses behind. I never did see the horses or the wagons again. We went into a city and Jamal, Lamar, and I were separated from the men who were taken into what looked to me like a jail. The women were kept with us.

We were brought before a council chamber. At the central chair was a woman who looked like an older version of Susan. Susan came up to her and they embraced. A man of about the same age came from a position behind the chair and also embraced Susan. They were both tall, well proportioned, and confident looking. I whispered to Lamar and Jamal, "Let me talk."

Another, older woman called the chamber to order. The woman who I decided was Susan's mother stood and said, "I am Senior Stephanie Thorpe of the Lu's.

"We are glad to have our daughter back. Emily, report."

Emily stepped forward and said, "We were on our standard mission plan to patrol the western approaches. We spotted this party coming through the pass and watched their progress. One of them was killed in a fall and they buried him. We captured them later with no loss of life other than three of them. We found Susan to be part of their party. They were all brought here. The lesser men are quartered as prisoners awaiting your decision, Senior Stephanie."

The Senior asked, "Who is your leader?"

I stepped forward one step and said, "I am, Senior Stephanie. My name is Handor of the Sin Loos nation. We were on an exploration trip when we were captured."

"You were not returning my daughter?"

No, Ma'am. I did not know she was not originally a Sin Loos. I suspected not but it would not be our custom to ask."

"I see. My daughter left on an exploration trip just over three years ago. I wonder if it will be that long before you see your mother again."

"My mother passed away ten years ago. My father lives and is one of the three elected leaders of our nation."

'Who are the other two men still with you?"

"They are Jamal and Lamar, my assistants in the brigade. We all trained together for this trip."

"Do women have a part in leadership of the Sin Loos?"

"No, Ma'am. It is not our custom."

"Dumb birches don't deserve a part." Lamar muttered.

There was a sudden silence. I was worried. Stephanie said, "Young man, please repeat what you said."

"He spoke without thinking, Ma'am. He also spoke without authority." I knew that Lamar was the most reactionary of my men when it came to the status of women. Haz was an attractive girl but he had thought nothing of giving her body to the men for their use.

Stephanie looked at me and said, "Be quiet. I wasn't talking to you but to the one named Lamar. Now, young man, please repeat what you said." I hoped Lamar would hear what I said and think before he spoke. He didn't.

He said, "Dumb bitches don't deserve a part. Women were created to be the servants of men in all ways. They have no rights and should have none. If your men were really men, you wouldn't talk big." Stephanie paled a little at his statement and her man started to come forward. Stephanie touched his arm stroking it. He subsided.

"Young man, you are mistaken and your way of life is foolish. However, with that attitude and now being a prisoner of this tribe, I believe it will also be short."

Emily stepped forward and said, "I volunteer to discipline him, Senior." Stephanie nodded. Emily bowed her head. She removed her weapons and came toward Lamar saying, "This will hurt you and, the more you fight, the more it will hurt."

Lamar growled and charged her. It was quick and he was flipped over her head and landed solidly on the floor. He got up and came at her again. She tripped him this time and did something else that I didn't catch but, when he got up, his left arm dangled broken. He came at her again. I saw her kick him in the crotch. He went down again trying to grab his crotch and screaming in pain. I saw Emily look over at Stephanie questioningly. Stephanie nodded and Emily slammed down on Lamar's throat. He jerked and now grabbed his throat. His face began to turn color, first red, and then blue shading toward black, as he couldn't breathe. He wiggled and arched his back until he gave one final, weak jerk. He was dead on the floor, his eyes staring sightlessly.

Stephanie said, "It's not a good idea to be disrespectful toward women. I suggest you and Jamal take this lesson to heart. We will now hear my daughter's story."

Susan came forward. She said, "In accordance with your instructions, I left with a party of ten men and women to explore the area north and west of the mountains. We crossed over a pass and went into a beautiful country. While there, we were captured by a group of men. Two of us were killed in a rather short battle, as we were terribly outnumbered.

"My captors were a Landgon trading party headed south. They intended to sell us to the Sin Loos as slaves. I had cautioned everyone that my status should not be revealed unless I did it myself. We pretended that our leader was the woman who was killed. We all went south. That evening, the rapes began. All the women in our party were used two or three times that night. The anal sex was painful since there was no preparation given any of us. Even the male captives were used anally and quite hard. Some of the Landgon men seemed to really enjoy fucking a man's ass.

"Two days later, the Dumdee attacked. They were horrible, much worse than the Landgon's. They killed every man including the three surviving Lu's. Once all the men were killed, they began, for lack of better phrase, to sort through the females. We younger ones were set aside. The older ones were used by them, singly and in multiple. The relative worth of each woman was discussed. They were then sent to join with us or killed. I saw my first impalement and my first crucifixion that day. They were terrible. The women who were killed that way had resisted the rapes to determine if they would be allowed to live. Margaret from our group was impaled. Her screams still sound in my nightmares. She was mounted on a spear haft and allowed and helped to slide down it until it pierced a vital organ causing her death. The other woman was a Landgon. She was nailed to the cross with her feet dangling. They measured her and nailed a large metal hook to the cross and pushed her ass up and onto it. If she loosened her arms, she was further impaled on the hook and when she tried to lift up to breathe, the barb in the hook tore her insides. I never knew her name but her pain is real to me to this day.

"The next morning, we started out for an unknown destination. We had gone only a short distance when we were hustled off to one side, tied, and left with a couple of men to guard us. After an hour or so, I could hear the sounds of a battle that then died down. Our guards started to look worried and then died with arrows hitting their backs. I found out later that the Dumdee had fought with the Sin Loos. An ambush had been attempted. A strange man called Jonathon Moore warned the Sin Loos. The Dumdee men were all killed. The women were separated out and I was selected by a young man and made to ride with him. You saw the saddles on the horses of the Sin Loos. A woman is mounted on the horn with it going into her pussy or ass and the male rider takes the empty hole. It's a painful, humiliating way for a woman to ride though you can get used to it. The young rider took my ass while my pussy was impaled upon the horn. It was not meant to be cruel but is simply their custom.

"We arrived at Sin Loos and the young man took me to his home where he lived with his father. Women, I found out quickly, have almost no status. Even the mates are given little respect by the men even their sons. The young man presented me to his father. I was stripped and the father bent me over and took my cunt. When he came, one of the women knelt before him and sucked his cock clean and then put her face to my cunt and sucked hard getting most of his cum in her mouth. She swallowed noisily and with much gusto. To this day, I don't know if it was real or feigned. My life continued for a few months in a similar pattern. The father and son used me regularly. When they had guests, I was offered to them. Since I was new, most took the offer and me.