While Adelaide took a moment to think about possible precautions against pregnancy Yooni had busied herself with making sure the items that went with Adelaide's bed were in order, made sure the small bedside table was empty and checked that the chamber pot was also clean before opening a large cupboard at the far end of the room from which she took out a short but soft and clean night gown. She first held it up to Adelaide to measure it and then folded it neatly, placed it on the pillow before taking out a pair of cotton pantaloons and repeated the process.
"You don't want to know," the young Halfling replied when Adelaide wanted to know what happened if Viconia were to catch any of her slaves, male or female, engaged in any kind of relationship beyond that of collegial friendship.
"But Whether you want to or not you should know so I'll tell you."
The Halfling shot Adelaide another look and suggested that since she would not be working any more that evening she might as well change into the night dress that was laid out for her. She then pulled up a chair to the bed that would be the closest thing to home Adelaide would have for any foreseeable future.
"I had a sister once, about two years older than you," the Halfling began.
"She was exceptionally beautiful and tall for a Halfling, probably because her father was a woodland Elf. This made her extremely popular among the patrons of The Crimson Rose. So much that after only a few months on the floor Madame decided to only use her for external services and she brought in a pretty penny in doing so since she was in so high demand Madame could charge a fee so high that only the wealthiest in the city could afford her services.
She was given beautiful velvet dresses and even had her own servant to give her baths and groom her. She even had her own private room, above ground. No other slave before or after her has had that since Madame took over The Crimson Rose. Una, as her name was, was not very fond of men though, another thing Madame made a fortune from by mainly letting her take female clients. Our mother was so proud of her despite the fact that no matter what title you put on it she was still a slave and a whore. I must admit that I was more than a little proud of her myself. She was like royalty among Madame's slaves and she often dined with Madame in the evenings. Whatever else might have been going on between them Una never talked about.
But I am rambling. One day a young Orc girl found herself in a position similar to yours and as Orc's go she was beautiful with unusually soft skin. She and Una took a liking to each other and while they mostly managed to keep up the appearance of it being no more than collegial friendship it was so much more. Raka, as the Orc girl's name was, often spent the night in Una's private room. I am sure I don't need to tell you the details of their relationship but one morning when Raka had been here about three months, this was about two years ago, Madame walked in on them as they were engaged in passion."
Yooni hesitated and looked like she was about to start crying before she continued with a much less steady voice.
"Madame strangled Raka right there while still in Una's arms and she was the lucky one. My sister's punishment was to be much harsher. She was publicly whipped by Madame herself, right there on the same podium where your virginity was sold. It went on for hours until there was not a single spot on my sister's body that was not a bleeding wound but that was still not the worst of it. Madame then let my sister heal before selling her to a small pack of Mountain Trolls headed deep into the wild lands between here and the Dead Lands. After that no one has heard what happened to her, at least no one that has told me or Mother about it."
Tears now flooded Yooni's face and she swallowed hard a few times before concluding that perhaps her sister's punishment had been as harsh as it was because she had not only broken the rule about relations between the slaves but because in doing so she had also betrayed Madame's confidence.
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