Moving Day

Alexia gets her orgasm, and then she and Robert settle into bed. Jane is already asleep on her side of the bed, and so Alexia settles into the middle. She lets Robert cuddle her for a bit, but eventually slides away a bit so she can move, as she is a fitful sleeper.

Robert wakes up during the night and hears a strange noise. He sits up for a moment and listens, but is fairly sure it isn’t coming from either Alexia or Jane, so he decides to get up and investigate. Once he quietly closes the door behind him, he realizes it had to be Lucia. The light in her room is on, and he thinks she might be crying. As he comes to the door, he becomes more certain that she is. He softly knocks on the door and says. “Lucia, are you ok?”

The crying stops for a moment, and he hears her approach the door. “I’m fine.” Lucia responds, which Robert doesn’t believe for a minute.

“You don’t sound fine. Can I come in?” Robert responds.

Lucia opens the door, and Robert can see the tear tracks down her cheeks. She starts to speak, and the floodgates burst, and she starts sobbing harder. Robert reaches out and hugs her tightly, kissing the top of her head and asking “What’s wrong?” softly.

She just shakes her head, and Robert, not wanting to wake up Jane or Alexia, shuffles them inside a bit so he can close the bedroom door. Lucia notices the click of the door shutting, and pulls back a bit. “I just don’t want to wake them up. I promise you are safe.” Robert reassures her.

Lucia seems to come to a decision, and goes back into his embrace, still crying, but no longer sobbing uncontrollably. Robert continues to hold her, slowly rubbing her back while he allows her to calm down. Finally, Lucia pulls away again, and says “I’m sorry for waking you up. I’ll be ok if you need to go back to sleep.”

“I’m not going back to sleep until I’m sure you actually are ok. Do you mind telling me what happened?” he says.

“I’m just lonely. I would sneak in Alexia’s bed sometimes at home when I had a bad night, but I didn’t want to knock on the door and wake all three of you.” Lucia replies, still sniffling a bit.

“Do you want me to go get her?” Robert asks. “I think I can do it without waking up Jane.”

“I don’t want to wake her, she needs her sleep too.” Lucia says. “It would be selfish to wake everyone up just for me.”

“Is there anything I can do to help?” Robert asks. “I don’t like leaving you like this, if I go back to bed I probably won’t sleep anyhow.”

“Can you cuddle me until I fall asleep?” Lucia asks hesitantly. “Nothing sexual, just hold me?”

“Of course. I’ll tell you what, let’s get into the bed, and then you can position us how you want.” Robert responds.

As they slide into the bed, Lucia asks Robert to get on his side, and then scoots back against him, and moves his arm over her stomach. Robert shifts a bit to get comfortable, remembering to tell Jane that they needed a better mattress for this bed. He ends up with his head at the top of hers, her ass pushed into his crotch. “Don’t get an erection, don’t get an erection.” he chants inside of his head.

He doesn’t, and gradually they both fall asleep.

Lucia’s alarm wakes them both up a few hours later. As she wakes up, she noticed something hard poking into her ass. Robert realizes it too, and shifts away. “I’m so sorry, it happens sometimes when I sleep.”

“It’s ok.” She says as she clambers over him to stop the alarm coming from the old-fashioned alarm clock. “I might not know much about men, but I did learn about that at least.” She stops for a moment and says “Thank you for last night. And thank you for not taking advantage.”

“I’m always here for you.” Robert replies. “You’ll get your phone back once the testing is done, and then if you have a bad night, you can call my phone, and I’ll come. The last thing we ever want is for you to feel lonely.”

“Thank you.” Lucia says. “Are you sure you wouldn’t be bothered by me waking you up?”

“If the alternative is you crying in here by yourself, then please wake me up.” Robert says. “I’d feel awful if I found out you cried all night when we could have helped you.”

“Thank you, sir. I should probably go get breakfast ready.” Lucia says.

“Hang on a minute.” Robert says, getting out of bed, and realizing for the first time that he is only wearing his boxers. “I wanted you to know that I really enjoyed last night. Would you mind if I gave you a hug?”

Lucia laughs a bit and closes the distance between them. “Considering you just spent hours pressed up against me, I doubt a hug will hurt anything.”

Robert snuck back into the bedroom after Lucia went downstairs, getting his things, and heading for the shower. As he waits for it to warm up, Alexia opens the door and comes in. “Sorry Master, I didn’t feel you get out of bed. Mistress wouldn’t have been happy with me if I missed my first duty of the day.”

“You didn’t miss me. I woke up in the middle of the night and found Lucia crying.” Robert says, and then explains the situation to Alexia.

“Is she ok now? I feel so bad, she was fine the first night, so I didn’t think this would happen.” Alexia says, clearly torn between bathing Robert, and checking on Lucia.

“She’s fine now. It may have been for the best. I think we bonded a bit last night.” Robert says to Alexia’s relief.

Alexia washes Robert fairly quickly, and then Robert decides to wash her a bit. “You don’t have to do that, Master.” She says.

“Does it bother you?” Robert asks.

“No, not if you want to.” Alexia responds.

“I do want to.” Robert says. “Some mornings I may be in a rush, but when I’m not, I’d like to show my appreciation for you.”

“Thank you.” Alexia says, smiling a bit, but clearly still anxious to check on Lucia.

“Ok, we can get out. I know you are anxious to see Lucia.” Robert says. “I held you up washing you, I’ll dry myself today.” With that he grabs his towel, and starts drying Alexia’s lower half as she works on her hair.

“You don’t have to do that, Master.” She says.

“I want to.” He responds, and kisses her thigh. “Go check on our girl.”

Robert made it downstairs a few minutes later, to find Alexia and Lucia deep in conversation. They both look happy, though the conversation breaks up when they see him enter the room. “Don’t mind me, I’m just going through to say good morning to Jane.” he says with a smile, and he keeps moving towards her office.

“Good morning.” Jane says. “What happened last night? I woke up and you weren’t in bed, so I peeked into Lucia’s room, and saw you were in there with her.”

“I’m sorry, I probably should have talked to you first. I woke up hearing a weird noise, and it ended up being Lucia crying. She was having a bit of a meltdown from being lonely, so I stayed with her.” Robert says, now feeling a bit guilty.

“It’s fine, you know you have blanket permission with Lucia and Alexis. I just got worried because I didn’t expect to find you there. Now I know if you are gone, you are probably there.” Jane explains.

Robert goes on to explain the full situation, and that he thinks they made a bit of a breakthrough.

“Good. The sooner she consents, the sooner any awkwardness leaves the situation for all of us.” Jane says.

“You’ve got sex on the brain. I’m just happy she is beginning to feel safe around me. Anything else is just a bonus.” Robert chides her.

***

The next few days go well. Lucia settles in, even checking in on Robert a few times during the day, bringing him a new drink, or just sitting to talk about their book for a bit. Alexia enjoys her evenings with Robert and Jane, but is sent to sleep with Lucia to prevent any more issues.

Saturday morning comes quickly as everyone has settled into a routine. Jane and Robert tell Lucia to set her alarm for a little later, and that they would go out to breakfast before heading to their apartment.

The girls are excited about getting the rest of their things, but a bit nervous about going out in public. Robert is interested to see how this goes as well, given the state of the world. Jane decides to pick out what they will wear, dressing them very conservatively, to draw minimal attention.

As they drive to their breakfast place, Jane instructs the girls. “When we get out of the car, stick close to us. If either of you needs to go to the bathroom, let me know and I will go with you. If anyone says anything to you, or otherwise makes you feel uncomfortable, tell us.”

Thankfully the restaurant was very quiet. Their usual waitress wasn’t there, which confused Robert for a minute, but then he realized that she wasn’t white, and probably was either laying low or had already been detained. The teen-aged hostess seated them quickly, giving Lucia and Alexia a weird look.

“She probably hasn’t seen a minority in days.” Jane says.

“Probably not. I just had an interesting thought. I wonder how many racists are about to find out they aren’t as white as they thought they were?” Robert responds.

Alexia giggles a bit. “I can just see it. Some Bubba getting rounded up and stuck with a bunch of Mexicans and Blacks that he hates, while the government tells him he is no longer a real American. I kind of wish I could see it.”

The waitress approaches to get their order. At first she seems ready to say something about Alexia and Lucia when they order, but Jane gives her a look, and she keeps quiet. “She is not happy we are here.” Lucia says.

“She can get over it.” Jane says. “If she kicks up a fuss, I’ll put this place on blast. There are no rules that concubines can’t go out in public with their Master, and I suspect it’s going to be a common sight moving forward for anyone who doesn’t treat their girls like shit.”

The rest of the meal goes by uneventfully, though Jane had the girls check their food before they dug in to make sure it wasn’t sabotaged. Thankfully it wasn’t. “Maybe next time you should order for all of us.” Robert suggests. “Then they won’t know whose food is whose.”

“Not a bad idea. Who knows, in two weeks these jobs might all be filled by detained staff anyhow, and it might no longer be an issue.” Jane says.

“Mistress, I’m happy to make breakfast. I can do better than this anyhow.” Lucia says.

“Ok, add what you need to the shopping list, and tomorrow you can make us the same things we all had today. If you really can, and don’t mind, I wouldn’t mind saving a bit of cash.” Jane responds.

The group makes their way to the car without any future incidents, and Robert begins driving to the apartment. “I’m hoping this is the final trip here.” Jane says. “If for some reason there are things that don’t fit in the back, try to put them all in one place, so Robert and I can grab them next time we are out and about.”

“There won’t be much Mistress, unless you want any of the furniture for the spare room, or any of the kitchen stuff.” Alexia says.

“We don’t want the kitchen stuff.” Lucia says. “Their stuff is all better than what we had.”

“Robert and I will take a look around, but I think we should just focus on personal items you need, and getting any food and trash out of the place, that way we can turn it over to the landlord. We’ve already talked to him, and he doesn’t mind us leaving furniture.” Jane says.

As the group walks up the stairs to the apartment when they arrive, Alexia comments “It’s really quiet. Usually you’d see or hear at least a few kids. And on a Saturday morning, this place should be busy.”

“People are probably either hiding, or maybe they’ve left hoping they can get out of the country.” Jane says. “I saw reports that Border Patrol is stopping a lot of people who are trying to sneak out.”

“I’m glad we didn’t try, not that I could have.” Alexia says. “Those people must be terrified.”

Once they reached the apartment, they paired up, Robert going with Lucia to help, and Jane going with Alexia. They really didn’t have much, just a few clothes, keepsakes, and Lucia’s books, which ended up being a dozen worn out paperbacks. Once they were done, they had the girls gather up the trash while Robert and Jane discussed the furniture.

“None of this is worth taking.” Jane says. “Half of it’s broken.”

“Yeah, it is.” Robert says. “I’d like to at least ask if any of it is important to them though.”

“Fine, go ahead. But the couches and bed are NOT coming.” Jane says.

Alexia and Lucia ended up agreeing with Jane. “This is all just junk that people gave us, or that we found at thrift stores. I’ll be glad to leave it behind.”

Robert starts carrying the trash bags down to the complex dumper while the others carried the bags of belongings to the car. As he is throwing the bags into the dumpster, he begins hearing raised voices. He walks quickly back towards the car, speeding up more as he realizes the voices are coming from the direction of the car.

“I want those bitches.” A fat man was yelling at Jane. “I’m a real American, bitch, you see this?” He showed off a green card. “This means I can take one of these two with me right now, and there is nothing you can do about it.” He goes to grab at Lucia, and Jane shoves him.

“Robert!” She screams, and Robert comes around the corner and runs into the man, knocking them both down.

“Get your fucking hands off my wife.” Robert says, standing back up. “And stay away from my girls.”

“I’m claiming that one.” The man says.

“You aren’t claiming anyone today.” Robert says. “These two belong to me, and that one is my wife.” He turns to Jane and asks “Are you three ok?”

“He just scared us, you got here right as he put his hands on me.” She said. “I should have brought my taser, I’d love to see this fat fuck flop on the pavement. You did ok though.” She smiles just a bit.

“Call the cops.” Robert says. “And you stay down.”

“I’m leaving.” The man says, and tries to roll and get up. Robert kicks him in the side, stopping him.

“You are staying, and if the cops aren’t too busy, you can spend the night in jail.” Robert says.

Jane was on the phone with 911, explaining the situation, while Lucia and Alexia were both behind her, Lucia all the way back against the car.

“Girls.” Robert says as he unlocks the door. “Get in the car, and don’t get out unless Jane or I ask you to.”

“Are you sure, Master?” Alexia asks. “I can stay out with you in case he tries something.”

“Get Lucia in now. When Jane hangs up, you two can join her, and lock the doors.” Robert says.

Jane overhears this, and motions that she is getting in. Once she does, Alexia follows, and Jane locks the doors.

A few minutes later a cruiser pulls in, and an officer steps out. “What’s the problem here?” he asks.

Robert opens his mouth to speak, but the man on the ground screams “This guy attacked me over a damn Mexican.”

“Please take a step back, sir.” The officer says.

“That man put hands on my wife.” Robert says, taking a step back towards the car, pointing at Jane through the window. “He attempted to steal one of my concubines, and when she told him no, he tried to attack her.”

“I need to speak with her.” The officer says. “Please have her step out of the car.”

Once Jane gets out of the car, she and the officer step away a few feet, and she relates the story. At the end she says “You can ask Alexia and Lucia, they will tell you the same thing.”

“No point, concubines are outside of the legal system, they can’t testify in court.” The officer says.

“So, if he hurt them, there would be no recourse?” Jane asks incredulously.

“No, that would be damaging property. We would treat it the same way as we would if he got mad and dented your car on purpose.” The officer responds. “That means we have a second problem here.” He continues, turning towards the man. “If they can prove ownership of those two girls, you could be charged with attempted robbery.”

“What the fuck? I didn’t rob anyone, I just wanted to claim the girl, she’s a hot little piece.” The man says.

Robert starts to interject at this, but the officer continues “Did you put your hands on this woman?”

“I was trying to get the girl, not her.” The man says again.

“And in doing so, you touched her?” The officer prompts him.

“That wasn’t my fault, she wouldn’t get out of the way.” He complains again.

“Sir, you are under arrest for attempted robbery and ****.” The officer says, taking out his cuffs.

As he gets done cuffing the man, who complains the entire time about his ‘rights’ and ‘Mexicans’, the officer turns towards Robert and Jane. “I need you to stay here for a few more minutes, I need to verify ownership and get your contact information for my report.”

Jane and Robert got out their cards, and Jane also opened the door to get Alexia and Lucia’s. The officer came back, scanned all four cards, and looked into the car to verify the IDs matched the two young women. “You should be good to go. You will probably get a summons to appear at court in the next few weeks, although it may take longer, everything has been turned on its head lately. I would also suggest not having these girls outside right now.”

“I understand, officer. We just needed to get the rest of their things from their apartment, and then get them a few things from the store.” Robert replies.

“If you are going to have them out and about, you might put a collar on them.” The officer says. “That way people know they are claimed.”

“Collars? They didn’t mention that when we claimed them.” Robert says. “Is that something that’s mandatory?”

“Not yet, but we are hearing it will be starting next week. I’ll give you a card for a place in town that can make you a nice one, with your information put on it in case they get lost.” The officer said, and pulls out a card from his cruiser.

“Thank you, officer.” Robert says, and waits for a moment as he gets back into the cruiser. “Are you ok, honey?” He asks Jane.

“I might have a small bruise on my arm, but I’ll survive.” She replies.

Robert turns to the open car door. “Are you two ok?”

“I’m fine” Alexia says. “Just a bit of an adrenaline boost.”

Lucia didn’t reply though, and looked a bit more shaken up. Robert went around to the far side of the car where she was at, opened the door, and slid in next to her. “Lucia, you are safe now. No one is going to hurt you.” Robert moves to put his hand on hers, and she jumps a bit, like she is just waking up.

“You both saved me.” She says, like she can’t believe it. “I thought he was going to take me away, that I’d never see any of you again.”

“We would never let that happen.” Robert replies softly, stroking the back of her hand with his. “You are important to us, and we will always protect you.”

“I consent.” Lucia whispers.

“This isn’t the time to make big decisions Lucia. We can talk about it when we get home if you want though.” Robert says quietly, reaching his arm over her shoulders to hug her. “I’m just glad you are safe.”

Jane has gotten into the driver’s seat at this point, and says “Everyone buckle up, I’m going to get us home. Robert, why don’t you stay back there with them?”

“Ok, honey. Lucia, scoot over just a bit so we can buckle up.” Robert says, and everyone gets settled as Jane pulls out.

“Thank you, Mistress.” Lucia says, seeming to regain her full composure. “And I’m sorry you got hurt protecting me.”

“You are very welcome, and I am fine Lucia.” Jane says. “Maybe you and I can talk when we get home. I feel like you and I haven’t gotten quite as much time together as everyone else.”

“Yes, Mistress, I would like that.” Lucia says, and appears to genuinely mean it. “And thank you, Master. I know I wasn’t very nice to you when I came here. I was very wrong about you.”

“It’s fine, Lucia.” Robert says, moving to hold her hand. “Let’s leave the past in the past.”

***

When the group gets home, Jane asks Robert to come to her office for a few minutes. “We need to get the collars, and get them soon. I need to talk to Lucia, so I need you to go deal with that. If you don’t mind taking Alexia, that way it’ll give Lucia and me some alone time.”

“Of course I will. I’m not comfortable with taking Lucia’s consent right after an event like that though. I think we should have her sleep on it.” Robert says.

“I’ll talk to her, and decide. It may be a snap reaction, or it could be something she has been thinking about. She might need to feel claimed to feel safe. After all, until she FEELS claimed, she might feel ****.” Jane explains.

“I guess? I’m not sure I get it, and I definitely am not sure I’m comfortable.” Robert says. “I trust your judgment though. I’ll go grab Alexia and get the collars. Is there something else you want me to get?”

“Not yet, but hang on, I need to measure Lucia’s neck first.” Jane says, and walks out to the kitchen, where Lucia and Alexia are waiting at the breakfast table, talking quietly. “Alexia, would you mind going out again with Robert? The officer mentioned collars, and I’d like to get those done for you ASAP so we don’t have this issue again. Only to wear when we leave the house, of course.”

“Yes, Mistress.” Alexia says. “Lucia, are you ok now?”

“Yes. Go ahead with Master.” Lucia says. “I need to talk to Mistress.”

“Let me just measure both of you real fast first.” Jane says, pulling out a flexible tape measure, and measuring first Lucia’s neck, and then Alexia’s. “I’ll text you the measurements, Robert. Also, Alexia, here is your phone back. I want you to have it while you are out with Robert. I’ve saved my number in there, please call me if there are any issues, and call 911 if needed. The code is 0000.”

“Thank you, Mistress. I appreciate you trusting me.” Alexia says.

“Of course, now get going, the sooner you get there, the sooner you get back, and I suspect that place is going to get busy over the next week.” Jane says.

After waiting a minute or so for the pair to leave, Jane sits across from Lucia. “So tell me about your decision to consent to serve Robert. Was it a snap decision, or something you have been considering?”

“A bit of both, Mistress. I feel like I’ve bonded with Master over the past few days, and I did plan to consent prior to any other concubines coming in. I was hoping to wait until we had a solution to the pregnancy issue, though. The incident today let me know that I don’t have that kind of time.” Lucia explains. “If that man had managed to take me, and **** me, would I have been returned to you and Robert? What if I ended up getting pregnant? What if he killed me? The idea of risking a child being detained is bad, but the idea of getting pregnant by someone as repugnant as that is far worse.”

“Wait, are you saying you want Robert to get you pregnant?” Jane asks.

“Not necessarily, Mistress. I would rather wait a few years, but if the government is not allowing us to be on birth control, then yes, I would.” Lucia says. “I know it may sound irrational, but if I’m going to belong to Robert, I want to feel like I truly belong to Robert.”

“It is a bit irrational, but I understand.” Jane says. “Realistically, we won’t know for at least a week about that, and maybe longer. The decision is yours obviously, but I would suggest easing you into things with Robert, at least until the testing period is over. If at that point we know that birth control won’t be allowed, you and he can take the next step, if that is what you want, and you can convince him.”

“Thank you, Mistress. I think that is a good plan.” Lucia responds. “Alexia said you might like to be present when Master and I…”

“I would like to help teach you what he likes.” Jane says. “Also, he’s never been with a virgin, so I would kind of like to watch. But neither thing is required, unless you are struggling to please him.”

“If you don’t mind, I would like my first few times with Master to be just us. I’m going to be nervous, and I’m worried that with an audience, I’ll be even more nervous.” Lucia says. “Once I’m a bit more comfortable, maybe I can let you know?”

“That’s fine. If you need pointers, or have questions, you can come to me. Or Alexia, of course, if that is more comfortable. And Robert is a fine teacher.” Jane rambles a bit.

“Thank you, Mistress. Do you mind if I shower and then try to nap?” Lucia asks. “Today has been rather eventful.”

“Go ahead, use the shower in the master bedroom. Before you go, if you don’t mind giving me your sizes. I would like to get you some new clothes, and while I had hoped to take you and Alexia with me, I think it may be better if you and Alexia only leave the house if absolutely necessary.” Jane says.

Meanwhile, Robert and Alexia have reached the collar shop, which it turns out is a guy who makes various leather goods, but primarily dog collars. “Not quite what I was expecting.” Robert says.

“Me either.” Alexia responds. “At least the shop looks fairly empty though.”

“That’s true.” Robert says. “I’ll come around and get you, after the last incident I don’t really want us more than few steps apart.”

Robert gets out of the car, coming around and opening Alexia’s door. After she steps out, he takes her hand, and they go into the shop. A bell rings as they enter, but there is no one at the counter at first. An older man eventually comes out and says “Let me guess, you want a collar?”

“Yes. We had an incident earlier today, and the responding officer gave me your card.” Robert says. “I actually need two, I didn’t bring her cousin, but my wife measured both of their necks.”

“It would have been better if they were both here, but I should be able to do it with the measurement. I’m glad you measured both, I’ll re-measure this one, and that’ll give me some idea of how far off the other measurement is. I probably measure differently than your wife did” The shop owner says. “Any idea of what type you want?”

“We didn’t discuss that, but I want it to be comfortable. The collar is purely to let other people know they are taken.” Robert says.

“Locking or just buckled?” The man says.

“I don’t see why we would need a lock.” Robert responds unsurely.

“Master, may I?” Alexia says quietly.

“Of course, Alexia.” Robert says.

“I think you should do the locks, that way it is harder for a stranger to remove the collar quickly.” Alexia says. “If someone grabbed one of us, it would at least make it impossible for them to remove the collar instantly.”

“If that is a concern, then I would agree with her.” The man says. “Did you want leather or a different material? And how soon do you need it?”

“I’m not really sure on the material, maybe Alexia can feel the options? As for when, as soon as possible.” Robert says.

“If you take a look over there…” The man points to the far wall of the shop “You’ll see all of the standard materials. We do have some nicer options I’ve ordered now that I’m doing human collars, but they aren’t in yet. As for the time, it really depends on the material you choose.”

“Alexia, why don’t you go check out the materials, and bring over your top choice or two?” Robert suggests. “If anyone comes in the shop, come right back here.”

“Yes Master. Thank you.” Alexia responds, heading towards the wall.

“How much is this going to run me?” Robert asks the man.

“Could be anywhere from 50 to 100 with the standard materials. The premium stuff I’ve got coming in varies a lot more, could be 500 or more for the really nice stuff. Are you planning to keep the collars on all the time, or just when you take them out?” The man asks.

“Just when they are out of the house.” Robert replies. “I don’t want the collars to bother them though.”

“We have some soft leather coming in, that might be a good choice if she doesn’t like the standard stuff. The stuff over there is what I used for dog collars mostly, it might not be ideal for a couple of girls.” The man says. “The good leather would probably run you around $150 per collar.”

“Master, I guess this is the best one?” Alexia says, bringing over a fabric collar. “I don’t think we could wear it that long though.”

“How long do you think it would be before the nice leather ones are ready, if we ordered those today?” Robert asks.

“It really depends on shipping. They are supposed to arrive any day, but with how things are right now, I can’t count on that. Once it’s here, I can have them done in a day or so. I’m pretty much caught up on orders at the moment.” The man says.

“Maybe we can get two of these for now.” Robert begins, holding the one Alexia had picked out. “And then come back for the others when they are ready.”

“Fine by me.” The man says. “Do you want those customized at all? I’m assuming you will want that on the nicer collars.”

“Maybe you can just stitch on something like ‘Property of Robert and Jane Wolfe’.” Robert says. “For the newer ones, I’d also like their names to be on them. Also, do you think lining them with something more comfortable than just the leather would be a good idea? I definitely don’t want them getting marks on their necks.”

“Not a bad idea. I can probably pick up something as a liner. Maybe velvet? Or something else smooth and soft. I’ll see what I can find.” The man muses, and pulls out two order forms from under the counter. “Go ahead and fill these out, make sure you put a good contact number so I can call you when the order comes in. I’ll go work on the two temporary collars, it should only take a few minutes. Most people are doing collars in red, is that ok?”

“Red is fine for the temporary, I think for the leather it can be mostly just the plain leather, maybe with red stripe or something?” Robert says, and the man nods and walks back to work on the temporary collars.

Robert fills in the form, making sure to spell all of the names correctly. He left the material blank, wanting to make sure it is right.

“Thank you for worrying about the collars being comfortable for us, Master.” Alexia says quietly.

“I will always take care of my girls.” Robert replies, and puts his arm around her waist. “Do you have any thoughts on Lucia consenting earlier?”

“Many, but let’s talk about the details of that in the car if that is ok, Master.” Alexia says. “For now, I’ll just say she has been warming up to you, and I suspected this was coming soon.”

“I didn’t realize.” Robert said. “I know we had been getting close, but I didn’t think she was that comfortable yet. We can talk more on the way home, though.”

A few minutes later the shop owner comes out, handing Robert the two collars. “I kept these both full length, I’m assuming you want to keep them generic in case you get any more girls?”

“Yes. My wife keeps telling me that’s likely to happen.” Robert replies.

“I’ve made collars for a few guys who should know, and they are all assuming that as well. From what I’m hearing, it depends on your card level, but even yellow will likely end up with 2 or 3 girls total.” The man says. “Do you want to try one on her before you leave?”

Robert picks up one of the collars, and turns towards Alexia. He puts it around her neck, careful to avoid her hair which is just barely long enough to interfere. “You good?” He asks quietly, pausing for a moment.

Alexia just nods, briefly making eye contact with him. Robert puts the ends together, pulling it tight, but not too tight, and asks “Is that too tight?”

“No, it’s fine, Master.” Alexia responds.

Robert realizes he still doesn’t have the key, and looks at the other man. “I will need a key. Are they both keyed the same?”

The man points to the counter, where two keys are on a small ring. “Those should work for either. I try to always give out two keys, but if you run into an issue, I record the key pattern, so you can always call, and I can cut you a new one same day.”

Reassured, Robert closes the lock, and then turns to the man. “How much do I owe you?”

***

A few minutes later Robert and Alexia were on the road back home. “Earlier you asked about Lucia. I think she has been working up to consenting. It probably would have taken her longer to get the nerve to do it, but now that she has asked, if you turn her down, it will crush her, and who knows when or if she will get up the courage to ask again.” Alexia says. “Please don’t do that to her.”

“I definitely don’t want to hurt her.” Robert replies. “I just want to make sure she has really thought it through, and that this isn’t a snap choice she will regret. I’m definitely very interested in her, it’s nothing like that.”

“You are an amazing man, and a great Master. Any girl would be lucky to have you. And don’t get me going on Mistress Jane.” Alexia says, blushing significantly.

“You are so sweet.” Robert responds. “I’ll talk to her more when we get home, and we will work things out.”

As Robert and Alexia walk into the house, Jane was waiting for them at the breakfast table. “I like the collar.” She says.

“It’s just a temporary one. I ordered two nice leather collars with our names embossed, and the girls’ names as well.” Robert replies. “Speaking of which, let’s get that off of you.”

He gives Jane a key, and shows her how to lock and unlock it. Jane decides to hang both collars on the key rack near the front door.

“Lucia is napping. She needed a bit of a break after the incident this morning. Why don’t we grab some lunch and talk?” She says.

The three make sandwiches, and sit down to talk. Robert tells Jane how the collar store went, with Alexia interjecting a few points he overlooked. Jane repeats the conversation with Lucia. Afterwards, she asks Alexia for her opinion. She tells Jane what she told Robert, which matches closely with what Jane thought.

“So, what do we do here?” Robert asks.

“We wait until she wakes up, and then you go have a discussion with her. Try to let her do the talking.” Jane tells him. “I think tonight we should change up the sleeping situation a bit. You and Lucia can pair up, and Alexia can sleep with me.”

“Let me talk to her before we decide on something like that.” Robert replies.

“Great.” Jane says. “So, I looked at the demographic information on the BAA site, and the situation is just as bad as I expected, maybe worse. We need to go ahead and get furniture for the spare room.”

“Mistress, I suggested to Master that we consider bunk beds. Not everyone likes sharing, and that should help with that situation.” Alexia interjects eagerly.

“I agree on the bunk beds, but we may have to go further, and two sets.” Jane replies.

“Wait, how many concubines are we talking about here?” Robert asks.

“The chatter online is that they are going to put minimum and maximum numbers on each household, based upon the initial bidder criteria. I suspect our minimum is going to be five, but it could be higher. The leaks seem to indicate yellow cards are going to be around one to three, and white cards a bit higher, maybe two to four. It sounds like they want the green cards to have higher numbers though.” Jane reports.

“Are there really enough women for that?” Robert asks.

“Not every card holder qualifies, based on the initial bidder requirements. They might expand that a bit, but the yellow card guy flipping burgers at the local restaurant can’t support a bunch of women, even if he gets pushed to a better job as vacancies become available with other people being detained. You need to remember the requirements were quite stringent.” Jane explains.

“Any idea how many bidders are out there?” Robert asks.

“I’m sure they are fudging the numbers a bit to give the local cops, elected officials, etc… bidder status when they might not actually qualify, but we are looking at maybe a few dozen men in our area.” Jane says. “They’ve already dropped the ‘must not already have kids’ part of the criteria.”

“How many detained women are there in our area?” Robert asks with more than a bit of dread.

“They haven’t broken it down quite that far yet, but overall, I think our county is at 3000 detained adults. If half of those are women, and half of those women are the right age, we are looking at 750 women compared to maybe 40 guys, not all of whom are green cards.” Jane says. “You see the problem. They are going to have to let every male citizen have at least 1 just to keep them from revolting though, and that will eventually cut down the numbers. That probably won’t happen until the initial auctions are complete though. Right now they are saying auctions will start next weekend, and I suspect it’ll take a few weeks after that to finish.”

“Mistress, you mentioned they might create another card class. Is there any update on that?” Alexia asks.

“It sounds like it’s going to happen, but there is a bit of a twist. The males will probably be second class citizens, unable to marry or get a concubine unless they reach a high net worth, which will obviously be difficult for someone who is a second class citizen, or otherwise prove themselves valuable. There are some rumors the women will still be detained though, with a few rumors going on about what their status will be.” Jane says.

“What are the rumors?” Robert asks.

“The most persistent, and the one I think is probably true, is that they are going to be assigned to green cards only, and green card houses will be required to take them.” Jane explains. “Essentially they want their kids to be guaranteed not to be detained.”

“Wait, so do we know how many of those women are in our county?” Robert asks with a bit of dread.

“Not a clue. I’d guess more than you’d think. Probably lots of girls out there who think they are white but are 6-10%.” Jane says.

“And some Hispanic girls will probably qualify. Lucia and I weren’t far from that.” Alexia says.

“If that’s correct, we will definitely need the bunk beds.” Robert says, moping a bit.

“Don’t worry, honey. As the profiles come online I’m going to vet them carefully, and you will get the final say.” Jane says. “I may not even be allowed to go with you to bid after all.”

“Any other surprises I need to know about?” Robert asks.

“Maybe. Alexia, I should probably talk to just Robert about this one, do you mind tidying up the kitchen a bit, and then peeking in on Lucia? We are going to be in my office, but once we are done we will probably hang out in the living room for a while if you would like to join us.” Jane says.

“Yes, Mistress.” Alexia says, rising and clearing the table as Robert and Jane move towards her office, Robert carrying a chair.

As Robert and Jane get settled, she says “We are getting messages on our Fet profile from women asking if we have claims available. One of them was from Dee.”

“Absolutely not.” Robert says immediately. “She is not coming back in this house. Even beyond the damage she did last time, I don’t want her around Alexia or Lucia. Can you imagine her teaching them all of her bad behaviors? We can’t risk that with Lucia, especially. She is just getting settled in.”

“I wasn’t going to suggest we take her, but I also didn’t want you to think I was hiding it.” Jane says. “I already blocked her on Signal, which is probably why she messaged on Fet. She hasn’t tried to reach you, I’m assuming?”

“No, and I don’t think she would. She was only ever really interested in you, and I think she knows that if you are saying no, I wouldn’t even consider it.” Robert says, calming down a bit. “Who are the other messages from?”

“I doubt you will remember any of them. Mostly women we messaged who never responded.” Jane said. “A few we never talked to before as well.”

“Are there any of them we should consider? We obviously can’t claim anyone right now, but if they make it to auction...” Robert asks.

“I haven’t gone through them all, and we seem to be getting more messages each day.” Jane says. “I haven’t seen any that are compelling yet.”

“We need to make sure anyone we bring in is good not just for us, but also for the girls.” Robert says. “Almost everyone we’ve talked to on there has a lot of bad behaviors we would need to work on. If we have that many concubines, I simply won’t have the time to work with them like I normally would.”

“Exactly. It would have to be the exact right match. I would love to find someone who understands the lifestyle though. The right sub could help set a good example for the other girls. Alexia seems to be embracing it so far, depending on how long it takes to get more in, she could fill that role.” Jane says.

“What’s the most we end up with?” Robert asks. “Give me the worst-case scenario.”

“Ten, maybe twelve?” Jane says. “I can’t see how they can ask for more than that.”

“TWELVE!?” Robert nearly yells. “I thought you were going to say six, or seven!”

“You asked for worst case. I don’t actually think it will be that high.” Jane says. “If they do go that high, we can always go raid the local college for coeds for you.” Jane can’t help but laugh as she says this.

“That’s not funny.” Robert fumes. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, I know the cut off is 40, but we already have two younger women. How am I supposed to keep up with a dozen college aged women?”

“In all seriousness, you need to get used to the idea.” Jane says. “You get attached easily, and we don’t know yet if the 40 year cut off is something that will be enforced in the future. I suspect not if the woman has children in the house, but if you pick a 38 year old and she has no kids, could they take her in two years, and **** us to pick a replacement?”

“Shit.” Robert says, looking a little defeated. “I couldn’t handle that.”

“Exactly.” Jane says. “I know we could both use a bit of maturity in the house, but we can’t risk causing you to have a breakdown either. If we pick anyone over 30, they need to be on board with trying for a kid ASAP. I’d really prefer not to do that unless it’s someone we know already, and I can’t think of anyone who fits that criteria.”

“I can’t either.” Robert says. “If we get twelve though, we probably need at least one other person who we can delegate to. Like you said, Alexia might be it, but we probably need one other too.”

“I’ll keep my eye out.” Jane says. “Don’t worry about it too much, the leaks could be wrong after all. No point stressing out until we know for sure.”

“True. In the meantime though, let’s make a list of furniture, and get it ordered.” Robert said.

The two ended up deciding on two sets of bunk beds, several clothing organizers, shoe racks for the closet doors, and a bunch of new bedding, towels, and other assorted items. Jane also ordered shower rods and curtains for the two spare bathrooms, and a new mattress for the girls’ room, paying extra to get next day delivery on those.

“We need to keep an eye on our finances.” Robert worries. “This is getting expensive already, and we didn’t even have to bid on Alexia or Lucia.”

“We will be fine. I’m hearing we will get grants based on how many women we take in, and maybe based on children too. There are rumors about relocation programs too, and we have savings. Who knows, the government may allow a few of the concubines to have jobs, and if not, maybe we can start some sort of home-based business.” Jane says. “Let me worry about all of that.”

“We do need to set a budget for bidding, before we get to the public auctions.” Robert says.

“I’ve already set some money aside in one account for that. We can spare about twenty five thousand without it hurting us too much.” Jane says. “We may not have to do much bidding though, with so few green cards around, and the BAA wanting green cards to get first choice anyhow.”

“I’ll trust you. We just need to keep in mind that if we get more than 2 more, we need to start searching for a new house. Even with everyone sharing, we are running out of room, and I don’t want to lose the hangout room, that would just create a new problem.” Robert says.

“I’ve already accounted for that.” Jane says. “We do need to talk to the girls about relocation soon. I want to wait to discuss where until we find out about relocation programs.”

“Let’s mention it tonight at dinner.” Robert replies. “I don’t think they will mind leaving the area, but you never know.”

Robert and Jane go out to the living room to find Alexia sitting with Lucia. The girls were deep in conversation, but stopped as they noticed the couple coming down the hall.

“Master, may I speak with you privately?” Lucia asks quickly.

“Yes, we should.” Robert says. “Let’s go upstairs.”

Robert and Lucia went upstairs together, Lucia grabbing his hand as soon as they were close enough. Robert had intended for them to go to the hangout room, but when they reached the top of the stairs she practically drags him to the spare bedroom.

“Lucia, slow down.” Robert says as she shuts the door behind her. “We aren’t doing anything right now other than talking.”

“Can we talk while you hold me in bed?” Lucia asks “Like the other night?”

“I guess we can.” Robert says, and Lucia pulls him towards the bed. She slides in quickly, still holding his hands and trying to pull him after her.

“Hang on a second.” Robert says, managing to release her hands and at least take off his belt.

“You can take off the pants too.” Lucia says, squirming a bit and then throwing hers out from under the covers.

“Fine, but nothing else right now. We need to actually talk.” Robert says, stepping out of his jeans as well.

Robert slid into the bed beside Lucia, who snuggled up next to him, putting her head on his chest, and her arm over him.

“Jane and Alexia both talked to me about earlier, but I really want to hear it from you. Did you mean what you said in the car? And why now, besides the incident?” Robert prompts her.

“I did mean it. I know it took me much longer to get there than Alexia, but I need this. What happened earlier is definitely why now. I had planned to give it a few more days, and consent before the end of testing, and before anyone else came into the house. But that man absolutely terrified me. All I could think of in the car was what if he had gotten me, **** me, and gotten me pregnant? Even if you had managed to locate me again, would the government have given me back? Would you and Jane have wanted me back? I never want to be in that situation again.” Lucia says.

“We would not have stopped until we got you back.” Robert said, bringing up his arm to stroke her back. “No matter what the government said.”

“Thank you. That means the world to me.” She responds. “And that type of response is yet another reason that I consent. I want to be your girl, to belong to you.”

“Can you look at me for a moment?” Robert asks.

Lucia shifts a bit, turning onto her stomach, half resting on top of Robert, facing him now. “Yes, Master?” she asks.

“Lucia, will you be my concubine? Make me happy, have my kids one day? Take care of me when I’m old and drooling?” Robert asks, seriously at first, and clearly teasing at the end.

Lucia buries her head into his neck and squeals. “Yes Master! Thank you! I’ll be the best girl for you, you’ll see.”

“I know you will.” Robert says. “Jane is offering for the two of us to have tonight together, would you like that?”

“Yes, please, Master. I need to go thank Mistress in a moment and tell Alexia the news!” Lucia says excitedly, and then reaches her hand down towards Robert’s boxers.

“Not yet.” Robert says. “We are going to ease into things over the next few days.”

“Yes, Master. I consent to whatever you decide.” Lucia says.

“Thank you, sweet girl.” Robert says, giving her a quick kiss on the forehead and wrapping her up tightly with his arms.

Lucia quickly responds by kissing him on the lips. Robert allows himself to respond for a few seconds, before letting her go. “Let’s get dressed and let Jane and Alexia know. And when it’s just the two of us in bed, you don’t have to call me master.”

“May I still call you Master, if I want to?” Lucia asks.

“Of course, but I don’t want you to think that you HAVE to.” Robert replies.

“I do know. Thank you, Master.” Lucia says with a smile.

Lucia and Robert come downstairs, but don’t immediately see Jane or Alexia. “They definitely weren’t in the master bedroom.” Robert muses. “We would have noticed them.”

“Office?” Lucia says.

“Must be, I doubt they left the house.” Robert responds, and they walk towards the office. The door is closed though, and Robert hears a moaning noise as he gets closer.

“Hang on” Robert says, not wanting to interrupt Alexia and Jane. “Let’s give them a few minutes.”

“Are they…?” Lucia says, taking several steps backwards, nearly reaching the kitchen.

“It sounds like it.” Robert responds. “Let’s go cuddle on the couch.”

“Yes, let’s do that.” Lucia responds, more interested in that than whatever Alexia and Jane are doing.

***

Meanwhile, in the office:

“Little more tongue, and use a second finger.” Jane says, moaning a bit. “I’m close.”

Alexia doesn’t answer, just following the directions. After a few more seconds she decides to try adding some suction to Jane’s clit, in addition to the tongue action. “Fuck, Fuck, coming!” Jane moans, and seizes up, before slumping in her chair.

“Anything else I can do for you, Mistress?” Alexia asks, grinning.

Jane moans and takes a second. “I think you’ve done enough for now.” smiling a bit in return. “Thank you. I’ll have to give you a reward tonight. We should probably get cleaned up.”

“Thank you, Mistress, I look forward to it.” Alexia says. “Do you have anything in here we can use?”

“Look in the drawer over there, I put some towels and other stuff in there, just in case.” Jane says, finally managing to straight up a bit, and getting redressed.

After they got straightened up, they headed out to the living room, finding Robert and Lucia curled up together on the couch. “I take it the talk went well?” Jane asked.

“It did. I hoped you two had a… productive… time?” Robert asked teasingly.

“We managed to keep ourselves busy.” Jane responds.

“Master says he can sleep in my bed tonight?” Lucia says, unable to wait any longer.

“Yes, you can have Robert tonight. I think you two should take the master bedroom though. Robert will sleep better, and I want tonight to be special.” Jane offers. “I also ordered a new mattress for your bed, it should be here tomorrow, along with shower curtains and rods.”

“Thank you, Mistress! and for the other things too.” Lucia squeals, getting up and hugging Jane.

Jane returns the squeeze, and says “You are very welcome. Take good care of my husband.”

“As much as he will let me. He says we have to ‘ease into things’.” Lucia complains.

“Probably better to ease in.” Alexia interjects, a big smile on her face. “I hear slamming it right in can hurt.”

“Alexia!” Lucia squeals in complaint, but she’s still smiling.

“We need to figure out dinner, and I need to do a little clothes shopping. Lucia, can groceries wait until tomorrow?” Jane says.

“Yes Mistress, we are good for a few more days.” Lucia says. “And I’m sure I can make something for dinner.”

“Not tonight. Tonight we celebrate, and you get to pick the restaurant. I’m thinking takeout, given the situation earlier. I can pick it up on my way home.” Jane says. “If there is anything else you need while I’m out, let me know.”

“Will you be safe out there by yourself?” Robert asks. “I’m a little worried about anyone leaving the house on their own.”

“I’ll be fine. I’m going to start taking my gun in my purse, at least until things settle down.” Jane says.

“You have a gun?” Alexia asks, sounding interested rather than scared.

“We have several, and if I had it earlier, that creep would have been much more sorry than he was. I’m not letting that happen again.” Jane says. “Now, back to dinner ideas. Do you have any favorite places, or types of food Lucia?”

“I do like Mexican food, but I can make that myself. What about Chinese? I’m not sure we will even be able to get it soon.” Lucia says.

“Shit, I didn’t think of that. She’s right. We need to hit places that might not still be here in a week.” Robert says, the idea of never having Chinese food again disturbing him greatly.

“Good idea. Do you have a favorite place? Or should we go to the one Robert and I order from usually?” Jane asks.

“Your place is fine, we rarely got to eat out, and never had one place we stuck with.” Lucia says.

“Just on birthdays really, we couldn’t afford to spend that way.” Alexia says a bit sadly. “I did the best I could, but money was always tight.”

“That wasn’t your fault, Alexia.” Lucia says. “We never went hungry, and I’ll never stop being grateful to you for taking care of me.”

“I’m going to get ready to go. Lucia and Alexia, if you want to come upstairs with me so we can figure out what clothes you need, and what sizes.” Jane says, and the girls go up the stairs quickly, followed a bit more slowly by Jane.

“Anything I can be doing?” Robert asks as she goes up the stairs.

“No, just relax and enjoy the quiet. You aren’t going to be getting much for the next 30 years or so I think.” Jane replies laughing.