Serpent Seduction 

By Cara B. Witching

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I gaze upwards to the midday sun with a smile, enjoying how it kissed my face with a warm touch, my bright blue eyes trailing downwards to the hanging sign above me reading : 'Pretorius Wildlife Enclosure - Open Your Third Eye, & Truly See The Animal Kingdom'.

I've always loved summertime in May, the warmth on my skin, the cool breeze in my hair, and the excess of free time which enabled me to actually enjoy my life with some much needed liberation.

Getting out of class and work was always a treat, and I would usually just visit the beach, maybe show off the tan I'd been working on, or enjoy a good book at home. But I hadn't been to my local Zoo since I was a kid, and I was curious to see what it was like now.

It almost seemed like a bygone thing, I mean you could just get the same experience watching animals on youtube, but now that I was here, I had to admit, there was a certain novelty to actually witnessing these impressive beasts in person.

…

I look down to the lion enclosure with a grin, watching the large cats yawn and lay around like regular housecats. They were so cute, despite their size and ferocity. 

I give a small wave to one of the overgrown kitties, and he reciprocates with another yawn, gazing at me with tired eyes before nodding off in the grass beneath his face, the sunlight reflecting off his mane.

I've always sort of felt like I'd been a cat in a previous life, and I can't help but giggle at the sleepy feline, seeing a bit of myself in him. I'd heard they kept the more vicious animals fed at all times to state their aggression, so that might explain their current lazy nature.

Mm...And now that I was thinking about food, I could hear my own tummy rumbling. A small snack bar in the distance catches my eye once I turn around, and I feel myself strutting towards it while reaching for some cash in my jean skirt pocket, the action almost second nature.

When I approach the stand, I place my fingers to my glossy lips, sporting a slightly heavy makeup style. There was hardly anyone here to begin with, just myself and a few employees, so it seems like I may have dolled myself up for no reason, other than to just enjoy feeling pretty.

"Can I have...Hmmm...."

Surveying the posted menu makes me realize that my funds might have been...lacking. Looks like the cheapest thing here was carmel apples, but I was still about two bucks short. Then again, I could always use a little charm to get what I wanted.

...Maybe I haven't prettied myself up for nothing after all...

"Oh, I'm so hungry, sir...But I've left my purse at home!"

I give my brown hair a swish, batting my blue eyes to the clerk. At first he seems to be ignoring me, paying much more attention to his phone, but once he looks into my face I can tell I had him.

His eyes open wide with a hypnotized expression, his jaw slightly dropping as he leans in closer to speak with me, studying the flirtatious makeup style I'd applied to my young, girlish face.

"I..um...I'm sorry, if I give you anything for free, I could get in trouble..."

He tells me with a hesitation to his voice, but I only respond by chirping out a friendly giggle, inviting him to stare at me and enjoy my appearance, as I place my hand over his.

"Oh I won't tell..~" I wink, playfully tapping my nails against him, a bit of sweat running down his forehead. 

"Can't I just have one little apple? Oh, if I don't get some food in me soon, I think I'm gonna faint!"

I cry, spinning around to place the back of my hand on my forehead, putting on my best damsel performance. When I return to his face, I lean in closer, gently nuzzling my nose against his.

"What if...I paid you...with a kiss?~" I walk my fingers back up to his hand, trailing them up his arms and gripping the end of his sleeve while rapidly fluttering my lashes.

"Oh! Oh wow, you...you'd really kiss me?? Sure!!" He barely gets the words out before I yank him into my face, pressing my lips to his and smooching. 

*Mmmmmmmwah!!* <3 <3 <3

I giggle when I part from him, watching his eyes spin around his head as hearts formed around his face, now slightly stained by my shiny lip gloss. He wasn't too shabby looking either, I'd actually kinda enjoyed that. Would have probably been down to give him a few more kisses, if he knew how to haggle. 

"Oohh...ohh...Wowww..." He sighs out, nearly falling over and wiping away a slight nosebleed. I could tell he loved that, totally surrendering himself to my sexy spell.

"Here's...Here's your apple, Miss..." I can hear his heart fluttering from here, handing me a carmel coaxed green apple, and I gently tap my nails against his hand as I take it from him.

"Thanks, handsome~" I give my hair another flick, tasting the sweet sugar against my tongue as I spin around.

"Can...Um...Can I have your...your numb-"

"Sorry I have a boyfriend." I laugh as I strut off, giving my hips a little sway to further tease the poor, lovestruck boy.

That had been too easy. I always kinda thought of myself as an average looking girl, but in the past few years I've really grown into my looks. And it was a wonder what a little bit of makeup skills could do. 

I'd recently discovered a hidden ability to bat my eyes and purse my lips whenever I wanted something, and so far my charms have never failed me! At least, not on any horny guys my age. Trying to get a passing grade from my sixty year old postmenopausal teacher was another story.

...

"Ahhh!!"

I suddenly cry out, feeling a cold liquid splash snapping me from my thoughts, turning to face some moron who's just walked right into me, spilling his drink all over my outfit!

"Gah! Look what you've done!" I shout, pointing to my clothes drenched in soda.

"I loved this shirt, and now you've ruined it!"

I shoot an angry glare towards a young man, who only looks at me with a meek, embarrassed expression, his face bright red as he stammers a response. 

"...Sorry, I just...I was admiring your eyes and....and I lost...myself in them..." 

He gives me a small, nervous smile. By the look of his outfit and the keys on his belt, I could tell he probably worked here, likely a custodian for the animal enclosures or something. 

"...You know you're really pretty..Like, really, really pret-"

"𝘏𝘮𝘱𝘧!" I shoot him an annoyed look, crossing my arms and turning my nose up before I march off, extremely annoyed. 

I couldn't believe that just happened! My best friend had only just given me this shirt and skirt for my birthday, and I thought it looked adorable on me, I'd loved the way it paired with my heels. 

He was lucky I didn't complain to his higher ups about what a dunce he'd been. I knew it was an accident, and I wasn't that mean of a person, but still, the thought had crossed my mind.

With another soft sigh, I pull my shirt up over my head, rolling my eyes after examining the soda stained fabric. Setting it down on a small bench beneath me, I look around to survey where I am. I'd stormed off in such a huff, I'd gotten myself a bit lost, I wasn't in any part of the zoo I recognized. 

Rubbing my hand against my shoulder, I let out a quiet sigh. Now clad in just a small tank top and damp skirt, the summer air felt even nicer against my skin, and I toss my caramel apple in a nearby trash bin, having lost my appetite. 

I knew this place was a bit large, but my brief worry is dissipated by a large sign reading;

"Reptiles Of The World."

I let out a soft, *phew*, my eyes trailing down to a small map beneath the hanging words. My heels gently *click clack* against the pavement, making my way past multiple small enclosures, all displaying various different lizards and snakes. Bearded dragons, salamanders, even a few large looking pythons.

Trailing a finger down the posted map, I let out a groan, still not entirely sure where I was, when something caught my eye.

There was another enclosure, much larger and further away from all the others. Curiosity gets the better of me, and I soon find myself stepping closer to the small glass without really thinking, feeling an almost beckoning call…

....

I tilt my head up, lightly fixing my hair while examining my face in the glass reflection. I really had done myself up quite nicely, no wonder those two boys had fallen for me so easily. I bat my blue eyelids, matching perfectly with my ocean colored irises, giving a slight smirk and surveying how cute I looked in my small, tummy baring tank top. 

I couldn't really blame that guy for being distracted by my cuteness, but did he have to be such a klutz? It would have been flattering, if he hadn't ruined my clothes. And whatever chance he could have had with me, he totally just blew. 

My thoughts are pulled from me, as I gaze up to a small TV screen beside the glass which flickers on, seeming to be motion activated. 

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢 - 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵"

Small italic text appears before a desert background, a soft, gentle flute playing while the screen transitions over multiple sandy dunes, and instantly I'm intrigued. 

"𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢."

I listen to a British man's voice narrate to me, while watching a yellow cobra flare its hood, and bare its fangs, slithering around in the dry sand. The way the sun reflected off its scales was quite enticing, and I feel myself being pulled into the informative program, becoming almost mesmerized by the serpent's movements.

"𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺...𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘺."

My eyes open wide at hearing this, did he just say the snake could...hypnotize? Like it could put me in a trance?...Err, I mean, it could put its prey in a trance, for real, just like Kaa would?

I lean in closer towards the screen, very curious to learn more, and displaying a slightly nervous expression when I hear a faint hissing coming from deep within the enclosure, just beyond a few dark rocks....

The image on screen changes to show a rather large looking golden cobra, baring its fangs and hissing before a small mouse. The serpent slowly rises up higher, and begins to sway its head back and forth while repeatedly flaring its hood opened and closed.

The mouse seems completely enraptured by the movements, following its head side to side, seeming to enter a daze as its little paws went limp.

"Oohh..." I quietly whisper, watching the mouse stop following its head to stare forward, seemingly under a trance. No way, the program was right! It was totally hypnotizing the rodent!

"𝘉𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘺, 𝘥𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦."

I let out a loud gasp when the snake suddenly lunges forward, gripping the small rodent in its mouth! I place my hand to my chest, feeling slightly startled while my heart raced. 

"𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵."

I watch in awe as a large cobra slowly rises from a wicker basket, gently moving back and forth before the camera as the exotic flute melody becomes louder, almost like it was trying to hypnotize the viewer now!

I begin to faintly move my head along with the snake, finding it strangely relaxing to focus on while the flute playing intensified, bobbing myself along without really thinking, before shaking my face and quickly snapping myself out of it. 

Whoa, that was...kinda neat, I guess. I was starting to go into a bit of a trance there, watching the dancing snake on screen...

"𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘱 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵."

I purse my shiny lips together, watching a small fish in the darkness being led around by a bright light. This was all so fascinating to me, it might sound a bit odd, but I'd always thought that getting hypnotized seemed kinda...cool, and exciting. 

There was something very appealing about surrendering control, and letting someone else do all the thinking for me. And being under a trance seemed like a blissful experience, like being in a deep state of meditative relaxation. 

I had actually volunteered to take part in a hypnosis demonstration at my university once, when a licensed hypnotherapist paid my class a visit, but I'd quickly regretted it once the guy made a complete fool out of me.

He had told me to focus into his eyes, while allowing my mind to clear, and I had gone along with his instructions, curious to see what being hypnotized was like. I'd allowed my breathing to steady, slowly losing myself in his gaze while his voice became inaudible to my conscious mind.

I remember feeling very blissful and relaxed, nodding my head along to the words I couldn't quite make out. The world around his face became very blurry and hazy before fading away, his deep, powerful commanding eyes becoming all I could see or focus on.

Suddenly he'd snapped his fingers, and my eyes instantly slammed shut beyond my control. I remember thinking for a moment how cool it was that I'd just been hypnotized, before everything slipped away into a void...

But then of course, he had to ruin the otherwise fascinating experience by toying with me before the whole class, turning me into a foolish spectacle!

The video of me proclaiming myself to be the Queen of England, using my shoe to call the president before clucking about like a chicken still circulated around my campus, and I feel my face blushing red at the memory. 

Still, it had been a fun and interesting experience, being manipulated and controlled...one could even say…dominated...

Letting my mind fall asleep, and allowing my subconscious to get...tricked like that. It had been like I was just going along with the motions of a blissful dream, only feeling embarrassed by my actions once I was snapped out of the trance. 

A big part of me wanted to experience that loss of control again...It felt wonderful to just surrender and submit like that…

I watch the screen change to show a dancing cobra once more, this time using its hypnotic movements to put a small bird under.

"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵..."

I have a fearful look in my eyes, watching the poor bird slowly stepping closer to the dancing snake, pulling the helpless avian in as if it were lassoing its mind, before it suddenly strikes. 

I let out a sharp gasp, quickly pushing a red button to shut the screen off. The image fades while the screen fills with black, and I place my hand back to my chest, feeling my heart thumping.

Another sigh escapes me as I calm myself, a creeping chill running up my spine once I hear yet another faint hissing coming from beneath some rocks in the enclosure...

"W-what...Whooaa..."

My mouth drops open when I see a large black cobra emerge from the darkness, slowly slithering up to the glass. It flicks its tongue against my reflection a few times, before the hood around its head flares open with a hiss, and it bares its fangs menacingly, much bigger than any snake on the program had been.

"Oooo..Uhh...H-Heya, buddy..."

I couldn't help but feel enraptured by the nightskinned serpent, my eyes opening wider once it flairs the scales around its head. I notice that its eyes are a piercing bright red, with similarly colored stripes running across its black hood, helping to further capture my attention and draw me into its gaze.

It flicks its tongue against the glass once more, mere inches away from my face, while I stare upwards into its eyes. I take in the serpents menacing visage, feeling a cold, paralyzing drop in my heart immobilizing me.

That reptilian face, I felt so drawn to its majesty, so intimidated, and yet so fascinated by the superior creature, despite its hostile appearance. I couldn't help but give it my full, undivided attention. The creature exhumed a powerful dominance, it just made me feel naturally weak, and submissive. 

I try to take a few steps back only to realize...I now found it incredibly difficult to move...

It was so strange, I definitely felt a natural submissive fear, but at the same time, I also felt a strong desire to remain still and look into its eyes. It felt so nice to just let the serpent hold me with its gaze, pulling me in with its fascinating design and red glare. 

As its head begins to gently move left to right, the small screen to my left flickers on once more, a soft flute playing filling my ears while I watch it sway. 

"Maybe he thinks I'm pretty too..."

I think to myself with a smirk, following the motions with my eyes, and allowing the soft tempo to relax me further. I knew I was safe because of the glass, so I figured why not enjoy seeing such a magnificent creature up close?

Even if it was trying to hypnotize me...

Well...Maybe it would be nice to relax, and just go along with the motions. I'm reminded once more of my experience being under the hypnotherapist's spell. How nice it felt, to relax, and let him guide my thoughts away from me...

To give in, and allow myself to slip away into unaware, blissful relaxation. 

Yes...I should...just...relaxxxx....

Another hiss fills the air, timed perfectly with the soft flute, and I keep my eyes on the dancing hood, flaring every so often with captivating energy. Without thinking, I begin to move my head along with the cobra, like a reverse snake charm.

It felt so wonderful to just relax, and play along with its attempts at entrancement. Letting it charm me, letting it hypnotize me. Feels so nice, to clear my mind, and follow the motions… 

It was such a fascinating animal, the light from the enclosure shined off its black scales, while the design of its open hood seemed to force my attention into its eyes. It was kind of like Jafar's staff but midnight colored, or like an impossibly large prop from some cheesy adventure serial. 

"I can definitely see why..one would describe you as..hypnotic...hyp...no...ticc..."

I whisper out loud, slumping towards the glass while my face continues to bob along with the enticing, weaving hood, gently flailing every so often in a way that makes my eyelids involuntarily open wide each time.

It was becoming impossible for me to focus on anything else, the swaying snake was absolutely mesmerizing to watch. Paired with the hypnotic flute melody, I was beginning to feel very light headed and dazed. 

Suddenly my body involuntarily stiffens upwards once the cobra pulls its head up, stretching myself to remain in its sight. Back and forth...I definitely felt intimidated, but also so drawn and captivated, losing myself in its hypnotizing dance.

Slowly I feel a powerful force washing over me, my mind emptying while my eyelids open wide. It felt like some kind of energy was wrapping around me, not just inside my head but also along my body, pinning my legs together and my arms to my sides.

I stop following the flairing hood to remain perfectly still, while the sensation of wrapping coils begins to constrict me, only continuing to move my eyes back and forth. I knew that if I looked down, there would be nothing touching me...But I still felt tightly restrained.

"Relax...Submit...Relax....Submit...Relax..."

A dark, sinister voice whispers to me inside my mind. It was almost like it hadn't even been in English, I had simply felt the ideas conveyed into thoughts my brain could interpret. 

"Your resistance is fading...You cannot look away...Your little mind is captivated..."

“Ooooaaa…”

“Follow me…Don't look away…You cannot look away…Follow me…You cannot keep your mind from me….You cannot keep your eyes away…There is only me, and my power…”

A sigh escapes me, all of the thoughts in my head slowly popping away like bubbles, growing more and more blank by the moment. My eyelids droop for a moment before quickly opening even wider, keeping them trained on the mesmerizing serpent.

"It's...It's...hypnotizing...me.."

The realization melts away deep in my subconscious, finding it impossible to hold any one thought for too long. My chest heaves with each deep breath I take, letting out a loud, content sigh. 

"I'm...I'm being...hyp...no...tizzed....Mmmmnn..."

Wow, this really did feel incredible...Words can't describe the content and happy tingles spreading throughout my mind and body.

"Should I...fight...it? Rr...Ressist...thiss...?" 

I wonder to myself, with the few inches of conscious thought remaining. It felt so good to just let my mind go blank. The constant swaying motions were somewhat confusing and disorienting, but also incredibly captivating. 

"Why?...I'm safe...Just relax and...enjoy it..."

I sigh while my eyes glaze over, following the hypnotic cobra. Being hypnotized felt so wonderful. So pleasant. So deliciously seductive, I couldn't help but go along with it, and let myself slip away into trance. 

“I have you now…There is only me and my spell…You are in my power now…Give in to me…Relax and submit your mind…”

The world around me suddenly disappears in a flash, my mouth closing while my face relaxes, taking on an extremely tranquil expression. 

I no longer feel the strength to even move my eyes anymore, and they soon stare off into nothing, gazing blankly forward while the hypnotic serpent continues to dance back and forth before my mesmerized face.

Being so powerless...I couldn't help but feel a wetness form between my legs, my arousal subconsciously beyond my control.

"Foolish mammal...Your will is mine..."

The voice in my soul sounds like it's bragging, whilst I feel myself slipping away into a blank, euphoric void. My eyes fully glaze over, a long trail of drool running from my glossy lips which slowly curl up into a dopey smile.

"My will...Is yours..."

I whisper back out with a sigh, grinning ear to ear. The power that's taken its grip over me feels very satisfied with my response. I was doing so well, and it made me proud to give in and obey.

"You are under my power...I am your Master..."

The dark voice hisses with a venomous tone, lightly chuckling inside my mind as I dropped deeper and deeper. It was like sliding down an avalanche of heavenly wonderment, I couldn't fight it or stop myself.

"I am under your power...You are my Master..."

The cobra continues to move across my smiling face like a dark, hypnotic metronome, only a thin layer of glass separating me from my serpentine Master.

It soon stops its hypnotic swaying, slowly rising up higher as if to display its power and authority over me. I feel my head instinctively tilt upward, gazing into its piercing red eyes. 

A soft hiss escapes its fanged mouth, flaring its hood once more while it establishes its dominance over me. I can feel the invisible coils wrapped around me begin to squeeze even tighter. I let out a gasp, my tongue sticking from my open mouth while all the air is forced from my lungs.

The mental coils constrict me tighter and tighter, my empty lungs burning while my face turns bright red. Eventually the dark power within me begins to chuckle once more, and I feel my restraints gently loosening right on the edge of passing out, taking in a large gasp of sweet air as I'm slowly uncoiled.

"Remove your extra skins...I command you...Remove your extra skins..."

Whether or not the hypnotic creature was actually speaking English, or just invoking a thought my brain could understand was up for debate. But either way, my dazed, empty mind interprets the command perfectly.

"Yes Master...I must obey...I musssst…obey…”

With a few more deep gasps, I begin to pull my tank top up over my head, letting my arms slowly drop back down to my sides as I discard it on the pavement beneath me beside a large puddle of my own drool.

"You are my slave...You exist to serve me..."

The cobras' red eyes were continuing to draw me in, transfixing me with its mighty gaze and keeping my thoughts far away from me. It feels like I'm falling into the eyes, their deep redness enveloping everything around me like a burning red strobe.

"Yes Master...I am your slave...I exist...to serve...you..."

The cobra flares its hood once again, seemingly satisfied with my obedience, gazing upon me now clad in just my blue bra and skirt. My stomach and chest were completely on display for the reptile, but it seemed more focused on my eyes than anything else. 

"Your mind is weak...Smaller than a birds...I have mastered it."

"My mind is weak...Smaller than a...birds...You have...mastered it..."

Even more drool runs down my face as I repeat the hypnotic echoing within my soul. Its forked tongue gently flicks itself against the glass before me again, kissing my reflection.

"I have full mastery over your will...You exist only to serve me..."

"Yes Master...You have full mastery...over my will...I exist...only...to...serve...you..."

Tired lines of exhaustion appear beneath my eyes, opening wider while staring into the deep red vortex, completely submitting myself to its hypnotic stare. 

"Sleep...Sleep...Sleep...Sleep...Sleep...Sleep..."

I hear the energy in my soul command me, and the cobra moves its head up and down, forcing my own to nod in agreement with it. My eyelids start to feel extremely heavy, like I haven't slept in ages, as they flutter and struggle to stay open.

"Sleep...Sleep...Sleep...Sleep...Sleep...Sleep..."

Again I hear the force command me to rest within its power. I'm already so deep under the serpents control, I can do nothing to fight or resist. I don't even know what the word 'resist' means at this point. 

All I know is that I want to close my eyes and sleep. I want to sleep, and be hypnotized, obeying every command issued forth by the superior creature.

I let myself give in further with a sleepy yawn, my heavy eyelids closing, and my irises rolling all the way back into my head, dropping deeper and deeper with each passing moment.

The soft hissing continues to bounce off the walls of my empty mind. In a few moments my eyelids slowly flutter back open, my irises completely rolled up far into the back of my head.

I was deeply asleep now, hypnotized, and under its control. 

Sleeping a dreamless sleep, the gentle flute playing continues to enter my mind, charming me and combining with the snake's hissing to act as a sort of twisted lullaby, softly lulling me deeper and deeper while my eyes roll up further...

My eyes are fully white and vacant, a soft, blissful sigh escaping me as I let myself slip away even further...

I was definitely hypnotized before, but now, my mind was completely enthralled to the sinister serpent. I was a puppet of its will, mindless and mesmerized. I would obey the snake without any hesitation. 

"Submit to my power...Submit to me..."

"Yesss Massster....I will...sssssubmit...."

Leaning forward, I pucker my lips and press them against the glass where the cobra’s head was, leaving behind a big glossy smooch mark. I can feel another barrage of serpentine laughter within my soul.

"You are my slave, mammal...Your mind and body belong to me..."

It was such an incredibly dark and sinister force guiding me, and I could do nothing but give myself to it, surrendering completely to its control like a puppet on strings.

"Yesss Masssster...My body...belongssss...to you..."

With that I reach behind myself and unclip my bra, pulling it down my chest and discarding it by my feet. My breasts now fully exposed, my serpent master flicks its tongue once more at seeing my bare chest. 

I place both of my hands on the enclosure before me, slowly leaning forward until my boobs press against the glass. With a blissful sigh I begin to move back and forth just like I'd seen the serpent do, my naked bosom smushing together.

I feel the dark power chuckling once more, as I used myself as a human washcloth, using my breasts to clean the enclosure's glass, my mind far gone and asleep, not a clue of the actions I was being puppeteered to perform.

I repeat this rather embarrassing action for another five or so minutes, before I feel my body involuntarily stiffen up and remain stationary once more.

I let my arms drop down to my sides, standing at attention before my new reptilian ruler as it mentally coiled me in its strong grasp.

"Release me...Release me..."

The command booms and echoes over my very existence. My eyelids open wider, my completely white sockets staring off into nothing while I gasp in mesmeric bliss.

"Yessss Massssster...I musssst...releasssse... youuu..."

My voice is even more monotone now, feeling a slight pleasurable tingling in my brain at accepting the command as my reality. 

I raise my hand up to the small keyhole within the glass, using my fingers to fumble with it, almost breaking one of my long nails in the process. 

"Release me...Release me..."

The lock simply refuses to turn, I can feel a burning desire in my heart to open it and free my master, very nearly destroying my expensive manicure as I fumbled with it in mindless frustration.

It seems to be fruitless however, as the lock refuses to turn. My hand slowly drops back down to my side, the hypnotic energy intensifying over me as I feel a ringing in my ears...

"Release me..."

....

"...Ma'am? Excuse me ma'am, the park is about to close now."

The young boy who earlier walked into me now approaches my stiff, mindless form, his eyes opening wide and his jaw dropping once he sees me topless.

"It's...It's you..."

He whispers, sluggishly trailing his eyes away from my exposed breasts and towards my soda stained shirt, still resting on a bench beside the enclosure.

"M-Miss?...Hello?...Are...are you alright...?"

He asks, stepping closer to me while examining my white eyes and expressionless drooling face. He looks to the cobra, which quickly hisses and bares its fangs to him in frustrated anger, before turning back to me. 

"Whoa...no way...Miss? Are you...hypnotized or something..?"

He places his hand to my face, gently lifting my right eyelid up and letting it flutter back halfway down when he sees nothing but white. The drool leaking across my chin increases, while another blissful sigh escapes from my shiny lips.

"...It hypnotized her...! Haha! She actually got hypnotized by the snake!" He realizes, and a smile begins to spread across his face.

"What a silly girl!"

The cobra slithers backwards into its enclosure, its red eyes never leaving the two of us as he waves his hand before my fully white eyes. 

"Miss? Can you hear me?" 

I hear a voice call out to me through the hypnotic void I was in, though it's not even half as powerful as the dark power I'd earlier been submitting to.

"Yessss Masssster...I can...hear...yyoo..."

His eyes trail from my chest down my tummy, running his finger in a small circle around my belly button. He lets his hand travel upwards, cupping my left boob in a gentle squeeze. 

My only reaction is to sigh, my eyelids fluttering, growing helplessly damper beneath my skirt while the front of his pants begins to rise...

"What is your name, Miss?"

I hear his voice seep into my brain. It felt more like a tether back to reality, rather than the serpent's grasp, the latter of which only made me feel completely powerless in a hypnotic void of mindless wonderment. 

"My name...issss...Cara...."

I drone out, completely spellbound and stupefied. The smirk on his face widens, while the bulge in his pants increases.

"You are a very beautiful girl, Cara."

"Yessss...Masssster...I am...a...a... very...b-beautiful...guurrlll..." I purr out like a mesmerized kitten.

He takes his hand from my breast, waving it across my white eyes for a moment before cupping my chin, wiping away the drool from my face.

"Cara, I want you to forget all about my accident earlier. You don't remember me spilling any soda on you at all. In fact, you will forget ever owning that shirt in the first place."

He gestures his head to my discarded shirt, resting alongside my bra and tank top.

"Yessss...Massssssster...I will...forget...forget…”

"Good girl. All you will remember of our earlier encounter is that I complimented your beauty, making you feel very happy and special."

"Yessss Massster...happy...and...ssssspecial..."

The black cobra continues to watch us from the far end of the enclosure, its dark red eyes forming into a scowl while looking upon us with annoyance. 

"You like knowing that you're beautiful, don't you Cara? You enjoy being pretty?"

"Yessss...Masssster...I enjoy...being pretty...Mmmm....sssssexxyy...."

He lets out a soft chuckle, tilting my mindless face up before moving it around in small circles, examining every inch of my delicate, feminine features in a totally blank and hypnotized state. 

"Well Cara, you'll be happy to know you've succeeded! You are so incredibly beautiful. I think you're the prettiest girl in the world!”

“Yessss Masster…I am…the…prettiessst…girrrll.”

He chuckles one more, releasing my face from his hands and placing them on my shoulders. He takes a moment to admire my rising chest again, staring intently at my boobs for a moment as if he were hypnotized too, before returning his gaze to my face.

His pants now felt extremely cramped.

"You deserve to hear that, Cara. You're so lovely.

Your beauty is quite...hypnotic." He laughs, wrapping my hair around his fingers.

"And I enjoy making you feel special. However, now it's your turn, to make me feel special..."

He lightly grips my shoulders in his hands, gently pushing me downwards until I was on my knees. My arms go limp, while my body slouches, still with an expression of helpless mesmerism on my face.

"Yesss Massster...My turn...to make you...feel sssspecial..."

He fumbles with his belt buckle while I open my mouth...

...

"Good girl, Cara...such an obedient angel..."

His voice sounds like he almost can't believe his luck. In a swift motion he quickly slides his pants down around his ankles, tilting his head around to make sure no one saw us while his boner for me stuck up like a lighthouse of enticement.

Fortunately, it looks like the captive cobra was the only audience we had, gazing at us with a grated, red stare.

I put my hands to his legs, gripping their fuzz between my fingers, and slowly wrap my lips around his hard cock, twisting and twirling my tongue around in enticing circles.

"Mmmm...Yess....Good girl, Cara....O-Ohh!!"

I make a suction in my mouth, gently bobbing my head up and down his shaft while sucking harder and harder, and I can't help but let out a soft, sexy moan at what I'm doing. 

Even so mindlessly oblivious, it was still incredibly exciting to have his cock in my mouth, my pussy growing wetter by my submissive actions. 

"Mmmmm..." I softly moan out while blowing him, leaving behind little sparkly kiss marks around his groin with each bob of my head.

His eyes start to cross while his mouth opens, looking not too dissimilar from myself as I suck him closer and closer. A grin starts to spread across his face, my shiny plump lips around his bulging member the greatest heaven he's ever felt. 

The snake meanwhile continues to glare at us from across the enclosure, every now and then flicking its tongue in disapproval. From behind its lidless red eyes, it seems to be patiently waiting, biding it's time for the right moment...

"Such a pretty face...Such a… pret-OHH!!"

As he shuts his eyes and tilts his head up, I increase the volume of my sucking, moving my mesmerized face up and down his dick faster and faster, until my loud slurping noises, paired with his moaning, completely drown out the cobras hissing.

I teasingly run my nails against the skin of his legs, caressing them around in small circles while trailing down to his ankles. Before long my fingers begin to slowly and quietly move about his crumpled up pants, sneaking into their pockets while I continue to absentmindedly blow him, zero awareness of what I was doing.

With my other hand I begin to teasingly tickle and play with his balls, keeping his mind elsewhere and making sure he couldn't notice what I was doing.

"O-Ohh...F-Fuck! FUCK FUCK, OHH...!"

He suddenly and abruptly reaches his climax, squeezing his eyes shut while letting out a soft moan. The tip of his cock sprays his hot, sticky love down my throat, and I happily swallow everything he gives me. 

He grips the back of my hair tightly while emptying his load, letting out a barrage of happy groans as he decorates my tongue and mouth with his fluid white excitement. 

While greedily slurping down everything, I feel the familiar, foreign energy growing inside me, wrapping its tendrils around my mind.

"Release me..."

I slowly pull my lips back with a *smack!*, licking around my mouth and making sure I'd swallowed everything. My clear, shiny lip gloss now painted all over his huge cock, paired with my own saliva and spit.

"Whew...Good...Good girl, Cara....Hollly fuckk..."

He sighs out, tapping his fingers against my head, gripping my soft brown locks in his fingers. I keep my right palm firmly closed shut as he pets me, calling me a good girl once more. 

"Go...Go ahead and stand up for me, baby doll...,"

He guides me back up onto my feet with his hand, and I soon find myself standing before him once again, still with a completely blank and entranced look on my face. 

He pulls his pants back up over his deflating sticky member, wiping the sweat from his face as he fumbles with his belt. 

"Okay Cara. Now, when I snap my fingers, you'll awake from this trance, wanting to give me your number and be my girlfriend."

He tells me, in-between heavy pants, still coming down from the burning libido I'd induced on him with my mouth.

"Yesss Massster...I want to be...your girlfriend..."

He has an enormous grin on his face. 

"Very good, babe. Awaken from hypnosis now!"

*Snap!*

He snaps his fingers right in my face, and a light gasp escapes me. My blue eyes roll down from my head to focus outwards, still with a somewhat glazed expression. 

"Like I was saying, being a custodian at the zoo is the hottest job a guy can have, wouldn't you agree?"

I purse my lips together while staring off. I wasn't even sure I'd heard him correctly. Everything sounded distant and wavy, like someone was speaking to me in a dream, or from under water.

"Umm...Yeah, sure...Hottest job...a guy could have I...I guess..."

I shiver my shoulders about, gently rubbing my arms feeling a bit chilly in the cool summer breeze, unaware that I was standing here completely topless.

As I rub myself, I instinctively keep my right hand gripped shut and hidden...

"So anyway, you were just giving me your number?" 

"Right...Um...Giving you...my...number..."

He grins, extending his phone out to me. I meekly take it in my left hand, absentmindedly putting my number in his contacts while staring down at the phone with a glossy expression. 

"Great! Tomorrow night I'll cook you the perfect dinner. You like Italian, right?"

He looks absolutely giddy as I hand his phone back to him, blinking my eyes about and feeling extremely groggy and dazed. 

"Umm..Yeah...I like..uh...pasta...and...salsiccia..."

"Well, I'll bring plenty of that!" He winks at me. Taking my chin in his hand, he places a soft kiss on my cheek.

"Get home safe for me, gorgeous. I'm so glad I met you, Cara!"

He beams to me, running his thumb up my face before smooching me. As he turns around to strut away, I swear I can hear him whistling to himself, a happy skip in his step.

As soon as he turns the corner my eyes roll back up into my head, their lids fluttering while a sigh escapes me. My ears are suddenly filled by hissing from the snake enclosure, feeling myself slipping away back down into an obedient trance while a powerful energy forces me to spin, gripping around me like a tight glove. 

"Release me..."

My mouth drops open, while my white eyes gaze off into infinity, studying the back of my head, totally blank and mindless. I can feel it's gripping coils wrapping around me in a tight embrace, my body stiffening as I'm mentally constricted.

"My slave...You serve me..."

I let out a gasp, feeling my body being tightly compressed before I'm mercifully released, a soft sigh escaping me as I fill my lungs with air again.

The lucky guy had been so busy enjoying my mouth, he hadn't noticed me stealing something more from him than just his heart.

Raising my right hand out before me, I open it to reveal the keys I'd swiped from his pockets.

The power inside of me seems to almost chuckle, my eyes rolling even further into my head. With a groan I feel myself being magnetically pulled to the large enclosure, stepping like a puppet would back over to face my serpent master.

As my reptilian overlord watches me with a patient expression, I begin to fumble with the lock once more, mindlessly trying every key on the ring before one of them finally works.

With a turn of the lock my fate is sealed, finally coming face to face with the dangerous snake controlling my mind. 

“Touch me…If it pleases you…”

Still with a blank, hypnotized expression, I raise my right arm out before me, letting the keys slip from my fingers and feeling a shiver run up my spine when the cobra slides over my hand.

It grips its icy black scales around my forearm, gripping me tightly while slithering closer to my hypnotized face. 

Its intimidating expression begins to gently sway back and forth across my own, its deep red gaze burning itself into my subconscious, as it passed me like a metronome. 

"You are my servant...You are my slave..."

My stiff body turns around robotically, still completely bare chested. Placing one foot before the other, I start to march away from the reptile enclosures, back towards where my subconscious knew the exit had been the whole time.

"I am...your sssservant...I am...your...sssslave..."

My monotone voice drones, while the energy over me intensified. I can't help but enjoy how weak and powerless the serpent made me, and between my legs, I can feel a waterfall flowing.

It's forked tongue flicks against my bare breasts while I step through the exit, marching across the parking lot in a zombified fashion. Deep within my soul, I begin to comprehend one more phrase...

"Mammals are such easy prey..."

…

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Epilogue:

…

The mood in my home is rather gloomy, my normally bright and colorful apartment now dimly lit through a few loose hanging blinds. My TV was shut off, dust collecting on every shelf without a care, and on my kitchen table, there was a large, empty box, labeled 'Eyemore's bulk feeder mice - 30 pack’.

Around my living room towered a complete mess of clothes, along with discarded items I didn't have the need or care for. I hadn't been to work in days, it was highly unlikely I even still had a job anymore. All I was concerned with now was serving my serpent master.

Laying in the center of my living room was myself, sprawled completely nude, not a scrap of clothing on me, letting out a soft sigh while I relax my body deep into the carpet.

As I laid there on my backside, a deep, venomous hiss rings out across my subdued brain, causing my irises to cross whilst their lids fluttered. My pupils shrink as my lips drool, feeling a firm, inescapable hold wrapping itself around my brain.

Emerging from a stack of clothing comes my reptilian master, the cobra who'd so easily ensnared my will, the bottom half of a mouse disappearing down its throat with a satisfied gulp.

I didn't realize it, but even most of the mice it entranced put up more resistance than I had. A small part of me still knew I was hypnotized, but an even smaller part of me cared. 

It gently slithers up onto my stomach, circling itself around my belly button and midsection as it makes its way towards my face, coiling around me and gripping tight. It flicks its tongue against my nose, tasting me with a hiss before flicking it against my lips. 

Within my blank, spellbound mind, a repeated thought rings out over and over again like the loud banging of a drum.

"Mine. You are mine. Your will is mine. Your thoughts are mine. You serve only me."

The dark cobra begins to slowly sway back and forth before my dazed face, still gazing outwards in mesmeric tranquility. The end of its tail caresses me down my thighs, teasing and tickling against my bare skin with its cold hard coils. 

I was just like a helpless maiden, captured by a dragon in folklore…Though my dirty laundry was less than a treasure mound. 

"Yessss...Massssterr...My thoughtssss..are yoursss....I ssssserve...only...youu o-oh!!'

The deep hissing fills my apartment, while my cell phone begins to vibrate against the coffee table, playing my most recent voicemail.

"Hey Cara, just wanted to let you know you were incredible last night! That thing you do with your tongue...Wow!! I'm free tomorrow morning, think we could meet up and have some fun like that again soon?"

The room and my mind fill with an even more intense hissing, my eyes rolling up into my head with a soft, content sigh, while the black metronome passed my face. Wave after wave of intense, euphoric pleasure begins washing over me, and despite the sinister force behind it, there was an intoxication to surrendering. A glow of submissive tranquility that felt impossible to resist.

I loved being mindless. I loved being hypnotized. There was no greater feeling than having my thoughts controlled. No greater heaven than to be blank, mindless, and obedient. I was born to be hypnotized, put on this earth to be owned and enthralled.

All I'd needed was to cross paths with the right, dominating masssssster...

My mouth slowly opens, my white eyes fully glazing over while a trail of drool runs down my face and onto the carpet. The swaying snake stops its dance, eyeing my submissive look for a moment, before gently flicking its tongue into my open mouth. 

"Mine...Your will is mine…Your thoughts are mine…YOU are mine….”

I let out another groan of pleasure, my skin tingling with euphoric fire as my eyes close, and I give myself fully to the intense trance. The waves against me intensify, my blank mind melting through my ears while every inch of my skin tingles. 

Laying against the carpet completely naked like this, it was easy to feel like I was floating on a soft cloud of orgasmic euphoria, sent from heaven to enrapture me in climactic contentment. 

With an almost sinister glee in its red gaze, the menacing serpent runs its tail down between my legs, feeling my wetness before gently sliding inside me, pressing its hard coils against my soft vulva and flicking about, becoming amused when my cheeks flush with horny arousal. 

"O-Ohh-hhaaa...!!! OHHUUAAaaa...."

I feel the scaley member pushing and rubbing against my walls, slithering out to give my clit a nice flick, eliciting a sharp, orgasmic moan from my lips. 

My pussy drenched in loving fluids, the snake runs its tail around my girlhood some more, slathering itself with my sticky excitement and massaging back and forth against my clit. 

"Ohhhhuaaa!!!!! Mmmmmmm...~”

Slowly it raises its tail up to my entranced face, sliding it inside my mouth and forcing me to taste myself. A soft squeal echoes across the room from me, tasting my own vaginal fluids against my tongue.

My rolled up eyes open wide when I feel his tail slide back down my tummy, trailing my juices across myself and sliding back inside my open and dripping pussy.

“AAHHHHHWWWWOOOOHHHHHAAAAAAA!!!!”

My excitement grows even more, a drenching waterfall pouring from between my legs, feeling the waves crashing against me even more rapidly. I couldn't stop it, I couldn't hold myself back, like the bursting of a dam or the eruption of a volcano, and through clenched teeth I cry out.

"AHHHHHHOOUUUUAAAAAAAA!!!! AAHHH!!!"

My orgasm swells, building into another one as a second wave approaches, gripping the rug between my fingers as I'm forced beyond the peak with a scream, giving myself to the wave and riding it into unbelievable ecstatic heaven.

I drip and leak my love down myself and all over the carpet, my mesmerized face beat red from the many incredible climactic pulsating, and my subdued mind makes out one simple phrase from my Master, ringing throughout my ears like a commanding echo:

"He won't be here in the morning…”