Nancy Heres
I was in good spirits as I drove my car up the driveway to the manor house.
Melissa, the former sorority slut, sat in the passenger seat wearing only her orange garter. She looked so eager, her nipple piercings gleaming in the light from the third floor.
In the backseat, the schoolgirl stripper Hannah had her head thrust between the seats to stare ahead.
"Hayward Manor," Hannah said, her hair still in its pigtails. She had been the hottest dancer at the club. Such a great pick for a Slut-Maid. They both were. The last two of my garters given out. I was done with recruiting for my Nephew-Master. "Wow. I can't believe we're here."
"Yes, we are," I purred as I drove us to the garage, following a lane of gravel around the back. The ballroom passed us on the left. It used to be dangerous to be in the manor at night, but with so many maids we now had setup patrols. The cleaning was done every day. The Imprisoned were safely contained.
I parked my car in the garage by the limousine, the SUVs, and a few other personal cars. Like my sister's and Lynette's. The three of us climbed out. The night was cool. My two maids looked eager to get inside. We crossed the path to the back door into the ballroom. I opened the door. It was dark in here, our footsteps clicking.
Cali appeared at the far end. The original maid with her purple eyes watched us. Inhuman. Beautiful. As remote as a mountain peak and just as stunning to witness. She watched us coming without moving a muscle.
"Welcome home," she said, turning and heading down the hallway that led to the entry hall and the main stairwell. "Hannah and Melissa will be rooming together. Their uniforms await them."
"Excellent," I said as we passed the painting of a dark forest with many eyes in the shadows.
"Wow," said Melissa, glancing at it. "The, er, art is very..."
"Creepy," Hannah said.
"That's why we're here," I said. "To keep the creepy from the rest of the world."
We climbed up the stairs to the third floor, the grand staircase bypassing the second floor. I felt the Gizzamuluke staring at us from its painting as we passed, the grinning cat hating us. I disliked that painting the most. Ahead, were the doors to the maid's room. Hannah and Melissa were in room 22 on the north side of the hallway. I left them to change and get acclimated as I headed to the main apartment with Cali.
I nodded to the Seductress being watched over by Rashimi. The maid stood over the bound demon, taking her job guarding the Seductress seriously. I wasn't terribly worried about her. The Seductress had broken.
"Welcome back, Mistress," cooed the Seductress, her head low. "How did the recruiting--"
A loud horn blew. A long, resonating note. It wasn't like any brass instrument I had heard. It was more like something from a fantasy movie.
The house shook.
I shifted in my heels, looking around in shock as dust drifted from the ceiling. An earthquake.
"The Huntsman," purred the Seductress. "How interesting."
The horn blew again. It rose from beneath us. Directly beneath us. That was the ballroom.
"That was inside the manor," I gasped and spun around to Cali.
The purple-eyed sprinted across the living room and toward the hallway where the bedrooms lay. Where Master Lance slept. I had never seen her move in a hurry anywhere. She was always calm. Collected. The house shook again, my heart racing.
I darted to the Seductress and grabbed her manacles. I ripped them off her, freeing her from her bonds. "Come with me! You, two, Rashimi!"
"Yes, Mistress," the seductress purred and rose to her feet, her all-black eyes gleaming with interest.
The horn blew again, so loud and challenging. The Manor was under attack. Under invasion. I raced out into the manor, forming a whip of fire as doors opened. The Seductress ran at my heels, anger burning in me as I darted out of the sanctuary to fight.
The manor was under attack!
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Bella Hayward
I froze in the conservatory, one of the rooms on the first floor. I was next to the billiards table. The carefully placed balls in a diamond pattern in the center were shifting. My heart raced as the other maids on patrol with me gasped.
Tabitha, Chastity, Sister Martha Ruth, and Deidre all looked around in shock. The house shook with something violent. Something evil. It came from the left. From the end of the west wing of the house. Hayward Manor had been invaded or one of the Imprisoned had broken free.
"The ballroom!" I shouted. "Let's go!"
I raced out of the room into the hallway. I could feel something evil at the end of it. I formed a shield of stone as I ran before me. Flames crackled as Deidre conjured a lash of fire. I glanced back to see Chastity baring her small boobs, ready to nurse any of us if we were injured. Tabitha's blonde hair streamed behind her while Sister Martha Ruth's black veil fluttered.
I burst into the ballroom to find a white horse charting at me. A rider with antlers sprouting from the sides of his head growled at me. Sharp teeth flashed. A shadowy spear aimed right at me. The hoofs thundered on the waxed parquet floor. I raised my shield.
The spear struck me.
The impact threw me back into the other maids. I crashed into them, all of us falling to the floor in a swirl of lace and skirts. The rider wheeled his mount to the right and galloped away from us, turning in a circle to come around for another attack.
I struggled to stand with the other maids.
"Did one of the Imprisoned escape?" Sister Martha Ruth gasped as she stood. She threw a blade of air.
Her attack of compressed wind hurtled at the rider. The white horse jumped over it with ease and landed. The rider glanced back at us, such hate in his eyes. Beyond the attacker, the air glowed golden. A crack radiated out from where... the ritual to cross over had been held.
"I don't think he is!" I shouted. "He's from the other side from the Hay! Let's spread out and fight him! Chastity, stay behind me!"
"Yes, Mom!" my step-daughter cried, fear in her voice.
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