Gascayn helps Ephedrina out of the worst restraints, but there's a price of course.

 

 

At least she gets the chance to wash of the filth. Normally a bath makes her feel better about things, but today it doesn't really help.

 

 

"What happened?"

 

The fact that he's calm and seems understanding is somehow more oppressive. She expected punishments and other repercussions (beyond the added debt for unshackling her), but there's none of that. She feels like puking from the worry and the shame. What will he do. How will he punish her?

 

"They... I was picking a lock and they found me. Maybe they heard me."

 

"Go on...."

 

"They tied me up... they took everything... they used me...."

 

"Oh?" Gascayn's eyes light up a little bit. "How so?"

 

"Two of them... one in my mouth, the other in my... in my pussy...."

 

"That's called a 'spit roast'. Did he cum in your mouth?"

 

She nods.

 

"Did you swallow?"

 

She nods again. "He made me."

 

"Did you like the taste?"

 

"I... I don't know."

 

"That's okay. Then what happened? It looks like they whipped you." He runs a finger over one of the welts. It stings.

 

"Yes. And they put on the... these..." she gestures at the shackles and collar.

 

"And then they let you go?"

 

"No... I ran. When they weren't looking. They were chasing me...."

 

"But you got away. And you came back here, so you can fulfill your obligations." He caresses her cheek and smiles "given how you fucked up, that's not that bad. Well done milady."

 

 

"I... Gascayn... I messed up..." she whispers. She did mess up. "Please spank me. I deserve it. I failed."

 

"Of course my pretty," he smiles.

 

He spanks her hard. She cries, both from the pain he's inflicting and from the build up fear and tension. She lets it all out.

 

She can feel his erection pushing into her abdomen. She knows what she has to do.

 

 

"Please Gascayn. Please fuck me. I feel so bad and I need you to make me feel good."

 

He grunts and smiles as she gets to work on his cock.

 

 

Gascayn takes his time before he enters her, teasing and touching her. He really does have a gift for stimulating her in just the right way. By the time he starts to fuck her, Ephedrina is only thinking about her body and its needs. The time at Goldenglow recedes from her mind, as does the fact that people at the Ragged Flagon are watching as Gascayn fucks her.

 

 

Ephedrina is just on the verge of climaxing. Gascayn slows down just a little, enough that she can't quite get there.

 

"You'll have to go back, Ephy" he whispers, his breath tickling her neck. "You'll do that, right?"

 

"Yes! Please!"

 

"... and you'll have to find the money to replace what you lost."

 

"Yes, yes! Please!" She knows she's whining and snivelling. Her sexual frustration makes it impossible not to.

 

"Who takes good care of you?"

 

"You do!"

 

"Will you ever leave me?"

 

"..."

 

He increases the rhythm enough that she starts moaning and quivering. The way he's holding her makes it difficult for her to make any movement to control the sensations, but she's doing her best, straining against his strong arms.

 

Again he slows down just a fraction of a moment before she reaches orgasm.

 

"I asked you a question."

 

"Please Gascayn. Please," she moans. Then she gives up and whispers "I will never leave you. Please."

 

 

Ephedrina's screams echo throughout the Ragged Flagon as he finally lets her climax.

 

 

After they fuck, Ephedrina agrees to more deals. The weight of metal on her body reminds her of the magnitude of her debt.

 

 

"Gascayn is nicer that I would've been. Rewarding you for your failure like that."

 

 

 

"Everything has a price, my pretty greyskin girl."

 

If Ephedrina wants new armour, if she wants new weapons, she'll have to pay. She has no money. It's all at Goldenglow. Even worse, so are her permits. Even if she gets new gear, she won't be able to leave Riften without it being taken away.

 

Gascayn will spot her some gold, without a doubt, but that means more debt and potentially more "deals". She doesn't know how deep the deal-hole is, and she's pretty sure she doesn't want to find out. She should be careful.

 

 

The other members of the Thieves Guild make it clear that she has little choice. She has to return to Goldenglow.

 

Not that she'd know what to do with herself otherwise.

 

 

Exhausted and spent, Ephedrina is about to pass out in the dingy hole that's her home in Riften. She spends a few moments performing rituals for Nocturnal, in the hopes she'll receive some sort of guidance. She still has to do something about Goldenglow... should she take the money and buy new permits and gear and risk the consequences from accumulated debt? Or should she do something else?