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}                                                     UNFATHFUL EMPRESS  \par}

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\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28    The empress
 was sitting naked in her dressing room when the emperor entered. With a wave of
 his hand he dismissed the maid that was brushing the long black hair. A long deep
 kiss attended by a gentle exploration of her slender firm body informed her of 
his intentions. Without a word she followed the fool into his adjoining chambers
. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     Yes , 
she thought he is a fool. He is so besotted with my body that he will never notice
 anything I do. As she returned his attentions her mind pretended he was the young
 cavalry officer that she had enticed into both her bed and her plots. While the
 emperor was a kind exciting lover she had never loved nor even cared for him. He
 had married her for political reasons and while he had grown to love her she had
 her own plans and had never felt anything toward him except contempt. Still she
 responded to his actions and she let her body enjoy the sex. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     When 
they had finished she moved to return to her rooms but he stopped her. She stood
 in the center of his bedchamber as he blindfolded her with a silk scarf. Her hands
 were tied with a silken cord. He began to lavish her with fresh kisses and caresses
. Giving in to the inevitable  she stood and allowed him to play with her and made
 suitable sounds at the right times. Just as her body was warming up for a second
 time he stopped.\par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     A creaking
 sound and soft footfalls behind her were her first warnings. Then she was grabbed
 and carried away. At first she was confused and feared assassins or kidnappers 
but the sound of her husband\u8217\'92s voice calmly giving orders ruled those out
. What was he doing and who had her. To touch the body of either the emperor or 
the empress with out permission was to die. She was carried down stairs that she
 didn\u8217\'92t know existed. The air was cool and damp with a musty smell. The
 she was place on a hard surface. Her hands freed just long enough to be retied 
over her head. A belt placed over her lower belly secured her to the bench, table
, or what ever she was on. Her mind tried to explain what was happening but all 
she could think of was what if she was on a rack? Then her legs were grabbed and
 tied up over her  body. The blindfold was removed. She was in a dark room, rough
 stone walls, lit by small lanterns and the glow of a small forge. Around her were
 a few men and as she recognized their dress she knew real fear. They wore the black
 toe to crown outfits of the brotherhood of the orchid. An almost mythical group
 of assassins and spies that few people had ever seen and fewer had survived seeing
. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     The emperor
 moved into her vision. He was no longer the fool she had thought him. He was now
 the sword of the empire that his title proclaimed him to be. His words chilled 
her to the core of her being.  Wife you have been unfaithful, not only to me but
 to the empire we both serve. You know why we were married. Your family and their
 allies were turned from rivals and a threat to the stability of the empire into
 friends and a powerful force for the good of the people we serve. But you could
 not be happy with being my consort and empress. You had to have more. You wished
 to become ruler in your own right. To that end you plotted and laid plans. Plans
 that left to completion would have caused unrest, trouble, and even civil war. 
This cannot be allowed. I have thought long on your actions and you present me with
 a problem. If I denounce you and have you executed much of what I fear will come
 to pass. Your family and friends will never believe that you could be capable of
 such actions and they will once more become my enemies. I cannot allow you to live
 and continue your plots so what am I to do?   \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28    You know
 these fine men do you not? Yes I see you do. What few know is that they are under
 my protection and orders. Did you never wonder why in the tales of them their victims
 are all enemies or those who are not my friends. I allow them to live in a village
 within the realm and protect them and in return they obey and protect me. It is
 an arrangement my grandfather started and over the years it has worked out well
 for both sides. They came to my rescue here. You have of course heard about the
 sickness in the city. The one that strikes suddenly causing very painful stomach
 pains for a day of two. We have been lucky in that there have been no deaths. But
 our luck will change and soon I will be in mourning for my beloved empress. There
 is no sickness. Just some very carefully placed mild poison. Too bad that you will
 be the only one to die from the malady. I will of course be devastated and the 
empire will mourn with me. Oh yes, that young officer you lured to your bed. He 
is one of the brotherhood and has already been promoted and posted to the frontier
. You really should be more careful who you talk to my dear. Prepare yourself to
 die now. You will be very sick for a day or two, too sick to leave my chambers 
I fear and far too sick to speak. Your actions will remain our little secret. Good
 by my love, I really did love you and you have no idea how much this hurts me. 
If it is any comfort know that I will truly mourn you. Your family and I will cry
 together and together we will face a future without you. All will be well for the
 empire. I will force myself to watch and I will attend you as you die. You have
 caused me much pain and the next days will be difficult. May the gods treat you
 gently my dear. We will now began. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     One man
 moved to her feet and she felt something being inserted into her back hole. Whatever
 it was it did not hurt bet was smooth and cold. Then she saw what he had in his
 hand. A smooth cylinder a span long and only a little larger that his thumb. As
 he turned it in his hand she saw it was hollow. She felt some pain as he placed
 it in her slit and worked it in past  her cervix and into her womb. Once it was
 in place he stepped back and waited.\par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     Her husband
 and now executioner spoke to her for the last time that night. We will now insert
 red hot skewers through those porcelain tubes and pierce the organs inside of you
 with them. There will be much pain and it will only grow worse. The pain in your
 belly will grow until it fills your world. You will not be able to talk or respond
 to anything except the pain. You will weaken and die. By morning you will be too
 far gone to talk. The physician will attend you but he will be helpless in the 
face of the sickness and you will die in spite of all his learned skills. Look at
 the skewers as they enter you and know that once you feel their burning inside 
of you that you are dead. Good bye my empress.\par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     She saw
 the thin skewer as it was lifted from the forge. Almost white hot she felt its 
heat on her thigh as it was threaded threw the sleeve lining her ass. Then her guts
 exploded in pain. Her scream echoed around the stone walls. It was plunged deeply
 into her as it pierced her intestines. The preparations for the second went unnoticed
 until it touched the back of her womb. Once  more she was washed with fire and 
her screams went on for a long time. The deadly steel cooled and was withdrawn. 
Hollow reeds were then slid through the burned punctures and a foul smelling fluid
 was run through them. It smelled like a chamber pot and indeed it was made up of
 the contents of one. Then she was untied and moved to a rude pallet where she was
 to spend the night. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28     The burning
 inside her cooled into a dull pain for a while and she almost believed that she
 might somehow survive. Then the waves of pain set in. by morning she was in agony
. When she was cleaned up and moved back to the bedchamber every movement, every
 touch, every jar sent such pain through her as she had never known existed. She
 was dimly aware of her husband shouting of help and the swirl of people around 
her. The examination   by the physician was just another ripple in her sea of agony
. She heard him reporting but the words made no sense. Who was it that he was talking
 about. And who was he anyway. The pain continued without letup and grew worse through
 out the day. By night she no longer knew or cared about anything. There was just
 the storm of anguish that was her existence and nothing else. \par}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28    Late in
 the night she was visited by the emperor. She heard not his soft tender words nor
 felt his gentle touches. His tears of sorrow cooled her skin as they fell but she
 was so lost that he was unable to penetrate the burning wall around her. He cursed
 the duty that had brought them here and he prayed for her sufferings to end. \par
}

\pard\nowidctlpar\nooverflow\sl240\slmult1{\f0\lang1033\fs24\kerning28    By the
 afternoon of the second day his prayers were answered. She was freed at last from
 the tortures of her injuries. He was with her as the life fled her tormented body
. He kissed her once last time and went to proclaim her death to those waiting outside
. She had paid and paid dearly for her mistakes and her pride. Paid a very high 
price but she had purchased peace for the empire with her death.     }}