“Let the condemned whore down and attach the ankle restraints to the wrist restraints. We will leave her where she is and introduce her neck to my scimitar in the morning. Make sure all are in attendance; including you my little dancing dove.”
Livina couldn’t wait until morning.
The Dancing Dove of Judaea
Part three
Mid-morning came and all the members of the compound were in attendance near the sheikh’s tent. There was a large wooden block in the center with wrist restraints on each side. The sheikh arrived in short notice and looked over the chopping block: all seemed to be ready. “Bring the condemned to me, now.” Livina moved closer to the block. When the sheikh caught a glimpse of her he motioned Livina to his side. “Come close, my dancing dove. I know you want to see for yourself up close the punishment for trying to cheat me.”
Livina spent the night fantasizing about this moment. She relished having the power to punish the condemned last night and was excited to watch her execution: but another equally powerful fantasy also took hold: that of being the condemned and suffering the fate of her former mentor. It made no sense to fantasize about ones own death, particularly at the hands of another, but she gradually came to the realization that the condemned’s death was her freedom from the harem; that she would serve their master no more and never suffer at his hands again.
Yes, death was a terrible price to pay for ones freedom and the painful process was not pleasant to think of, either. Or was it? Since she was abducted and given to the sheikh so many years ago she had experienced both pleasure and pain nearly every day of her life. Pleasure came in the form of her dance and the preferential treatment afforded her by the sheikh. Pain came in the form of thousands of humiliations and degrading punishment she endured while in the harem: emotional pain at first and then physical pain as she matured and her body was a plaything for the sheikh and his invited guests. She was learning that pleasure and pain were more closely united than would seem on the surface.
The condemned was brought forward. She had been cleaned up a bit though the welts all over her body were still clearly visible. Her hair seemed brushed and her face was clean: from the neck up her natural beauty remained intact. Her breasts were exposed but she was afforded the simple dignity of a modest loincloth, for now. The fear in her body language was palpable: shivering, with tears streaming down her cheeks and landing on her breasts.
The sight of the condemned instantly aroused Livina. She could feel her nipples harden and her pussy juices began to flow. She was about to witness her first execution and was equal parts excited and envious. She caught the eyes of the condemned for a brief moment and simply stared back, neither expressing compassion nor desire. It was all confusing to Livina but there was no confusing how aroused she was and getting even more aroused.
The sheikh spoke: “All shall bear witness to the punishment that awaits anyone who dare cross me. This slut will be executed by my hand having suffered through the night after 50 lashes. Let this be a lesson to those that dare defy my wishes. Remove the loincloth and secure her to the block.”
The condemned struggled as best she could but she was no match for the guards, particularly given her depleted state. She cried out “Nooooooooo” as her loincloth was forcibly removed and begged for her life as the guards forced her to her knees and secured her arms to the block.
The sheikh allowed her to maintain that position for what seemed like hours to all. The condemned’s begging and pleading for her life gradually dissolved into weeping sobs and shivers throughout her body. Livina felt those shivers too, but they were of a different nature. The more piteous the condemned became the more envious of her position became Livina. Part of her wanted to have her head on the block: back wrecked with welts from the whipping, the center of attention for the entire compound and the horrifying anticipation of when the blade will finally end it all. Livina was on fire with her hand discretely tucked inside her tunic searching for her clitoris.
“It is time” proclaimed the sheikh, and with that one of the guards grabbed a handful of the condemned’s hair and pulled it tight, completely exposing her neck. The condemned began screaming “Nooooo.... Nooooo.... “ but the sheikh was swift with his punishment: taking his measure with a short swing at first, then severing her head cleanly with the second, blood gushing out of the convulsing corpse.
Livina had a gush of her own as her hand found its target and delivered a gentle orgasm. Livina looked around and was amazed no one caught her masturbating to the death scene: they were all too wrapped up in their own reaction to notice her. With that, Livina the harem girl crossed a red line into a world of pain and pleasure that she would’ve considered unthinkable the day before. A dangerous world where life and death were equal parts and to truly experience life you had to flirt with death.