Police officer Jeffrey Ryan was not in a good mood that day. His wife had called him early on his shift, just before sunset, to say she wanted the divorce, after twelve years of marital life. It wasn’t at all surprising, considering the last few months of their decaying relationship. Everyday was a good day for a fight, and every petty situation, a motive to start one.

The truth was they had come to know each other so well, that there was no room left for surprises. Due to that, the romance had turned into frustration, and sooner or later someone would have to make the first move. Well… she had taken the initiative, and the whole world seemed to collapse around him, by the time he hang up the phone.

As time slipped by, the agreeable face all the other officers were used to see, became something of a grotesque mask, whose lines appeared to be carved in real hatred. Anger took control when he came out to the streets. On his mind, a single line of reasoning: whoever had the nerve to break the law on his jurisdiction that night was going to pay dearly, without a shadow of a doubt.

Or so he thought…

After ten minutes of patrol, a speeding car passed right in front of his nose: it was a blue Chevy with a twisted fender-bender, and a broken light. It was travelling at least thirty miles above the speed limit, as if presenting him with an opportunity to get rid of some of his most aggressive instincts. Immediately, he drove on pursuit of the perpetrator, flashing red and blue throughout the main arteries of the sleeping town.

The car eventually came to a stop near a dark alley. Jeffrey Ryan stepped out of his vehicle, holding a small flashlight high above his waist, and approached the Chevy. The driver was a mid-thirties man, wearing a tuxedo. He sat very still, both hands on the steering wheel, and his eyes transfixed on some imaginary point beyond the infinite.

“Good evening”, said Jeffrey. “I’m not sure you’ve noticed but the speed limit around here is forty miles an hour and not seventy. Could I see your license and registration, please?”

The man remained motionless. He didn’t even blink, when the halo of light fell onto his pupils. Although he was breathing, he seemed like a statue, totally stiff.

“Very well…” continued the officer. “Will you please step out of the vehicle, then?”

Once again, the man gave no signs of compliance. His mind seemed somewhere else, and Jeffrey had run out of patience. He drew his gun and held it, pointing at the driver’s head.

“STEP OUT OF THE CAR, NOW!”

“It’s useless to scream, you know”, said a soft voice coming out of the back-seat. “He won’t do a thing unless I tell him to.”

Jeffrey was quite shocked upon hearing that voice. He hadn’t noticed there was someone else in the car, but now he could clearly see a feminine silhouette lurking in the shadows, a puff of smoke from the cigarette she had just lit, and the eerie glow coming out of the huge diamond hanging from her necklace.

“Really?! In that case, step out of the car madam, and tell your friend to do the same.”

“He’s not my friend.”

“I don’t care what he is. GET OUT!”

“You’ve heard the officer, Dick”, she said to her unaware driver. “Out of the car.”

As soon has she finished her sentence, the man opened the door and rose out of his seat. Then, he went to the back and opened her door, tilting his head forward as if bowing, when she finally decided to step out.

Jeffrey became immediately dazzled by the beauty of the woman. She had long, silky, red curly hair falling above her shoulders, mesmerizing dark-blue eyes and an open smile, which had so much of angelic as diabolic. She wore a mink coat and high-heel leather boots, and of the course that diamond necklace that reflected even the smallest particle of light. The police officer wondered who that mysterious woman was, and what kind of relationship she had with that man.

At the same time, the more rational part of his brain noticed something quite bizarre. The quiet man, whom she had called Dick, stood next to her, with his eyes low. He wasn’t gazing at the round lines that signalled her breasts beneath the coat, but at the diamond itself, as if the rhombus-shaped stone exerted some bizarre influence upon his senses. He looked like a statue once more, somehow enthralled by the precious stone.

“Now, what exactly is the problem, officer?” the woman asked, in a mellow, seductive tone.

“I thought you heard me the first time”, answered Jeffrey pulling himself together. “You were way past the speed limit. I would like to check your license and registration, please.”

“Of course… Dick, show them to the officer.”

“I’m afraid I don’t have them with me, Mistress”, the man replied, leaning his head once more, in a sign of submission.

“This guy has some serious attitude problems”, Jeffrey thought. “She is really gorgeous, but why on earth is he acting like a puppy?” He looked at him with a stern face and spoke out loud.

“Driving without a license is a serious offence. Do you have any documents at all with you?”

The man remained silent.

“Well?” exploded the woman. “Answer, God damn it!”

“No.”

“Great. Just great, Dick! You have made me very displeased, and you know what that means don’t you?” Her eyes seemed to grow all of sudden, falling onto his face like a blazing meteor shower. The man shivered and started crying like a baby.

“I’m sorry, Mistress. I didn’t want to upset you. Please, forgive me.”

“Oh, SHUT UP! Now, I’m going to have to settle things straight, won’t I?”

“What exactly is going on around here?” asked Jeffrey aiming the gun at her head, when she moved close to him.

“He’s just a little emotional right now”, she answered. “He’s always been like this. Pay no attention to him.”

“He seems to be drugged or something.”

“But he’s not. He’s fine, and you’re going to be too, real soon.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Why don’t you put down that gun, so we can talk more openly, officer?” Slowly, she raised one hand and started caressing the diamond around her neck. Her ivory polished nails started moving the stone very gently, creating pinpoints of golden light that flashed in front of his eyes. She reached forward once again.

“Stand back, madam. And stop messing with that necklace…” he ordered, putting his finger closer to the trigger.”

“Why? Don’t you like it, officer? Isn’t this a wonderful rock? Look how all the light surrounding this block seems to be focusing on it. It absorbs light, did you know? and as it spins, produces beautiful intertwined patterns… Can’t you see them?

“Madam, I’m warning you… stop that right now, or I’ll…”

“Or you’ll what…? Are you going to arrest me, officer? But if you do that, you won’t be able to see the light anymore, and the light is so beautiful… the patterns that it weaves are so peaceful. It makes you just want to look at them, over and over again, doesn’t it?”

Jeffrey didn’t quite understand what she was trying to accomplish. He stood firmly, holding his gun, but on his subconscious, something wicked was awakening. Her voice was so sweet, that it was almost intoxicating, and her sweetness was being channelled to that stone. The voice wanted him to look at it, to the pouring rings of light… His eyes rolled nervously, catching the repeating flickers that penetrated his mind.

“Keep looking…” she muttered softly. “Focus all your thoughts on the stone, on the feeling of peace and relaxation that emanates from within it. At every turn of the diamond, at every band of light that glimmers before you, you feel all your worries fading away… the whole world is melting in front of your eyes and the only thing solid… real… is my necklace…”

At this moment, she opened a twisted smile. She had already managed to capture his attention and knew that the rest of the process would be quite easy. It was always the same thing: once the stone started spinning, its reflections had the power to freeze anyone’s mind. For someone trained in the arts of hypnosis such as her, it was now just a matter of time until she could put him under her spell…

Usually, all she needed was five minutes to get the job done, but there were times when things turned out to be a lot easier or a lot tougher. Senator Richard Jenkins, now known as Dick, had been the easiest catch of them all, having fallen into a deep trance after only sixty seconds. The man dreamt of being the next President of the United States, but he wasn’t at all strong-willed. A single flash of the diamond and three or four words whispered softly in his ear had broken him completely. She was right about him not being her friend at all. Her slave would be the proper word.

As she continued to speak tenderly to the now completely concentrated police officer Jeffrey Ryan, a yawn slipped out. She had hoped for him to come up with a proper fight, so that her satisfaction of taking full control could be somewhat intense, but his initial anger had disappeared the minute he saw her. Beautiful women do those sorts of things to men, you know, and when one listens more to his dick (no pun intended!) than to his brain, everything else becomes vulnerable.

“You are feeling very relaxed now” she continued, as the final step to his enchantment drew near. “So relaxed… nothing else matters… everything is falling under the power of the stone. Your fears have long disappeared inside its glow, and now the stone is beckoning you to close your eyes… Look at her spinning and feel your eyelids getting heavier… as you plunge deeper into the grasp of light…”

She stopped touching the rock and looked at him, still holding the gun but looking rather harmless now. Then, she whispered…

“When I count to three, you’ll fall into a deep sleep. The stone will keep on spinning in your mind, deepening the state of complete relaxation you are now in. You will be wide open to everything I tell you and feel pleased upon hearing my voice. Ready? One…two…three!”

Unable to resist the power of her suggestion, Jeffrey closed his eyes. His arms turned loose as if they were made of a puddle of jelly and his gun fell to the ground. She ordered Dick to pick it up, which he did without hesitating, and continued the programming of her new hypno-slave.

“You are now under my hypnotic power. Tell me, what’s your name?”

“Jeffrey Ryan”, he mumbled, almost mechanically.

“Jeffrey, do you see my diamond spinning in your mind?”

“Yes.”

“Good. I want you to keep on staring at it, feeling totally relaxed in the process, but at the same time I want you to create the picture of an elevator in your brain. A glass elevator, to be more accurate, with geometrical walls that resemble the shape of the stone you like so much. Are you seeing what I’ve just described you?”

“Yes.”

“Right now, you’re outside the elevator, but you’re going to get in. Walk two steps forward and enter the elevator, Jeffrey.”

Like a sleepwalker, Jeffrey Ryan placed one foot in front of the other and walked the steps she had just ordered, stopping very close to her. She touched his left cheek with her pearly hand, and purred…

“Now that you’re inside the elevator, look at the far-left wall. You’ll see one hundred and one buttons aligned against each other, numbered from 100 to 0, and a display screen right above them. The buttons themselves are transparent and eye-catching like my diamond. You’re on the one hundredth floor and you want to reach ground level. Which button would you have to press to do that?”

“The 0 button.”

“Exactly. You want to press that button, but before you do that, look at the screen and know this: when you do press it, and start your descent, you will not only be coming down an elevator, but also giving yourself to me. At every floor you come down, all your threads of consciousness will go away. You’ll lose your ability to make decisions; your free will will abandon you completely. At the same time, the power of the stone will heighten, making you completely obedient to me. When the number hits 0, you will open your eyes and become my slave, just like Dick here. Do you understand everything I’ve just told you?”

“Yes, I do.”

“One last thing: When you press the button, I want you to say out loud the numbers of the floors you’re passing by, from the first to the last. This will strengthen even further my power over you, until you reach the true meaning of your life, which is total submission. Say Yes, Mistress if everything I’ve said so far makes sense to you.”

“Yes, Mistress”, answered Jeffrey, unaware that those were the exact same words he was going to use for the most part of his future.

“In that case, it is time to press the button and surrender to me. DO IT, NOW!”

Jeffrey raised his left hand, and with his index, he pointed to the air, as if indeed he was pressing a button. The countdown to obedience began all at once.

“100…99…98…97…”

She listened quietly as the numbers grew smaller and smaller, bringing him closer to the true extent of her hypnotic control. Soon, he would open his eyes and become her pet, willing to die for her, if needed be. His main purpose would be to perform the duties of a living sex toy, but there were other activities in which she could make use of his sole desire to obey her, and she was going to enjoy every moment of it.

“3…2…1…0!”

Jeffrey opened his eyes and gazed at her mysterious dark-blue eyes once again. The diamond reflected a single strip of light this time, but that was more than enough. Her twisted smile appeared once again.

“Welcome, slave Jeffrey. My name is Rachel, but you will address me as Mistress, Mistress Rachel, or Goddess. Your police days are over. You will live to carry out my every command, starting from this moment. GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND WORSHIP ME, BY KISSING MY BOOTS!”

“Yes, Mistress Rachel”, he replied without so much of a thought. It was a direct order, and he had to obey. His legs fell to the ground so naturally that one might think he had been a real submissive male for all this time, such was the magnitude of the enchantment she had created. He pressed his lips firmly and repeatedly against the shiny surface of the leather boots, as a wave of intense pleasure travelled through every pore of his body, creating the most powerful, sex-binding, emotions. He truly belonged to her now, and the spell would only be broken if she decided to do so.

Rachel looked at Dick from the corner of his eye. She was still mad at him and it was time for his punishment.

“Dick, although everything is settled now, I can’t stop wondering this whole situation could have been prevented if you hadn’t been so careless about your documents. You’ve made me waste both my precious time and my precious energies on the creation of this new servant, and therefore, I’m going to make you pay for all these worries. You are to go home by foot right now, and when you get there, I want you to lock yourself in the bathroom, and masturbate until your cock bleeds. At the sight of that blood, you’ll awaken from this trance, without any recollection of the past few days, except the power of my stone over you. The next time you see this diamond you’ll be hypnotized once more and continue to serve me as a devoted slave. Are we clear, Dick?”

“Yes, Mistress”, answered the Senator, just like a robot from one those sci-fi movies.

“Your new orders have immediate effect. GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!”

He started walking on the opposite direction they had just travelled in. Thirty miles separated him from his apartment, but that was something he was not programmed to think at the moment. He had to reach it by foot just as she had ordered, for she was the true ruler of all his actions.

“As for you, slave Jeffrey…” she said in a sultry voice, holding him by the hair and forcing him to encounter the glow of the stone that had encapsulated his mind. “Get up and take the driver’s seat. We are going to my house, to continue the worshipping rituals. You’re going to find out in no time the multiple ways in which you can please your goddess…”