Tyranny of Steel

Lambert lied shirtless, bound, and prostrate on the floor of his fiancee ’s bed-chamber. A peerless beauty with a flawless heart-shaped face and silky strawberry blonde hair cascading down her shoulders gazed coldly at her foolish fiance with her sky blue eyes. She was currently in the process of punishing. Her foot pressed his head down into the cold stone floor while her left hand carried a curled whip. Her heavenly bust heaved as she sighed in disappointment at the news of failure in which Lambert had brought her.

Linde von Habsburg was the eldest daughter of Count Lothar von Habsburg, head of House von Habsburg-Innsbruck which was a cadet branch of House von Habsburg whose main branch were the rulers of the Duchy of Austria. She was sixteen this year and was renowned across the duchy as one of the three heavenly beauties of Austria.

However, looks were often deceiving; personality-wise, Linde was secretly a sadistic bitch known among a select few as a young woman who broke her toys easily. Yes, her toys, that was how she referred to her suitors, many of which had come and gone over the years as they could not endure the physical and mental abuse which she took pleasure in inflicting upon them. Lambert was just the newest arrival, and though her father had supported his proposal, she did not personally recognize it.

An intense gaze stared down upon the teenage boy lying prostrate before her as she raised her whip and struck his back; a large cut appeared as it made contact with his flesh. Lambert desperately attempted not to let a painful cry escape his lips; however, he could not resist screaming in agony after another two lashes. Which only further enraged the dominatrix, who pressed his head further into the cold stone floor with the heel of her foot.

If Lambert gazed up, he would be able to clearly see the beautiful girl ’s embroidered white silk panties that lie beneath her sinful baby blue nightgown, which had been purposely designed to show off the girl ’s immaculate curves. However, it would only further provoke his fiancee if he did so, something he would do his best to avoid.

After venting her frustration on the youth ’s body, she sighed heavily and lowered the whip before bringing Lambert ’s face up to meet her own vicious glare. Tears streamed from the boy ’s eyes as she chastised him for his weakness.

”It looks like frailty runs in your family; how pathetic… ”

The girl got up from the bed and kicked Lambert back down to the ground as she sat on his back, using him as a stool for her to rest on.

”You ’re useless; you know that? ”

After hearing about Lambert ’s attempt on his elder brother ’s life which failed spectacularly, she was in a particularly foul mood. Exactly how hard was it to poison a sickly and frail man to death? Somehow not only did Lambert ’s attempt fail, but it inspired Berengar to get his act together and began the process of becoming healthy. By now, The young lord had overcome his childhood infirmity, thus ruining her and her father ’s plans.

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The news was even worse as they found out that the Count of Steiermark had engaged his third and youngest daughter to Berengar, thus giving them a greater stake in Kufstein ’s rich iron reserves. If they could not remove Berengar within the next few years and place Lambert as the sole heir to the Barony, then this engagement was entirely useless for the Counts of Tyrol.