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there is no honor in dying for a lost cause. You will
just cause a massacre of your own people.”
    Amir responded angrily: “My people don’t
count. They are primitive, unthinking peasants, and they will die
in place if I tell them to do so!” He stood up as if to deliver a
lecture. “Don’t you understand what’s real in this world?” he
added, “There are a few people that count, and the rest are here to
do their bidding. You are one of the latter and I am offering you a
chance to move up the ladder to where you belong. You are working
under a delusion that democracy is the solution to all things. Have
you considered that your own country, the United States of America
is run by a plutocracy, people with money that appropriate 80% of
the wealth and leave the rest of you with crumbs?” Why should you
die for corrupt and greedy politicians, CEOs, and their
corporations?
    Tess was not a statistician, and she was well
aware of the power and influence of the moneyed class, but she
didn’t feel particularly downtrodden. Just about everything she had
done with her life was a result of her free will, of making her own
decisions, aware of the implications of her actions.
    “Yes, there are still the haves and have
not’s,” she responded. Nevertheless, the majority of people in my
country still have an enviable lifestyle compared to the rest of
the world. For the most part, our elites have risen through merit,
not family connections.”
    Amir shook his head slowly, demonstrating
contempt for such simplistic ideas. At the same time, he was
enjoying her spirited responses. The more she resisted, the more
aroused he became. This splendid tigress needs to be tamed, subdued
and enjoyed. He knew he was the man to make this happen.
    “Tess, we can talk all day, and we will not
agree on everything. Not important. What’s important is that I
desire you and that you will want me once you experience who I am.
I must have you!” Amir moved toward her. Tess stood up, took a
couple of steps backward, and steeled herself.”
    “The only way you will have me is if you rape
me. If you do that, you are not a man!”
    Amir laughed. “Rape? No, I will not do that.
Women come to me! They beg to be with me! They offer their bodies
to me because they need to experience pleasure like they never had
before. I make them cry with ecstasy. You will too — but I will not
ravish you. You will want to come to me . That’s the only way
I want you.”

 
    Chapter 6
Coercion
    “How are you going to do that? I am not
interested!”
    “You will be,” he said menacingly. He slapped
his hands, and one of his officers walked in. “Bring in the
prisoner” he commanded. Tess panicked.
    “What are you going to do?” She did not get a
response. Within minutes, four guards came in pushing Sergeant
Archie Powell, his hands tied behind him. He resisted, hitting the
guards with his elbow, feet, and even his head. They stopped under
a rope hanging from a hook in the ceiling and tethered him, arms
behind him. Then they used a pulley to raise him off the floor.
Archie let out a curse and spat on the closest guard. Two of them
hit him with the butt of their rifles, knocking him out. Tess,
horrified, ran toward the sergeant, but the General walked behind
her and grabbed her shoulders. His grip was like steel, and she
felt pain.
    “Who is your man, Tess?”
    Tess tried to free herself, only to encourage
the General to increase his steely grip. He now held her against
him and seemed to enjoy it. ‘Fine woman,’ Amir thought, ‘soft on
the outside and firm on the inside. I will enjoy her very
much.’
    Tess screamed: “He is a soldier, a sergeant,
and he must be respected as such” The men laughed.
    “A sergeant, you say?” Amir noted, still
holding her in front of him, “Are you sure? Are all American
soldiers so heavy?” Archie’s clothes were in shreds, and his body
showed evidence of a beating.
    “Please let him go,” she pleaded. “He is