“Ah!”
I yelped as Glacèe
whacked my butt with her bare hand. She took a perverse delight in
tying up my hands and then forcing me to lay across her lap so that
she could spank me like a naughty child. Occasionally, she'd shock me
with her electrical device, but not enough to seriously hurt me; just
enough to sting.
The
more Glacèe
abused me, the more I could somewhat understand why Sang-Soif liked
me to abuse her. I know
I didn't feel what my beloved did, because she always looked so
blissful when I'd flog her, whereas I only felt moderate pleasure
when Glacèe
spanked me. That said, the harder Glacèe
hit, the better it felt!
I
let my mind wander, knowing that she would be at this for some time
and
that it felt best when the culmination of pain and pleasure managed
to take me by surprise. For almost a year now, I have been exploring
all possible meanings of the word lover with the three wards of Clan
Blood. My 17th
birthday was fast approaching, and I knew they had something special
in mind for me. It boggled my mind to think about it!
Every
time I thought that I must know everything there was to know about
sex by now, one of them managed to surprise me. Usually it was
Glacèe,
but not always. I looked forward to the surprises almost as much as I
liked trying to figure out how to surprise them in return.
Just
when I was sure that I was about to experience that strange flying
sensation that happened whenever I surrendered myself to the pain,
Glacèe
stopped. She caressed my buttocks lovingly for a moment, before
pushing me off her lap so abruptly that I tumbled to the floor.
“I
have something different in mind for tonight,” she informed me,
ignoring my indignant “Ow!”
Grabbing
the rope binding my hands together, she dragged me to the wall where
a chain and shackles waited patiently to secure any prisoner she
deemed reformed enough to bring to her bedroom. My father once told
me that – as far as he knew – Glacèe
was the only one of the Mistresses who ever actually had sex with her
prisoners. The rest of them had a far different purpose in mind for
the shackles adorning their bedrooms.
I
pretended to grimace as she secured the shackles to my feet, because
I was fairly certain that she planned to whip me. I didn't like it
anywhere near as much as Sang-Soif did, but it felt surprisingly
better than it looked like it would. However, the good feeling
usually took a while to kick in...
Instead,
Glacèe
pressed my back to the wall and used the clamps to secure my wrists
the very moment they were free from their bondage. I eyed her
apprehensively, testing how much I could move my hands even though I
already knew that the answer was not much. She loved to watch me
squirm, grinning at me in an evil way that always made me squirm more
than I would have otherwise.
“You
just stay right there,” she purred an order as if I had a choice in
the matter. Turning her back on me, she strutted to the door.
Reaching it, she paused to look back at me. “I invited a guest to
come play with us tonight.”
“Really?”
I asked, intrigued by the prospect. It had
to be either Ardent or Sang-Soif, but I wasn't sure which one was
more likely to agree to this. Probably Ardent, since she had once
confessed to wanting to clamp me to her
wall.
Glacèe
opened the door and gave an order to someone – probably a maid –
that must have been waiting for her in the hall. “Bring him in.”
Sure
enough, a maid entered the room guiding a man wearing nothing but a
collar and a leash. I frowned as I watched the maid hand the leash
over to Glacèe
and promptly leave.
“Glacèe...
What are you doing?” I asked, trying to sound disapproving without
challenging her or provoking her.
“This
pet here has been good enough to deserve a reward, but at the same
time, he also deserves to be punished! So, I have decided to do both
at the same time.” She stroked his head like he was a dog. “I
know you want to be a good boy, but you are still so rebellious! I
expect that you will fight me, but it'll do you no good.”
She
shocked him lightly with her electrical device to remind him that she
could easily kill him if he didn't cooperate. Then, she pointed to a
spot on the floor right in front of me.
“On
your knees!” She commanded imperiously, whacking his right buttock
when he didn't immediately comply. He bit back a gasp, and then got
to his knees in front of me.
Glacèe
grabbed a whip – a single tail that was made out of about three
feet of braided leather. “Suck on him!” She ordered, whipping him
before he even had a chance to react.
“Glacèe,”
I growled. I have never been a part of a prisoner's torture before,
and I didn't want to start now. He decided to do as told before she
whipped him again. Unlike my timid whipping, she'd drawn blood on the
first try.
“You
forgot to say 'yes mistress!' Do not forget again or I'll have to
strike you harder!” Glacèe
roared harshly.
“Yes
Mistress!” The prisoner paused in his task just long enough to say
what he was supposed to. He resumed it with enough suction to take my
breath away.
“You
can do better than that!” Glacèe
scoffed, unimpressed by his efforts.
“Yes
mistress,” he agreed obediently before using his mouth and hands to
really work my shaft. He was actually pretty rough with me, yanking
firmly enough to make my entire midsection wobble back and forth.
This also made my still stinging butt cheeks bump into the cold wall
frequently.
I
gasped and groaned repeatedly, utterly astonished by how good this
felt. Glacèe
almost never touched my shaft, instead forcing me to pleasure her.
Sang-Soif also never stroked me unless I ordered her too, and then
her strokes were hesitant and uncertain. Only Ardent ever stroked and
licked and sucked on my shaft, and she was usually fairly gentle.
Nothing like this!
I
was half afraid that he would break my shaft clean off, but it felt
simply amazing! My knees started shaking and I sagged against the
wall. I was more than ready to shoot my load!
“Don't
you dare go off already, or you'll be sorry!” Glacèe
promised me. I whimpered in disappointment, wondering just exactly
what she would do to me. Why did she always delight in telling me not
to go off when clearly the situation was inevitable?
Not
able to go anywhere even if I wanted to, I decided to relax and enjoy
what was happening. Resting my head against the wall, I looked up
slightly before closing my eyes. “Uh!” I grunted softly, trying
to maintain that feeling that happened just before going off for as
long as possible.
I
will never ever admit this out loud for as long as I live, but he was
better than Ardent! He seemed to know exactly what I liked, which I
realized was probably because he had learned at some point exactly
what he
liked. I got louder in my moans of pleasure, which was actually rare
for me. I tended to try to be quiet.
Glacèe
laughed huskily, knowingly. “Look at you! You're so precious right
now, literally shaking from the pleasure.”
“Mmmhmm,”
the prisoner hummed in agreement, still focused on his task.
I
tensed all my muscles, trying to stop myself from earning a
punishment, but it was already too late. With a series of breathless
gasps, I pumped my load into his mouth. I felt him pause and looked
down at him just in time to see a look of disgust on his face before
he continued sucking on me, not having permission to stop.
“I
told you you'd regret that!” Glacèe
cackled at me, whacking her prisoner with her whip. “Don't you dare
stop!”
The
moment she said this, my heart stopped and then started hammering in
my chest. It was too much, making me struggle in earnest to get away.
My cries changed to whimpers as I thrashed my head side to side.
“Oh
holy Gods! I think I'm going to die!” I shouted, feeling like my
heart was going to explode! This was an experience of pleasure and
pain that I hadn't even imagined was possible.
Having
no choice but to deal with the experience, I took one deep breath
after another until the feeling subsided to something bearable.
Sighing in relief, I eventually relaxed again. The experience started
feeling good again, almost magically so.
In
true Glacèe
fashion, the moment I appeared to be enjoying myself, she ordered him
to stop sucking on me. I actually groaned in disappointment!
Slumping, I watched her whip him again as she ordered him to stand
and brace himself against the wall. He complied by putting a hand on
either side of my head. Staring him in the eyes as he stared into
mine was both unnerving and embarrassing.
Glacèe
positioned him so that even though he was slightly taller than me, he
was bent over just enough to appear shorter. She whipped him for a
few minutes, but unlike the lashes she gave to me, these ones all
bled. I felt full of compassion and sympathy as I watched his
expression. He seemed full of shame that he and I were so intimately
close at such a time. If he wanted to, he could have kissed me! Our
faces were that close together.
He
gasped in shock. I saw an expression of horror settle on his face,
and tried to see what Glacèe
was doing to him, but I couldn't get a good view. Everything was
silent and he had shut his eyes to hide his emotions from me.
Whatever Glacèe
was doing moved his body ever so slightly for about a minute, and
then she made a noise of satisfaction.
“That
should do it!” She announced, but didn't explain what she was
referring to. She smacked his butt with her hand again. “Stand up
straight!”
He
complied, trying to step back as he did so, but she pushed him so
that his body was pressed against mine. My shaft had no option but to
slip between his legs, but his was only half hard so it bent
awkwardly, jammed in the crease of my leg where it met my groin.
Glacèe
reached between us and repositioned his shaft so that it was between
my legs.
Purring
happily, Glacèe
did something with her hand that rocked his body into mine. I still
couldn't see what she was doing, but based on the way his body moved,
I would swear that she had attached a handle to his buttocks and was
pushing and pulling him however she liked. He moaned in surprise. My
eyes widened as I realized that I could feel his shaft grow harder.
Glacèe
rocked his body roughly against me for a long time. His thighs slid
back and forth across my shaft, making me blush even as I made tiny
noises of pleasure. It felt like I was having sex with him even as it
felt like he was having sex with me!
I
was right! Glacèe
always knew how to show me a new way to have sex! When one of my
friends' brothers once confessed that he liked having sex with men
instead of women, and then explained the basic mechanics of how it
worked to us, he had never mentioned this as a possibility!
I
watched as the prisoner squeezed his eyes shut tighter than they
already were for a moment before opening them. The look in his eyes
was utterly indecipherable, sort of intense and smoldering and
embarrassed all at once. His breath caught in his throat just before
he kissed me.
My
first instinct was to turn my head away, but to my surprise, kissing
him felt just like kissing a woman. My shaft got a unexpected jolt of
pleasure as his ejaculate lubricated our legs and made the friction a
lot smoother. I felt far closer to cumming than I would have bet on
if I was simply watching this happen. Suddenly, I understood why he
was kissing me; it just seemed like the thing to do in this
situation, so I returned his kiss.
“Oh
my,” Glacèe
remarked, fanning herself with her free hand. “This is so
much hotter than I imagined it would be!” She continued making him
rock into me for a few more moments before stopping – once again
just
as I was about to shoot my load.
Her
prisoner ignored her and concentrated on kissing me. I found it
pleasant enough that I let him slip his tongue inside my mouth. I
even pretended that my tongue was a sword and sparred with his. We
both moaned, caught up in the moment.
Surprisingly,
Glacèe
left us alone for a long time. I found this unusual enough to glance
in her direction to find her playing with herself as she eagerly
watched us. His hands were free, and he used them to hold me and
stroke my body. I responded by rocking my hips in an attempt to
recreate the feeling I'd had when Glacèe
was in control of our actions.
“Don't
you dare stop!” Glacèe
ordered, whipping him again, only this time, even I could tell that
she wasn't trying to hurt him. At least not seriously like she was
before. She was even using a different – softer – whip.
We
were quite happy to obey her, honestly not paying her much attention
anyway. The movements were slower and more sensual, but eventually I
got close once more. My moans were soft and muffled by his mouth. I
think he sensed that I was close, because he gripped my buttocks in
his hands and helped me thrust. The previous slipperiness had dried
to a stickiness that distracted me just enough that my impending
release was delayed. I was so
ready to squirt all over his
legs!
Glacèe
laughed mockingly, always able to read my mind. “So you want to go
off, do you? Well it's not yet time for that!” She hit her prisoner
hard enough for the whip to make a deafeningly loud crack. “Stop!
Now!”
He
complied with a soft growl, stepping back but continuing our kiss
until the last possible moment. When our lips broke free, I licked
mine curiously. Usually, I found a woman's mouth to taste sweet, or
at least sweeter than mine, but his taste was very different. I'd
imagine that his mouth developed a bad taste in the dungeon, but
rather than be unpleasant, it seemed normal. A lot like mine.
“Turn
around and get on your hands and knees,” Glacèe
demanded fiercely. Her prisoner complied quickly enough that she
didn't have time to whip him. Pleased, she pet his head, smiling at
him.
For
the first time, I could see what it was that Glacèe
had been using on him. Jutting prominently from his anus was the
handle of the whip she had originally been using. The little of it I
could see looked to be made of an extremely smooth and polished
hardwood such as oak. She reached around him and grabbed the handle.
After that, she pressed on his shoulder firmly until he got the point
to move closer to me.
I
wasn't sure what she wanted until she grabbed my shaft and guided it
into him. He pressed against me slowly, taking his time to accept my
shaft a little at a time until I was buried deep inside him. I liked
how it felt and moaned loudly in encouragement.
Grinning
in satisfaction, Glacèe
grabbed a nearby chair and set it in front of him so that she could
sit on it and roughly shove his face in her womanhood. I well knew
how much she loved to be licked, but apparently, she was having a
blast watching us have sex while he licked her. I must admit that
watching her enjoy herself made my blood feel all the hotter.
Considering
that I had been so close before, I suddenly had the stamina to last
for quite some time. She threatened to punish me if I finished before
she did, and for once, I didn't earn that punishment. She squealed so
loudly that I am almost certain that the entire castle heard her.
Watching
her shudder in pleasure was glorious! I lost all control over my
stamina and roared as I pumped our poor prisoner full. It felt like I
was gushing more than I can remember doing in a long time.
For
maybe the first time ever, Glacèe
completely dropped her cold and domineering personality. She hopped
up from the chair, lightly ran the two steps to me, and then knelt on
her prisoner's back. Squealing giddily, she tugged on my head as she
leaned in to kiss me. Her kiss was eager and possessive, sucking on
my bottom lip a couple of times before sliding her tongue into my
mouth.
“That
was so incredibly hot!” She exclaimed excitedly. “I thought I was
going to orgasm just watching you!” She kissed me again, so
enthusiastic that she nearly ground my head into the wall. “Gods! I
want to do it again!”
I
had no chance to reply before our mouths sealed together for several
long minutes. Her perch was slightly precarious, so she held onto me.
With her in such a lovey dovey mood, I really
wish my hands were free to hold her close.
“You
have no idea how much I love playing with you,” Glacèe
confessed, pressing her head into my chest as she hugged me the best
she could considering that I was clamped to the wall.
I
smiled, nudging her with my chin. “Glacèe...
Will you please
let me go?”
Her
demeanor changed with an almost audible snap as her true personality
returned. “What? And pass up the chance to punish you for your
transgression earlier?”
She
hopped off her prisoner and snapped her fingers just once. “You, on
your feet!”
He
carefully pulled away from me, my mostly flaccid shaft still a little
inside him. When we were no longer joined, his got to his feet. “Yes
Mistress.”
She
grasped his leash in her fist and yanked on it. “You did well, I
suppose,” she praised him gruffly. Leading him towards the door,
she threw it open and addressed the maid on the other side. I now saw
that there were also two strong guards waiting too. “Bring this man
back to the dungeon and clamp him – no... You know what? Give him
an opportunity to clean up and then let him rest in a cell for a
while. If he's hungry, let him have a bite to eat.”
“Yes
Mistress,” the maid and both guards murmured. The maid took hold of
the leash and tugged on it to let the prisoner know that she wouldn't
tolerate any disobedience.
Closing
the door, Glacèe
turned and stalked me ominously. She picked up the softer, many
tailed whip, and tapped one hand with it's handle. Her eyes narrowed
in displeasure.
“Now...
about your punishment...”
The
next morning, Ardent shocked me by deciding not
to go for her usual ride. She encouraged my sisters to go without
her, and then showed up in the family dining room for breakfast. I
hadn't known that she was going to do this, so as far as I was
concerned, I was supposed to be alone with my dad. Mornings were the
time we had set aside to talk in private since the girls usually went
for a ride and most of the others either skipped breakfast or showed
up later on.
“Is
something wrong?” I asked Ardent in concern. She shrugged but
didn't say anything.
My
dad liked to take his time eating, so he usually brought something to
read. This morning, it was a letter from mom. He had barely had time
to open it when Ardent interrupted us. Undeterred, he read the letter
anyway.
“Your
mom writes that her little Prince is simply adorable. She's amazed
how fast he's growing,” dad informed me. He made soft thinking
noises as he read the rest of the letter. When he finished, he looked
lost in thought.
“What's
the matter?” I wondered.
A
loud yawn interrupted his answer. “Oh man! How do you all manage to
get up so early?” Glacèe asked, groaning. “If I didn't have a
prisoner to deal with first thing this morning, I would still be in
bed!”
Rather
than answer the question as I expected, Ardent hauled back and
punched Glacèe.
Normally, Glacèe would have simply blocked the punch, but she was
too tired to see it coming. She held a hand to her face, gaping in
astonishment.
“What
the hell, Ardent?!” Glacèe demanded.
“It's
bad enough that you always have to scratch up and bruise him, but
last night you actually wounded
him! Do you even care about that?” Ardent roared her question
furiously.
“Ardent!”
I blurted out with a blush. I really didn't think it was necessary to
be having this conversation.
My
father frowned in concern, smart enough to understand immediately
what was going on. “Wounded how?”
Ardent
showed no regard for the buttons holding the front of my shirt
together and popped them all off as she tore my shirt open. “See!”
Even though she seemed to be answering my dad, she was glaring at
Glacèe. “He has a nasty gash across his chest!”
“Oh
please!” Glacèe snorted as I tried to hold my shirt together.
“That's barely a scratch!”
I
nodded in agreement. “This is nothing to worry about, Ardent.”
“Yes
it is!” Ardent shouted at me. “She promised that she wouldn't
ever draw blood, and now she has!”
“When
did she promise this?” I wondered since this was the first I had
heard about it.
“Back
at the very beginning when we were all discussing the logistics of
sharing you,” Ardent informed me.
I
looked at her incredulously. “And why wasn't I a part of this
conversation?”
“Your
input wasn't necessary,” Glacèe scoffed matter of factly and then
changed the subject back. “I didn't mean
to draw blood, I just got carried away!”
“That's
no excuse!” Ardent screeched, clearly still upset. She yanked open
my shirt again and shoved Glacèe's head close to me for a good look.
“That is going to leave a nasty scar!”
“It's
fine, Ardent,” I assured her. “It's not as bad as it looks.”
“That's
what you always say about the scratches and bruises, but I work in a
dungeon, remember? I know
what it takes to create these marks!” Ardent pointed out several
red lines that criss-crossed my chest. “She was whipping you way
too hard!”
“But
– !” My protest was cut off by my father, who had finally gotten
over his shock enough to speak.
“By
the Gods, Gavin! I have to agree with Ardent,” he blurted out.
“That's not some little love tap, that's abuse!”
Sang-Soif
entered the room just then and took a good look at my chest. “Looks
fine to me,” she murmured, tracing the scabbed over gash with a
finger. “In fact, I'm jealous!”
“See!”
Glacèe exclaimed in triumph, happy that someone agreed with her.
“It
doesn't hurt,” I informed Ardent. “Just itches a bit is all.”
“Even
so,” Sang-Soif murmured as she kissed my wound. “Ardent is right
to be upset.”
“See!”
Ardent crowed emphatically.
“But
you just said –!” Glacèe protested.
Sang-Soif
held up a hand in a silent command for Glacèe to be quiet. “Back
when we first talked about how this relationship would work, you
promised not to get carried away.”
Glacèe
pouted, begging Sang-Soif with her eyes to believe her. “But I
couldn't help it! You should have seen how hot he was last night!”
I
blushed, both pleased and embarrassed by this description. Both
Sang-Soif and Ardent looked intrigued. Ardent was the first to
respond.
“Well,
what made him so hot?” She asked curiously.
“Yes,
maybe we should hear the details before we make a decision,”
Sang-Soif added.
“Whoa,
wait a minute! This is not exactly a topic for polite conversation!”
My face must have been the reddest it had ever been because I felt
like it was hot enough to melt glaciers.
“Hush!”
They all three shushed me impatiently.
“Well,
first he –” Glacèe began, but I hastily grabbed hold of her and
put a hand over her mouth.
“Seriously,
you can't
tell them that!” I insisted.
“Aww...”
Ardent purred in delight. “Look at him, he's so cute when he's
embarrassed!”
My
dad chuckled. “Perhaps Gavin would feel better about this
conversation if I wasn't in the room, but I have something important
to talk to him about. Could you maybe postpone this conversation
until later?”
“I
have a better idea,” Sang-Soif announced. She grabbed both Glacèe
and Ardent and dragged them out of the room. I sighed in relief that
they weren't going to spill all the embarrassing details in front of
my dad, but glanced after them apprehensively. It seems like they
were going to discuss it whether I wanted them to or not.
“Maybe
you should tell her no for a while,” my dad murmured. “Just until
she learns to control her violent urges.”
I
looked down at my chest and then sighed. “I can see how this looks
bad, but I swear that it felt good when it happened. I promise that
she felt bad about drawing blood and unclamped me from the wall right
away. “
“Unclamped...?”
Dad murmured, and then frowned. “You mean that she treats you like
one of the prisoners in the dungeon?”
“Well,
I don't really know, but I suspect probably not. After all, I don't
think
I have ever been broken or reformed.” The way they talked about it,
it was a dramatic process that resulted in super obedient men. Glacèe
has never insisted that I obey her or call her Mistress. I am almost
certain that she actually encouraged me to disobey her so that she
could punish me, and up until now, the punishments hadn't even drawn
blood.
Dad
sighed heavily. “I don't like it at all. I don't understand why you
let her abuse you like that, and I honestly cannot imagine how it
could possibly feel good. However, I do trust you not to lie to me,
so if you say nothing is wrong, I believe you... But are you sure?”
I
nodded and gave him a reassuring smile. “I really like it when she
ties me up and whips me.” I looked to the ceiling as I tried to
figure out how to explain it. “When she takes away my ability to
resist her, I always dread what new devious things she might have in
mind, but every single time, she does something to me that I would
have never
thought to do. It's... amazing...”
I gave up trying to explain with a shrug.
My
father wrinkled his nose for a moment, and then decided to let his
curiosity get the better of him. “Like what? I'm trying to
understand, but I'm lost...”
I
blushed and looked away from him because if I was going to give
embarrassing details, I didn't want to be looking him in the eye
while I did so. Taking a deep breath, I gathered up the courage to
answer his question. A wry smile twisted my lips as I thought about
it.
“Well,
take last night, for example. She shackled my feet and clamped my
hands to the wall, so I knew that she had something different in
mind. At first, I thought she wanted to simply whip me,” I pointed
to me chest. “She's never done this before, not on my chest. She
usually confines the whippings and beatings to my back. Anyway, I was
wrong.”
I
took a sip of milk, probably looking a little dreamy as I thought
about what had happened. Setting my cup down, I stared into it. With
a soft snort of amusement, I continued.
“She
wanted to use me as part of a prisoner's punishment and
reward.
Um...” I paused, wondering just how much detail to give, then
decided to keep it as simple as possible. “I would have never
considered doing, uh, that, but she made me. I liked it enough that
I'd be willing to consider doing it again.”
“Wait,
she made you punish a prisoner?!” My dad asked darkly, clearly
angry by the prospect.
“No!”
I exclaimed, waving my hands to emphasize my point. “She made me...
reward... him.” I looked him in the eye, my hands and expression
saying: you
know...
My
father was confused at first, but then he figured out what I just
couldn't bring myself to say out loud. He looked shocked. “Oh...”
I
shrugged. “And then – after the prisoner was returned to the
dungeon – we were both so worked up that she whipped me and I
encouraged her to until she did this.” I gestured to my wounded
chest. “Then she let me go and we attacked each other.” Silence
fell between us as I decided to stop there.
My
dad thought this over carefully before murmuring. “Oh...”
It
was clearly
time to change the subject!
“So,
what's this important thing you have to talk to me about?” I asked,
almost certain that he was just saying that earlier to get my lovers
to behave.
“Right,”
dad stated, seeming glad to talk about something else for a while.
“Well it's like this, your mother wrote to tell me that...” he
hesitated with a sigh.
“What?”
I wondered, not sure if I should be curious or apprehensive. Or both!
“Well...
Just as you are going to be 17 soon, your sister will be turning 16
in less than 6 months. Your mother has decided that Sandra – and
Lily too, eventually – deserves to marry a Lord if she wants. To
that end, she's invited the three of us to go visit her in the
palace.”
I
frowned in confusion. “Three?”
“The
girls and me,” dad clarified.
“I
see...” I murmured, feeling numb that I was going to be more or
less on my own for the first time ever. Sure, I would have Sang-Soif,
Glacèe, and Ardent, but it was my dad that I turned to when I really
needed help with something. “For how long?”
Dad
shrugged. “Until Sandra either gets married or wants to come home,
I would guess.”
I
nodded even though I wanted to throw a tantrum like a baby. I didn't
want my dad to abandon me like this! But I also couldn't deny my
sister her chance at happiness... Sighing, I stood up.
“I
should probably go change my shirt...”
“Yes,”
my dad agreed, but he sounded sad too. I left the room before either
of us could say another word.
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I welcome and encourage everyone to comment... except spammers and bots. So, I am sorry that I have to require moderation, but I've now officially got 10 times more comments from spammers than real people. Thank you for your comment and have a happy day :-)