The Mistress smiled, sat down, and resumed eating.The other female slaves hurried back to the kitchen to continue serving the meal. The look of horror...on their faces was evident to me. When the candles were first slid under the redheaded slave's breasts, she jumped, and tried even harder to straighten out her body. But the hooks held her chained wrists securely to the table. All she could do was wiggle around, and try as best she could to direct the heat coming from the candles to different. All about betokened vacancy, his livestock were put away and the barn boarded shut as if for a storm. She thought he must be away and it troubled her, for now her gambit for the forest path became a foolish risk that may cost her dearly. The full weight of her mother’s bodements condemned her folly.There was no time to linger on it. With night coming on fast, her only hope now was to forge onward quickly in hopes of reaching the edge of the forest or perhaps meeting Ulric somewhere along the. Properly examined by all in attendance, she was led by Jack to the center of the room and told to kneel. She looked up at him smiling as he presented her with her new collar, supple leather with a heart shaped tag. On one side it had the words “Property of Jack Chambers” and a phone number. On the other side was her new puppy name, which she had no say in choosing. She was to be called “Bubbles.” “When you wear this collar, you will cease being Leifang Chen and become Bubbles. You will be. . I opened my eyes once, thinking I was hearing voices, but the room was blurry and it felt so much better just to lie back on the couch... Eventually I felt a hand on my cheek, and opened my eyes to see her face inspecting me, those large brown eyes focused on mine. "Are you feeling better now?" I sat up tentatively, and my head stayed fastened to my shoulders. "I think so." I stood up, and everything seemed to be more or less normal. "Thank you," I said with some embarrassment, "I don't know.