Then He said, emphatically, ‘Yes. Kneel to me and apologize, and maybe I’ll believe you’re sorry.’ Master has since told me this was completel... a gut reaction. He had never before even thought about my kneeling to Him. And He certainly didn’t think I was going to comply. His demand should have made me more furious and more hopeless. That’s what any demand from Him usually did. But now I just gazed at Him in silence. My mind in another, unfamiliar, place. I felt like everything in me had. It wasn't long before the slavers came in and ordered us to strip. Many of the women started to cry, but he said we wasn't to be raped, our innocent was worth more on the block.We were to be washed, perfumed, and our hair was to be fixed. Then we would be shown to our future masters that very night.After we had removed our clothes we were lead to the great baths. These people had built a house around a pond I thought; I had never seen nor heard of the baths before. The water was warm and they. Though he was speaking gently, I could hear an edge in his quiet words. “I have a few gifts for you tonight, but I won't give them to you all at once, lest you be overwhelmed," he murmured. “I really hope you are in a receiving mood.” I smiled but still made no sound until I felt the light brush of his fingertips stroking my legs near my knees then moving slowly 0up my thighs. At that point I could not prevent a small breathy moan from escaping my lips. “Well are you in a receiving mood? You. I had all my friends, but it would be good to be able to attend school. I told Anchor to go ahead, and set me up with a new identity also, as one of Bin's children. I returned to the Section 20 escapees, and told them the good news, that we had a home in a small town on the coast, and Bin had an identity as our mother. They were very excited, and since there was nothing keeping us in the city, we boarded a bus, and left for our new home. Tia said it was like a dream comming true, and the others.