The "L" shaped room opened up to a dining area, with a large glass topped table under a very ornate chandelier. It was then that she noticed no one wa... there to greet her, "Hello?" "I'm here." The voice came from down the hall, too dark to see past the dining room. "But you have a few decisions to make before we meet face to face." "Like what?" "You'll find several things on the table. I want you to choose one and bring it with you down the hall. You will have to decide on other things tonight. Gaye said that “it would take thinking about, having my body marked is a big thing, can I sleep on it and call you in the morning, Dave and I need to talk about this!” Dan agreed to that saying he needed the answer by tea-time, and that if it was a yes it would be at their place, and the following weekend. Then off he went home. Dave soon arrived home he was greeted by, “You know what that sadistic bastard wants to do to me don’t you Dave?” she asked, he couldn`t meet her eyes “erm yes dear,. ” “Your household is rather comfortable,” The dark-haired man said, raising an eyebrow a fraction of an inch. “Your slave - she gives you no trouble, then?” “Who, Clara?” Master L laughed. “No. That old girl quit fighting me years ago. She was quite the ticket a while ago, wasn’t she? No, I get no trouble from my wares. I don’t like them to fight me.” The other Master raised both eyebrows, clearly disagreeing but saying nothing. “Your methods were always so controversial,” He said, with a nip. An unfamiliar scent came from the entrance. Someone was there; I couldn’t place the smell of their species. The ushers troubled voice quietly protested, but whoever she spoke to ignored her. From my position on the floor, I couldn’t see them.Something changed, and I shivered, scenting an apex predator. I felt like a rabbit after hearing the cry of a hunting hawk. Silent and trapped by the collar, my skin crawled. I listened as the clicking of their talons against the marble tiles drew closer..