You go on back to sleep, darlin’. It was nothin’.”The bed shifts again as he gets comfortable. I miss being in our usual position, but it will...not be long before my back heals enough for us to do that again. As it is, his hand cannot help searching for my tail and holding it gently, as if even now he wishes to assure himself that I am there, safe and sound.At first, that makes me feel good, but then I start to wonder what dangers he fears will come after us, that he is so much on guard and. At the departure time of that weekend when we were all dressed and ready to go Karen presented herself naked, with hands cuffed behind her back, asking to be gagged and left with the resident slave/pony trainer (Joe) until next time we meet. As shocked as we were we obliged and here I am today, three weeks later to see what she has learnt in those last few weeks and to test her resolve.I make my way down to the stables and find Joe the blacksmith there as usual. We exchange the obligatory. On top of that, a lot of other women hopefully will be delivering their first child pretty soon, so your services will be needed for a while. Angie can help you deliver the other babies, since she's had some ob/gyn experience." Dammit, you're right. Somebody else will have to lead the exploration trip. Well, we can talk about that later."Now, to other things. I have talked to Amos and Ezra about the way they should treat the girls they service tonight, and both of them have agreed to let the. He had wanted everything to be perfect for his arrival home to her bearing his gifts... 'Ahh, well', he thought, 'Life is not perfect.'"Franchesca!" he said excitedly. "Are you ready to see what I've brought back for you?"She was excited, like a little girl, "Yes!" she said, feeling better now from the hot meal, sponge bath and the laudanum. And she sat up and waited for him to return to the room with his packages. He walked in with all kinds of boxes in all shapes and sizes! Some were hat.