Turning her face away from the open sky, she blinked a few times before sitting up, enjoying how her body still hummed with the afterglow of the clima... she had just experienced. A bit dazed, she looked around her.She was lying on a single large animal fur, surrounded by wounded soldiers in various states of distress. Some, she could see, were recovering from only minor wounds while others probably wouldn't see the night. A course robe had been draped over her naked body, but seemed somehow. The gift he pulled from behind was elegantly wrapped and Julia tore it open with little regard for the expensive paper."Oh my God," she stammered. "It's beautiful. Put it on me, my Master."Elias kissed the pale band of skin where the collar had rested, then lifted the new one to her throat. The green and blue stones making it more a piece of jewelry than a slave's collar. He kissed her cheek as she turned to straddle his waist."Thank you, thank you, thank you," she said kissing his lips between. If I remembered correctly, my father had been like that, too. That was something to think about.Since I had some time, I decided to examine the town some more. I had my spare clothes and some books in the boarding house, but I carried my money with me in a few special pockets that had been made in my clothes. Even if I had never been in a town like this before, I didn’t quite think of myself as a naïve country boy. First there had been my mother’s stories - or teachings - and then I had also. After shouting at the kid and sending him home with a kick in the butt, he turnsto you with tears in his eyes and hugs you tight."You just saved the life of my son man. I don't know how to thank you! Come! The drinks are onme tonight, man."With his arm around your shoulders he leads you to the bar and sits you on a chair in a darkcorner of the "terrace"."I'll make you taste the best rum on the island man!"Jerry disappears through a service door behind the bar and reappears with a bottle in.