I didn’t know what else to say to them. My knowledge of their new life was so Limited.


    Christof rose off the bed and headed for the bathing room. I was torn between wanting to bathe and to


    continue to convince them. As it turned out, I could do both.


    Master Christof filled the bathing pool with water and I stepped into it. The warm water swirled against


    my thighs and I sunk down. I sshed the water up over my shoulders and enjoyed feeling it flowing


    off. My eyes drifted closed and I rxed in the water.


    Strong hands smoothed over my back and I leaned into them. When a second set ran over my front, I


    opened my eyes. Everyone had silently entered the bathtub.


    Master Christof took the lead, but they shared the task of bathing me.


    They also continued to ask questions. It was working, I thought, they seemed to like the new way to


    look at things.


    Again and again over the next five days, we had simr conversations.


    They kept wanting topare their position to mine, but I kept pointing out the differences. I insisted


    they were not ves.


    “So,” Master Bane said on the fourth day, “we are not ves, but we do not wish to be in the


    mountains. We want to go back to thepound and have our ve back.”


    “I want that, too, Masters,” I told him softly looking down.


    I couldn’t say what I wanted something slightly different. Just like them, I would like to be free. They


    wanted me back, but as a ve.


    Some tiny part of me had hoped they would want me as something more, but that was not to be.


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    Still, I would make the best of it and take what I could from this strange rtionship. I Loved my owners


    deeply. In their own way, they loved me, although I was certain they didn’t understand it. It was the


    most I could hope for on this world, so I would take it.


    “I wish you coulde with us in the mountains,” Master Bane said running his hand over my hip.


    I smiled at him, Liking the fact they had thought of me.


    “Nu-reeh refused to let us have you near us in the mountains,” Christof told me sadly.


    “She said a ve’s weakness would not be tolerated in the mountains by the women there,” Kein said


    staring off into space.


    They were getting depressed again and I couldn’t bear it.


    “But we have this,” I said hopefully.


    “Yes,” Damien smiled, his face brightening, “we still have this.”


    My owners consoled themselves and me. They would see that we were able to be together. These


    stolen days would be repeated as often as they could.


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    On the fifth day, I was prepared to go back to thepound. They removed my ornamentation and left


    me nude before the fire.


    They sat and I knelt in silence for a while as I stared down at the ground. Suddenly I heard Master


    Bane make a sound. The rest agreed with him and Master Damien spoke to me.