.the real meaning.Prior to this point, Kels had picked out a simple leather collar. I knocked on her door and she answered it dressed in a very loose... and airy floral print summer dress. It had a plunging neckline and nicely tailored waste so it flowed with her as she moved. Absolutely stunning with the wedge heals she was wearing. Of course she had her collar on. She always did when she first met me for an outing. Depending on where we were going, I would allow her to remove it and put it. The Supplicant, hemmed a bit, then raised her head, looked me in the eyes, and responded, “Yes, Mistress.”My phone indicated an incoming text, so I dug it out of my pocket and saw Gracey’s text that they were almost here. I replaced my phone and looked at her, “We will have to see about that, Supplicant. They’re almost here, Mom; I gotta go.”“Okay, Honey, see you later.As I climbed into the back seat of Gracey’s mother’s car to join Liya there, I gave everyone a sunny “Morning!”Gracey and her. I spent months putting that beautiful head and brain back together one cell at a time. I don’t want to do it again,” I said as I looked him straight in the eyes. “Too bad you won’t even get to tell anyone about it. The men you killed to be able to get into my house have friends. They aren’t too happy right about now. I’m going to give you a Christmas present. Don’t say I didn’t give you anything, because, well, you won’t be able to anyway.”A foot away was what remained of the Christmas. This morning, well rested, she moved through the morning dews to a thicket near the edge of a vegetable patch she had found during her nocturnal scouting. Her position was well hidden from the village and from most of the field. There were eggplants, squash, pulses and other vegetables growing well, and a good variety of herbs were planted along the edge of the field near where she sat, her legs crossed, a silent, deep blue statue, still as a rock. Surveillance indicated that only one or two.