It would have been a pleasure if it wasn’t for the fact that it was a funeral and not the mention the searing heat. I must have kissed a hundred swe...aty faces.Eventually, we made it back to the carpark and waved off fifty relatives or so.Dying to get home I rushed to the car but it soon became apparent I was alone. Surprised, I looked over my shoulder to see Mia and her dad locked in a quiet but serious looking conversation. It was the sort of conversation that you gave them the space they. Glancing at the slave, he added, “All the rooms have slave rings to secure the slave.” Cat glanced up, slave ring? Secure? Goran didn’t turn around, merely added, “Thank you, but it won’t be needed.”He had asked for a room on the top floor. It would offer the most security. Once in the room, Cat asked, “Slave ring, Master?”He pointed to the floor at the end of the bed. Bolted to the floor boards was indeed a heavy steel ring. “Many slaves are secured by their owners.” He didn’t add anything. We went from cold Ohio to the tropics for ten days. On the last night, our eldest daughter watched the kids and afforded us an evening to ourselves. We found ourselves tipsy, after a wonderful meal, walking along the beach. We chatted, still in disbelief over how our lives had changed, how we would be able to have time with our family and not worry about finances anymore. My husband had earned us a great, new life and I wanted to show him how much I appreciated that. I had a large beach bag I'd. Wastingno time, the girl ran with all her might towards the control panel andpushed the red button, causing the entire place to whirl back into power."I'm so sorry, this was the only way I could escape!" she said with a bitof sorrow in her voice and ran out of the room, never looking back."What are you talking a-" Koji was cut off by the collar as it activated,silencing his voice through some sort of ultrasonic technology. A calm andobviously AI-generated woman's voice was played through a.