My eyebrows were gone, with a lot of my hair singed away. Some white salve was on my nose, and lips. The rest of my face had the look of a bad sunburn.... To top it off, the left eye was swollen, ringed with three different shades of red, purple, and yellow".Just then Zoie came out of the bathroom, ever the profession in her Medical garb with a stethoscope hanging around her neck."Mac, I going make you leave if you upset my patient." Zoie then shoved a digital probe into my mouth that was attached. They blazed with unspoken words and tales of heartbreak, triumph and pain. They flashed from the flames of the fire, and yet were cold and unsettling. She could not look away even if she dared, so deeply his eyes held hers, trapped and locked within his own. She knew without hesitation that he was Master and that all she was his. ‘Wine, slave,’ he whispered and she stood to slip across the room and pour him out a glass from the bottle he stored there on his shelf. Her feet were light and. In our second year, Tess and her boyfriend Daniel, me and my cuddly bear Steve and a couple of others moved into a house together. I’d had a shit summer and arranged to meet Steve at the house a day before the others got back. While he was never the most sexually active of fellas, I needed my man and just wanted to snuggle with him more than anything. On arriving at the station I got a text from Steve saying something had come up last minute and he couldn’t make it til the next day. I was so. .. but not really what I was asking."Thule sat up, looking down at her, "About the rest, we'll have to see. If I didn't think it could work out, we wouldn't be here now."Dawn sat up, leaning against him, "Thule, I know that if it comes down to Marigold or me... who you'll choose."Thule put his arms around her, drawing her to his chest. He held her, not saying anything. After a few minutes, she said, "You should finish getting dressed. She'll be here soon," and climbed off his lap.Thule did,.