Go and do that now, please.”“Yes, Milady.” Enid disappeared rapidly.“Master, when she returns, you must inspect her. Thoroughly. With your fin...ger. If you are satisfied – there must be no hint of stubble – complete the inspection with your tongue.”“Sally...”“Master, she has been humiliated and degraded in the process of becoming owned. What I am asking you to do...”“You mean telling me, Sally.”“Asking. Is intended to drive home that she is now owned by you, and her obedience, her loyalty, her. “Oh man, what a body,” she said to herself. She looked up at Jim, and he saw the warm half smile, the one that had begun their journey, the one that had first made him hard, on her beautiful face again. He nearly melted. “Let’s go,” she said to him, carrying the magazine to the checkout line, the smile gone again. He felt the chafing of his tightened pants as he walked behind her, his club having added an extra inch. After hitting a couple more stores, carrying several bags between them, Jim. He’s one of my oldest subs. In fact he’s been a toptier for as long as I’ve been doing this.”“I’m sensing there’s an ‘and’... ?”“I usually call him ‘Pop’,” Lia grinned, dropping her conversational hand-grenade.“You call... oh!”“Yeah. He’s Remy, you know, like how your grandfather was Sid, but usually he’s Pop. Remember we were joking about it, about him being a toptier and what I do? Well now he’s gone and sent me ears and a tail, and there was a letter, too. I don’t know if he’s role-playing. “Ramie?” Wolf started snarl-barking again. I could feel my voice giving shape to Wolf’s thoughts.“I will thin my pack and teach my pups. We will abide in this land and share it for generations to come and generations past. We will avoid the man-lands and shepherd the prey. We will protect the land.”Apparently, Blackfeather figured Kyle had seen enough. He called with his knocking voice and I could see Kyle change. He was time traveling. Blackfeather cawed again and I was in my own body. I.