“I don’t know why our master has ordered you here,” Anna said, “but it is clear that you have offended him. He is a kind man to those who serve him with obedience and honor. It is too bad that you could not have understood this truth before you failed him. I’m afraid your life here will not be pleasant until you make amends.”
“My life has not been pleasant for some time,” Jolie replied.
“Perhaps not.” For a woman of such sensuous beauty, she looked terribly grim now. “Up on the table,” she ordered.
Jolie gazed at her perplexed, wondering now how she should greet this command.
“And if I do not climb up on the table?” she asked, feeling the first sign of defiance begin to brew inside her tummy.
“Then I’ll inform our master of your feelings.”
“And that is all?”
“It’s not for me to d
