Rose knelt in position for ten minutes as her mistress and her partner showered in the bathroom, dried off, came to the bedroom where they ignored her as they dressed in casual clothes, and headed downstairs. Only when the door was closed behind them did Rose move to shower. She did so quickly. It was necessary to remove the bandage on her tattoo. She only took a moment to admire the work on her skin. The redness had faded for the most part. She was glad that the bandage and wrap had been over it when she had received her beating from Kim. Her mistress had left a small tube of ointment on the dresser next to her cuffs and collar. She quickly dressed in her slave’s outfit of the tiny leather bands around her limbs and neck, applied some of the ointment to her sore skin where the tattoo was

