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Skylar

I woke the next morning, Master was still resting. I carefully untangled myself from him, noticing that Sir Milo and Kristoff did not return.

My mind ran through what we had talked about last night. No one has ever been so vulnerable with me. He was the first person to actually ask me what happened. 

He sat quietly as relived my past. Held me tight when the tears flooded my eyes. 

Some vampires are monsters, like the one that took me or the ones that visited me at Madam Charity’s. 

Master was not a monster. He was kind, caring, and tentative to my needs. He didn’t hesitate when I said my safe word. I never had a safe word before, but I have told others to stop, that they were hurting me or scaring me and they never listened. 
I looked over his face as he slept, he was so peaceful. 

I noticed I was in much need of a quick shower. 

I don’t think he’d mind

I quietly crept to the bathroom. 

As I stood in the shower I heard and awful growl. Master burst through the door, not even knocking.

“Skylar, here. Now” He commanded pointing to the ground. My heart raced as I rushed over, not even grabbing a towel. I lowered my body to the floor, dripping with water. My eyes were focused on the tile flooring.

I could feel the anger roll off of him. “Look at me.” Another emotion flashed across his face.

Fear.

“Do you know why I am upset?” he growled through his teeth.

“No Master.”

“The house was filled with other vampires last night, some of which I’ve never met. I wake to find you gone. No longer by my side. Your life is at risk Skylar.” He was angry. 

“Master I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-“he grabbed me by the arm yanking me up. I gasped at his sudden roughness. He pulled me out of the bathroom toward his desk. 

“You are going to be punished. I thought you were gone. Kneel beside the desk.” He commanded as he let my arm go. “Face to the wall.”

I followed his instructions trembling from the cold. I hadn’t had a chance to dry off.

“Sit here till I tell you to move. Do not slouch, do not talk, do not move. You are in timeout. Do you understand?”

“Yes Master.”

“I will be back, I’m going to go find Milo and Kristoff.” Master turned and stomped off. The door slammed behind me. 

A few tears rolled down my face. I should have realized I would have worried him.

I had momentarily forgotten that I was danger. Master had every right to be worried. Last night there were more vampires here than any other night. One of them could have easily slipped into the room and…. The thought was too horrible to complete. A shiver rolled down my spine. 

I waited for Master to come back. I never moved. In some ways this punishment was harder than his other punishments. At least then, Master was still paying attention to me.