One day at a time

Abigail woke up before the alarm she requested was able to go off to wake her. It was a little before 3am and she went to bathe without feeling tired nor regretful. This was her new norm and she had embraced it fully. She agreed that it was a lot of work but she now enjoyed her work. She had beautiful clothes, that she would probably never wear, and she made herself all that she needed. She could experiment with food and things in her garden.

She could consider things hers.

Abigail was living a life she never imagined possible. Her eyes opened and she wanted to live. She was able to work and learn as she pleased as long as her duties were completed. The only thing she was getting in trouble for was doubting her ability and not looking up and not physically talking.

She thought about how kind Sir Grand Serpent truly was and her heart fluttered. She dumped water over her head and forced herself to think of other things. She was his servant and she would be until the day she died. She could never have him any other way and it was almost like a punishable offense for her to even come close to thinking it.

She dried off with her eyes wide. She always forgot that he could hear her thoughts. Today she would work on rectifying that.

She had set up a mini kitchen for herself in her massive room so she prepared breakfast for herself. She loved mixing grains and cooking them into a thick and creamy hot cereal. Today she would add some banana and strawberry like fruits. She needed to finished and get to preparing her master's first breakfast.

Michele laid in bed smiling at Abigail's thoughts. He loved how her mind worked. He felt an odd stirring in the center of his being and frowned. It was not painful but it was odd. He didn't like new things that he defined as odd.

Suddenly he found himself daydreaming. He was trying to think of a way to have Abigail eat with him. It was the only thing she denied him saying that it was inappropriate. He frowned. Didn't he know what was appropriate for him?

He settled down and readied himself for her, a smile blooming on his face, and again that odd feeling. He frowned a bit. He may need to start eating more veggies and drinking more water.

His long serpentine body rose from his bed and he stepped down in his serpent humanoid form. He walked to his personal dining table and smiled when he heard the knock.

"Come in." his smile vanished as Abigail entered with a large tray of food and her eyes to the floor.

"And why so you want to ruin my day by staring at the floor?"

She looked up. 'I am sorry Master. I thought I had that under control.' She began placing food on the table before him. He could not help but smile again as he smelled the food laid out before him.

He looked up at her seriously.

"And what will you do when six months comes and you are still not talking?"

Abigail's eyes went wide and her mouth opened and closed several times.

'I will begin working on that in earnest Master.' She looked at him the entire time and he nodded in satisfaction and began to eat.

He paused in surprise and looked at the food, then to her, and back to the food again. He tucked in and really began eating. Her food seemed to get better each time she cooked.

He suddenly looked up. It was so sudden she jumped. Her heart began to race as she tried to figure out what she had done wrong.

He wiped his mouth and carefully swallowed his food.

"Tonight I will be washing with you and sleeping in your room." Her eyes widened in surprise but he heard a quiet

'Yes master' in his mind.

He had questioned a human subordinate about things and he had suggested this. Michèle did not see anything wrong in trying it. He liked water and he could tell that she did too.

He frowned as he sensed her leave the room. He did not frown about that though. He frowned at himself. He had become too concerned about how she felt. Every time the attempted sex he sensed the pain she felt and he abruptly stopped. She always assured him that she could handle it and it was natural for human females who had never had sex.

That had really stunned him. To think that her people sacrificed their young before they ever knew anything about their world. He had found it appalling. It made him want to make her experiences with him as pain free as possible.

Although he had not truly experienced her body as he wanted she had continually pleased him and he knew it was because she was always in the library ready. She could even please him in his dark serpent form. When she first did so he was so shocked he commanded her to stay in bed with him the entire day. He had only let her out when he heard her stomach making odd noises and realized that she needed to eat.

He finished his first breakfast and blinked to his main study. There were already several people in the room waiting for him. As soon as he appeared they all stood and spoke in unison.

"Good morning Beast King!"

He nodded to them all and sat on a massive thrown of bone and wood.

His first advisor rose from the shadows next to him and spoke to him telepathically.

'Your new slave's family is fighting for her money but it has already been seized and put into an account for her. It is under the name Simone Ashen.'

He heard the name and frowned but said nothing.

'The Dias Scorpion has raided the western reaches again. They held but they are not sure how much longer they can hold'

'Go. Take who you need. See what you can do to fortify their defenses and return. I will take care of that fool myself.'

The shadow bowed. 'As you wish My Lord.' He waited for a moment and when Michele didn't have anything else he turned to the assembled before them.

"His Great Lord, Michele the Great is ready to hear all. "

Michele stopped himself from rolling in his eyes and looked at the beings before him.

'Have someone find staff for the den. I want shape shifters that have a human form. They will be paid fairly.'

'Yes my Lord.'

Michele looked toward those gathered before him and nodded. Signaling that the they could begin.