The night was coming. I could feel it's pull like a babe to it's mother's breast. I had felt pains in my body as I slept next to Lady Hartford, pains that were mere annoyances and only roused my consciousness slightly and pains that caused me to awaken to the darkness crumpled up in agony. They would pass quickly it seemed and I would fall back asleep. Sleep had controlled me. Rising up was not an option that I felt my body could do. I slept, dealt with the pains of death and slept more. A smell had appeared. I could not place it as my mind was coping with the pains that plagued my body. It was foul.
When the pains subsided and I slept peacefully it was at the warm breasts of my Lady. The servants had long ago covered the windows as the morning rose. They protected us. They were as loyal to Lady Hartford as I was. Under the soft warmth of the silk covers I could feel her warmth. I could smell her breath as she slept so close to me. I loved it. She was mine and I hers. I opened my eyes finally to cool night air washing over my face. The covers had been drawn back and I awoke refreshed. There was that smell, foul and strong. I sat up and looked around. Our bedding was soiled with feces and urine. I wanted to vomit but felt only the gagging reflex in my throat as I recoiled from the smell.
Lady Hartford stood at the window looking out at the night. She turned to me and smiled. "You evacuated your body, my love. It's normal. Your body can no longer tolerate the foods and drink you once enjoyed, and you will come to find you do not miss them. Come, I will bath you."
She walked over and took me by the hand and led me to a fresh hot bath. As I stepped down into the water she brought the soft cloths up and washed my legs and around my calves and thighs. She was gentle and loving as each pass of the cloth washed away the filth of my former life. She ran the cloth along my buttocks and through my groin, making sure that I was clean and fresh. Lavender scents filled the room suddenly and I could smell them as if they had just appeared. She saw me smelling the air and let out a small laugh. "Your senses are coming back."
"Why is it that I can smell the stench of my own waste so strongly, but the sweet lavender escapes me until now?" I asked, raising my arms as she ran the cloth along my breasts and under my arms.
"I do not have an answer for that, love. Our bodies recover differently. I was turned over five hundred years ago, but I remember the same feeling. No answers were giving to me then. I can only guess that the stench of our deaths is the last thing that we experience before our new life takes over. In time you will see and feel everything around you differently. You will smell everything as if new to you for the first time."
She lead me to another bath and had me sit down in the warm waters and then she stood and disrobed before stepping in behind me. I felt her hands caress me. Her lips against me shoulders as she kissed my flesh. She pulled back my long blonde hair and kissed up my neck. They felt even more wonderful than they had before. Each soft press of her lips was like a tiny orgasm to my flesh. Little blooms of pleasure that coursed through me. She washed my hair so lovingly and without so much as a thought as to who was the ruler and who was the girl she had collected years before from the streets.
She finished and pulled me to her, my back resting against her breasts as she lay back against the large tub and held me. Her hands rested against my stomach. I could feel her breathing. Gently as her body rose with each breath, mine rose. I could feel that as if I were an ant on her instead of myself.
I turned and faced her. My eyes looked into hers for the first time it seemed, and I could see me in her. She smiled. "You will feel powerful new emotions, sensations and some you will love, some you will hate just as in life." she said, and she pulled me up to her. We kissed and I looked at her and smiled. "Your lips I already love, they are even more softer and enjoyable than before. I loved them always, but now they seem magical as they touch me."