In Chapter 4 Kerri sets out the rules and David accepts them.
Note 1. I originally wrote this one in 1999. I have re-edited it and changed a few details but essentially it is the same story. I wrote it as I could not find anything like it back then. I have not updated it to the present, it was and still is a 1990s story.
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We arrived at the cottage and went in. Kerri's dog Leo greeted us. It was now getting used to me and did not bark this time. I put the bags down in the hallway and moved into the kitchen.
Kerri petted Leo for some time before joining me in her kitchen. I had already opened a bottle of wine and had found two glasses. Kerri murmured 'good' then she walked out into the hallway.
"Follow me."
She went to the foot of the stairs.
"Bring those," and pointed to the bags.
Up she went and I followed. When I got to the top of the stairs I turned to look at 'The Symphony in Black' but the picture was gone, replaced by a pretty landscape print. I continued to follow Kerri down the hallway. Kerri took me to the small bedroom, right at the end of the corridor, this was to be my room for the weekend.
She stood at the door, "This is your room, you have everything you need, if you don't, well you can ask, oh and keep it tidy and clean. Obviously. Get comfortable then back to the kitchen for supper."
It was a little box room, sparsely furnished and with a small single bed. Above the bed hung the picture. The beautiful, elegant woman still seemed very alluring, I stood and looked at it for a short while. I then put the bags on the bed and sat down upon it. The dark night came through the window with just a few distant lights from the village. I got up and closed that world out by drawing the curtains. I then went down to the kitchen.
Kerri had dished up the take-away meal we had picked up on the way back to the cottage. I poured out the wine and then sat down while Kerri busied around the kitchen.
"Tomorrow I will show you where everything belongs."
Kerri then sat down and we both began to eat the delicious Chinese food. After we had both ate a good deal of food, Kerri started the conversation.
"David, is there anything you feel you need to know before tomorrow?"
"For instance?"
"Well, your e-mail had 'female domination' in it, so you must at least know a little about tomorrow. Is there anything you want to ask?"
"I have found some stuff out on the Internet," she smiled. I smiled back.
"Well?"
I licked my top lip. Was it the Chinese food making my mouth dry as a bone? I took and deep breath and blurted out my first question.
"Do I wear a collar and have to call you mistress?"
She smiled, then slowly wiped her hands on a napkin.
She then answered slowly.
"David, only when you have earned the right to serve can you wear one of 'my' collars. When I collar you with one of 'my' collars then I shall grant you the privilege to call me 'Mistress'. Do you understand?"
"Yes," I took a sip of wine but it did not remove the dryness of my mouth.
"Good, any more questions?
"How do I address you tomorrow and how will you address me?
"Tomorrow you will become an 'apprentice' and you shall be called 'D'. I will do this to help depersonalise you a little, it will also help me do the same. I am your trainer. You will address me as 'my trainer' or simply as 'trainer'."
"My trainer," I repeated and she slowly nodded. I then smiled "What trade am I going to be an apprentice in?" I asked jokingly. Kerri answered solemnly. "You will be an apprentice personal slave. Your trade, when you have mastered it, will be as 'my' personal slave."
She paused to let that sink in.
