"Master?" Rose said softly, her tears had finally dried up, but she still hadn't released me yet.
"You don't need to call me master, Rose."
"Mas-Kye... Do you still want me?" She tensed in my arms with those last few words.
I for that matter was still a little shocked. If not for the violence inflicted on the dead slaver, then by Rose's physical attributes... She wasn't really human... So what was she? Unfortunately, my hesitation to answer must have meant something as she tried to pull away. instinctually, I pulled her harder against my chest. The idea of her being anywhere other than my arms... Just felt wrong...
"I'm taking you home, Rose. I need to get you somewhere safe."
"Does that mean?-"
"Yes, Rose. I still want you. I'm just a little surprised, that's all."
Rose pulled back to look at me, she had plastered on a determined expression. "I'd never hurt you, master. I promise I'll be a good cow."
Just the way she said it made it almost impossible to keep a straight face, but I managed. "Rose, I'm not worried about you hurting me. I'm just a little surprised at your, physical attributes." I watched as her face dropped slightly, but I cut right back in. "Stop. You're absolutely gorgeous. Just, I didn't see your tail and hooves last night. I was a little surprised."
Rose sprung back out of my arms and did a twirl. "My hooves are usually shinier than this, but it's so dusty and I need a bath. But my tail is still fluffy," she said, as her tail flicked around in front of her. Sure enough, at the end of the narrow appendage, was a black tuft of fur.
It was a little odd. She was a stunning and gorgeous woman. But she was obviously something a little more. And the more I thought about it, it was obvious, she had somehow been spliced with bovine DNA. Her hooves were dark, they attached to a pair of shapely calves. Her calves were partially covered in a layer of white fuzz that stopped short of her knees. From there she looked relatively human. Other than the tail, she was all curves. The only thing that gave her away on the top half, ignoring her amazing chest, was the two small horns that just broke free of her hairline. But knowing modern pop-culture, she could probably walk around in public without people even realising they weren't fake. I'm even pretty sure you can buy fake hooves to wear as high heeled shoes these days.
"Okay. It's going to take about 3 days to walk home from here. Do you know where the... Farm... The place where you were kept is?"
"You... Please don't take me-"
"No!" I cut her off. "I am not ever taking you back to that horrible place. I'm hoping I can save your sisters."
That was obviously the right thing to say because she immediately pulled me into a crushing hug. "Thank you, master. But I don't know where it is. They gave me something that made me sleep and only woke me up to feed me."
"That's okay, Rose. Let's just get home, then I'll see what I can do." I gently pulled away, but not before Rose suddenly darted in and pressed her lips against my own. I held her for a moment, before she pulled back, a guilty look plastered across her face. "Rose, why did you kiss me?"
"M-master... I'm sorry... Don't be mad... I-I-I just... I wanted too so bad. I-I won't do it-"
I cut her off with a kiss. This time I swear she mooed into my mouth. I just kept kissing her. She tasted sweet and smelled just as good as the previous evening. I even felt her tail wrap itself around my leg. This time when we separated, there were tears, sparkling in her eyes.
"I love you, master," she said softly.
And y'know what, "I love you too, Rose. But really, you don't need to call me master."
"I know, but I like calling you master. Because you are my master, and I'd do anything for you... Anything for my master."
"Alright, alright. We'll work on it. First, we need to eat, then I suppose we get going."
About five minutes later, it almost broke my heart when Rose happily ate her MRE. The processed mush in the packet was apparently the best thing she'd ever eaten. I kinda wished she hadn't killed the man... I would have loved to have killed him myself... 10 minutes after that and I'd just rolled up my swag and we were about to leave. That was until Rose stepped between me and my equipment.
"Master, let me carry that," Rose said with a smile.
"No, it's okay. I've got it," I tried to step around her, but she blocked me.
"Master, I'm stronger than you. If I carry it, we can get back sooner."
God damned logic... "Fine... Fine... But if it gets heavy, I'll take it and let you rest. I'm used to carrying it."