Settling in

In truth, Marina had not been beaten into submissive discipline. Rather she had adapted to put on a facade that her captors wanted to see. They wanted her demure, obedient, submissive, but deep down the woman's spirit was a roiling maelstrom waiting for her opportunity to seize her freedom. She was smart enough to know that playing along meant less pain, and less pain meant more time to bide for her to think and to plan. This alpha may have thought he'd hit the jackpot with her. Oh, how wrong he was going to see he was when the time was right... He hummed and she could feel his gaze burning into her as if his eyes alone might immolate her where she sat. He was intense, and she just hoped that he had no interest in using her anytime soon; she wasn't exactly sure she was built to withstand the lusts of such a massive male...

The behemoth still had not introduced himself to her, but she supposed his name didn't matter. All the slavers before him simply wished to be called "master" or "sir", so she would continue to act as she had learned until told to act in some other way, and then her disguise would shift again. Her new master ordered her to remain in the den for the day, then within this territory the next day, and then within this new pack's territories in perpetuity. Marina tipped her head down, feigning a bow of understanding when in fact she was actually hiding a scowl. Great... He seemed like a real hard ass for rules and a control freak. Getting her mentagion away from him was going to be a lot harder than she anticipated, and even then an escape would be a miracle. Perhaps with enough time and attention, she could devise a way out of her imprisonment.

Then he dropped that he wanted a healer to come assess her and Marina's body visibly bristled at the thought of someone coming poking and prodding at her, testing her like she was a cut of meat. "Yes, sir. If that is what you wish," she responded through stiff jaws, just appeasing whatever he demanded until he left her alone to tend to herself. All she wanted was to be alone right now.

"Marina"