It’s Time Pet

When they were led back into Fox's lair, as Ander darkly thought of it, he didn't know what to expect. It was lunch time, but would they be required to earn their meal? They hadn't yesterday and look how that had turned out. Ella still seemed uncomfortable around him, which he understood but it still grated on him again.

They were both still adapting to being completely out of control of their lives. He had to admit, she was already working better within the framework of their new reality than he was. Submitting to someone else was not natural for him and he had to fight his instincts, had to stop and second guess his reactions. But if he could imitate Ella, could lull them all into thinking that he was beaten, that he had accepted what was happening to them...

Perhaps.

Besides, he'd come to realize that Fox didn't get off on just having him and Ella as prisoners. He got off on Ander's resistance to everything more than he did on toying with them physically. Maybe if Ander acted beate