Sara and the Conqueror
SARA
"Okay. Let's hear them," I said through clenched teeth, knowing full well that nothing I could do or say would change his mind once he had set it on this path of calculated vengeance.
"Very well." He leaned back against the mahogany desk, crossing his ankles with a casual elegance that belied the cruelty dancing in his eyes. "Rule number one: Permission Protocol. From this moment on, you do absolutely nothing without first asking for my explicit consent. You don't eat, you don't sleep, you don't speak a word, and you certainly don't even use the bathroom without saying the specific words: 'Master, may I?' Do you understand the gravity of that, Sara?"