"Good. You'll be introduced to the crew tomorrow morning, first thing." Most of the senior staff would be getting ready for bed by now anyways, so it didn't make sense to introduce her as the new captain just now. Besides, he wanted to spend the evening introducing her to her duties from the other half of her position, the part that marked her as his slave. He had already put off his desires for long enough. It was time to act on them.<br/><br/>He slowly stood up from his seat and collected the rope that had bound her hands earlier. Without telling her what he was going to do, he crossed her wrists in front of her and worked quickly to secure her wrists that way. The rope wasn't painfully tight, but he suspected she would have a hard time getting out of it without help. Unlike when his men had tied her, he left a fair bit of slack dangling from her wrists, enough that he could pull her about if he desired. It wasn't the same thing as having her leashed, but it would do for the moment.<br/><br/>"When we get back to the ship, you are going to satisfy my every desire, until I am utterly exhausted. I want to forget about the stresses of the day, at least for a little while." He still carried the weight of having to convince his master of a risky deal, and now the burden of having to hunt down a fugitive and capture him before any of the other interested parties could do so. It would be no small challenge to make him forget, and he was curious to see if Area was up to it.<br/><br/>"Go find the gag and put it back on. And don't think that wearing a gag frees you from having to acknowledge my orders with a 'yes master.'" He let go of the slack holding her bound wrists, then started a final check of the Hydra's affairs. The ship's new captain had already left him a list of acceptable first officers, but Calen realized he would probably let the man pick whoever he desired. He had bigger issues to worry about than small staffing issues.