Kadyle hadn't answered when Aly asked if she'd done anything wrong, and she had pondered this as she led him through his own manor and to "her" room. It was a small room and contained little; a wide bed, a chest, and couple of small side tables. She didn’t need nor want more. At most, a fireplace for the winter would have been nice, but it was an excess that wasn’t necessary, either.<br/><br/>The tables had many small trinkets given to her since she had come to be here. Many of them were “pretty,” she supposed. The only one she was particularly fond of was a small blue sapphire an older man had pressed into her hand during one of Kadyle’s business meetings. The stone itself was not special. In fact, it was fractured deep inside. But the gem held a memory of a young girl finding it, full of excitement.<br/><br/>The trunk was filled with dresses of a much finer quality than she was used to; all gifts of the illustrious mayor, who had seen that she was properly attired as well as housed.<br/><br/>It was strange to have Kadyle wander around the area designated as hers. Ultimately, everything belonged to him, of course, but it unnerved her for him to be in this area that had been almost exclusively hers for the past two months. The room had become her haven, a place of familiarity as she was exposed to so many new and unfamiliar places, people, and things. Now it felt as though it were being invaded.<br/><br/>She stood still, uncertain of how to react to his wandering within her space. Jin had eyes for only Vokalt, despite Aly’s best efforts to get the ferret to redirect. The small creature sensed danger and was certain Vokalt was the source of it, though Aly sensed confusion within him. When Kadyle approached her from behind, his footsteps muffled by the soft carpets on the floor, she startled.<i>That</i>finally made Jin take his attention off the wolf and shift it to the man behind her.<br/><br/>The feel of Kadyle’s fingers down her spine made her shiver. The reminder that she belonged to him in some form, equating her to a piece of property was not lost on her. Jin’s little claws bit into her shoulder with his nervousness, causing her to finally pick him up and hold him in her arms, petting him soothingly as Kadyle pressed against her once more.<br/><br/>She turned toward him as he pulled away; watching through Jin’s narrowed eyes as he claimed her bed and the wolf settled beside him. Then came his shocking request. Take her clothes off? In front of him? Alone?<br/><br/>Though Aly lacked worldly experience of any type, Garath had at least taken the time to teach her the basics of where children come from and the social norms associated with that behavior. The lessons, mostly read to her from books, had been enlightening, though at the time she could not have imagined such things being associated with her. When would she meet a man for such a thing to ever be a concern? No one could be interested in a broken bird like herself.<br/><br/>Her heart leaped in her chest, her cheeks flushing hotly at his plain words. Jin reacted with an angry chitter and nipped at her hand gently to get her attention. “I… I…” she stammered. She couldn’t say she didn’t understand the request; it was phrased and said in a way that could not be mistaken. Yet, she failed to see the purpose of it. An inspection for her uses? Swallowing, she managed an answer, her voice soft. “I don’t think that’s something I want to do, m’lord.”