When Kate acknowledged what he had done Jasper froze. He heard her words as though through water, his mind too lost on what he had done.<br/><br/>He could see clearly his old mistress telling him over and over that he didn't deserve anything, he was simply a slave, and nothing without someone to serve, each statement accompanied by a swift crack from the cane she used against his back. His ears flattened, and he looked lost standing there in the snow. Dropping to his knees, Jasper's eyes were unfocused, seeing the past.