Brom laughed and wondered if their old healer had begun like this.  He was sure she had, that the eager slave he'd grown up with was the work of his father's steady training.<br/><br/>Looking down he tried to imagine what this new pet would be like once her resistance was broken completely.  And it was during this quiet contemplation that he jerked his head up and looked back.  His handsome face twisted in uncertainty as he scanned the road behind them and scowled as he saw nothing there now.