Brom smiled and turned from her, stepping over to lift an iron with the Baronial signet in relief upon it's tip.  He stepped over and touched the cool metal to her cheek where his fingers had brushed.<br/><br/>"Kiss it," he said softly but firmly, "Tell me how you happy you are to have been chosen.  Beg me to let you wear the mark were it will be seen by all so they may know you belong to me.  Do this and do it convincingly and I shall not mark your tender sex or your pretty cheek with my symbol."<br/><br/>