The Lord's Right
““Yes.” She probably should have lied to him, but it didn’t come naturally to her, so she hadn’t thought of it in time.
“Why?”
“I started doing it as a little girl, because boys got to do all the interesting things I wanted to do. I didn’t want to stay around the house and learn how to cook and clean. I wanted to hunt and fish and track and be in the woods.”
“And your father let you?”
Piers returned to the bed with an implement that she knew she didn’t want to see, so she didn’t turn her head. “...I don’t know if it was really a matter of letting me, Sir. Once Starr was old enough to take over the house, I kind of did what I wanted. I was a better hunter than he was, anyway.”
“And he still disciplined you?” Piers remembered the day they’d met, when her bottom had been so ravaged.
“Yes, he’s still my father, and I was living in his house.”
He nodded. “You submitted to his authority, just like you submit to mine. Both are as they should be.”
“I would like to live under my own authority, some day.”MoreLess
“Why?”
“I started doing it as a little girl, because boys got to do all the interesting things I wanted to do. I didn’t want to stay around the house and learn how to cook and clean. I wanted to hunt and fish and track and be in the woods.”
“And your father let you?”
Piers returned to the bed with an implement that she knew she didn’t want to see, so she didn’t turn her head. “...I don’t know if it was really a matter of letting me, Sir. Once Starr was old enough to take over the house, I kind of did what I wanted. I was a better hunter than he was, anyway.”
“And he still disciplined you?” Piers remembered the day they’d met, when her bottom had been so ravaged.
“Yes, he’s still my father, and I was living in his house.”
He nodded. “You submitted to his authority, just like you submit to mine. Both are as they should be.”
“I would like to live under my own authority, some day.”MoreLess
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