Chapter Ten The weather continued warm and dry and each day, Gabrielle spent several hours out in the paddock with her Master, honing her skills and improving her stamina until she was able to pull him for longer and longer periods before needing a rest. Her obedience became second nature to her, too, an automatic and quite instinctive submission to his will that she no longer resented or even considered, merely accepting it as the normal, unremarkable daily routine of her life as his pony-girl. She was cared for, looked after and loved by the man she had chosen…and even if he insisted on keeping her at least partially bound or tethered in some way at all times and demanded her unquestioning obedience to his Mastery, it was a price she was happy to pay in return for the joy and delight