In the last chapter, I was going to lay into Annabel. She was evil pure and simple. Her idea of breaking men to make people lose their will completely. To kill them just to make a point and to break others. Her complete cold disregard for tiny people was deplorable.

In fact, she still is completely this way as was demonstrated in this chapter. The way she slams her hand down to crush people. It's disgusting and the fear she invokes in tiny people for the reasons she chooses is simply awful. She doesn't just make people into slaves, she removes their free will. It's a terrible thing to do to people. To make them so irrevocably scared that they can only do the actions that she trains them to do.

In the last chapter, she needs to cause Trevor as much grief as possible. To prevent him from installing the software that would even help her as he pointed out, but no, she won't even listen to him because he is tiny.

So in this chapter, you tease that she might be becoming human. She has this moment of clarity as empathy leads her to discover the cycle of torment and abuse, but then later on SHE DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. She is still breaking tiny men, happily. Killing them with no regard to them at all.

You try to then make her look even more human when Trevor defends her in the meeting, and she falls in love with him. I realize this is just probably mostly done to have a power struggle between Annabel and Donnica. Do I think her new regard for a tiny man will change her in future chapters? Hell no. She is forever broken. A mean torturer who might love a tiny herself, but she will never let that interfere with her work of enslaving and breaking the wills of other tinies. Her own experiences won't inform her other actions toward tinies.

This theme of giant women falling for Trevor or Rebecca and then never having any other impact on their relations with other tiny people is very frustrating as a reader. (at least for me).  I mean I have seen Amber only as a bully toward tiny people after Rebecca. For what she considers to be good reasons. I haven't seen her interact with other tiny people so I don't know how she would treat them, but I suspect her relationship with Rebecca won't inform her actions.

AAARRRRGGGHHH.

But that being said, I'm glad Annabel fell in love with Trevor. May she choke on it as Donnica whoops her ass, she deserves it.

Thank God those attendants got that dress sale. They were the real heroes of the chapter!

So I was pretty excited to see a lot of my thoughts on Annabel be proven right in that first segment. She's definitely in the true believer category, thinking things like how Trevor is "meant to serve and nothing more." And I knew the thought of him "corrupting" Donnica, her idol, was the source of Annabel's anger toward Trevor in particular. Donnica is perfect in Annabel's eyes except for her relationship with the tiny dude, which Annabel finds unnatural and insulting (yet doesn't seem to think less of Donnica because of it).

But given Annabel's true believer status, her profitable side job makes a lot of sense. I like how this built off of her training all of those office slaves (I was wondering if anything was going to come of that). Her tactics as a breaker are cruel, cold, and efficient, which, it turns out, ends up being a pretty effective combination when it comes to enslaving tinies.

But man, I have to admit, I'm actually kind of impressed by her approach to this. I'm not saying I'm a fan or that I support it, but she does put a lot of thought into what she's doing. In that last segment, the beginnings of her strategy for taming Teagan caught me by surprise. It made sense to me that each of the two previous breakers used at least 20 expendables each, as I feel like the kind of person who would take that job would view tinies as bugs or animals and therefore would think simple "examples" would be enough for their little subjects to learn.

But Annabel, oddly enough, is taking Teagan's humanity into account here. She searched until she found an expendable that looked like she might have come from a similar background to Teagan. She's now putting them through the same trauma but not in an obvious way (I feel like a rookie mistake would have been putting them in the same shoe, as that would have been a clue to a smart tiny that something was up). She wants the two of them to bond so that Teagan is broken when she takes the expendable away later. That's super evil, but it's also incredibly brilliant!

And in an odd bit of irony, Annabel is thinking of Teagan as human rather than as a bug or animal. It's just such an inherent contradiction within her. The exact kind of thing you'd expect from a "true believer," someone so lost in their own rhetoric or flawed worldview that they just can't see the cognitive dissonance right in front of their face!

Even more ironic, in my view, is how Annabel doesn't apply this same skill, thought, and logic her job at the firm! She seems so incompetent at the office, but she's so efficient as a breaker. I mean, if she approached her real job with the same intensity and drive s she does her side job, her "Trevor problem" would have never come to be in the first place.

How can she handle each job so differently? Sure, Annabel is more passionate about breaking than she is office work, but it was also made clear that she would do anything for Donnica, so I don't think that's the issue. No, I think it's that belief that tinies are inferior that allows her to be her "best self" while breaking them. Even though she's capable of being as manipulative and effective in the office, the fact that they're all giants keeps her from displaying that same confidence.

In other words, her beliefs are holding her back.

It was so weird seeing Annabel being pushed around by Juliette after reading her in that first segment, but it makes sense when you think about it. While she subconsciously knows tinies are just like her (again, this is why her training is so effective), she can't consciously accept that, so she can't have that same confidence around her fellow bigs.

But even beyond that, Aanabel's immaturity doesn't allow her to fully understand how things really are, which is an even bigger problem for her. Take her "plan" to deal with Trevor, for example. She really thinks that if Trevor fails at this job, Donnica is going to abandon him, and then she'll be able to "train" him and destroy him like she fantasized about at the start. Not only that, but she assumes that her dragging her feet or even outright refusing to help will reflect poorly on him and not her.

None of that is true, of course. If Trevor fails as office manager, Donnica would just stop pressing the issue and let him go home. Also, Donnica *knows* that Trevor knows how to fix the office, and she knows that he's going to be met with resistance. So, if Trevor fails and her plan to keep him close at work fails with it, she's most likely going to blame Annabel (who she seems to trust) for not doing what Trevor needed, what Donnica needed her to do for Trevor.

Donnica loves Trevor, and that's something Annabel can't comprehend. She's never felt real love before. She's only just know starting to with George. But Annabel is so lost in her beliefs that she thinks her pettiness will just be blamed on the tiny instead of her. She can't understand that Donnica knows how competent Trevor is or that she put her boyfriend in this position because she has faith that he can thrive even in this hostile environment. Annabel is just totally blind to the truth when it comes to such things, and that could be what destroys her in the end.

It doesn't have to be that way, though. I do see a little window of hope with Annabel. My favorite part of her character is that she's written in very much the way I view a person in their mid-20s: as someone who's trying to find herself. Yeah, she's got some fucked-up beliefs and she can be ridiculously petty, but that desire she has for something more and how cute her nerves are over how to handle George's texts show a different side of her, a more mature Annabel trying to get out.

I'm a big believer that you don't really find who you really are until sometime in your mid-20s (apologies to anyone reading this who is younger than that). To me, this thing she's pursuing with George could be a major coming of age experience for Annabel. I think we'll likely see some major changes in her as the story advances. Now, does that mean I think she's going to do a 180 and love all tinies or that a move in that direction would make all the shit she's done okay? Not at all (I mean, it's possible but highly unlikely). But I could see Annabel becoming a better person moving forward and maybe even quitting her side job, even if she still looks down on tinies in general.

That's not a given, however, and she could stick to her guns throughout, but I can only see that ending with everything blowing up in her face. So, for her sake, she should probably get her shit together at some point!

I'm also really curious to see how this Teagan arc goes. I love the fire she has (for the same reasons I loved Rebecca standing up to Amber that first time). Now, I can only think of two reasons why she exists in this story: She's either going to be a character who won't break and play a role in Annabel becoming that better person I mentioned above, or you're just super into this breaking process and want to really get into the details of it in the coming chapters! I could see it going either way right now, too, so I'm intrigued to see which way you go!

I'll also be interested to see how she interacts with Trevor next chapter. I don't think she's going to warm up to him at all, but his advice about George did work out. Ironically enough, Trevor actually represents a lot of that unknown thing that Annabel wants in her life. If she keeps listening to his advice, shit might just work out for her on the George front. But I'm curious if she'll be a little more cooperative with Trevor as an unspoken thanks (because she'll never speak it!). Or maybe she'll start to wonder if he's onto something about LegalSync since he was right about the texting thing. Or is she going to ignore that and stick with her original plan? We could learn a lot about her from how this alone plays out.

As for Trevor, I thought he was brilliant here! He's picking his battles and keeping his cool, just waiting for the right opportunities. And he found one with those texts! He kept going on about them as Annabel tried to ignore him. He got in her head to the point that she gave away George's age, which was pretty impressive.

I also loved the urgency in which he came at Annabel and told her to text him back right away. Despite everything Annabel had done to him and how she was treating him, it still felt like he was genuinely trying to help her and not just for work reasons. He really is a good dude, although he was able to slip in that fake age compliment, which was clever.

After seeing him in the office for a day, and even despite Lillian mistaking him for "one of the Turner boys," I'm actually feeling a bit more confident that he's going to make this work. He even has someone he can make into a common enemy with Annabel in Helena, who I'm sure we'll be seeing sometime soon as well.

I really, really loved all of the Amber and Rebecca stuff this chapter, too! 

Obviously, Rebecca helping Amber go cleat shopping was super fucking cute! And her using it as an excuse to get closer to the smell of her feet was endearing, given the context behind that from previous chapters.

But when Rebecca threw that "You mean will I eat your ass again?" line out there, shit got real for a second. With all of this great Amber and Rebecca stuff since "the talk" the way Amber treated Rebecca at first hadn't really been addressed up to this point, so it was great to see it come up. It seems like Rebecca has pretty much forgiven her for what she did before, but you have to wonder why she'd bring it up if she was totally past it. Her love for Amber is stronger than whatever lingering feelings she has left from that time, but this is something they may end up having to address directly at some point.

Actually, scratch that. They will have to address it directly. That Amber scene when she's trying on the dress was so powerful, so raw, so emotion! It was fantastic! It made so much sense, too! For the first time, since Amber captured Rebecca, the tiny was truly free, and the delay in her realizing that just made the scene hit harder.

At first she's worried about someone coming and snatching Rebecca (which makes even more sense since Rebecca isn't registered), and that gave us the false impression that the drama of the scene had come and gone. But then Amber thinking back to all the shit she did to Rebecca in those early days and realizing that Rebecca could just leave on her own if she wanted to, go anywhere in the city, kind of scared me a little as a reader. Would Rebecca really do that?

Then we get deeper insight into what Amber really thinks of Rebecca. It was actually really sweet to see someone who once just called Rebecca a bug, worm, or toy reveal how much she respected and admired her now. To think Rebecca capable enough to disappear and be just fine on her own, to think about just how smart Rebecca is, isn't something I would have expected from the Amber at the start of the story. It's amazing how far she's come!

But yeah, when Amber asked herself, "Why wouldn't she leave?" and admitted that she would have left if she were in Rebecca's place, it was depressing, terrifying, and cathartic all at the same time. It's terrible that Amber feels this way now, even if it is deserved based on her past actions. And it was certainly terrifying to think that you might pull the rug out from under us and have Rebecca escape, ya jerk!

But cathartic? How so, you might ask.

Like I said before, all of that terrible treatment from before has kind of been forgotten about up until this chapter. I think that made sense, as their relationship was pretty new, and what new couple wants to be weighed down by deeper issues like that. But to see Amber fully realize her mistakes, and in such an organic way, was very touching. She's becoming such a better person, but now it's time to confront the shit she did wrong before.

And we didn't even have to lose Rebecca to get something like this. I was so relieved to see Rebecca still there, and that long embrace was incredibly heartwarming!

But like I said, I highly doubt this is the end of them dealing with this. Amber will probably need to express her feelings on this at some point, and if Rebecca really is repressing something from those darker days, then it's going to come out sooner or later (probably sooner, based on her personality).

Speaking of Rebecca, that whole scene at Tiny Teen and Me was both adorable and insightful. Cute for all the obvious reasons, but insightful because of what we saw happen to Rebecca in there.

Why is it that Rebecca loved seeing herself in all those clothes that "weren't her style" and that she used to make fun of when she was a teen? Why did she suddenly decide that she likes being small and no longer having to deal with all of those responsibilities that life throws at you? Well, that's because Rebecca never really got a proper childhood!

Rebecca got the shit beaten out of her routinely by her stepfather. We don't know when that started exactly, but it's safe to say a mostly developed teen would have known to report him. That shit usually starts when the kid is young. So I think it's fairly safe to say that Rebecca was abused for most of her childhood. I feel like that has a lot to do with her counterculture approach to life even now, but especially when she was a kid.

I'd argue that she made fun of all the kids that dressed the way that she herself did in this scene because of jealousy. Those kids got to have normal lives and live without a care in the world. Rebecca never had that, and she hated it. But instead of acknowledging that, she judged everyone who had what she didn't instead, which is why she kept bringing it up here.

And that's also why she was so shocked at how much she loved the way she looked.

This was her getting to finally get that experience. She finally got to wear those cute clothes and be that kind of girl. It's something that she clearly wanted but never knew it until now. It almost felt like she was getting back the childhood she was denied all those years ago.

But more than that, it was the reason why she was able to feel this way that made her feel so good. Amber wanted Rebecca to feel cherished by doing this, and it was so great to see Rebecca admit that she did, in fact, feel special by the end of the segment.

Rebecca has had a hard life. There was the years of abuse, all the trouble she got into at school for the aggression that abuse brought out of her, her mom getting sick and her having to drop out of school to take care of her, her mom dying, getting the shrinking virus, losing her registration and the way that she was kicked out of her complex, and even all the shit Amber put her through before they both realized how they really feel about each other.

So to feel so loved for once is a big change for Rebecca. To have someone take away all that responsibility, all that hardship, and only want to care for her is something she came to terms with in real time during this scene. That's why she likes being small. That's why she chose to start seeing her no longer having adult responsibilities as a good thing. That's why her fiscal self relented and let Amber spend all of that money on her (something I think could come back to bite them later, unfortunately).

So it was awesome to see Rebecca receive semi-literal retail therapy here!

Also, Amber was incredibly cute throughout this scene as well. The joy she felt both for herself and for Rebecca was contagious! She loved seeing Rebecca all dressed up and basically being her doll (although, again, as we saw in the dress store, she see Rebecca as so much more than that), but she also loved that Rebecca was into it herself.

And the way Amber stared yearningly at that fairy outfit but didn't ask, not wanting to push Rebecca too far, was really sweet and actually kind of mature. I was glad Rebecca saw that and offered, though! Between that and Amber silently asking Rebecca if it was okay for the other teens to take her picture (which could also become a problem at some point), she was incredibly respectful of Rebecca which is always great to see!

Also, should I read anything into the fact that the teens asked Amber and not Rebecca if they could take pictures of the tiny fairy girl? That struck me as a bit rude!

But yeah, you killed this chapter! It was a lot of fun, and it potentially set up a ton shit down the road. I'm really eager to see where you go with it!

So I do have a question now that Annabel is in the picture. If this is pure spoiler territory then don’t answer, but how would Rebecca be viewed now that she is in ambers care. Is she protected, or does the fact that she lives with a big not matter. And how would she get the process going to be protected by the law and being ambers girlfriend/servant. Legally speaking. Like how much danger is she in each time these two girls go out.

What an amazing chapter! I love the darker part with Annabel; she is such a bitch. I enjoyed the part with Jasmine and hope to see her again, maybe in a feet-focused scene. Looking forward to seeing how stinky she can make her feet.

And, as usual, the part with Amber and Rebecca is so precious. I hope you keep this relationship between them and use other characters for the mean giantess role. Another 10 out of 10 in the bag for this story

I'd love to read a spin off of Amber and her soccer team cutting loose.

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You really wonder why Trevor helps her so much when Dom seems to overrule or undermine him at every turn. I mean the whole covering for Amber destroying that settlement should buy him life long cred.

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That meeting sounds wonderful.

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A heartwarming ending but it does feel a little like the fight Becca initially had for her people might be wavering. Though her helping Amber become a better person would be a great milestone in itself.

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I do lowkey hope she makes Amber bring a food box of her own to her old settlement or at least another. I am all for tiny torture but it seemed kind of unfair to most of them since the guy was the main asshole it seemed.

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This is my longest reply to a story not called To Break in a Pet.

So in the beginning you made Amber's approach to the tiny community very similar to the stuff she did to find Trevor's apartment. I think it was great that this misleading start (to the readers) led to quite a different set of actions. The "painted line" was a very interesting way to portray the boundaries of her behavior. It seemed to be both a physical reality and a metaphor. A way for her to be unrestrained in some ways and still have limits.

But despite her unrestrained freedom, she elected not to stomp on the guy who had pushed Rebecca down the stairs. For Amber, that is a maturity level that is through the roof. I don't know if it was just the law or the fact that Rebecca had explicitly asked her not to. Maybe both.

Her stomping around on the food and puddles kind of reminded me of that immature aspect of her nature again, but it was the only punishment she could get away with that wouldn't be over the line.

But the end result of her efforts is the box with the album that Rebecca cherishes. This touching scene, in which Amber strokes Rebecca's back with her finger, and Rebecca goes through the emotional turmoil of finding this box, is very heartwarming. The fact that you left more smut of the Amber and Rebecca relationship out during this chapter, I think is very well warranted. Fuck the fappers, who only want one thing. This character development was so much more important.

Getting to the Donnica and Trevor section. I saw a lot of Donnica blowing off Trevor again as he started to notice all of the problems in the company. But when he finally threatens to leave (the crisis moment shows up) Donnica finally listens. I wonder why she only listens to Trevor during these crises. She even told him he was smart. Yet she blows him off so much of the time. But I do like that as he complained about the problems, and even presented preliminary solutions, she was listening.  That is a huge improvement.

A lot of reviewers are predicting that the office won't listen to him, but I think if the software tools and methods he presents start improving things there, then they will. It might take Donnica to back him up at first though. Her iron-clad decisions will not be fought with in the beginning.

Again, the mostly lack of smut (except her the licking of her ass at the end) was a good choice. I even think her persuasion method was funny, although it wouldn't have convinced me. But then, I am not Trevor, as has been pointed out to me.

Unfortunately this means Trevor is going to be helping Donnica pass these terrible laws for tinies more effeciently! Oh no!

I loved the character development in this chapter. I feel like your writing has been improving as the story has gone on. Keep at it!

Just read the latest chapter and it is perfect. I really like how these characters have grown. When I go back to read these chapters, I always find myself reading amber part more than the mother. 

Ok, wow, Amber has really mellowed. Cause earlier in the story she would have killed that guy.  I honestly wasnt expecting her be so gentle.  She has really grown in this story. I am quite impressed with her. I can honestly say I didnt see this coming with Amber when I first started reading. Hell shes almost night and day from what she was. Rebecca has been very good for her. 

Now Trevor. Yes once again, I like his development. I also am glad he realized that none of those people will ever see him as more than a bug.  I get that Donnica simply over powers him, and he wants to be over powered. But he is actually quite intelligent. I loved his break down of whats wrong with the law firm.  

So one thing I havent decided yet is how tiny's should be handled. On one hand, that island they went to was absolutely horrifying and no one, tiny or big should every be treated like that. How ever the tinies you keep showing outside of Rebecca and Trevor, well arent exactly portraid as upstanding and good people. Maybe they are just to beat down and can really only think of themselves but damn.

I am so conflicted on the pleasing development of Amber and Rebeccas relationship. On the one hand I love that they are in a seamingly healthy relationship, minus the age and power issues. On the other hand I loved reading all the delightful humialiating things Amber was doing to Rebecca to. So yea, also Rebecca while it was degrading to be made to fuck Trevor, hint Trevor really enjoyed eating your ass, so yea I dont really call that being mean to Trevor. Though that might change if Donnica ever finds out about it. 

The symmetry in this chapter was pretty cool! It reflected both the traits that our two main couples share and the things that separate them from each other.

I'm going to talk about both foot scenes together, as I took the same core message away from both scenes but in slightly different ways. Much like that scene at the end of the previous chapter, I really enjoyed the purity of both of these scenes. Neither one of them was simply a "I like feet. They are hot," kind of scene. Instead, you really cut to the core as to what the appeal of smelly feet is, as well as the significance of this to both leading giant ladies.

And I'm saying this as someone who isn't into smelly feet, so I thought it was kind of cool to feel like I gained a deeper understanding of what this is all about.

In that opening scene, I absolutely adored how into that little tradition both Trevor and Donnica are. It was so fucking cute! But it's Donnica's embracing of this that I want to focus on here. Why does the mere thought of Trevor worshipping her smelly feet, especially when she's gone out of her way to make them as stinky as possible, get her so excited?

I think that goes back to why she fell in love with Trevor in the first place. As I've mentioned before, he has seen the worst of her, but not only does he accept her, he loves her anyway. I think this foot worshipping is the ultimate extension of that. I mean, we're told straight up that Donnica has been embarrassed by the smell of her feet up until meeting Trevor. That means, more likely than not, some of those previous boyfriends (and we know what kind of assholes those guys were) probably made her self-conscious and maybe even a little self-loathing about it.

But Trevor, he isn't just okay with her feet, this part of her body that she had been ashamed of for so long; no, he wants to be near them. He fucking needs it! He lusts after those feet. So the part of Donnica that everyone runs away from, Trevor runs toward, not because he has to or just to make her happy, but because he wants to. Could there be a better metaphor for love and acceptance from a partner than that?

We see this same principle at work in the foot scene between Amber and Rebecca as well, only the connection is even more clearly stated here. Hell, if I'm remembering right (I'm too lazy to scroll up!), I'm pretty sure the word acceptance is used outright when Amber is watching Rebecca go work on her toes. And it's also directly stated in this scene that absolutely everybody, even that foot freak Trevor (What up, Trev?), didn't want to be around her feet. So Rebecca, the one who once hated them the most, now craving them fills Amber with a joy she's never felt before, which is actually kind of sad in a way, since that happiness is based on someone truly accepting and loving her for who she is, warts and all.

The reverse is true in both of those scenes as well. Trevor is so in love with Donnica that even her smelly feet are super hot to him, and because of this, he loves how she dominates him so easily with just her feet. And Rebecca not only finds Amber's feet attractive because of that shift in her body's chemistry but also because she sees how happy it makes Amber to have her licking her toes and enjoying her feet. In other words, for our giantesses, their feet being worshipped is the ultimate expression of being loved, and for our tinies, it's the ultimate expression of their love. I think those general concepts are at the heart of what drives those who have a foot fetish.

That or maybe they just like the shape of it?

Anyway, Donnica pretty much her whole have of the chapter melting my heart! Playful, sweet Donnica is my favorite Donnica! And fuck if she wasn't as sweet and playful as we've ever seen before! Given how much we've seen the menacing, all-powerful façade that she puts up to protect herself from the harshness of the world around her, it's always great to see her step away from that and show this side of herself with Trevor. That, more than anything, shows how much she loves and trusts him.

I thought it was pretty intriguing when she took a second to take in everything around her and just enjoy the fact that she owned it all, including Trevor. This seems to feed even more into the idea that Donnica had to struggle for some time to earn everything she has now. To me, it makes sense that having to work so hard for everything and sacrifice so much (maybe even a personal relationship with her own daughter) to get to this point that she would be so possessive and only see things through that materialistic lens.

One thing that caught my attention was that there seems to be trouble at the firm. Tighter budgets? Fewer cases? Inter-office drama? What could be causing all that, I wonder. Maybe getting rid of all the tiny employees was a bad idea, and the firm is struggling to recover? Perhaps they never filled those spots? Maybe John Turner wasn't as useless as Donnica thought he was? Or could it be that some of the employees at the firm are actually pro-tiny rights and hate what Donnica is trying to do? Perhaps some of those people quit as well? Or it could have nothing to do with any of that. I don't know, it just seems interesting (and relevant) to me that this came up here, albeit briefly and quietly.

Of course, maybe this was just a way to further tease the coming drama with Trevor starting work at Donnica's office. Which, yeah, like Trevor, I too have a hard time seeing that go well, but maybe those struggles will bring Donnica and Trevor together. You know, assuming one of her employees doesn't squish him first.

I also feel vindicated! I knew Donnica would catch on to Trevor being miserable after having that job taken from him and that this would eat away at her, even when it seems like she has everything she wants on the surface. What happened in the second segment is just about how I envisioned it playing out on her end. She even noted (to herself, not to Trevor, which maybe would have been helpful) that the real reason she's so against him working outside her home is because of how dangerous the world is for  a tiny like him and her desire to have him with her always, to love and protect him. And to have him up her butt at work, most likely.

Again, that façade can get in the way and send the wrong message about her true motivations, even to herself. She was so wrapped up in her beliefs and her anger that she literally took glee in tanking that job for Trevor. That's something that office Donnica would do. But real Donnica, after seeing what this did to her little man, is now devastated, and she hates what she did to him, even if she still doesn't want him taking a job like that. It's both disheartening and interesting to see Donnica get in her own way like that from time to time.

And the guilt that she felt after accidentally saying the word "job" was so heartbreaking. Yeah, she did this to herself, but I still feel for her here. She's legitimately remorseful, and that makes all the difference for me.

Trevor snapped a lot quicker than I thought he would, although, to be fair, this chapter does note that several weeks have passed since the got back from the island. It's interesting that it was Donnica being vulnerable that finally did it, but I get it. Donnica is a pretty selfish person (again, I think this goes back to how she got to where she is now, so I understand that, too), so I can understand how always being the one to concede the point or put Donnica's feelings before his own would be frustrating, especially when she hasn't really done that for him (honestly, I'm not sure if she even knows how to do that).

I think it was very telling that Trevor could kind of lose his shit like that and talk to her in a way that not even a fellow giant would dare to and her reaction was one of desperation rather than rage. She truly does want him to be happy, and that takes priority over even her need to dominate and be respected. Whatever it is that drives Donnica to be the controlling, monstrous woman we've all come to know and love, Trevor is more important to her.

This thing inside Trevor is pretty interesting. He submits to women, only to want to break away from them, huh? I actually think Donnica can be attracted to that side of him sometimes, too. Part of her loves it when he stands up to her when no one else would, like in that scene when he insisted on getting a new house. So she wants to do away with this part of him because she wants him to be hers, but she's also kind of into him telling her no sometimes. Or are these two different things and I've misunderstood?

Trevor coming to work with Donnica is a good compromise. Of course, it's inevitable that the girls in the office aren't going to go easy on him, likely taking advantage of him when Donnica isn't looking. Annabel has already been put in her place once about Trevor (off screen I believe, but it was noted), so I'm interested to see if she behaves around him or if that only makes her want to fuck with him more.

Also, I keep going back to those office troubles. Donnica being at the helm at this tumultuous time could encourage somebody beneath her to strategize a coup of their own. I mean, when there's blood in the water, the sharks come out. I wonder if there are any inch-tall vulnerable spots that might suddenly pop up at the office ...

Seeing Amber and Rebecca in a casual, less intense setting from the last time we saw them was really fun. It also cements the status of their relationship: The whole master/slave thing is just a framing of their relationship rather than what's really going on between them.

I thought the start of their segment was a perfect example of this. Rebecca was doing Amber's nails not because she was told or expected to; Amber didn't even think to ask Rebecca. Rebecca just happened to know how to solve a problem for her (because, again, these two have so much in common, which makes them such a great couple!) and it brought her legit happiness to do that for her. Rebecca wanted to serve, not because she's a slave (she's not actually a slave) but because she adores Amber and wants to help her.

Honestly, at this point, I don't think Amber is even capable of forcing Rebecca to do something. That whole thing where Amber found out Rebecca likes her feet because she teased Rebecca with them to "test Rebecca's limits"? Yeah, that's not a thought that goes through a master's head when deciding how to treat a slave. The mock orders were pretty cute, too, but again, this was something meant to be fun for of them, not real servitude. If Rebecca really did hate Amber's feet, she'd never make her lick them. Not now.

I also think saving the master/slave talk for sexy fun time puts their relationship into perspective. While Amber loves to dominate and Rebecca loves to serve, that master/slave stuff is for the bedroom, the ultimate expression of their love for one another. But it isn't for their relationship beyond that. Amber actually really respects Rebecca, and Rebecca wants to guide Amber, help her avoid some of those mistakes she made when she was younger herself. There are also times in this segment where Rebecca takes control of the conversation, and that's definitely not slave behavior. Rebecca loves to serve, but she needs to be herself, too, and Amber wouldn't have it any other way. She fell in love with Rebecca, not the things that she can make Rebecca do, after all.

I really, really loved Rebecca standing up for Trevor here, even when he's not in the room. He's really important to her, and now that Amber is actually listening to her, she's doing everything she can to get Amber to lay off him, which is great! And how serious she got about it was truly sweet, too. She cares about him to the point where she doesn't want to hear him be disparaged, even when he's not around.

This part made me think about Amber's relationship with Trevor, though. I kind of had this thought last chapter, too, when Amber was talking about being abused. Both of the abusers she mentioned were people dating her mom, and I think that's part of the reason she went so hard on Trevor from the get go. Yeah, he's an adult that she could dominate, but also, in her mind perhaps, he represents those fucking monsters that did those things to her, only this time she has the upper hand because of his size.

Of course, over time, I think at least part of her has realized that Trevor isn't like that, hence that big compromise she made with him when he demanded that she not stick Rebecca up her ass anymore. But those feelings about dudes her mom dates still linger, and that's why we see the conflict between how she talks about and occasionally still treats Trevor and how she reacts in moments like that time where Naomi almost killed him. She was seriously worried about him there.

I think between Rebecca defending him so fiercely and him helping Rebecca out when nobody else would, Amber might finally be able to get over that hump and actually get along with him and let herself respect him (which, again, I feel like part of her really wants to). That could be especially true now that Amber knows how some people treat the unregistered.

So yeah, that dude that choked and threw Rebecca down the stares is a piece of shit, and, if I'm being completely honest, I'm not going to lose any sleep if he ends up getting squished. My real concern with that ominous ending is what might happen to Amber after that.

But, on the other hand, and I'm completely speculating here, this could be a real chance for Amber and Trevor to bond. I mean, Amber isn't going to know who this dude is on her own, and Rebecca isn't going to point him out because she knows what Amber will do if she does. So I could see her going to Trevor about this. I'm curious if he knows that story about the stares and how he feels about it if he does. And if he doesn't, will his reaction be similar to Amber's? Would he want to go beat the dude to within an inch of his life? Or would he help Amber cover her tracks after she took care of it?

Again, these question might be moot. He could be too busy with the new job at Donnica's firm to be involved in any of that. But suddenly I'm really eager to see Trevor and Amber bond (in a platonic, familial way), and I kind of hope something like that comes of this.

But backtracking slightly, seeing how devastated Amber was to hear Rebecca's story was bittersweet. It broke my heart to see that poor girl in that state, but to know the depths of how much she cares about Rebecca was really moving. And when she tried to order Rebecca to not talk to her like that because "You're mine!" with that hint of vulnerability behind that anger? She went back to that master/save dynamic to try to cope with what happened to Rebecca.

It also wasn't lost on me that, after all this time, we now find out that it was because of Donnica and the policies lobbied by her firm that Rebecca lost her registration. Amber apologizing for it was pretty sad, and I'm glad Rebecca caught herself and made sure Amber knew that Rebecca didn't blame her.

Oh, and Ladybug is the cutest nickname for a tiny that I've every heard! I fucking love it!

this story keeps gettin better. thank you for your work.