[No, she doesn't feel tethered. If anything it builds upon the feeling that she'd begun to experience ever since she wanted to officially join. For as weird as everyone is and for as incredibly sexual as they can all be they're still together. They're still a family that responds to one another's needs. She traces the letters of those words and can't help smiling at that first word - beloved. He definitely got right. Even though it was kind of harking back to her status as pack whore it didn't feel exploitive or anything, and even she was surprised at how nice that was.]

Shit, I didn't know you guys were allowed to put accessories on me! [She's so bad at this. Christmases at her house were always cold and tense. No one ever got much and they sat through dinner like it was a funeral. But she takes it out of it's box and puts it on herself without any real trouble since her hair is up and out of the way. She doesn't need a mirror to know it looks good on her, and there's no denying that it brightens her up, too.]

Thank you, Alpha. You're a lot better at t his gift giving thing than I had thought you would be! A true Christmas surprise.

[... This collar obviously does nothing to restrain her attitude.

Annnd, she's pretty much done so it's time to start on the adults!! Who goes first? Masaomi can pick.]