Earth's New Masters Part 3 Going Home

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#4 of Earth's New Masters

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By the time we reached the airport at Bozeman, I was recovered enough to walk, with a little help. I had never seen a plane up close before, only when they were up in the sky. I was amazed by the size of it, I just stood there with my mouth open. How could something that big float on the air?

"David, this plane used to belong to the President of the old United States. It was called Air Force One. When we took over, it became mine to use since I am the leader of Earth now. I have my own suite in there complete with a bed so we can have some privacy and get some rest."

We boarded the plane and went to Master's suite. It was amazing. You could turn a handle in this big bowl and water would come out of it. You could even change the temperature. Then there was the bed. When Master said bed, I thought me meant a pile of furs. That is what we call a bed. This was high off the floor and it was soft as a cloud. It had blankets made of something called cloth, not furs. There was a cloth filled with feathers to rest your head on called a pillow. I was anxious to try it, but Master said we had to take a bath first.

Master turned the water on in a huge bowl that was big enough for several people to fit in. He made the water almost too hot to touch and then we eased into the tub as he called it. It felt so good. We used a cloth and something called soap to wash my body all over. Then Master put something called shampoo in my hair and started washing it. Some dripped in my eyes and it burned a little, but Master rinsed it out. I had never felt this clean before. We bathed in the Firehole River, when it was warm, but that was nothing like this. After I was done, I took the shampoo and cleaned Master's back. Master was going to shampoo his front, but I begged him to let me do it. I spent extra long on his privates, not because they were dirty, I just liked an excuse to play with them. After we were clean, Master drained the tub and refilled it with clean hot water. He then turned on something he called 'jets' and the water moved around like a stream with lots of bubbles. We just relaxed in the water for a while. I sat between Master's legs and leaned back into him. He whispered sweet nothings in my ear, telling me how much he loved me. Just being close to him was bliss.

After a while we got out and got dried and got in bed. There were still 4 hours left in the flight. We lay down face to face. "David, there is so much that is going to be new for you. Don't worry about trying to figure it all out at once. Have you ever been to a city?"

"No Master. There are still some buildings left in the old Yellowstone Park, but the I had never seen a big city before we got to Bozeman. It was so big with so much going on. It was kind of scary. Is Washington as big as Bozeman?"

"Washington is hundreds of times bigger than Bozeman, I'm sure it is going to be scary at first. Since I am the leader, my family lives in the White House. We have kept some of the old Earth traditions. My wife and four children live there and there are also the human servants who are there to do menial tasks. My wife's name is Freyja. We have four children from our last litter, three boys Arnold, Drogo and Grimald and a daughter Brunhild."

"Master, is your family going to be mad that I am coming to live with them. Especially your wife, won't she be jealous that I'll be having sex with you?"

"My wife was the one that finally pushed me to go on the hunt. She will be thrilled that I won't have to pester her when she isn't in heat. Even though us guys know the ladies will not give in, it is in our nature, from our German Shepherd heritage, to try anyway. It can be touchy, us guys are always horny. It can even lead to us getting bit, and you aren't allowed to defend yourself then. No Freyja will be ecstatic that I'll have an outlet for my urges and will leave her alone. Just be polite to her and treat her with respect, she is a good mate so she deserves that. She is not your master, but she is the lady of the house so you should obey her."

"I would never be disrespectful to Masters wife. I want her to like me."

"The kids have been so excited about getting a pet. All they kept asking is; 'when are we getting a man?' They are 5 months old which is about the equivalent of a 7 year old human child right now. I hope you don't find them too annoying, hopefully you can even grow to like them."

"They are the children of my Master, how could I not like them. They are important to you, I will protect them with my life."

"Our security is good, I don't think you will have to do any protecting. I'll be satisfied if you have patience with them. Then there is the issue of my position, because you are the first pet, you will be scrutinized and your behavior will be a reflection on me. So if someone or something is bothering you come to me. I will control the situation or remove you from it."

"Yes Master," I said uncertainly.

"Don't worry. It sounds more complicated than it is. All you have to remember is don't confront any of the other sheps, just come to me and I will take care of the problem. NEVER be afraid to come to me for anything, its a Master's duty to protect and provide for his pet. There's a lot more for you to learn but that will get you started. Let's get a little nap, it's going to be a long day."

Master pulled me to his chest and I eagerly buried my face in the rough fur right over his big beating heart. He fell asleep in no time but I was so excited and nervous that I couldn't sleep. After about half an hour, I noticed that my Master had popped a woody in his sleep. It was against my leg and he gave an occasional thrust. I couldn't resist sliding down, skinning back his sheath and taking that beautiful fat head into my mouth. I heard him moan, so I redoubled my efforts. Unfortunately he woke up.

"Honestly David. You really can't get enough can you?"

"Master I couldn't sleep, I'm to nervous and excited at the same time. And Master's sooo big it's hard to ignore," I said grinning.

"Well I guess I can give you something to relax you, I've always wanted to join the mile high club."

I had no idea what the mile high club was, but I had a pretty good idea of what I was going to be lucky enough to get.

"Get on your knees and put you head down on the pillow."

I did as I was told and Master knelt behind me. He reached out with that huge tongue and began rimming my hole. I moaned and opened up for him. His tongue penetrated me easily. He worked it in and out for a minute or two and then mounted me. He guided himself into me and gently took me. He tenderly worked his way in and out of me, spurting precum every so often.. I immediately began to feel that contented lassitude fall over me as we made love.

"David reach between your legs and grab me behind my knot. I don't want to tie with you, I just want to cum enough to help you sleep. I want to save as much as I can for when I get you in my own bed, where you belong. Then I plan on shooting so much in you that it will start coming out of your ears."

I grabbed my Masters knot and got a good grip at the base, causing him to start cumming. I was fading fast as his semen squirted into me.

"Let go of the knot David." he said and I heard it as though it was a distant dream. I let go and he immediately stopped cumming, but I was already floating in my mind. He pulled me down on my side before disengaging from me. We were spooning with his muzzle laying across my neck and his arms possessively holding me. I couldn't keep my eyes open and soon, I was completely out. All of my dreams were happy ones of me pleasing my Master and him praising me. He had to wake me when we landed. He dressed me in a pair of shorts and a polo shirt. Then he literally had to carry me into the limo, but I felt secure in Master's powerful arms. I looked out the window and was amazed by the size of the city and the tall buildings. I managed to clear my head by the time we reached my Master's home, the White House.

When I first saw my new home, I was flabbergasted, it was huge and beautiful. Everything was perfect. We walked toward the door and when we were about 20 yards away, the door burst open and 4 miniature sheps came charging up yelling "Daddy" at the top of their lungs. I moved back to watch this family reunion. I had never seen shep pups, they were so cute. The boys were their father in miniature, handsome pups and even at this age you could tell they were going to grow up to be big like their dad. Their hands and feet looked too big for their bodies. Obviously Master was prepotent, his sons were all carbon copies of him. The girl looked like a little princess. You could see her father's good looks coming through, but some of her mother's looks must be there also. After greeting their father, they turned their attention to me.

"Daddy, is this the new feral?" I smiled at them, trying to be friendly, hoping they would like me.

"Arnold, don't be rude. Don't call him a feral he has a name. It's David. He is Daddy's pet and I love him very much, so you 4 need to treat him nice. He's new here and a little afraid, so I expect all of you to treat him nice and make him feel at home. David, please don't take offense at the term feral, it's actually a complement. Most of us hold the domestic humans in contempt. They are good for nothing better than being slaves, but ferals are respected and valued."

"Can we touch him Daddy?"

"Is it OK for them to come close to you David?'

"I would like that Master."

With that they all ran up to me and I tried to give them a group hug. They squealed and I let the boys pull me to the ground. We scuffled and wrestled on the ground under the watchful but happy eyes of my Master. I hugged them and rubbed their bellies and just generally rough housed with them. It was so much fun, I never had other children to play with in our tribe. This adrenaline rush completely cleared my head from the last of the effects.

Arnold, who seemed to be the leader of this mini pack yelled, "Daddy, he's nice, can he sleep in my room tonight?"

"I'm afraid not Arnold, he sleeps in my room ALWAYS. He will also have the spare bedroom, the one they called the Lincoln bedroom to put his stuff and when he needs time to himself. Don't go snooping in his room or bugging him when he needs privacy. Other than that, as long as he is willing to play you're more than welcome to play with him. You guys can play later, we have to get David settled into his new home. David this IS your home also, you are a member of this family. You are not a servant like the other humans here."

It hadn't hit me until just then but for the first time, in my memory, I had a HOME and a FAMILY. It finally sunk in and despite myself I started to cry.

My Master rushed over and hugged me to him and asked, "David what's wrong."

"Nothing Master, It's just that I've never had a home or a family before. Thank you."

For once my Master was speechless, but he conveyed more warmth in his hug than any words could have done.

I regained my composure and we went in the house to meet my Master's wife Freyja. I was nervous about it because, despite what Master said, I was sure she was going to hate me. I mean I was getting screwed by her husband and he would be sleeping with me, not her. She was in the foyer waiting. She was the first female shep I had seen so far, but she was stunning. As we walked over to her I blurted out, "Master, she's beautiful!" She smiled and her face lit up, I knew right away that I had scored some points with her.

My Master went up to her and gave her a hug and a kiss. "Freyja this is my new pet David. David, this is my as you said beautiful wife Freyja."

I was unsure how to address my Master's wife when she broke the ice and hugged me. "Welcome to the family David. Oh Woden he is adorable." I was not expecting such a warm welcome, things were looking better all the time.

"Ma'am, I'm not sure how I should address you, but thank you. I was just a little worried you would resent me being here."

"Just call me Freyja or Mom, actually come to think of it I prefer Mom. But why on earth did you think I would resent you being here? Woden is a great man but he just has testosterone squirting out his ears. He is always horny, and even though he knows I'm not in heat, about once a week he makes advances toward me and I have to put him in his place. Occasionally I'll have pity on him and take care of him by hand but I don't enjoy it. Although I do feel a little sorry for you, he's so horny all the time he will probably wear you out within a week."

"Honey you should feel sorry for me, the little scamp can't get enough of me. He is always wanting it and it's hard to say no. Throw in the fact that he is fantastic in bed and I can't resist giving him what he wants. I'm the one who will be worn out in a week. I hit the jackpot with David here. He's bright, good looking and, for some crazy reason, he worships me. I didn't even capture him, he surrendered to me after evading all of us for 3 days. I'm glad you like him. Please just have some patience with him, this is going to be a tough adjustment for him. He grew up in a very primitive village so all this is new to him."

"Of course dear. David would you like something to drink?"

"That would be nice Ma'am."

"Mom, please call me Mom. What would you like to drink?"

I looked at her blankly, then Master stepped in. "I don't think he has ever had anything except water to drink. Why don't you let him try a Pepsi."

Mom came back with a clear cup with ice and a blackish liquid in it. I thanked her for the drink. There was something like a clear reed in it. I pushed it out of the way to drink from the cup. Master laughed. "What's so funny Master?"

"It's just that I keep forgetting how little you know about modern life. Here let me show you how to use the straw." He put the reed in his mouth and sucked on it and the black liquid rose up the straw. He handed it back to me, "Now you try it."

I put it to my mouth and sucked up some of the liquid. To my surprise it was very sweet, I had never had anything like it. I drained the cup in no time flat. "That was really good Master.."

"I keep forgetting how much of this is going to be completely new for you."

We toured the house, every room brought new wonders. The bedrooms were on the second floor. He showed me the kid's bedrooms, Mom's bedroom and then we came to Master's master bedroom. It was huge, it even had it's own bathroom. The toilets amazed me, we always just went in the woods. There was also a shower for washing and a jacuzzi to relax in. It also had a king size bed, that I hoped to test out soon. I didn't know what ninety percent of the stuff was.

We went down the hall to my new room. Master opened the door and said, "David this is your room, you won't be sleeping in here, except possibly when I am mating with Freyja. You can keep all your stuff in here and when you need time to yourself, you can come in here."

"It seems to be an awful big room for that, especially since I don't have any stuff to put in it."

He hugged me and said "David, you'll have plenty of stuff soon. I intend to spoil my pet rotten."

"Master, I have you, that's everything I need."

He hugged me closer and whispered in my ear, "I can't wait until I get you in my bed, so I can take you properly. I plan on giving you everything I have tonight, I want to give you the full effect. You will love it, I guarantee it."

"Master, any time you are in me I love it. I bet I am looking forward to it even more than you. When can we go?"

"What have I done, I've created a monster. You are insatiable aren't you. Don't worry I guarantee you after dinner and an hour or two of family time, I will take you in there and fuck your brains out. Then for the rest of the week we are going to fuck like bunnies."

"I guess you really do plan on spoiling me rotten."

We went down to the dining room and dinner was on the table. We really didn't go hungry often since there was so much fish and game near the Firehole but I had never seen so much food in my life.

Mom said, "David, I didn't know what you liked to eat so I decided to make quite a few different things. Since it is your first meal with us, I wanted it to be special. We have Prime Rib, Lobster, Crab Legs, Chicken and Stuffed Pork Chops as the meat courses, a variety of vegetables, mashed potatoes and gravy and a variety of deserts. Woden, I also got you those raw oysters that you wanted, although with your libido, I don't know why you think you need them. "

"Honey, the kid's insatiable, I'm going to need all the help I can get."

"Mom, I don't know what any of this stuff is but it sure smells wonderful. But you shouldn't have gone to all this trouble for me."

"Nonsense, it's not every day we get a new member of the family. Besides it's not all for you, we all want to celebrate your arrival."

I couldn't believe they were all so glad I was here. Mom put a little of everything on a plate for me and everyone started to eat. Except for me. I just noticed they were all eating with eating tools that I had never seen before. We ate with our hands or if we were roasting meat in the fire we just ate it off our stick.

"Why aren't you eating David?" my Master asked.

"I've never eaten with tools before."

Everyone chuckled and I was so embarrassed I turned bright red. "Don't be embarrassed, we were laughing at the fact that you called the silverware tools. There are going to have to be a lot of things you need to learn."

Arnold piped up, "Daddy, can I show David how to use the silverware?"

"Sure it will help you two get acquainted."

Arnold taught me how to eat with silverware and I finally got to taste some of the wonderful smelling food. It tasted even better than it smelled. It had many spices on it that I was unfamiliar with but they were all delicious. Soon we had all eaten our fill. We got up and moved to the living room as the servants cleared the table. We all took seats with Master and I sharing something he called a 'love seat'. It was very comfortable and I liked the name. He put his arm around me and pulled me to his side. Everyone wanted to know how Master caught me, so he told the story. Then the kids all wanted to know how we lived in the wild. Before we knew it over two hours had blown past. I couldn't believe I was part of such a wonderful family. But I could tell Master was getting antsy. Mom noticed it too and said, "I can tell you two are interested in more than talk, so why don't you two lovebirds head to your room and have fun."

"Yeah it has been a long day. I think we will turn in."he said as he walked over and kissed Freyja goodnight. To my surprise she came to me and hugged me tight and kissed me good night like a mother. That hadn't happened since my parents died.

"Goodnight Mom."

"Goodnight David."

My Master put one arm behind my knees and one behind my back and picked me up as easily as if I was a baby. I beamed up at him, a grin going from ear to ear. I was safe in Masters powerful arms, he was carrying me like a bride on her wedding day up to his room. The kids all hooted, I was amazed at how open sex was among the sheps. When we got in his room, he set me down to undress me, but I was too quick for him and I was soon down on my knees before my Master. I begged, "Please, can I get Master's big dick ready?" as I weighed his huge balls with my left hand.

"How can I deny you when you are down there on your knees begging for it? You have no idea what that does to an Alpha like me, seeing you on your knees in front of me like that. Especially since I know you are sincere about it. You really do worship my cock don't you?"

"No Master, I worship you. Everything about you. The fact that you have a big beautiful cock is just an added bonus. My proper place is on my knees before my Master, paying homage to the greatest Shep of them all," I said with a grin. And with that I went to work. I took his sheath in my mouth and gently sucked and nibbled on it. I was going to eat the appetizer before I started on the main course. He moaned and quickly hardened until that beautiful piece of Shep meat was poking out the tip of his sheath. I peeled back the sheath, until just the head was showing, I took a deep breath inhaling the heady musk which was the scent of an Alpha dog. It was intoxicating. I ran my tongue around the head, I got a nice taste of the gamy film that clung to his maleness. Some people might think it was gross, to me it tasted and smelled like my Master; strong, masculine, primal. The very essence of an alpha male. Actually not an alpha male, THE ALPHA MALE. I was his and I wanted everyone to know especially my Master. I worked my way down his shaft, peeling back more sheath as I went along. With every inch, I got more of this intoxicating flavor. I looked up and saw that my Master was gazing down at me with his full approval. I was so proud.

"I will never get tired of watching you on your knees, but we've got all night to go so I don't want to cum yet."

He picked me up and undressed me then put me on the bed and climbed in after me. We lay down facing each other with our dicks and balls rubbing together. This put the top of my head level with his chin so I had to look up at my Master, which is how it should be. Feeling his massive maleness dwarfing mine, as we rubbed together, it was almost more than I could take, but I was finally able to back off before I came. "David, you have heard me talk about effects before, right?"

"Yes Master, I have an idea of what they are but its all a guess from the comments you have made."

"We usually don't tell our pets about the 'effects' because they are what we use to break their wills and subjugate them. It's not an evil thing because they eventually end up loving it, but it does take away the free will aspect of their surrender. You on the other hand surrendered of your free will to me which is why I have tried to use it as little as possible. It is a much bigger turn on that you want me of your own free will than if you had been coerced. But anyway here is the story of the effects:

In the year 2012, a NASA experiment went terribly wrong. NASA had wanted to colonize the planet Eden, which is 10,000 light years away from earth. It would be impossible to get there with a rocket but some big brain figured out a way to digitize a body and make it rematerialize far away. Because of budget cuts they had to do it on a shoestring. The plan was to send 4 men, who each had a male German Shepherd, and 4 women, who each had a female German Shepherd as well. Well something unexpected happened and instead of rematerializing as 16 individuals each human and dog pair digitalized as a unit and rematerialized as a unit. For the most part, they had the best of both man and dog, except the females were fiercely opposed to sex except the one week a year when they were in heat. Even then they would only submit reluctantly. There was a male who evolved whose semen had slight opiate like properties. When he mated with a female she was more likely to tolerate sex with him because she got a little buzz out of it. Because of this he produced many more pups than any of the other sheps so this gene was passed on. His offspring who produced a stronger opiate were more likely to pass their genes on and it became stronger with each passing generation. Eventually, we developed control over how much or little we produced in each ejaculate. If the female was willing very little had to be in the semen. If they resisted or if the male wanted to possess them as a life mate more was produced in the semen to help subdue them. The more alpha the male the more he is capable of producing, so if I need to I can really put someone under the influence of the effects. While it is similar to an opiate, in how it makes you feel, it is not physically addicting. It can be psychologically addicting, depending on how little will power the individual has. Most men become psychologically addicted in a matter of days, if they are hit with the full effects. When your friends tried to fight, it helped their captors to produce powerful effects to subdue them, much stronger than most sheps would be able to produce for a willing mating. Because I am extremely alpha I can control pretty much how much I want in my semen. I have used it very lightly with you, except of the time in the hummer when I became possessive. I lost control and you got a medium dose. I always want you to surrender yourself from your own free will, that is why I have gone light with it. It reduces the physical pleasure for me slightly but that is more than made up with by the ego gratification of a very willing pet," he smiled as he said this. "I always want you to desire me, not to be coerced."

"Master, I have given you my heart forever, if it will increase both our pleasure why don't you hit me with everything you have? Nothing could make me give to you more freely than I do now, I would do anything for you even if it would kill me. All you would have to do is ask."

"You wouldn't feel I was taking advantage of you?"

"When I was a member of our tribe even though or maybe because I was an orphan I had to be the best at everything. Even though I was young there was no one I looked up to because I was the best at all the things that were important. When we were hunting some of the older guys even looked up to me. The thought of being a subordinate to any man I knew was unthinkable. I wanted to grow up to be the leader, not a follower. Then I saw you and I knew that here was someone who was my superior in every way. Finally I found someone who was worthy of being my hero. My place among men was as a leader. When I look at you I know that I exist to do nothing but serve my Master, to do it happily and eagerly. Master, sometimes you're too honorable for your own good. From the sound of things, using your full effects would be better for us both. Besides, I would love to feel the full power and majesty of my Master for once. Please Master take me and conquer me, make me your greatest conquest."

Master got a big grin, "you know what, you are right. You've proven time and again that you love me for who I am not because of effects. You asked for it, I am going to totally conquer your body tonight, and you are going to love it."

"I can't wait." With that, I pulled my Master's head down and sucked his pendulous top lip into my mouth, nibbling and sucking on it. Soon my Master's tongue slipped into my mouth and captured mine. We kissed passionately, his mouth locked over mine. He breathed into my lungs, breathing for both of us. When we broke off the kiss, I was completely breathless.

My Master rolled on his back. "David, I want you to fuck my sheath." I straddled his waist facing his feet and positioned myself so my dick was right in front of his. I opened up the tip of his sheath and guided myself inside. My Master reached down and put his big hand around his sheath while I bent over and started thrusting into him. The undersides of our maleness rubbed against each other while the warmth of his sheath enveloped us both. I felt Master's big hands spread my ass cheeks. He bent forward and licked my asshole. It was like a jolt of electric went through my body. I kept thrusting and Master kept rimming me, then he used his tongue to penetrate me. He held his big tongue still. I was soon fucking his sheath on the forward thrust and fucking myself on his tongue on the backstroke. There was no way I was going to last long at this rate. Master moved his tongue so it was massaging my prostate and that was enough to put me over the top.

"I'm cumming!" I cried out as I filled his sheath with my spunk. Master's hand was still around his sheath holding all my cream in. After a brief rest, I withdrew my cock from his sheath, Master's hand was still holding his sheath closed while I slid out and dismounted. To my surprise Master bent down and started to lap up my semen as it started leaking out of his sheath. I was amazed at his flexibility. He soon sucking himself clean.

"I guess the old saying is true. Why did the dog lick himself?" I said.

"I've never heard that one. OK I'll bite, why did the dog lick himself?" Master asked.

"Because he can."

Master groaned at my joke, then continued to track down every drop of my juice. I lay back down beside him, an inspiration came to me. He finished up, then said , "OK David get on your knee's it's my turn now."

"No!"

"What, are you disobeying your Master? I wouldn't have believed you would ever do that." you could see the hurt in his eyes and hear it in his voice.

"I don't have a Master, none of you stupid sheps has ever taken me against my will and bent me to your will," I said in mock defiance.

Master caught onto the game quickly and smiled. "I guess I will have to remedy that feral, get ready to have your ass raped."

"That'll be the day when some stupid hybrid will get the better of the Great David."

Master grabbed me and easily threw me on my back and put my knees over his shoulders despite my best attempts to resist. He easily lined himself up and jammed himself in, I was seeing stars. The pain was almost unbearable, but I knew it wouldn't last long. Master wasn't making love to me he was fucking a willful, disobedient, feral into submission. I could feel huge gushers of potent precum blasting into me, subduing me. I could feel my resistance washing away with each shot that flooded my bowels. What he had done to me in the Hummer was nothing compared to now. And that was only with what was in his precum.

"You're not so tough now are you Oh Great David?"

I tried to resist but there was no resisting the effects of my Master. It was soon as if I was a boneless doll, that bent to my Masters every whim. He fucked me long and hard, and was soon down to the short strokes, he was grinding deep in me and his massive knot was beginning to swell. I could feel it growing, stretching me to bursting. Finally he threw his head back and howled as he erupted into my ass, filling me with that effects laden semen that was rapidly eliminating any resistance I could muster. Instead of just holding still and filling me, he kept ramming me harder and deeper as he planted his seed as deeply as he could into his conquest. I was swooning by now, fighting to remain in control of myself but to no avail. The effects had taken over and I was floating in that blissful dream state. Only I had been taken to a higher level. I now knew what it had been like for the other members of the tribe. I got to experience the bliss that had bent their will but it was 10 times stronger because of Master's potency. The ecstasy was like nothing I had ever imagined. After breeding me with the main load of semen, he rolled onto his back, holding me possessively to his chest. He was panting from his great exertion of summoning all the effects he could muster. I could feel that huge knot making us one, continuing to act as a conduit for the bliss inducing fluid that I knew I could no longer live without. I could hear my Master but I couldn't muster the effort to respond.

"David, that was so clever. I don't know if I would ever have been able to give you the full feel of the effects if we were making love. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, it brought the primal dog out in me like never before." He held me close to his chest right over his beating heart, "Now I truly own you, with your consent and without it. Always remember; I love you more than life itself. We are mated now and forever, till death do us part."