We arrived at the restaurant and ordered dinner. The waiter spent more time trying to please Ted than the three of us, It was obvious that he was ...nterested in Ted. Ted began to feel uneasy and Laura and Jenn began teasing him. At least I was off the hook for a while. We had a nice dinner with a couple bottles of wine and I began to relax. The more I drank the less I thought about how I was dressed. I got to the point where I became quite comfortable. I did have to concentrate on . He knew something."What?" Stop!" Miri's voice carried loud and clear, interrupting the conversation and calling the procession to a halt.Tory looked back at her in confusion. She, however, simply pointed to the sky ahead of them. There in the distance, barely visible over the tops of the trees, were several columns of thick, black smoke.When the conversation first shifted from the Dedek to fairies, Miri couldn't help but giggle. She found Pavel's fixation rather sweet, really. And she. " She giggled, then lifted her midsection up, and pressed down again. "Still hard!" She laughed, a deep wonderful laugh that filled her. "The energy of teenagers!" She kissed me lightly again. "God, I wish I still had it." You have something," I told her, "something that you never need to apologize for. No matter how old you are, or how old anyone else is." Hold that thought for another twenty years," she murmured, then glanced at the night stand and the clock. "I have dinner to get ready, you. He's a good man who shares our affinity for bondage. Would you be able to stay calm in his presence knowing this?" I think so, Mistress. If you wish me too." I do, and I wish you to understand that not all men want to hurt you. There will always be terrible men like your stepfather and stepbrother, and the two men who enslaved you, but overall, men are not your enemy. Do you understand?" Yes, Mistress. If you say so." I do. I want you to be able to trust certain men so that we can punish the.