The few children that they had were raised by the entire village as no-one knew which father was the father of that specific child. Once they grew to...maturity, they did not appear to age any further till they finally died of old age after around two hundred Earth years. After the meal, as they talked, a thick, sweet red drink was served in a large ceramic mug that was passed around. It must have had alcohol or something similar in it as everyone soon felt much more relaxed. When it came. She’s waiting for you now, up there in the eaves.”“She won’t take strange visitors at this hour. On a holiday?”“A girl this profound makes no fuss of the time. To sample her charmings, we need only to chime.”The Krampus rang the little bell by the door, and the girl did indeed come to her window. She squinted through the night and the snow, and when she saw the Krampus’ smiling face she broke into a grin of her own.“Darling!” the girl said, for the Krampus had friends in every town in the. As Zak watched her slowly clear her head, he still felt creepy about the way he was feeling. Drag a woman out of the water unconscious, get horny … it just felt so wrong. Settling down just off the side of her right shoulder, his knees folded underneath him, he let his eyes rest on the flat of her stomach and he felt his own breathing speed up briefly with the invigoration of her form. Easing her back down against the towel, he bent over her and looked straight into her eyes, his own green eyes. And I asked for a luxury suite with a king-size bed and a separate living room. I wanted to take care of myself for a change. Hopefully, the conference would lead to some profitable business connections that would make the expense of this hotel seem insignificant.I had wanted to check into my room as soon as I arrived in the city, but of course the flights were late, and the traffic into the city made me so late that I had to go right to the banquet that opened the conference. What I really.