" Then why are you here? Aren't you a Lili too?" Yes, but I'm different because before I died, Mother freed me from my obligations. Mother allowed me ...o die a human death. Otherwise, I'd probably end up being stripped of my powers and memories to be reborn as another Lili. If I was lucky, I would probably return to Adam Kadmon to be reborned as a new human soul. If I was very unlucky, I might lose myself and become Legion," she winced as she said the last word."That's the fate that awaits me?". Her superbly nude body cast a long shadow in the late afternoon sun. The path led them to a huge flat-topped slab of granite, a tomb or an altar of some long-forgotten religion. In front of it waited Grigori, Andrei, Leon and Pierre wearing black trousers and - with the exception of Andrei who liked to be bare-chested - white shirts. Each had several knives and whips at his belt and each had a nude woman kneeling at his feet, knees apart, hands behind her back. Dmitri held out a hand and she. “I realise that,” he said drily.I’d never been a very good actress. In my second grade Nativity play, I was cast as a minor angel. In my sixth grade one, I’d been goddamn Joseph. Yes. Joseph. The man. I took a breath. Scott was smiling, half-bemused.“It’s not funny,” I snapped. It didn’t sound strong enough.Scott looked up at me, his smile widening.“It’s not goddamn funny,” I said, a little louder. “Stop laughing.”He narrowed his eyes.“Ally, relax. This isn’t a big issue.”“No.” I said. I'm as out of the way as I can be, and still fucking rock hard. Later, I tell myself. I pull out my phone and take a few pictures of you tied to the bed, fully exposed. “This was your idea,” I remind you. I decide then to keep the phone ready for later. You give into the situation without protest and turn your attention back to Ryan. We both sit silently as we wait for him to catch up. The absurdity gets even more wonderful, and awkward, but he finally begins to move. He tentatively reaches.