?That?s exactly what you did, though. You didn?t try to winme on your own. You purposefully used the stone to get me. Now, what? Youregret that you us...d that crutch???I just didn?t think,? he murmured. ?I suddenly had in my hand somethingthat would give me what I desired. You were the first thing that came tomind.?He had a point. Knowing what I knew about Invidia, which really wasn?tmuch, I could easily see how getting their hands on the stone could makesomeone want to wish without any. " She handed me a white tunic, a toga I guess, which I obediently, if reluctantly, stepped into. Satisfying herself that her selection met her expectations, she asked me if I had white underwear, commenting that not wearing any, might be something we might progress to. "Good, this should be your uniform, for the time being."For the next week, I took their orders, delivered them, received payment, offered change, which the ladies frequently brushed aside. The coffee room filled up, and new. His lips curled into a vicious grin.“I’ll take her home and take care of it right away.” Lord Henry was already standing, wanting to usher his family home where they would be safe.“I demand that I get my satisfaction. I want to be there while the punishment is administered. Since I’m hosting this party, I cannot leave to go to your house. But there is nothing wrong with you punishing Anna here. In my office.” He didn’t want Lord Henry to try to squirm out of this one. “Now!”“Please Mother,”. "My Lady Bushton, someone is trying to foment a feud between our houses. I cannot know or even imagine who it might be, but I assure you that we want nothing but friendship with you. One of the brigands who attacked me said that he was hired in a tavern to attack me. Eight men set upon me and my two friends yesterday while we were out riding a circuit of our fief. He said that he did not know why he was hired to kill me, but this sounds very much like what happened to Lord Bushton."Please read.