Her wrists were still taped together behind her, and her elbows were forced as close to one another as they could go and taped as well. Her ankles, t...o, were similarly bound. The hood was gone, but she was still engulfed in darkness, and the area about her eyes stung like fury, although she couldn’t have said why. Her mouth was stuffed full with a piece of cloth, and another strip of duct tape sealed her lips shut.Moving carefully, Kara rolled up to kneel upright, doing her best to ignore. Until afew years ago, I'd never have dreamed we'd be doing _this_ together."Tommi smiled. "Neither did I. But I'm glad. It wouldn't be the sameany other way."Katie interrupted her sisters. "Dad is outside waiting."Tommi and Sara both smiled. "I still love the sound of that," Tommiadmitted with a grin. "Mom and Dad. I don't think I'll ever get tiredof saying it or hearing it."Ronnie hugged Tommi and Sara. "And we'll never get tired of hearing yousay it," she promised. She was crying. I would like to avoid another episode as earlier."Shime stared into his eyes. He was not toying with her. He meant what he said. She let out a soft sigh. "You're not what I had expected."He grinned. "Thought I'd be an easy kill, did you?" He laughed when she blushed. He stroked her face gently. "Come, little one. I know it's shallow of me, but the tangles in your hair are driving me quite mad." He stood, drawing her to her feet. "One with hair like yours should take care of it." Do you think I. The woman’s face was jet black with a large, alabaster white spot centered roughly on her cheekbone that took up most of one side. He had seen a number of mixed-race people before but never anything like this.“Mrr?” she said giving him a confused look as both of the ears on top of her head twitched toward him.Ren finally found his tongue, “Neko?”The confusion turned into a hate-filled glare as she rounded on the witch. “Mistress, please don’t tell me you brought another one of those otaku.