" Perhaps he was delayed or attending to some matter that could not be put aside," muttered Hermes, who was clearly not enjoying the Council being in ...he spotlight and having some potentially embarrassing matters discussed in public."I doubt it," said Simon grimly. "I sent two of the Councils own special enforcers to make sure he attended here. "They have not responded to my attempts to communicate with them since their arrival at Mage Heinrich's apartment in Shanghai." We may have lost more. 'No!!! Never!!! I won't give in to this sick life!' I force myself tosay in my mind, 'I'm a man, a man, a MAN!!!!!I bring my head up and my face is level with Charlotte's chubby knees.Her ripped black fishnet stockings are indeed being worn over shinytaupe tights as I suspected. My eyes move up her thick but shapelylegs, past the tiny tight Lycra mini stretched taught on her thighs,past her slashed T-shirt with the words "Fuck Slut" printed on it insilver sequins. She is proffering me a tumbler. She motioned for the boys to come in. Brett tried to say something but she told him to be quiet and that she would handle this. She stood up and decided to leave her top off, and was standing in just a thong as she waited for the boys to arrive in her room. She still wasn’t sure exactly what was gonna happen, but a plan was forming in her mind. When the other five boys got to her room they were more than surprised to see her almost naked. They were probably expecting quite a different scenario. I can’t take her to the hospital anyway, Avery thought, as he took a seat next to her. What am I going to say? ‘Um, excuse me, but my genie seems to have come down with something…’ No, that wasn’t going to work. Cypress tried to sit up, but she was still weak. Poor thing, Avery thought, shifting closer to her. This just isn’t fair. He didn’t really understand what was happening to her, but it didn’t seem right. Well, okay, the whole thing was crazy, what with her being a genie and all, but… No.