Fetch me water and a rag or you can clean it another way. I have much to do today – thanks to your insolence.”“Yes, Father,” Annika said throu...h her pain. She moved as fast as her trembling legs permitted. She found a water pitcher in the parlor and a cleaning rag next to the tub. She hurried back into her chamber to cleanse her father’s limp and sticky prong.“While I am gone, do not leave your chamber,” Ludwig said, tapping the switch on the bed menacingly. “Do not permit anyone to enter –. I had started to move forward when the side door opened and five men in ski masks jumped out. Dom had looked at his friend on the ground and got hit with a metal baton across his back. He went down to one knee but unleashed an uppercut right into the groin of the man that had attacked him.A guy tried to make a grab for Dom but Brian managed to get up and tackle the guy. Both men grunted in pain. Brian hit the guy twice in the face before he and Dom managed to help each other to their feet.Two. I had had enough."Look bitch, you need to learn you're place. When the Mistress isn't here, you answer to me. Got that?" I said, now just an inch or so from her face.Jamie laughed at me. "Mistress... God, I had forgotten about all the stupid little title and rules of this organization. How everything is so proper and mysterious. Mistress, that's rich," I'm tired of your lip Jamie. It's time you learned where you stand in the grand scheme of things," I said to her, my blood now boiling with. Want something to drink?”“Do you have apple juice?”“We do. Be right back.”They sat in the living room sipping their beverages. “You’re cool with me being gay,” asked Zion.Devino contemplated for a moment. “I have no issue with that. You feel that way you feel.”“Do you have any gay friends?”“Yes.”“Most boys at school pick on me or avoid me.”“That’s cause we’re dumb when we’re young. Give it time. Plus, a few of ‘em might just like you and don’t know how to say it.”“Really?!?!?”“Yeah. That.