” I said.She put her hand on mine. “My dear Linda, what are you doing dressed like that and looking like a mannequin in a fashion store?”I blush...d. “You don’t like it?”“No, what turned me on was you. The “I don’t give a shit” attitude, and your smile.”I felt a bit stupid and fidgeted with the necklace I had bought.“Well, I’m here for a reason, not only to see how you are doing.”She lifted her hand. “Let me guess, you work for that snake Mr. John Frost. He has the private jet area at the airport. How about you toss me an MRE and a heater? I want to eat and then get some sleep. I have some more plans for tomorrow night..."Present – Jack – In prison at the cabin.Multiple flashbangs go off then I hear someone swearing up a storm and smile - Banzai's been busy. Masha is asleep and Linus questions, "Flashbangs?"The swearing continues and I answer, "Hell yes! I'm not sure what Banzai did with them but he sure as hell pissed someone off."Linus continues to ask, "By using flashbangs?"I answer,. It was Josephine, actually, who came to me with a problem, though it was the Iron Bull who helped me figure out a solution that got me what I wanted, allowed me to use and abuse two of my inner circle in a way that made my cock tingle to think about, and maybe, eventually, would get the two of them to pull their heads out of their asses."The soldiers' morale is terrible, Inquisitor," Josephine informed me one morning at the war table. "I have increased their rations, made sure there was. Today I believe there are five whippings scheduled."I was completely taken aback. Surely there couldn't have been five serious offences in the time I had been here or I would have heard of it. Besides the thought of a flogging made me uneasy. I had witnessed one while I was in the army and I had no desire to view another. I said as much and then added, "What did these five men do to rate something like that anyway?"Susan must have interpreted the look on my face because she reached out a hand.