Koomins keeps giving me crap jobs.” Hank explained as he combed the hair if the big sorrel. “Ted,s jealous of you. He,s tried to cosy up to me for...a long time, but I don,t like him much! I caught him beating a young horse a couple of years ago and told him off about it and Pa! If he hadn,t worked for my Dad for so long Pa would have fired him then and he thinks he has a claim on me, but I can,t stand the man!” “It,s Okay! I,m not breakable! I,ll rein him in if he tries too use too much. ...his perfection. In the end we both received twelvestrokes and were in tears mewling our pain in unison. Through my tears Iwatched Master leave the room leaving us both a sobbing mess!It seemed we waited a long time after he left, in fact Penny and I werebeginning to writhe and moan in our tight bondage. Yes it was verytight, I had learnt from experience that Master liked his slaves boundvery tightly! We both started at the sound of voices and I saw Pennyshiver, she knew she was going to be. Mom made sure I wasn’t going to do that again before coming back to her seat on the couch. I unsheathed the sword and put it on the coffee table. His eyes went wide when he saw the detailed artwork done along the blade in gold that matched the designs that identified Alex’s family as the makers of the sword. It also had the needed markings that identified it as authentic. If that wasn’t enough proof, there was a framed certificate of authenticity bearing Alex’s, Andy’s, and my maker’s marks. He. Mike had his share of "Search and Destroy Missions" but this seemed pretty harsh and more like the stuff he saw go down in Bosnia and the Middle East.Rebecca could see how upset he was and came over to console him much to Maria's annoyance. She told him that the civilians were probably "infected with the dirty bomb virus" and sources of probable contagion for the untouched masses outside the contaminated areas. It was brutal but necessary to save the general populace from a hideous death.Ginnie.