"Let's hope it doesn't fall off," he said critically, "I'd hate to have your king vexed with me for the loss of a bucket's bail." So saying, he knelt ...n the mortared rock, and slowly let the rope and bail down into the dark hole.As McAllister fished, knees on one half of the mortared ring, his left forearm on the other half of the ring, he knew his privates were exposed awkwardly as the girl at first giggled, and then drew silent.A moment later, he felt he snagged something with the bail. The. Her face cast in shadow, Adrienne then turned to look at me."Ben, will you come in for a bit? I don't want to be alone right now," said in a pleading voice that seemed to emanate from the darkness."Well, my dad did tell me to take my time," I reasoned. "But what if your dad comes home?" He won't be home before like ten tonight. He always stays really late at the office on Mondays." Adrienne shrugged and then looked into my eyes, stepping forward and pressing herself against my chest. "Please?". I hate it when that happens."OK," I say to Gracie. "Confession time. The whipping contest was rigged. Henrietta wants to see how her daughter will react when forced into a submissive role to women that she knows. I was about to beg for mercy. I kissed Henrietta to tell her that I was about to give in. Henrietta could have taken a lot more whipping. But, she wanted Diane to be a loser, so she begged for mercy first. We really lost the contest. But, Henrietta threw it just to see how her daughter. Almost overnight the world had changed to a much more dangerous place.Max herself was different; she was born and raised in a facility called Manticore, a government run agency meant to create a better solder, a super solder. Genetically manipulated to be both faster and stronger then the people around her. She had meant to be perfect, beautiful beyond imagining. With luscious lips, dark soulful eyes and a perfect body she was made to be the desire of any man. Her beauty, strength, speed, all.