Finally, after competing with one another up to $7000, the faceless bidder threw her arms up and said, ‘$25,000 and that is my final bid!’ The blo...d’s mouth fell open as she slumped back down onto the seat beneath her. But she was certainly no more stunned than Luke, who stood speechless on the impromptu stage. Even the auctioneer failed to immediately follow up. Finally with a rapid shake of his head, the auctioneer yelled, ‘Sold!’ without even asking for any higher bids. The man turned to. Then she felt his hand on her stomach, rubbing the warm coconut scented oil into her skin, his fingers massaging the oil in. Missy was watching his hand and then realized her nipples were hard pebbles under the tiny pieces of fabric. Glancing quickly at his lap she saw that his shorts were thickly bulged, and then, their eyes met. He stopped, resting his hand for a second on her quivering stomach then stood and went to the grill where he picked up his beer and took a long drink, then asked. .. wow, I’m impressed. She is great in the kitchen, I here even better out of it. But look out for... well, you’ll find out. So, you needed to talk?” “Yes, I need some answers. First off, how did I end up down in the women’s crew berthing?” “I’m in charge of assigning rooms to passengers. Your Grandma requested, hell, paid for three staterooms. I had the three of you next to each other. Then Linda put in for vacation to spend Christmas with her family. Usually, the crew onboard sleep with one. They wondered openly whether the young hunter would return. I tried to avoid those conversations. After all I had other matters to worry about.A year had gone by since I’d led my expedition south to confront Winslow and his thugs, and to defeat them, and it was almost a year since I’d headed north to hunt the bastard down and see to it that he died; and still, I hadn’t sent the drone through the Gateway, as everyone who was in the know expected me to do. Not doing so had raised a lot of.