"She's ready, Master." Thanks, Vonda."My newest slave stood up. "I ... I know it's not my fault. I just want..." You want to take some of Pyx's pain a...d put it on your shoulders."She nodded, tears trickling down her face."Two days ago, I made Pyx relive something she had been trying hard to forget. On one level, she is relieved that she no longer has to keep her secret alone. It's out in the open, among us. But on another level, she wants to put the past aside, and look toward the future."Now,. He looked around, trying to see if anyone else may have heard them. Of course, the music in the gym was so loud, he wasn't sure it wasn't his mind playing tricks on him."Really, Mr. Eckholm, you should ask her to dance." Jake turned to see the school secretary standing at his side. He smiled inwardly; if anyone wanted to know what was going on in the school, you didn't go to the principal or the guidance counselors, you went to the secretary. She was always in the know."People would talk, Mrs.. James hung his head, his blond hair falling into his face. He was - or had once been - a cute college k**. He was a little nervous, a little bookish, his frame slender and light. With his big blue eyes, his full cocksucking lips and the cute glasses perched on his nose, he looked like the prison would eat him alive.It had been a stupid mistake. Just once, he'd wanted to fit in. He'd had a few too many, and when his 'friends' had run out of beer, they had sent him out to get more. He knew that. Without him draining off resources, it seemed like we had more than we did before he got there. And we weren't living in fear any more. Life got bearable."She reached out suddenly and touched the side of my chin."And then you barged into our life, and everything was topsy turvy again. I know Wallace coming back wasn't your fault, but if he hadn't been there I'm not sure I would have ... risked ... I can't explain it, except that I felt safe with you, and it was so good to be close to a nice.