..A searing, white-hot pain ripped through her chest! Then another caught her in the belly, just above her pelvis!'Shit! He shot me!'Beth folded her w...ngs in agony. The intense pain began to dissipate throughout her nervous system as her body went into pain-separation mode. In a few seconds, she was able to stretch her wings out to break her fall. The intense tingling in her nerves from the bullet wounds made her feel incredibly horny. She straightened up, preparing to land.'I can't fly and. It felt so good, I just can't describe it. Well, maybe I can, you remember the other night when mom got home and I was crashed out in your lap? It was like that. Anyway, we both opened our eyes at the same time. We were maybe two, three inches apart max. I just looked in her eyes for a second and all I wanted to do was kiss her. So I did. It felt so good. Before you know it we were sucking face like there was no tomorrow. We just couldn't get enough of each other. That's when we really started. " Bob sat and contemplated. They both stared into space a while."I have to leave," Charles finally said. "Have fun while you're here. Adieu."Charles walked out, leaving the door slightly ajar.Bob felt as though he had peered into the glass bottom of one of those eight ball prediction gimmicks. 'Answer hazy, try again later' kept coming up.A clock ticked mechanically over the fireplace he hadn't paid any attention to. Since there was no help to be had here, he'd have to back track the would be. Sometimes slaves were shared, but only with close friends; very occasionally they were bought and sold. Martha realised that the vast majority of slaves were hangers-on who were sponsored by their Master or Mistress. She was very unusual, she realised, in having a slave who paid the bills!Because Alan never came with her to these affairs, indeed he was far from well enough trained for her to risk taking him there, she was not readily accepted into any of the cliques and alliances which were.