He was a big man and the weight pressed me into the bed.He reached into the inside pocket of his jacket and came out with a smallset of keys. My eyes ...ontinued to watch him, although he had undoubtedlysaved my life, I had severe trust issues with this man and wasn't surejust what he was going to do.He reached forward and put the small key into the lock of the cuffs andreleased each one, gently lowering my hand to my chest as he removed thecuffs. Then he pushed himself off me and the bed, looked. A mere hour before closing time, only a handful of customers remained seated. Diana had studied them all a thousand times since she sat down.“Eight o’clock.” She made a solemn face. “I wonder what Maddi’s doing.” She took a spoonful of ice cream and savored the sweet vanilla on her lips. The treat was a reward for a job well accomplished even though she regretted how her hand was so unjustly forced.She pulled into the Master’s driveway half an hour later. Heavy black smoke coughed from the. I nodded vigorously."Since that's the case," Kim said taking a deep breath, "here it is. Ourhusbands dress up in women's clothing. To the nines. Not like hookers at aHalloween party. Not like French maids in some putrid transgender onlinefiction. No. We're talking about evening gowns, little black dresses,skirt-suits, summer A-line---"Lisa interrupted Kim. "Classic heels, distinguished stilettos, courtpumps, traditional seamed hosiery and garters, elegant lingerie, corsets---"Mary interrupted. We were a hidden army that was to sweep the sidhe away as well as the ancient mage and humans and their army. The race of man has declined much since then.We turned on our masters at the last moment and before we were done they were dead or fleeing. The sidhe did not want anything to do with us and gave us the name of Reapers. A rift back to the world we had been born on was opened. It was the sidhe home world but far enough away that we could keep to ourselves.Those that chose to attack us.