. Illaun from Éire."I intentionally mispronounced it as "Eerie", hoping to hurt her proud Irish ears with it. The photograph in her papers didn't do ...er justice; Illaun was far better looking in real life. Especially gagged and hooded...I looked up to the new guy."Oi! Have a light?" I knew that both Nakamura and Tanaka were non-smokers.He just looked insecurely at me and smiled. The dumb gofer hadn't understood one word."Rait?"Now his face showed genuine relief."Hai!"He handed me a cheap. "That is not what happened!" I took a deep breath, lowered my voice, and continued more contritely. "I stupidly thought that you knew it was me, Jess. I would never, ever do anything to hurt you or take advantage of you. I love you..."Fuck. I had just blurted it out. "I've always loved you and... and... it was like a dream come true when you started putting me inside you..." I swallowed hard and continued more quietly than before. "But I honestly thought you knew." I was crying now; I couldn't. ‘Just a bit of overindulgence in Wendy’s delicious cooking.’ He took little part in the ensuing general conversation. Even when Sue started to brag about his wonderful new job he could not bring himself to join in. Instead he kept looking at Alicia, then at me, then at Wendy, and back to Alicia again. Just after midnight, Wendy, Alicia and I were outside the house seeing our guests off. Sue and the twins (who had behaved impeccably all evening, giving no indication of their true relationship. Yet.Morgana pulled Sheena aside. "I need your permission," she said toSheena."For what?" The easiest way in is to make an appointment. To buy his favors for thenight." Like you did with me?" Sheena glanced over to Jasper. She blushed. Thenshe shook herself. "He's in that awful place? Whoring himself out forcoppers?"Morgana nodded."Bring him back. In pieces if you have to. No one should live likethat."Morgana nodded again. "We'll bring him back whole." She accepted a bagfrom Master Hoose and.