It had all paid off; his embarrassing flirting, his longing looks then that stolen peck on the cheek. He'd stuck his neck out, but had come through. N...w he was reaping the spoils of the victor. She'd told him not to worry about a thing, just follow her lead. And boy she was really leading."Mmmm, uh, yes that's it uuh, lets get those pants off you." Miss C flicked his belt buckle loose. A move she'd perfected through many encounters in the back seat of a car. As her hand groped inside his fly. ” ‘I’m going to miss you.’ She thought as she closed the phone more disappointed this time. She was sure he was ignoring her because she didn’t pick up the phone. And less sure about her last message for him to call her. She hoped she didn’t sound desperate.Lora packed up her stuff, left the room, loaded up her car and checked out of the hotel. Before leaving town she consulted a map and decided I-44 East would get her on her way to her parents far more quickly than driving to Denton, Texas. The Golden Goddess captured me in the forest and took me into captivity believing I was a common Xanti troll." Then why don't we escape together?" I asked the Professor, and she replied:"Now that's a very good idea! I wonder why I - I, Isabelle Xanth - didn't think of it!"She tore a section from the back of the hut, and the two of us crept out through it and sneaked past both of the guards posted at the hut, then disappeared into the night!The next morning the goddess found us by the lagoon,. A sacrifice to the Gos was needed.The youngest, most beautiful, and most intelligent of the Maa females was selected for the sacrificial role. The young Maa girl, Sher-ra, was carefully instructed in her role in the task at hand, she was to give herself as completely to whatever the gods desired, without limit or hesitation. No effort was spared to make Sher-ra as physically and mentally attractive to the gods as possible. Sher-ra was told it was upon her efforts to please the gods that the.