.."-Cariel-Warm silk and the smell of crushed roses greeted me as I returned to consciousness.I turned over, and the liquid soft sheets moved with me....Never could I remember feeling so warm and content. My body felt heavy and languid.It was a curious sensation, as if the echo of some great pleasure had followed me through sleep and had woken with me.What could have caused this? I wondered as I stretched and flexed my toes. Who replaced my sheets? And refurbished my chamber? This didn't look. Her eyes opened with a glazed look."You thought you could come to this country and take our preciousresources just because you have some money?" The bound woman struggled tomove, a disoriented look of confusion and fear was in her eyes."Inhale and everything will be OK."She inhaled, she had no other choice as her mouth was full of a redrubber ball.Her eyes glazed over as she went limp. We removed her arm and anklebindings and replaced them with leg cuffs and cuffed her wrists behindher back. I will spend the night in Antonio’s room. I need to be with him, and he needs me. I promise, I will not compromise myself.”Richard smiled benevolently at his younger sister and showed her a key.“Why do you think I rented two adjacent rooms for you and Antonio? Here is the key for the connecting door. Be discrete though. Father will kill me if I allow you to get in trouble.”Eleanor reached up and pulled her brother into a kiss.“Thanks, you are a wonderful brother,” she whispered.“It was Ellen’s. What he finds isn’t exactly what he is looking for. He wasn’t looking for anything really, but this is one of those items that he was looking for without actually looking for it. He reaches out for it, running his fingers lightly across it. Thinking it is going to feel like one of those Halloween masks sold at all the chain stores, he is surprised to find that it doesn’t. It feels warm and a lot like skin. A shiver rushes through him and he quickly yanks his hand back.“Fucking weird...” he.