But it's not harmful, right?"That question gave Mercy a slight shock. She quickly blurted out. "No!No. Not at all. All harmless. I swear. I don't wann... hurt anyone. Ifeel it deep inside. That feeling that I have to prank and do tricks.But I will not let it control me. It's actually why I am here. I wannalearn the boundaries of it. Finding ways to manage, you know?"Victoria nodded. "Okay. Sounds reasonable. Well if it is harmless Ivolunteer."Mercy looked bemused at her. "Are you sure?" Yeah, I. I'll ease my consciences by granting the other women their freedom and giving them some gold."******We waited. Torkak sent two groups of men in different directions to find a suitable woman.When Maa woke, Torkak took me to his chambers. I stood in the doorway while Torkak talked quietly with Maa. After several minutes, Torkak motioned me forward.I was appalled by Maa's appearance. While he wasn't really robust looking during the years that I knew him, he was close to death now. Maa whispered. I planned to take a bath, and I didn't want Rock moseying the house while Kaylee was asleep and I relaxed in the bathtub. I didn't trust Rock that much. I went upstairs to draw my bath.I have a bad habit. Our house sits well back from the road and is surrounded by woods on all sides but the front. The closest house is five hundred some feet away; even during the winter I can't see it through the trees. At night, yes, when light from the windows makes its way across the intervening distance, but. In the dream, I moved to turn her over. She did nothing overt to help or hinder the action, but her body was neither limply compliant nor rigidly resistant. Face up, her magnificent body revealed itself anew. I dreamed that I stared at her as I had not stared in the bar. I wanted the dream Sylvia more than I had wanted the dream of her money. The unzipped dress pulled down easily to her waist, the heavy velvet richly exotic in my hands. The abundance of her revealed breasts emerging from the.