...her; Bethan had had a tiring week at work, always fighting against those in power who continuously tried to push her down, to submit to their every...need, even though nowhere in her contract did it say she was to serve endless coffee and run mindless errands for people so pompous they couldn't even remember her name. Him; Tom had just split up with yet another girlfriend and had come round to Bethan's seeking comfort and wine.Tom knew how good looking he was, at 6'1 with a lean muscular body,. She felt good from the fucking, but mentally disgusted. She hated herself. She hated Beth for licking her cunt as she'd been told. She even hated Ted for going along with Don's blackmailing scheme.But what real choice did any of them have? That was what rankled. What was even worse, it was only a matter of time before Don camc back and demanded another sex show for his amusement. Somehow, it was more humiliating being put on display for his amusement than it was actually allowing the student to. Ed is busy unhitching the horses and Shorty puts out hay, buckets of grain, and buckets of water for the horses. Once the horses are tended to Ed joins the two leaders.Ed waits until after Dale tells Slow Elk about the cannibals before he says, “With the losses at Two Rivers, the grass fire, and this hard winter, I expect many of them are dead and they aren’t as big a threat as they were. But we should also keep an eye out for them. I think we should check the plains once the snow is gone.”. Something was wrong with the arm, because it tried to close the door on me before I had fully stepped into the office.“Welcome to Motel 6,” said a shaky voice.I turned and looked around. At first, I didn’t see anyone. Then a hand rose up from behind the counter and waved at me. “I’m over here.”I stepped up to the counter.The lady sitting behind the desk was elderly. She had silvery-white hair pulled back in a tight bun, enough lines on her face to make a mapmaker proud, and a stained meerschaum.