Mark... " Her incoherent pleas for relief excited Mark in a way little else ever had. He led her back to the bed where the padded block once again occ...pied the center of the crimson sheets and bound her tightly, careful not to brush her nipples or the chain connecting the clamps on them, forcing her beautiful ass high and opening her completely to his gaze.Sara was immediately aware of an increase in her arousal as her body was again restrained to leave her vulnerable to Mark's lustful desires.. .. your ... people were placed on your home planet is beyond doubt. They grew, they prospered, they developed technology. But they all died fairly young, barely within the first 100 years of life. The radiation from the star was killing them. There were two schools of thought. One was to genetically engineer something to help with the radiation. The other was to escape the planet. Go somewhere that wouldn’t kill them.”Margie was shaking her head. “How many people escaped?”“A dozen. The FTL. “No Eve, not by having sex with a corpse. That’s n*********a, something else altogether. Nefarious, it means-”“Yes, yes, I’m sure it’s very interesting. So who was this mystery bidder?”“Well, I called the auction house and got a list of all the other people who were at that auction. There’s only one I don’t know or who isn’t connected to an organisation I know in some way. There’s a name, Nathan Silberman. He bought one other piece and gave a billing address in New York.”“Ooh, I haven’t been to. So what is your work?’ ‘It’s a secret. If I told you I’d have to kill you!’ Raymond Hicks Man of Mystery, that’s me! In reality, I am only an officer in the Customs Service, and I get seconded to work with governments in South East Asia to catch drug dealers before their filthy product hits our shores. Still, I have found ‘the man of mystery’ ploy useful in pulling the birds in the past! ‘Oooooo! Are you a spy?’ I drew my finger across my throat in a silent answer. ‘Hurrrumph!’ was her.