" Masturbated yourself?" Uh-huh. But I've never had an orgasm with another person. Not a boy or a girl." Mattie seemed to be talking almost like a chi...d. She was staring at Ann with a look that was something like love, something like awe."What about Katherine?" Ann asked. I assumed Katherine was the girl Ann had claimed Mattie had had a 'fling' with some years before."You knew about that?" Mattie said, not too shocked. "All we did was fool around a little, you know, curiosity. The most we did. The Maryland Assistant AG, Dominique Duvalier was none too pleased and it looked like she was literally grinding her teeth.She was relieved to find out her lab was tasked only with processing evidence from the murder scene and the drug cutting operation in downtown Washington, DC right next to the seats of power. Sandra made arrangements with Derek to review the forensic evidence one more time to see if they had missed anything. She was also running down leads on the location of Josie's sister,. “You Little Whore,” he roared angrily. “When I tell you to do somethin’…. you better do it!” John reached out and grabbed Sandra by her long blonde hair.She whimpered in fear and pain, as his fingers clutched a handful of her hair…. he wrenched her head back hard, so Sandra was f(o)rced to stare up into his eyes. She could smell his musky, masculine scent, mingled with the smell of whiskey. Sandra understood the control he had over her…. she felt dizzy with fear and trembled.Still holding her. Deep nicks and long scars upon their battered surfaces lent an almost tattooed appearance to these ancient servants of the thrown. Making the more contemporary 'Asaka and Kamadaki'. Currently powered down and dead to the world about them, to either side of the room's door, look downright comforting and normal by comparison.Twin sensor eyes the color of tired amber, which had looked upon the face of the first emperor, now studied indicators embedded about the chrysalis dispassionately as Yadon.