.. or would you like to earn your way out of the rest?" What... ever you want, my husband," she gasped, the lashing having robbed her of breath."Hmmmm... Yes. Now here's what I want you to do."At ten forty-five that night Marianne was standing at the bedroom window peeking out from between the curtains. The bedroom was dark. Cornelius was at the other end of the room, in the dark, looking out of a second window so he could observe his neighbor without being seen. Marianne bit her lip. Disrobing. Then she ran out the door. Mark returned to Kara, and they undressed and were soon lying down with each other. Neither said anything as they lightly caressed each other's bodies. Then Kara spoke. "Mark, I'm not bold enough to ask for forgiveness. But I do ask for mercy. Do you still want me as your wife?" Huh? Kara, don't be ridiculous, I... hey!"Kara was hugging Mark so fiercely it was difficult for him to breath. "You do forgive me! I..." Kara wanted to say more, but the words would not come.. "Will I have trouble getting close from the air?" I asked Midnight."Probably," she admitted. "The very gravitic manipulation that lets you fly will let the sonic winds he stirs up toss you around pretty good. You'd be better off landing outside his main area of effect and running in." Yeah, once I'm down I can boost the gravities some to remain stable," I said out loud as it occurred to me."Good. That's good thinking Iron Man. Keep it up. We're close enough, I'm taking off."With that, Midnight. He took mercy on me and moved so that I could walk past him. As he turned to lock the door, I took a deep breath, trying to get ahold of my wayward thoughts. Rick’s hands…Rick’s mouth…on me…fucking me hard…Shit! “…your coat?” “What?” Rick chuckled, as if he knew where my thoughts had been. “Your coat, Professor? We can’t have you freezing to death. I’d miss seeing you everyday if you did.” I blushed again. “Oh right. Um…I believe I left it in my office upstairs. I’ll just be a minute.” I said,.