“I’m not innocent at all.”“Well, if you tell me, you still won’t have any secret sins.” She gave that the laugh it deserved. Sometimes, Bi...l was a wit; sometimes, he got only half-way. She walked away slowly enough for him to catch up and ask her for a date. He didn’t. He didn’t even offer to drive her home.Their talk the next week was as friendly, and as fruitless. She went back in the choir. That cut her interactions with Bill down to the once-a-month coffee hours, but maybe he would be more. When the function finished it was 2:30 am and I was very tired and went directly to my room. I changed up and was preparing to sleep when my room doorbell rang. I went to open it and I saw Kajal Nisha and shreshta standing there in the same dress they wore in the function. I asked them why they were here, to which Kajal told to finish up yesterday’s game. I asked them to come in and was locking up the door when Nisha told me we have one more guest coming who also wants to play. I asked her who. ‘Damn you feel good boy. Such a shame Raell won’t let us keep you. Seems like such a waste to send such pretty ass out to the field!’ ‘That could be arranged if you’d ask.’ Drake, and everyone else, jumped at the quiet yet powerful voice. Raell stepped out of the shadows, where she had watched the entire rape. ‘How about a deal, James? You can have all the rebellion starters, like this one here, until you are done with them or have a new fuck toy to play with. When that happens they head off to. God loves morning and always went out of His way to show it. Cursing under her breath she rose painfully from the floor and dared to open her eyes again just a little. The room swam slowly into focus she could see the blacked husk of the dead mage smoking next to her. In his death he had fallen across the ring drawn in the floor, the demoness knew she could leave the area now without consequences. This knowledge did not abate her confusion, with the caster of the spell dead she should have.