.. I think it’s been a lot easier for Casey to be comfortable with our relationship around the Loft than she was when we were on the con circuit and...she had to go home to her family after each visit. Poly communities can be like that, too. People see what we’re getting away with and they start to wonder if they can’t get away with what they want too - even if it’s not poly.”“When we were in school, did you ever suspect Arwen Dickinson might be bisexual?” asked Shelby.“God, no. She hated other. I ran through the ship to my former computer core, entering the unlock code for the door I entered to find the neural hub for the entire ship, scattered about where 19 pods, that was all that had survived so far.I went to Jacobs pod, lowering the shielding on it to allow me access to him, I quickly injected him with the a batch of radiation meds, and than with a batch of Nanites, it was a last resort move but they might keep him alive for awhile longer, his bodies survival was not as important. He watched without emotion as it mercilessly tore the pleasure out of her, then continued its stimulation for a few minutes after the climax- when every pulse was an agony.This wasn't about the songs.Claude lifted the belt from the table, the heavy weight of the buckle swinging.Nor was it her fixation with that boy.The soft, authentic leather in hand warmed at his touch, and the approaching violence brought a degree of cold peace to him.Or even his ever increasing frustration with her. His mottled gray and hazel eyes stared into my soul and did nothing to quell the fire still burning inside of me.“Dinner?” he queried as he led me towards my door.“No, not tonight.” I retorted, my voice all husky. “I’m in a naughty mood. Let’s get some drinks.”“You know,” he laughed out. “As much as I love the idea of you being in a naughty mood, if you’re going to be drinking, you should know that I have a rule.”“A rule?” I said as I let my hand grab his behind.“Yes,” he said with mirth in his.