Usually.”“Right right. And Antoinette is a ... dragon?”“The Ordo Dracul. A small covenant, concerned only with weird, pseudo-scientific pursui...s of self growth. They guard their secrets well. Only Antoinette and Daniel are members of that covenant, here in this city, as far as we’re aware.”“Ok...” Jack ran both of his hands back and forth over his buzzed head, and his eyes were darting back and forth at nothing. Processing.Julias managed another chuckle and took another drink. The amount of. A hot air ballon, with an enclosed basket, sat on an unused parking lot. She hustled us in, and the operator took us up around a thousand feet. We could see the ski slopes to the east, still lit as people made their final runs. The hotel and the small town lay below us, spread out like toys, lights twinkling. But to the North, the lights seemed to dance and writhe, changing colors and shape constantly. I watched, amazed."I brought you up here for a reason, honey. This is an allegory as to what. And tonight, a week after her birthday, it had been a year. She led me to our bedroom, lit several candles, and tied me to the bed, muttering sweet compliments to me the whole time, stroking me as she would a cat. A bowl of ice sat on the bedside table, alongside a couple of neatly folded towels. A glass of something clear sat on the dresser with a plate resting on top of it. She stripped, while I watched, licking my lips, then straddled my face. "Eat me." When she tired of that, she sat. Doing my normal routine of home and work. Wednesday was no different. When I got home there was a message from my wife on the answering machine. She said she wouldn't be able to talk to me tonight because she was invited to a business dinner with some of her coworkers. So I spent my night being bored as usual. Going to bed early I was just dozing off when I heard Jerome get home. I was surprised, it being past ten at night which is much later than normal. Then I realized why, he wasn't alone. I.