I also find I am having trouble thinking of you as a slave."Amanda gasped and threw her arms around him. Gedric hesitated only a heartbeat before he r...turned the embrace, breathing a heartfelt sigh into her ear.Suddenly, Amanda broke off the hug and whipped her head towards the other end of the beach, just in time to see a flicker of lantern light. Gedric turned and heard what Amanda had: the faint neighing of horses and shouts of men."You have to go, now!" Amanda cried.Gedric nodded and drew. Place a hand on each side of it and hold it firmly in your grasp."We turned and took our places. I left Eru take the nearest white spire, and Ginny and I walked together to the second. I gave Ginny a quick kiss as we reached it and then I moved on to the final spire. I placed my hands on both sides of the smooth white crystal in front of me. we all heard Construct in our thoughts. I felt Eru reach out to me, and joined him in the cool comfort of his ordered mind. Soon Ginny was with us, and as. "Don't blow it now, Cecil. You have done so well today. Shown such control. To whip you so late in the game would be a pity. Especially with all you've been through.Heather gestured down at his cock, still at half mast. "Besides, we can't get that monster back in its cage, while it's in this condition."Cecil bowed his head. "I will do my best, Mistress." I know you will."Heather snapped her fingers. "I know. I'll help you. I'm getting the kit. You assume the position."She bolted from the room. It appears from what you say that this rogue law officer intended violence of his own initiative, and your choice, daughter, was only whether you would be its victim or its perpetrator. At least you took no life."The tension had lessened, but it was still there. "I would have, dad, if I'd needed to," she told him softly. "And I have before, I did on Eden. You know that." Their dreadful defense against the Edenites' first attack had been discussed endlessly on holographic broadcasts, and she'd.