What would it be like to go through life being able to make important decisions, things that would actually effect the world? He glanced around and re...lized he had arrived at his destination. “Carol, get the personnel records for everyone hired in the last five years, please. I need them before lunch.” She put her head in her hands and sighed. She didn’t bother telling her secretary that the reason she wanted the files. The word would get out soon enough that the decision had come down from the. That was a long time ago, when she lived out in Brooklyn in a God-awful artist studio that was really a converted warehouse with no hot water. It forced her to take showers at work in the real city like some homeless tramp without any future. It was a humbling experience and one that she did her best to shove behind a brick wall in the corner of her devious brain.She was late the morning that the announcement was made about the signing of the world-famous Lilith to a two year contract with. ’ ‘You can’t last forever, Rebecca. Sooner or later you will tell me. Sooner or later your miraculous power to heal yourself overnight will fail, magic has its limits.’ He signaled the demon who seem to lay three bright stripes across Rebecca’s back. She moaned a little bit and wiggled, saying nothing. ‘Very well. No mercy, Hamate.’ Rebecca took care to squirm in response to the whipping even though the leather never touched her flesh. Standing on her toes helped the tension on her arms a. Reaching across the bed I found it empty. Her clothes had gone from the chair. She'd left the hotel. The feeling of being alone yet again washed over me. I quashed it down.I showered, drank coffee and thought about her. In a way she'd reminded me of the last virgin I took. Almost twenty years ago to the day and not more than 20 minutes drive from where I was staying right now.I'd met her accidentally. I'd left my motorbike at the hotel deciding to take a bus to the city instead. I'd been.