There has been no sign of him at his home in Manchester and his London flat is empty. He is not answering his calls. Dominic thinks that either he rem...ined in Paris or he has gone elsewhere. Hopefully it is the former and not the latter. Mikka, my partner, lives in Paris and he knows the city well. Dominic also knows, as do I, that if Rayne is harming himself again, he may seek out those who can help him to experience pain. Paris is a good a place for such clubs, as is Amsterdam. My gut tells. His eyes flicked down to the floor next to him, drawing Lacie’s attention to the shadows there. Light was trickling in from the doorframe into her mostly dark cell, making the silhouette of a pair of marching legs easy to spot. Her guard had to be making another round past her cell, checking on the girls still to be sold. The silhouette paused outside Lacie’s cell however, the guard hesitating for some reason. The man in her cell looked back at Lacie, and a dark shadow passed over his features,. .. distractions. The camp managers find she-males morecost effective than genetic women. She-males usually survive a fewmonths longer."I gulped, and Dr. Pritchard moved in closer to my face before shecontinued. "They will insist on a few changes, though. We'll have tocut your Achilles tendons, so you can't walk, and sever your vocalcords, so you can't complain. It would be easier to silence you bycutting out your tongue, but you'll need that. I'm sure you know why."She sat back and paused. I. The junior who'd been on second string until this week was having the game of his life. He'd racked up an interception and a fumble recovery in addition to a half dozen bone-crushing tackles.The coach laughed. "We'll worry about dividing the accolades after the game if you don't mind. Everybody relax for a minute, then let's see if we can't get a few more points on the board." He walked toward the door, then paused. "And somebody get David a dictionary."The third quarter followed the same.