Since their return to the palace, Anna had somehow grown closer, and more distant. Their horseback trip into the foothills had hinted at a return to t...ose first few days, but the hint had not been complete. And then those last two days: frightening. Anna had undergone her own transformation, into something truly terrifying. It was as though she had hidden some part of herself from the beginning, and then revealed herself; the new image was one of power, unstoppable and inescapable. Whatever. Afterwards, I dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt, packed my bags and loaded into the boot of the car. I found everyone sitting in the lapa with sombre faces.“I came to say goodbye. Thank you for your hospitality and I enjoyed making love to you.” Feeling tears welling up in my eyes I struggled with the right words. “I will never forget you.”Graig stood up. “We heard what you did.”“Who told you?”“We did.” A naked woman and a man in their fifties, looking very familiar, came out. Their eyes all popped out of their heads as the entire club roared with approval. That was her grand finale. The music ended. She got up and finally walked over to me—she did not acknowledge my existence during her entire dance. She walked right past me, but when I turned around she was motioning with her finger for me to follow her. I did not hesitate.She took me back to a different private room, and we were instantly all over each other. She ripped all of my clothes off. My cock stood at full. “Ladner,” he hollered from twenty yards away. I knew I was in for it. “You need to pick a permanent replacement for Wilkoski.” Then he strode purposefully towards his office.There was a good thirty seconds of stunned silence as everyone looked around at everyone else. “Any suggestions?” I asked the other nine guys in the huddle. My pick would have been Don Jefferson, but I was a little worried that choosing a black replacement for Brad might be taken the wrong way.“Jefferson,” Chad offered, his.