”Schaffer waved the pack back to a safe distance as Riya lowered the landing ramp and struggled inside, making her way to the cockpit and getting se...ted. Schaffer could see her moving around through the cockpit windows as she flipped switches and pressed buttons, a loud whine emanating from the ship’s engines as they came to life. She turned on the thrusters, keeping them at low power so as not to actually lift the craft, jets of blue flames appearing under the wings and belly of the dropship. When I’d put my hands back over my head, Lily quickly produced two pairs of handcuffs from her bedside table and secured me to the wrought iron headboard.“What are you up to?” I sputtered. I was truly shocked. Bondage games were never anything we’d ever discussed in our fantasies. Being tied up was never anything I ever wanted.“Shhh,” she hissed in my ear. “This is just to make sure you take your losses like a good boy. If you prove you can be a good boy, then I’ll let your hands free, but not. In spite of its heavy atmosphere and lesser gravity, this world had produced no true fliers. Pete wondered if its low clouds and dense fogs limited their value. Often, a fanged head on a long neck would be raised to peer, puzzled, at this noisy intruder in its skies.Ahead, the jungle thinned out. From the crest of a low hill, thin streamers of smoke rose to hang in the still air. Large boulders that lay scattered about had been connected by ridges of stone and beaten earth, a barrier against. I'm not sure if all the nuns were expected to have so few personal touches or possessions, but Shannon's room looked almost like an inexpensive hotel. She had a bed, neatly made. A mirror on a desk with a little stool in front of it, and a closet filled with clothing that was identical to what I now wore.I walked into the room, and caught my reflection in the mirror for the first time. I could see why Father Stephen had first returned the kiss before rational thoughts had retaken him. Shannon.