She smiled across at the High Priest, realizing the spell that he had placed there. Then she calmly spoke again. “May there be floods of blessing po...red out upon the fires of Carles,” she said and laid the cup on its side with the opening toward the cauldron. It stayed and did not shift. She moved on to the North. As she stood there facing The High Priest with her hands uplifted, a coldness crept into her bare feet. They were numb on the ground before she could speak. Her teeth chattered.“As. The boys left happily enough, knowing that they were now men, and looking forward to proving it as soon as the girls were finished with me. The girls returned to their task, dribbling the red liquid on my front now, delightfully cool over my breasts for a moment, and they caressed it into me, everywhere except my face, and between my thighs. I delighted in the rubbing even more now, relaxing to the feelings, losing myself in the attention, the massage.As they continued turning my skin red, I. I know you’ll be some fine young men, and after this hunt, we all know you’ll always be on the lookout for the means to get what you want in this world. Didn’t no one give it to me and the other men. they won’t give it to you either. Just don’t let this discovery be known to anyone outside the families.”“We won’t and thanks, Dad.”“Y’all go on in the house and spend some time with your mommas and sisters, they’ve missed y’all like we have.The next day in the barn the men and their sons walked. Storey was disinclined at first not wanting to engage his ships in any combat where there was not the prize of booty for the trouble, but two things convinced him to assist Bass. First, he did indeed owe Bass for coming to his aid after the crew of the Greyhound had taken his ship, and second and even more compelling was that it had come to his ears that Bass's ship had been taken by four women and he was convinced that retaking the Angry Whore from mere women would be of little, if any trouble.