She spoke"As we have a new member there will be only one name in the bowl this week. please sign the paper in front of you" I stooped slightly and sig...ed my name with the elaborate fountain pen they provided. Folding the paper I put it in the bowl. "Now put on the blindfold" and I did as I was told"This weeks chosen one is Clara" The nom d'amour " that I was using for these gatherings. I felt myself firmly held by many hands and my clothes were removed. Lifted up I was placed naked on what felt. I continued on mercilessly, "Not even Viriel, whom I hear was her original intended stands by you." At least he came through with the water," Cariel muttered, almost inaudibly.I reached into my cloak pocket, and fingered the neck band. Jon coughed in the cold air. He still stood on the inn's threshold, ready to defend me should she get the better of me, or run with Maria should things become unsalvageable."Yes, Cariel..." I said softly, "Viriel was useful enough to trap me here with an. “You are right on the very edge of Snuggle Bear’s age limit, Jessica. Two years older was always his rule.”“And ‘Aunt Jennie’?” Jessica smirked, making air quotes.“A one-time, special circumstance!” I grinned. “Everyone needs a teacher!”“And which of your ‘old women’ taught you more? Her or Melanie?” Jessica teased.“It depends on what you mean. You could throw Katt in there as well. Or Elyse, for that matter!” I answered, not rising to her baiting. “Are you studying today?”“Yes; You’ll be at. Ken could walkanywhere he wanted and not worry about anything. He would often walkaround campus into the wee hours of the morning. Beth rarely wentwalking on campus once it was dark, and she never walked alone.She knew she was vulnerable to attacks. Her sorority house was aconstant reminder of how vulnerable women can be. In the sorority'schapter room there was a stained glass memorial to two of the memberswho were assaulted and murdered in the house during the 70s.Yes, there were many.