Bernadette pulled back and chuckled to herself as Istared, stoic and silent, but feeling hollow, at the ground. Amagister's intellect was the one thin... that he valued above all else; totake that away was a fate worse than death."It'll be a fairly quick transformation, don't you worry," Bernadettecooed, pulling down various machines from their telescoping arms on theceiling. "A bit of magic--your magic, by the way, thanks for that--and abit of modern technology, and you're a bangin' piece of. I started to sit up but then heard Carter say, “I wouldn’t get up right now if I were you.”I laid back down and rubbed my forehead and asked, “Where am I? Am I going to be okay?”He thought for what seemed like an hour but in reality, was only a couple seconds, “I’ll start with the second question. You’re just fine. As for where you’re at.” Carter flipped on a light.After my eyes adjusted to the lighting change I looked around, I was in his room, “I thought you were going to take me to the. "Katia caught her breath. "A genius loci," she replied, "Well -- I guess -- the genius loci of Milan." Huh?" Fiorella said."Fuck!" I said, in English."What?" Lauren asked."Everyone calm down!" I shouted, "Lauren -- please give me a minute. Maybe -- get us some wine or something."Lauren took a deep breath, then said, "Fine! Where is the kitchen?"I asked Fiorella. She pointed to an old swinging door. Lauren passed through."Now," I said, "What was that again? A 'genius loci' is the ancient spirit. So lost in my naughty thoughts, it took me a minute to realize that we had passed the turn off to where I needed to go. I asked them to please turn around but the foreman told me that they had decided that I would be going home with them for the day. Well, of course I was scared, even though I thought the foreman was hot, I didn't have sex with strangers and I had never been with more than one man at a time. I could feel the vibes in the truck and smell the male testosterone. I was about.