" Something bad must also have happened there since we haven't seen any trace of them. I am sure that the men of my village would have come to help Lo...ac's people when they were attacked. The fact that we haven't seen any trace of them probably means that whoever did this here must also have attacked my own people."They remained in Lomac's village for the rest of the day. They piled the few dozen corpses on a heap of logs and burned the bodies. Then before nightfall they moved a few miles south. Not in disgust or pity or pleasure. More… predatory. Each time her gaze settled, that part of my skin awoke. Fizzed. Made me shiver and drip.From behind the toy, I formed measured words. "Untie me. We'll talk."Amusement crossed her pixie-like features. "Laney's expecting the Gardner case file." She wagged it. "Client wants it today but she still has, oooh, an hour or so. Plenty of time to convince me to release you."Her eyelids fluttered as she drank more of my display."Sharah,. .. maybe. Adrenaline began to course through her body. She tingled in ways that she had never experienced before this moment.Doris moved to her dresser, removed her swim suit from the second drawer, and placed it on the bed beside her cane. Her hands trembled slightly. Careful, Doris, she thought, don't start shaking all over and give everything away. She paused listening, but heard nothing. No turning back now, she thought.Slowly, Doris began to unbutton her blouse.One button... no sound.Two. .. bring that thingee with you?" she said, off- handedly.Laura smiled. She had these days taken to keeping her sex toys in a valise, as Karen did, and she had flung it in the trunk of her car just in case."What 'thingee' did you have in mind?" she teased."You know what I mean," Brandi said, looking away."I do believe you're blushing, Ms. Olympia."Brandi smiled and glanced shyly at Laura, her eyes smoking with lust. "You did bring it." You mean that little machine with the four pleasure prongs?".