“Why!?!” he nearly yelled. I had no idea why he was asking, but I couldn’t answer. He was fucking me so hard that I could barely breathe, and w...en I did I could only manage guttural grunts and deep moans. He then grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled me back to him, which forced him to slow his thrusts into me due to the odd angle our bodies were in. He put his lips next to my left ear. His voice was soft and cracking. “Why? Why did you leave me, my love? Why did you abandon me on that. Pen said his real name was Ray Jarvis, but he insisted on calling himself Mister Jarveaux (pronounced zhar-voh). Even Belle was impressed by how snotty he acted. Me? I liked the guy, and called him Jeeves. I was the only one who could get away with something like that. Belle said it was because Mister Jarveaux was gay, and had a crush on me. Go figure.Once again, I took a lengthy afternoon nap, and as she had the day before, Belle provided the type of wake up service Seth Thomas could never. To my knowledge, this exact rune doesn’t exist anywhere else. Ikuno says that she has never seen anything like it.” His mother was staring in wonder at the spinning rune. He had shown it to her before, but it seemed so much more amazing now that she knew her son had constructed this particular piece of magic.He let her absorb that for a moment before letting the rune fade and speaking again, “The other thing I’m keeping from you…”Her eyes left the fading rune and met his, “You said ‘other’ not. Travis, I think we can do business. George here will handle all the paperwork and close the deal." Call me Thaddeus and don't you want to haggle over the price?" Not unless you want to. I love the place." Will you take the horses?" As long as I can find a ranch manager. Do you know someone who might want the job?" As a matter of fact, Juan Trujillo works for me and is worried about finding another job." Where does he live?" He stays in the apartment above the barn." Will you talk to him about.