"Wanna date me. I mean I am way out of your league, but, I see you as someone who will be going somewhere, a winner; and, I want a winner to be my sig...ificant other. How about it," she said. I stared at her like she was from the Red Planet Mars. After all I'd heard her say those months before, all of a sudden I was a winner? Suspicious didn't even come close to covering it; still, I was intrigued."You putting me on, Darla? Because, if you are, I don't appreciate it," I said."No, just giving you. You're a bad girl feeling guilty and thinking that a sore ass and a good probing will relieve that guilt!!! Maybe...maybe not! My friend will be here as well to watch you receive this punishment. She will also participate at some point. I'll be sitting on a straight back chair, you'll be standing in front of me naked. I'll take you over my left knee, you'll put your elbows on the floor so that you're bent double at the waist, ass straight up and wide open. I'll put on a rubber glove,. Let me put these groceries away and I’ll stay with you until she comes.” Almost on cue, my phone rang and Mike answered it. It was the nurse and she was telling him that that there was no way she could get out of her house and that the agency said they would try to find someone else, but there would probably be a delay. I heard Mike tell her not to worry, he was a friend and he could stay with me for the night. Mike fixed me something to eat and gave me some more pills. “Better to stay ahead. "Kamwyn?"The Sun Elf stirred from his stool. "The Kingdom of Gilead is made up of a loose confederation of Sun Elf tribes, with many Centaurs and other Fae races occupying the Great Forest in the west of the Kingdom. They will not condone any actions that would jeopardize their neutrality at this point. They won't get involved in a war with Iceholme. They might feel more merciful if the Empire was openly engaged in the conflict, but right now they are sealing their borders and keeping everyone.