”I looked at him noting the empty gunbelt. It was mounted with little silver stars. The last time I saw it Eion was wearin’ it, along with the two...Peacemakers we’d taken from the first bunch that tried to attack us. “Gal, the last time I saw that holster was around you Pa’s waist. You want to hang him?”Gal tried to grin but it looked more like a wolf snarl. “No. We hang him and he dies quick. We’ll let the bullet kill him. He might last a day or more, hurtin something fierce.”The man started. “Good,” the big man said, resuming his pacing. “The next thing I will teach you is...”The lessons continued all day and long into the night, and it was a very weary Aran that finally dropped into bed, asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.***MALOTH – Somewhere in Palistair***Maloth strode through the wide corridor, Ellerion at his heels. His mother had truly had the gift of foresight, and she’d supplied this underground domain with everything he and Shenla would need, including clothing. A. "In retrospect, Ava should have stopped everything right there, as she did not have full control of the situation. She had only been a dom for a couple of years, but the mantra of the dominatrix is, "control, control, control." She had lost it, right then and there.Instead, Ava sighed and motioned them into the entryway. The girls took off their coats and shoes. Noelle was wearing a sundress and Megan a blouse and skirt ... typical blah clothing provided by their conservative parents, and quite. " I hung up on him, grinning. The worst thing he could do was fire me...Three hours later Luz and Lizbeth came in, Lizbeth rocking her big ass from side to side and making her big hooters swing. She peeled two hundred twenty-five dollars off the roll in her hand, grinning from ear to ear."So what happened?" I asked."That needle-pricked white bastard started hitting on Luz and she told him she'd just had a baby and was all stretched out of shape and sore and shit, and I lit into him and axed him.