Maybe he doesn't have permission to seduce me, she thought, altering her previous assumption. She sipped the martini, and it warmed her blood, blood a...ready warm from her son's sweet kiss.Darla entered wearing a beautiful nightgown. "It's lingerie night tonight. David and I went shopping this afternoon." She performed a graceful pirouette. "Do you like it?" Uh-huh." Is it sexy?" Very." Carol felt her arousal soar. She'd never seen her daughter look so alluring before. The short one-piece gown. "We can't do that!" Garishnie snapped. "You of all people should know what trouble the Guild can cause if something like that got out." Fuck the Guild," Escaro spat. "All they do is take my money and give nothing in return. If I could get anywhere near the money as an independent I'd never set foot in one of those holes again!"Wisely Garishnie didn't point out the faulty reasoning inherent in the warrior's last statement. He got twice the pay he would as an independent and paid only ten percent. These are real slaves. They are men and women who are owned by these men in the real sense of the word. I was taking a big risk taking a novice there. That man who gave you the gift could destroy me socially and professionally, but apparently he understood my desire to expose you to them. François is another matter entirely.”He turned back to Pam. “We, you and I embarrassed François in front of a very powerful man and he won’t easily forgive me, but if the man has forgiven me and I think he. In what may have been her first act of real defiance, she wouldn't accept no as an answer. Years of seclusion left her with a hunger for the outside world and although her parents were stubborn, they could see the seriousness in her eyes when she threatened to move out on her own.The nightmare didn't end there for her parents, as the only school with availability on such short notice was a public school, with a particularly bad reputation."You'll get your wish" her father had told her "But.