My fingers came to softly stroke her toes again and make my way up her foot and ankles. " Enjoy it all Jennifer," I directed her gently as she laid ba...k down, releasing that embarrassment to me. She said she was giving all of herself to me as she is a woman of her word. My fingers trailed back up her legs, touching the soft skin of her inner thigh and moving beneath her skirt. I walked my fingers, tip by tip, up her thigh. She whimpers softly and clenches her fingers into her palm at the. "Death isn't the end, it's just a phase. Now, I have come to you with arequest," continued Athena. "A request? From me? You're a goddess; you can do whatever you wish," hesaid. Oh, that sounded even more idiotic that his previous comments, hethought. "Within limitations," she replied with a comforting smile. "I want youto get retribution for me for what was done to my temple, for yourmurdered friends, and your murdered lover." "Your temple?" asked Jason. "What happened to the temple?" Athena. We sat in her kitchen with coffee and sandwiches, and she came out with the perfect solution to my problem, ‘I have spoken to your mother,’ she said, ‘and if you are still serious about wanting to quit school and get a job, then I will take you on full time at the garden centre. But….’ She added, ‘not just as an unskilled labourer, like your waster of a father. If you really want the job you have to work for it, and that means committing for three years.’ ‘Fantastic,’ I said, ‘but what is this. ‘Are you ready to be part of the family, kiddo?’ Gregory asked. The boy grinned. ‘Yes sir.’ — Michael returned home in a daze. Just the scale of Gregory’s little kingdom made his own experiments pale in comparison. How was it even possible to keep something like that under the radar? How many people would you have to manipulate, and how often? It was staggering. He’d made it sound so easy to avoid suspicion, but Michael wasn’t sure they were on the same level, or anything approaching it. His.