The cost of this adventure is staggering, but it will be a time to remember and I?ve assured the captain that there will be a generous bonus for every...ne if we are satisfied with our memories.??Oh, Master, you are a devil,? she said from her position of subservience on the floor. ?What will you think of next???There will be some ground rules for you on this voyage of course, slave, and I?ll let you know what they are from time-to-time. First, you should pack light. Only take eight, skimpy,. Spools of different fabrics were being rolled into machines of turning wheels that were then threading the threads into other machines. All were silent, except for the hidden man’s voice bouncing along the walls for a dull echo.It was the textile mill.Viktor sneered. “It wasn’t you, serpent, raiding on Xnomina property then?” The elder Kindred walked forward into the black, unhindered with any sort of hesitation or fear.Why weren’t they leaving? Tony was a Daeva, and that meant fast, and. "Teagan, isn't it?" I heard, as the car that pulled up next to me, as I was standing at the bus stop."I'm not sure the school bus is coming since its the weekend." Eric said, as he laughed.I stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to say next."Get in." he said, as he smiled at me.Conversation flowed as I found out about her background. Strict religious parents meant that Teagan had little contact with boys. She thanked me for being such a gentleman and how polite and sweet I was over the past. Along the hardwood walls were hung a variety of implements of pleasure and cruelty; chains and whips, clamps and plugs, and other items that Cheryl would not be able to identify even if she did have the ability to see... but items which she was to soon become intimately familiar with. Overhead, video cameras whirred silently, recording from several angles everything on the stage. Most frightening to her, though, would have been knowledge of the figures seated at the tables scattered throughout.