Tragner went to the bathroom and closed the door while I thoughtabout what had just happened. I had been raped...but I liked it. I hadbegged for it. I...declared myself another man's bitch. My spirit at thatpoint totally collapsed. Before I had just been responding to threats ofpain and violence, and I had been forced into these degrading situations.This time there was no such excuse. I had begged to be fucked. Maybe Ireally was Aaliana, a whore after all.Tragner soon returned from the bathroom. "Yeah, its supposedly a direct line all the way back to Lilith, mother to daughter, the next ones probably going to be Lillian." She said."Whose the current one?" I asked"who cares, shes a cunt anyway, besides like I said doesn't concern me, besides I like living with you mortals." She said."You guys don't live with people?" I asked."Well we do, but its all veiled in secrecy and bs, the whole working in a doughnut shop trying to get my nursing degree, oh and living in Idin's territory is a huge. . real place,” I said.“Frogmorton?”“I grew up there until I sailed around the world.” Then I confessed, “It’s a National Forest now.”“Yup ... you’re her,” she said. “I never heard of a woman named Surprise before.”“Mom was surprised I wasn’t afterbirth,” I said. “So was the nurse.”“Shingle Bank and Trust of Grundy, Virginia is paying your bills ... evidently ... you are the ‘Trust’ part.” She looked ... confused. “Where are your siblings?”“Russia,” I qualified that, “Maybe.”“Maybe?”“They may. Quite a bit, actually. He could be an embarrassment in the hands of a competitor..." THAT was a complication Jason hadn't thought about. The little bastard was generally loyal, though... "Well, if I can't use him locally, I can put him in contact with some people south of the border." Jacobson had a couple of ideas already; if he sent Raoul south, he'd probably be DOA. But the Boss Man didn't want to know that... "Fine. I'll make the arrangements." Jason hung up to find Raoul had entered the.