"Priests!"Two burly temple priests held Goriander from behind and forcibly spread his legs apart. A third began applying a strong-smelling emolument o...to his buttocks, then in the valley between the cheeks. It burned like fire at first, then the muscles in his legs and hind parts numbed and relaxed. His rear entrance throbbed and felt as if it had swollen to several times its normal size, but the sphincter muscles no longer responded to his will. He could not clench his opening shut. Goriander. He had simply misunderstood why she'd done it, believing it to be some sort of control thing she used on others so she would feel safer in their presence.'So much for old vampire folklore, ' Frank decided.Those old movies from the previous century were evidently the source of several misconstrued ideas he had about Béla and, by association, her sister, Beth.Beth watched her hosts, intently listening to their thoughts as they decided what to do with her. She looked over at the silent Praetor. They all looked at me like fish out of water and none of them had answered. I sighed and began to explain."What you have seen demonstrated is the difference between Magical Knowledge and Magical Power. The spell that Professor Harrington used was a Master Level spell that you haven't encountered yet. He is quite knowledgeable about Magic."Leila, on the other hand, is a complete Novice in the study of Magic and could only draw on an elementary First Level ward to defend herself. However, she has. Once back at the office I was ready for Rachel’s interview. After a few minutes of watching outside my office doors intently there she was. “Oh my god, I can’t believe it’s you Dom,” Rachel said. Dom is short for Dominick and that’s what everyone called me back in the day.“Yeah, it’s me. How are you doing? You’re looking good,” I said as Rachel went straight in for the hug. As her hair brushed the side of my face I could smell the tantalizing scent of her perfume. God, she was looking.