Just the few minutes of teasing rejuvenated me and the ideas flew by, my mind running faster than my fingers as I worked out the ending. I was nearing...completion when I felt your hand on my back. I pull out one of the headphones, turn to you and ask what you wanted. You say you are going for a walk and want to know if I need a break. I tell you that I’m close and want to finish while the ideas are fresh. You sigh and say you will read awhile longer. I put my headphone back in my ear and start. "But since you're on the line already, I was calling to tell you that you were right. Some of those fucking miners are stealing from us." He paused. "Sorry sir, I'll watch the language." Max paced the room impatiently. "Anyhow, I caught one of them in action. I know how he's been getting away with it." Max stared intently at the image of a grizzled man holding a yellow plastic capsule, about the size of a thumbnail, in the palm of his hand."Yeah, after you pointed out that some of the miners. “My love, would you care for something to drink?”“Yes, that would be nice, thank you,” Edraele murmured, thoroughly distracted by whatever Alyssa was telling her.Luna turned and walked towards the decanter on the table as Alyssa began to tell her Tashana’s horrific tale. The former assassin was stunned as she heard all the dreadful details. She knew that Tashana had disappeared for thirteen years, so Luna always wondered what had happened to her, but she never once suspected the awful truth.. Each victim was a patient of hers, each claimed rape while the men claim innocence… actually saying it was the woman who forcefully initiated the sex.’ ‘You have reason to doubt the women’s account?’ ‘It is odd, they claim to only remember waking up with a man after sex,’ she replied fingering her long, dark hair. ‘Rohypnol?’ ‘We ran tox tests and they were clean. A few had indication of alcohol but not enough to cause this.’ ‘So…’ ‘Their doctor was the link. She does use hypnosis in her.