Every now and then, she took a sip of her wine, but she continued reading.Suddenly, she started to rub her chest with her free hand, and he knew what ...as next. He wanted to burst out right now, but he steeled himself and waited.By now, it was clear that she was reading some type of erotica, because despite her touching herself she never took her eyes off the iPad. She began massaging her breasts and started rubbing her legs together. A soft moan escaped her lips and she started getting more. A hot breeze blew through the greenery. Yellow dunes rose up beyond the oasis, and the wind carried the scent of dry dust.Christy and the witches were the last to step through. All ready the concubines had formed a perimeter around Kyle, while Britney led Chyna and Alexina on a sweep of the oasis, racing around the water's edge."What now?" Fumi asked as the distortion they passed through wavered and vanished."Do you sense any people here?" Kyle asked her. Her windsight was harder to fool than. She had fought. She may be tiny but pound for pound she was pretty powerful.Sarah was right, she had been lucky, probably because they hadn't expected it from her.They knew April was strong, confident and capable. They were ready. She had scored several good shots but one of them always managed to hang on to her. If there had only been one of them she likely would have escaped. But there were two, and like I said earlier, football is a rough game and you don't become a star player if you can't. I nodded without looking at her. I was driving to a local bistro that would give us a little privacy with our lunch.“What about you, Gabrielle? Still in QA with Diamond Stream?”“Yes and no,” she answered cryptically. “I’m actually head of QA and training for Smithton, the parent company. I’m up here to help set up procedures for the new waste processing plant.”“Oh ... congratulations. I’m sure you’ve earned it. Tell me about it.”“Well, you’ll remember that we were opening plants in North Dakota.