"You can command a demon not to kill you, but it is still free to drive you insane, or imprison you for eternity."You might command a succubus not to ...urt you, but what use is that. She will kill you and you will be in absolute bliss for the whole time."The old man shivers again, although it is hard to tell whether this is from fear or some other emotion."That was until Clive Masterton. Masterton was a mathematician primarily interested in logic. Rather than use the clever words so favoured by. He hoped that this time next year he would be sittingeven prettier! It was one of Colin's favourite phrases and annoyed the hell out of hisco-workers. It was a phrase that he would one day regret.He had high hopes of getting a seat on the board of directors in the nearfuture. One of the company founders was due to retire in the next month andhis only real competition for this vacancy was Susan Davies the Head ofResource Management and Finance.He figured that he was favourite for getting the. In his mind he couldn't get past the fact horses could feed themselves without the help of his people. He couldn't understand why they needed so much attention simply because he and his group wanted to keep them in one place.I'd seen this type of behavior before. He had his idea of the way the world worked and after I pointed out his mistaken beliefs he wanted to argue me out of it, as if it would make one fucking bit of difference. His horses would damn near starve this winter if he didn't. Finally, we realized that it was getting late, and I was worried that Kenny would get in trouble for not being home for dinner."Don't worry,” he said, “my mom works nights and I don't have a dad." My mother also worked nights, as a waitress in a local bar, and I knew that my step-dad would be there until it closed, as he always was on weekends. My sister would be out with friends, she was a very popular senior in high school."Want to come to my house?" I asked. "We can make burgers or something.