He yanked up on the man’s neck hard, his neck breaking in spectacular fashion. He dropped the man’s twitching body, letting his body shut down slo...ly instead of making it a completely clean break. However, as he watched Frank sputter out, Tanner began to touch the bulge in his briefs.Some of the audience's reaction were beginning to border on sexual infatuation with this youthful stud, as a result of this escalation in sexual content. The usual cheers were now intermixed with erotically charged. Hell everyone knew that was the Boyle brothers.As for them, for a minimum investment they got an operation with the potential to grow into a large profit business. My own concern was the blackmail aspect of the operation. It wasn't really blackmail unless certain criteria were met. It could and would be argued that the levels had not been met for a blackmail charge to stick."My level was different from Mary Ellen. I believed that any threat was a problem. I thought we could use the same. ”She left us alone after she had served the drinks as she was busy preparing dinner. Many things had changed on the Burg. Midril’s kitchen, however, remained the same and she was the undisputed queen in her own little realm. Elena watched her with a warm smile on her face.”I do remember Gudrun my real mother, but she hated me because I reminded her of the things Harkun had done to her. Midril raised me after mother died.”I put my hand on hers. “When I was at the Pillar Burg, Egill or maybe Tyr. It can’t be – can it?Shrugging mentally, he sat down with Morales’ women to bring them up to date on their husband’s treatment and Ship’s prognosis. To say that they hung on his every word was an understatement. Their appreciation was almost embarrassing, and he had to repeatedly tell them that it was Ship who was doing everything – that he was just delivering the message.“But she obeys you,” Ashley insisted.“She ... does, but she is a person in her own right.” Startling himself, the words.