Her waist was very narrow, her hips slim, her breasts a beautifully-shaped shelf of jutting flesh above her stomach. It was still very hard to believe...she was pregnant, but Laura wondered if she didn't notice a small, unusual swelling below the belt line."Let me check on them, and then we can go outside."Charise's black eyes flashed. She was enjoying the anticipation as much as Laura."Maybe they should know I'm here," Laura suggested. "So they don't get surprised seeing me." Right. Good idea.. Sylvia stood behind her all thewhile, pulling down hard on the strip of cloth in her mouth, holding Jodi?shead back and pinning her legs together between her feet. The whipping seemed to go on and on, her muffled criesgrowing louder toward the end. The walls echoed the last few strokes as shescreamed out, trying desperately to keep her hands up for the strokes. Finallyshe reached twenty and they released her. Realizing it was over she put herhead down and cried softly to herself, slowly. “Already their abilities have exceeded our power to control rigidly.”“It will be interesting to see whether or not this enemy will react.”“Indeed, brother, indeed.”“It appears as if the Orcs have taken the bait,” Roxanne announced at the first full morning meeting after the return of all from our breaks.“Yes, Mage Roxanne. They have gone to, and remain on, high alert since our initial incursion,” Jemima replied for the Seers.“Keep them busy as we discussed, also keep an eye out for reactions. We were glad to get out of the house and since we knew, and more importantly, liked most of the people who would be there, we were looking forward to it. Paula looked absolutely stunning in a simple white cocktail dress that showed off her great tan and sexy legs and I would have to say that she was by far the best looking woman there that night.The party was in full swing when we arrived and everyone was having a great time. Somewhere along the way I lost track of Paula. I didn't think much.