We finish the wine and the discussion and she decides she needs to get going.HerAs I walk out to my car I am trying to keep composed. I cannot believe...he asked me that. Part of me really really wants to, but I am afraid it will impact our relationship in a negative light. And is it only once, or more, or what if I get so turned on I want to touch myself? Part of me wants to go right back up there right now and either catch him in the act, or if not, say “yes.” I can’t though. I need to go home. “Unfortunately, I think he was regaining control – and then when the AI told him about the implants, he completely lost it.”“Didn’t Artemis explain the safeguards in place?” Dervish asked.“I think it was trying but Cal didn’t give it a chance,” she sighed.Octavia took a deep breath and blew it out slowly. “I think Cal has always lived on the jagged edge of being out of control. Well, at least for the past few years. He maintains his edge by living in the moment. He seems to constantly be aware. ”“They’re snow beasts! They killed Fergus!”“They reminded me of ogres. Ogres aren’t evil, they just think differently than we do. They trade with my people sometimes. They don’t always fight us.”“Snow beasts kill. If we’re lucky, and they hit one of the ranches, then they’ll stop with the cattle and not move on to the people. Killing is all they do.” Sarette hesitated. “Well, it’s all they do when they come south.”“What do you mean?”“They hibernate up north in the summer, near the snowborn.. She did not like being challenged by a younger, tighter cunt in her house who was developing into a very sexual woman, she made a lot of comments about putting me in my place, or me being ungrateful for her allowing me to be there and needing to show her more respect. She also often talked bad about my mom saying things like how bad of a fuck she was and that I was probably just like her, and that is why my dad left, and why I would never satisfy a man. So all in all it was a dysfunctional.