Steven set his pack down and examined its contents. “Three gold coins and seven silver,” Steven said. “My knife, my sword, and my bow.” He des...ribed the knife, sword, bow, and horse to the guards who nodded.“We’ll send out word that he is to be apprehended. Now as to your journey,” said the guard who had spotted the service medal on Steven’s hat. The guards consulted with each other and after a bit one reached in a purse and gave Steven five silver coins. The other handed him a small knife,. Understood my fucking slave!” I requested “Darling please. It hurts me. Under arms odour is there, need bath I said, what wrong in that?”.“Slave means, sweat. You’ll sweat again, again n again. What’s the use of that bath? Now you’ll bath in my breath, bath in my sweat, bath in my saliva, and bath in love juice. Here after, if u disobey my command, you’ll get punishment. Now do what I said.”“Sorry my darling queen. I understood. Forgive me my highness.”Till that time she is holding my lip in. Gods and other Immortals only SLIGHTLY existed on this plane; mostly they are in Heaven, wherever that is. They project an image onto this plane. Immortals like Briar are the Gods' eyes and ears."Mechanics? Do they mean my clock?" I asked, truly dumbfounded. "Of all the paranoid, idiotic..." Careful, Gareth," she scolded, " You speak of the Gods. Your Gods, I might add. This is just a friendly warning, nothing official. The Gods don't care about your clock, so long as it remains a pretty. "It's over for now. You're alive and that's what's important." After a few minutes of this Shasta felt the girl stir and try to push her away."How can you touch me?" Zsofia cried. "I am so... so... unclean!" Bullshit!" Shasta hissed, grabbing the girl by the arms and shaking her, hard. Zsofia stopped sobbing for a moment and looked up at Shasta."What happened was done to you!" Shasta continued heatedly. "You had no control over it! You were raped! Do you understand that? Raped! By the gods, you.