"Did you?"I shook my head."Well ... I know boys are curious ... you know, at your age... " She stared out the window a moment."Try to not ... get me c...lled down to school anymore, O.K?" She tousled my hair and pulled me close and I knew the lecture was over. She wasn't sure I had done it and wasn't sure what to do with me if I had."So when you have curiosities ... ask me? O.K? I'm a girl, you know! And I will answer anything for you; you know that! Right?"Then she giggled. "Have you been. Yes?Anyway, when I left the bathroom and thought about the rest of the evening, I decided to just get into my jammies for supper. I felt more alive, but I knew I was tired, and that we’d probably go to bed pretty soon after we ate. I was pretty sure we’d have another long day tomorrow. They were all that way, mostly. He’d said the hay might be dry enough to go ahead and bale, and while I didn’t know what that entailed, I was pretty sure it would leave me dog tired. I wouldn’t find out for. “You need caning, hard,” Miss Roberts said, extracting a slender rattan cane from her tall cupboard and facing Clare. “Lift your dress.”Clare kicked off her heels and wriggled the soft jersey to her waist, revealing her obligatory white cotton bikini panties. Miss Roberts insisted on innocent panties. Having her panties chosen for her delivered healthy doses of shameful obedience leading up to her appointment. Sometimes forced to wear them beneath a smart professional suit, they heaped. “You are all my prisoners, surrender now,” said L’vant in a deep voice that had such a rich, warm Timbre that it sent shivers down their spines.“What the hell?! I thought your species couldn’t talk” exclaimed Anne. They were all surprised.“I am unique in being the only Espheni that can communicate verbally.”“Let us go now if you want to live,” said Daniel. Tom’s hunch was right.“No!” replied L’vant.Daniel spoke into his radio “Take the shot.”Frozen Hal was delighted Now you’ll get it YOU.