I squirmed my feet out from under me to relieve the strain. And then Ice pulled me to my feet by my hair as he stood. I clawed at his hand to free my ...air, but his fingers had too good a grip. He turned me around and I saw anger in his face that made me shudder. And then I felt it -- the slap. It's funny that I never saw his hand, but I felt it stinging my cheek. I spun around like a top and toppled over. Lights flashed in front of me and then I felt the pain. I was too shocked to even cry --. She sipped, then handed me her drink. She leaned in again, grabbed my remaining cash from the bar and left a couple of bucks for a tip. Good girl , I thought as I gave her back her glass and she gave me my money. "Hey, do you smoke?" she asked suddenly. "Sadly, yes," I confessed, "I really should qu-" "Come on, I need a smoke." She upended her glass and finished her cocktail and reached in to leave the empty on the bar. I was still finishing mine when she took it from me, nearly spilling it in. “You may or may not have guessed from looking at his picture, but Casey is a bottom.”“That beautiful boy? Enjoys being topped? Inconceivable!” Sam responded with a wink.“We've had a lot of kinky fun together and I enjoy topping him. I really do! But it's all he wants and I can't do it all the time. I have enough stress at work. I can't be a dominant every time we're intimate.”“Have you told him to shut the fuck up and eat your pussy?”“Of course! He does it whenever I ask! But then I just feel. A very good point. A question I intend to ask her, when we get there." I get the impression Eamon's reasoning about you needing an heir is really just an excuse to oust Anora and get more power for himself." Definitely, though I'm guessing that's not the question you really want to ask." He smiled sadly, but not defensively."Well, the heir thing ... I mean, I hate to ask this, and you'll probably have my head chopped off or something, but ... are you sure, totally sure, that the issue lies with.