The faint sound of guttural moans and bark of degrading remarks drummed against her ears. Karissa sucked in a deep breath. It's been ages since she he...rd such wonderful sounds and it hadn't occurred to her that she missed it dearly until now. She walked into the entryway. The brick wall closed behind her.The further she walked, the louder the sound got. She could make out the muffled pleas of someone being gagged. Light pouring out from a corner, illuminating the end of the tunnel. Her heart. Rayburn nodded as he ran for the main console. Bringing up the headset control he cursed when he saw that Kimison had almost the exact settings that he had before. “Clearing a path, now beginning extraction.”A minute later the machine shut down as Rayburn ran to where Kimison was prone on the deck.A moment later Kimison’s eyes open as he stared at Rayburn. “A modified sigma energy variance cannot be maintained if the energy of the matrix is not adjusted accordingly. Packets of two gigabytes can. When I turned to look at myself in the full-length mirror I almost fell over in disbelief. The dress was short — not even falling halfway down my thighs. No shorter than most of the shorts I owned, but somehow the tube of fabric made me feel more exposed than shorts ever did. I’d never worn anything formfitting or strapless before, and this dress hugged every curve I didn’t know I possessed. Against my pale skin the fabric looked more silver than blue, until it a ray of sunshine filtered. That’s not love as far as I’m concerned.’She put her glass down, took both my hands in hers and lifted them to her breasts.‘I don’t want you to hurt me. I only encouraged you because I thought it might help you forgive me. I do find it exciting being tied up sometimes. It’s like being powerless, dominated, unable to do anything but submit to your wishes. I know it seems odd when I’m in charge all day at work, but it is a turn on.’‘So you’d like me to tie you up.’‘Sometimes, yes, as long as it.