.. I wanted to see You Mistress."She slapped him. Hard. His eyes lost focus at the blow for the moment.She kissed him."You should not be here." She wh...spered, stroking his face where her blow landed. "It is not proper, not like this." I love you."Her pale skin seemed to flush pale pink for the briefest moment. Her hand fumbled in one of her pouches. She withdrew a small jewel and clipped it to his collar."I have spoken to your mother." Oh." I will meet her mate-price." She ran her hand through. I was pretty sure that we could have beaten that team, then, Centerville, as we matched up really well against them. That was my first year here. Just getting to the final got me a bonus and a contract extension. My contract is up this year, but I have reasonable confidence that I’ll get a new contract.“I don’t want you worrying about any of that, though. I want that mind of yours focused on getting us some early goals. I know that you don’t need the reminder, but do keep your eye on Mia. I. It was gone 10.30, hurriedly I found it and put my wallet and keysin it then I clipped it around my waist. The doorbell rang as I did so,making my heartbeat soar and with my heart in my throat and tremblingall over. I hesitantly went back down to the hallway where I stopped andbriefly steadied myself before finally, nervously, opening the frontdoor.He was standing there, quite tall, mature, greying hair, wearing chinosand an open neck shirt. I stupidly just said, "Hello," my voice a littletoo. "There was a crowd of family and friends in the Grayson foyer when Benjamin returned after spending twenty-four hours in a med-bay tube. The nannites had repaired the damage to his heart along with two hidden aneurisms and were diligently working to clean up his arteries now that his cholesterol and hormones were within normal limits."Oh my," Martha said after giving him a big welcome-home kiss. "You look better than you have in decades, my dear. Your color is back and your eyes are bright and.