His eyes were a bit bloodshot, and there were bags under them. Had he been a patient of his, he would have told the man to stay in his quarters and re...t.Yet the Manor needed him, and he could not afford to take a day off. Not while the Conclave was still in progress. He simply had to hope to have some time later to ponder what might have happened to him.His first guess was an allergen. Perhaps an Overlord or the merchants had tracked in something to which he was sensitive. Surely that was the. I'll be right back."I brought her some lemonade, but she didn't acknowledge me and kept watching T.V. so I put it on the table next to her. As I started to walk away, I realized she must've tracked dirt through the house with her boots, while she was walking over to the couch. Sure enough, I looked over at her lying down and she still had those boots on and dirt all around them. "Hey you really made a mess with those boots." Okay, since you noticed then you can go clean it up."That bitch. I. Tears leaked from me. Serena gasped and grunted. A wide red mark appeared spanning her bottom cheeks, which wriggled in a vain effort to assuage the burning that she must be feeling."W... one. Th... thank you Mistress. M... may I please have my second stroke, Mistress?"Salome changed hands, walked to the other side of Serena and delivered the requested stroke. The same abrupt double crack; the same gasp and grunt; the same sobbing litany. "Two... o. Tha... nk you Mi... istress. Ma... y I p.... " You really hurt me," Rina said softly.The hurt shone in her eyes."I'm sorry. I can't explain it. We were friends before you."Rina looked away. "I know," she said, almost inaudibly. "It killed me. I hated you. I came over to... oh, you know. To... love with you." You can say it." You know what I mean." To fuck with me?"Rina nodded slowly, still embarrassed and excited at the same time by acknowledging it out loud."Only it's more than that. At least with me. More than I feel with any dude,.