He perceived lines of strength radiating from the cube at the end of the rod, permeating the pillar, and spreading through the Palace. To a lesser ext...nt lines ran through the rock and air of the upper city of Bhangda. Other localized pockets of the strange force were scattered about the world, he saw, some greater than others, the greatest of which must be the Basilica at Saint-Raphael.With dull shock, McAllister realized the will of the Rod still bound thousands on thousands of men, dead and. Over the weekend Krystal got a call from the casino boss, where have you been? He wanted to know. I have big things set up for both you and your daughters for this Wednesday night, with a big time client that you serviced the first time the girls joined you. He will pay top dollar for the three of you and I want you there. Do you understand or do I need to send you a reminder? He explained it to her in frank terms. Wednesday came and went and she and the girls were a no show at the casino. The. ?Again we wove our way through the crowd, stopping beneath something that looked like a large, steel swing set. On the horizontal bar at the top, where the chains for the swings might have been fastened, there were three heavy steel hooks spaced roughly six feet apart. Suspended by nooses from two of those hooks were sluts, who looked as though they’d been up there for some time. Their genitals were totally black and they were swinging lazily, with only low moans coming from their throats. . A group of girls are going out to help Pauline celebrate, Amelia’s husband is throwing a dinner party for their friends and the guy next door is twenty years older than me and drinks in the British Legion but you can bet your life him and his family will still be on the karaoke at four in the morning. I wasn’t on Amelia’s guest list and I couldn’t find a babysitter for Pauline’s bash so I was left with two choices – sit at home like some sad sack, drinking myself drunk enough to make.