Then she watched as the figure moved back into the shadows and was gone! Searching she didn't see the person anywhere! How? There'd been no flash as s...e'd seen Alatem disappear with, so just how had the figure vanished like that? Thinking a moment she thought it had to be the man she'd seen with her sister days ago, but wasn't he supposed to be dead? A little smile touched her young lips, if it was him and he was alive, she was definitely starting to like him more and more! Slipping out of the. “This is Cait’s Chariot.”“Chariot, this is Erebus.” The voice responded. “Am I speaking with your captain?”“Yes.” Rhys confirmed, then muted the line. “Cait, I’m sorry, but these guys are probably pirates and…”Cait cut him off with a gesture, she didn’t need him to finish the sentence to know what he was getting at. Meanwhile the Erebus continued to talk to them.“Do you have a name, Captain?”“Nichols. Rhys Nichols.” Rhys confirmed, unmuting himself.“Nichols, this is Captain Montague of the. After a brisk cold shower, Kim was placed face up on a low weight training bench and strapped down tightly, with her hands beneath the bench and cuffed. Now the squad leaders took turns making Kim swallow their golden offerings. To encourge her in this activity, one member was placed beside the diminutive darling with instructions to see how far her nipples could stretch in the event that she proved to be unwilling to participate in this phase of her initiation. The group working on the. ’ She had sounded too enthusiastic about the trait in her draft, especially the high frequency of sexual interactions and the variety of situations, obviously reflecting her own attitude and experiences within The Circle on the subject. Not objective enough, she later thought; rewrite required.She planned to write the section on ‘loneliness avoidance’ that day, and maybe get a start on another section she called ‘New Family Values.’ One other thing that several of The Circle members had called.