If they ever decided to coordinate their attack, the Kestrel would be completely overrun. “This is a shit idea,” Lace muttered. She began uncoilin... her rope, measuring out how much they needed, then cutting and tying off the next length. When she was done she attached all three of them to her belt and called over her shoulder. “Ready. Get your asses out here.”Will had just barely managed to tie off the mast by the time she called. It had been a while since he’d had to tie a boom hitch. He’d. “Yes Miss?” he politely enquired. “It is you isn’t it? You’ve picked up a slight american accent but it’ is definitely you!” she demanded of him. There was no mistaking his profile with the same amused smile as if the whole world was a joke that only he really understood. She made love on and off for four hours looking at that same smile until the sun came up before he vanished from her life as suddenly as he had first appeared. “Yes Miss. I am still quite definitely me!” He laughed quietly.. " “Get me one of the butt plugs,” I told her. This was not part of her plan, and she stopped short, eyes questioning me. I gave her a stern look. She frowned, but then walked into our closet, where we keep the toys. “Which one?” she asked.“The blue one, I think.” It was the medium one, uncomfortable but not near as bad as the big red one. I only used that when she had really annoyed me. “And the lube?” she asked, really hoping I’d say yes. I did. I had her kneel down between the bed and the. He’d been so wonderful at first, but her gradual declination from partner and helpmate to subservient child maid and sex toy gave her pause about other men, even Paul. For sure, if anyone had been her protector, her knight in shining armor, it had turned out to be the nerdy self-conscious Boy Scout who was somewhere downstairs. It was almost unimaginable, where once there had been a confident self assured high powered lawyer, now there was this introverted science Geek who had a metal plate.