‘But her line had to continue.’ the Deity sighed and her look grew pensive. ‘I wish you could have met her, Abiron. Her faith and her heart was ...o pure, her love so strong, that to see her worship was like gazing into the sun. You have no idea what that means to a God. We live by faith, and die from its lack. To have one of her purity was tremendously important to Us. So We made sure that her line went on.’ ‘I don’t see how that would be a problem. The priests and priestesses of the Deity are. He wasgetting close to being finished now. He reached to the table to get theposture collar and put it around his neck. It really felt strange. Veryconfining. Finally, the leather hood. He put it over his head andtightened the strings behind his head. He then fastened the collar thatwas provided around the base of this neck, making the hood impossibleto get off. He put a small padlock in the proper place. He looked atthe table. The hood had come with attachments. Time to use them. Thegag was. ”“But he’s not stupid,” said Lauren. “Vanessa has toldus that over and over. Don’t tell me he doesn’tunderstand that something is going on here that’s notexactly what it seems. He was definitely having funwith it, and boy did he enjoy Alexis!”“If we do bust up the marriage, I’m going after him,”said Alexis. “I’ve done anal, and I hate it as much as Vanessathinks she’ll hate it. The thought of that. For her part in it Aphrodite had lost favor with Iptomas.Many Iptonian warriors died in that horrible war before its end. Iptomas would never forget them having seen many of them grow up as they played in his gardens. Now many sons would not return home. Demeter did her best to comfort the mourning Iptomas as he withdrew from public life. The people of Ipto grew closer to their god listening as he sought to aid them in their future endeavors and protected them.It was during this time that.