.."Jonny stopped talking.They'd advanced close enough to the pit for him to be able to see over the rim and into the cage. Something sat cross-legged ...n the floor about two metres below them.It wasn't human.It had red skin. Red like blood. Black wings like those of a bat scaled up to human size were folded behind it. A pair of black horns grew out of its temples and curved down behind its pointed ears. Instead of feet it had a pair of cloven hooves. A long black tail with a spade-like tip lay. The message he sent with it explained that he was able to purchase a large quantity in Damascus before proceeding to India. He also sent back two slaves he’d purchased who knew how to make Damascus steel and forge blades with it.I’d mistakenly thought that his trip would take more than a year each way via horse, having no idea that the Chinese had regular sea routes all the way to Ethiopia and every major port between the two. The Arabs sailed from Indian ports to the east coast of Africa. Baha. I could feel the fear beginning to overwhelm me as I stared up into the night sky as the snow began to fall heavier.Please God. Don't let me suffer.I could feel myself slipping away. The life I had lived was coming to an end and I would become nothing more than a loving memory to those I loved and that loved me."Mom," I whispered.The pain suddenly disappeared and it felt like I was floating. The memories inside my mind flooded over me as my body accepted its fate and began to quickly shut. .um, take it easy!" Have you been a bad boy?" she asks politely."Ah, the worst thing I ever did was come here," answers Joe."I have something for you," she says softly.’Now what,’ Joe thinks. ‘Is she really going to give me a present after all this?’ he wonders.The girl in the studded underwear then reaches into a drawer and pulls out a large black rubber penis and straps it onto her leather panties."Here I come, honey, with your present!" Yikes! Help!" shouts Joe.An hour later Joe returns to.