” And doing so, he leaned in and kissed Brian on the lips. The passion that ran through him at that moment was incredible. Something Mark had nev...r experienced before. Brian barely responded to the kiss but did allow Mark to press his tongue into Brian’s mouth just a bit. Brian did enjoy the sensation of Mark’s lips on his but knew Mark was in no condition to understand what he was doing.“Mark,” Brian replied, “I’m not sure you are going to make it to your door on your own right now. Let. The good news was that I could veto any transfer.It didn't take me long to do the math. "AI, inform Centurion Pain that she is in charge of 2,083 new concubines that are assigned to me. After she recovers from the shock, tell her I understand her problem but right now we need to get a CS officer on the incoming ship, before the AI demands we recycle the concubines. Just do it for now."It took the two fleets about three hours to rendezvous. After that, there was some shuffling of sponsors and. They needed to boil some more water though. He used dry wood and kept it small, to minimize the smoke. What little it did put out should be dispersed by the tree branches above.She stared in fascination, but didn't reach for it. When he set up a pot of water over it, she yelled at him. "Hot! Hot!"He chuckled. "Yes, it's hot, don't touch" No tuch, hot!"Downstream from where he'd gotten the water, he picked up stones and retrieved her clothes. After wringing them out, he hung them on stakes near. She would have to collar herself. She did and then the wrist and ankle cuffs were put on as I watched. I could see tears starting to build, but she was doing a good job of not crying yet!I instructed her to lie on her back and raise her ankles to me, which she did with easy {I noticed the matching leather thong as her skirt flipped down}. I locked both ankle cuffs and had her kneel again so she could offer her wrists once more. I locked her wrist cuffs and told her to bow her head so I could.