Derrick stopped a moment, was there a way that he could risk it? He had both sets of codes. Sighing he nodded his head yes this appeared to be the onl... way. It would be almost a day before all the counter measures he'd entered into Tempro to take complete effect. I knew I should have entered them sooner. Shaking his head again Derrick slowly made his way further toward the palace, further into the midst of the ongoing battle. [Sire where are you going?] Derrick heard Tempro's thoughts. [I. Questions for a dragon, she supposed, not a witch.“Powerful secrets, vampire. Ain’t no reason for me to share them with you. Maybe in a few hundred years, when you got the strength to be useful to me, we can trade for ‘em.”Spirits had banes and bans, according to Jacob. Things that could hurt them, and ways to control them, rules they had to follow. What she knew about Black Blood told her he was some sort of spirit of death, and apparently dead flesh. The name Black Blood started to have a lot. And that's not the best part, either! No, on top of all that, his father had to be the county Sheriff. He himself was a deputy, too. Oh, it was awesome, let me tell you!But that was before I met Mark. Mark was an attorney. He was a really nice guy, and we had gotten along wonderfully. He would have been the perfect father. He loved Sammy. He may have been a geek in school, but now I realized that the nice geek was the better partner than the hot jerk.I'm talking in the past tense on purpose,. We all know she could do it -- and I like pussy better. Besides, she's fucked up."Ricky circled around and rubbed Toni's shoulder; she was barely conscious. "Hey, hey, you're in now -- congratulations!"Toni opened one eye. "We're done?" Yeah." Good." She started to collapse.Horse grabbed her hips. "Time to clean up!" Later..." Toni muttered."Now," Horse insisted. "Jack?"Jack came forward with the enema bag. "Again?" Toni whined."Again," Smooth agreed. "Vinegar douche. We don't want the cops.