A comment here. A carefully aimed barb there. It was part of their game, yes, part of how they bantered, but he had been taking note of her misbehavio... and planning the consequences she so deeply desired.When she told him he was a pansy for letting her brat him so much, he decided it was time to teach her a lesson. He didn't take it personally - in fact, he smiled at the audacity of the little slut, but he also knew that it was time she understood that, although he patiently allowed her barbs. Tory was sitting at her desk with a whole beauty store worth of makeup laid out in front of her.“Fuck! Chris, you freaked me out!” Tory said as she turned back to her mirror and applied more mascara.“Is this what you’re wearing to prom?” he asked pointing to her dress that laid across her unmade bed.“Yes! Isn’t it hot!” Tory stated in reference to the short body-hugging red sequin dress.“And your mom is okay with you wearing this out?” he asked with a raised eyebrow.“Um, yeah, obviously,” Tory. Both Roda and Rafal had their own rooms. Roda had offered to let Kasia stay with her, but ... well, she slept better with her brother nearby. There was no way she was letting Liuz out of her sight.She looked out the small window. Should she go to the mill? It was a long walk, but she'd be able to sit and talk with her brother. Her foot throbbed. No, not today. Today she'd just find someplace and sit. Grabbing the short bedpost, she carefully slipped her good foot under the end of the bed. She. He had gotten the Finance Minister to call everyone about the meeting that Mica hadn’t called. Hiram’s biggest problem was that he wasn’t a popular choice a far as overthrowing the new Shah.James detected three primary factions in Fiaz’s little government. The one faction that interested him the most were the men who were speculating about what, whoever was going to be in charge, was going to do about the lack of new slaves.Dusty was also doing her reconnaissance thanks to the spy cams they had.