"I'm sure there has been once, anyway."Steve and Suzanne came over and sat in front of us. Steve said, "Nola, Paul, would you hear us out?"I said, "Su...e, you have the floor." Nola nodded. Emma had wandered over to sit with Jason and April.Suzanne said, "We would like to join your tribe."Nola said, "We aren't a tribe."Suzanne said, "Whatever you call it. We have talked and have a liking for each other and would like to try being a couple. If I have to sleep with Paul, I would do that but hope. . and ridiculous ... and such a dumb little kid," I said severely.Her eyes widened. 'Dumb little kid?' I heard her mind screech."Dumb little kid?" she shrieked again as she punched me in the stomach, supposedly playfully. Maybe I needed to remind her I wasn't a Qerda. Maybe that's why she hated them so ... had they called her a dumb little kid? Oh wait ... there was a little matter concerning her mother. I suddenly felt sad, for her and me. She reached up and touched my cheek softly, knowing. He bent down, his arms holding her tight as in his enthusiasm. he literally lifted her off her feet. Her mouth was there for kissing, offered to him without reservation, accepting his kiss, and kissing him back with a passion that had no boundaries. She felt his hands touching her body under her arms, and she could feel his warmth through the material of her blouse."Darling," She whispered " Can we meet later?"Sorry sweetheart." Tony spoke quite firmly."I have to work, anyway Sarah may be back. .. me taking you?"Cassie pants as her pleasure rises in a cadence over which she has no control unless she takes back her mind in its entirety."Hooker or slave, hmm?" the man says.The tether thins and tightens more, the tug against her psyche becoming uncomfortable. She feels the last resistance left in her isolated self crumble, her body now moving to his mental beat. Bodies slap together in rising sexual desperation as Dark tendrils spear her helpless, controlled self."Oh, it will be close,.