Her skin muffled my sobs for a long time."I'm sorry, Tavi," Candice said after she led me back to the chair and sat down. "Celia came to me; she was i... love with you, the stupid high school stuff that we all go through. She wanted to know if she could ... I didn't think there might be more to your powers than what I found in the testing." It's not your fault, Candice." You were an utter asshole to her, Tavi," she said, bringing tears back to my eyes. "You're too powerful to be that selfishly. "Who are you?" she asked, hoping they would speak english. They looked back blankly. "My name is Mandy." She patted her chest. "Mandy." What does she say?" Craw asked."I do not speak her language." Sno replied."Why is she here?" Why would I know." It has been long since I have had a woman." You may never have another if her master catches you." Why would they put her in here if not as a reward to us?" I do not know all the ways of the Bantu. Perhaps it is a test." If so, I intend to pass it.". Now our knees touched, as I spread the book across my lap. I could feel her body warmth. I also sensed the most profound craving to be touched I had ever shared a room with. But I didn’t want to move yet. I liked these earnest nods of hers as I told her the stories behind the pictures. The genuine curiosity with which she asked questions. Connie would be a very good student. “I think I would make a good submissive,” she’d written in our first text exchanges since she’d found my profile on. We’d been the best of friends for a few years, but nothing had progressed beyond that even though I’ll admit that I’d considered trying at least a few times. I knew that she was also nursing a heart-ache, a relationship with an abusive boyfriend that had taken all of her strength and courage to walk away from. It had been a few weeks but her confidence was growing again and that radiant woman that I had first met was re-appearing again. We sat talking and drinking, sharing everything with each.