The Antonovs, whose patriarch, Grigori Antonov was a Knight of the Highest Order, were the most powerful family in Lyrisa. In the absence of the Sangu...nes they ruled the village with an iron fist, exacting their own taxes and enforcing their own laws. Alina was a maidservant in their house and her mistress, Grigori’s only daughter, was little better than a slave driver. Yulia Antonov with her shining black hair and eyes of midnight blue was nigh irresistible to most males. But her dark eyes. During the last three years, Professor Taylor has been subtly testing blackmail on his students. For the first year, as he developed his thesis, the tests were mostly inoffensive and leaned closer to bribery. For example, he'd jokingly offer to increase a test score by a point or two every morning a certain student brought him a cup of coffee or a piece of fruit. He figured it was innocuous enough that if anyone complained he could easily tie it to what he was teaching in class about. The moan, I recognize as my wife. The squeel on the other hand, I have no idea who that is. The light in the hallway outside the master bedroom is off, the door has been closed, but it is open a crack. I sneak up to the door and pear inside... What I see inside shocks me, but I'm not surprised... Opening the door enough that both my eyes can see and adjust to the light I stand there and take in the whole scene.I see a burnet with curlly hair reaching a bit further than her shoulder blades. So you’re really not going to work?’ ‘In this crappy weather? Hell no, I’ll work from here and send it in and then pick up the pieces Monday.’ Jay finally filled his cup again and left the kitchen and then stopped. ‘Casey you look nice,’ and then he went to shower. When he came back after his shower, Casey was sitting there reading the paper and then said, ‘What did you mean by that comment?’ ‘What comment?’ ‘Casey you look nice. That’s sarcasm if I ever heard it.’ ‘Holy shit that wasn’t.