"There will be no more spanking. I am going to make an example of you. All my staff must understand this behavior will not be tolerated."With his face...in the corner, Michael could not see Raina retrieve his clothes from the top of the file cabinet as she left the room."You are in no condition to drive. I will call a taxi for you. When it arrives, you will complete your atonement." Michael was relieved to hear there would be no more spanking. His bottom had already been sacrificed. Raina left. Would you like to have such a procedure done now?”“Oh, my God, yes, Yes, YES! What do I need to do?”“All you need to do is to go back to your bed and lie down. You do not even need to wake Sue. I will put up an opaque barricade to keep anything from interfering once the procedure starts. You may have some trouble adjusting to the changes in perception at first, but your brain is strong and adaptive enough to handle the situation.”“Okay, but I do want to warn Sue about what you plan to do so. The preparations that Eritor had discussed with us were implemented without issue and we were confident that we would be ready. Numerous patrols around the fort, patrols within the town and hidden watchers in the woods near the cave. We would receive regular updates via carrier bird on what was seen. So far no one had appeared at the stronghold, but we were not certain if that would change.Eritor and the Patron were working on drills so that they could evacuate the town to the safety of the. ”Looking around the table I could see most of my advisors were nodding their heads in agreement.I said, “I’m not sure about me being able to write the story. However, we have a lot of time before we have to come to a decision on that. Right now, the question is what to do with the files until then.”Sandy said, “These files are dangerous, Jon. They need to be destroyed.”“Sandy, I’m not a writer. I will need them to create the story.”Larry asked, “Where are the files now, Jon?”“I had Ted move.