" Did you contact Mage Benjamin?" I asked."Yes, he's been here several times in the last three months and has been a big help in dealing with many of ...he women damaged by the collars," she said. "Sadly the collars aren't the only problem, many are still suffering from psychosis and trauma resulting from multiple rapes and forced pregnancies, roughly on a par with extreme combat fatigue, particularly those who had their sons seized. Saying that, there may be one you can help with..."Rowenna led. He would disappear for hours and if they went looking for him he might be found under a table or behind the sofa or up in the Johnathan apple tree, deep into a favorite book.He would spend long hours looking out a window or lying in bed watching the shadowy patterns the lace curtains cast on the ceiling as the breeze coming through the window lazily moved them.They found that their worrying if he was getting into mischief was needless and eventually stopped trying to find him. He would usually. . it was indeed a cruel conception. Worthy of the mind of Glenda Osman.“I don’t think 1 shall be able to bear it,” whispered Julia after a long, long while.“We’d better both try,” answered Melissa, with weary resignation.Quentin gazed intently at the TV screen . . . which was focussed on the naked figures of Julia and Melissa in their bedroom. The moment had arrived for them to start clothing themselves. It was the first time either of them had been covered for over six months. A rather special. I'm the one who must be careful. In a couple of months, less, actually, I will be fifteen and a year after that I can get married if my legal guardian, that's Gramma, will sign for me. Then my Ed and I will be legal and I can walk in the sunshine holding his hand and nobody can say anything.It cost me sleep. Not the 'it cost me sleep' because of the noises Mom and her boyfriend or whatever were making in the other room, this was because I was putting the man I love in genuine danger.But I love.