A year ago they were not equipped to sail out into the great expanse. But they were now, and sensual Asherim had protected them once again. The crew h...d been drinking fish blood for the last two days, stretching their last reserves of fresh water. There was a large clay amphora lashed to the prow stem post near where Hannibal stood, and it was now almost completely dry. Unknown to the crew, there was less than one full cup of drinkable water on the boat.But with the gods' benevolence they'd be. The weather was fine if rather cold but they walked and talked. They also went to a choral concert in Swansea. Reg relaxed and Eleanor helped him to do so, not in a sloppy, over-caring way but gently and encouragingly."Belle," he said as they lay in bed on their final night. Belle had become his pet name for her. "Belle, I've fallen in love with you all over again. I never thought I could love you more than the day I told you I loved you but it kept on growing the more time I spent with you but. A second later the door opened again and in walked another naked girl and Tracey saw from her collar that she was the extra slave that had been drafted in, how many slaves did they have in the building she wondered!“Good, now there are twelve of you please follow me to the lab area.” Chambers said standing up and they all filed out of the room like a line of baby ducks following their mother.She found themselves walking down the same long corridor back the way she had came only this time every. "Please come in," standing out of the way to allow him to enter. "Was something wrong with our payment?" Trying to understand why he was here. "No, I just need to talk with Mrs. Jackson, "he stammered. "Well, probably the both of you." I remembered that my wife had filled out a contest entry form, "Did we win the shopping thing?" Not saying a word he just stood looking over my shoulder into our house. "Katie," I called out, "It's the manager from the Gap" My wife came walking around the.