She was respected. She was happy. All of that had changed within twenty-four hours. She had to watch as her life was destroyed by the man in that chai.... Her husband was dead, and so was her son, courtesy of the man. Courtesy of Tijean.“I know it’s been a few years since you’ve seen anyone play, but the rules of the game are pretty simple.” He stood from the chair, and into the light. He was tall. Muscular. Chiseled. His body, from his olive-colored skin to his six pack to his cock that swung. I don’t look my age, so why should I act like some dippy teenager. I asked him to walk me home, knowing my folks were helping my sister with her emergency, their sick grandchild, and likely wouldn’t be home tonight. It was fucking risky, but I’m a ballsy chick. We lived only a few blocks from both the Pizzeria and the store. When we got to my door, I turned around and kissed him, hard.“I’m not normally this forward, but I have never met a man I clicked with this fast. If you can deal with. The bumps of her garter tabs were quite visible against the smooth surface of her dress. Whenever she reached up to check the overhead bins, her dress rode up to reveal the dark tops of her stockings. When she walked past my seat, I made sure my arm stuck out a little on the armrest. Sure enough, her nylon-clad leg brushed against my arm, sending an electrical charge up to my head. Mercifully, we took off shortly after. I chose my seat well. She sat up ahead in the stew’s chairs facing the. It meant he was to be expelled from The Abbey. In the four years since it’s founding, we had only enforced that law twice before. Now we had to force a young man, not yet ready to face The World After alone, out of our gates.“Gather his things.” I said to Anna and Bram. “When he wakes...” Two sounds cut through my orders at once. One was a strangled growl, from close behind me. The other was a feral yowl. I turned in time to see the heavy ceramic bowl from the trial of sand crash into the side.