"What deals you conduct are your own business, Roquan. Just remember that you may need considerable resources to sway the other Overlords to your side..." And you continue to insist that we will need to 'purchase' their support." I can almost guarantee that Gronnus is doing just that." And Freya as well?" They are traveling together across the island as we speak. What do you think?"What Roquan thought was that he was in over his head. It was not something he willingly admitted to himself, and he. If Christina ever found out, if anyone ever found out the depths of her degradation, she would simply die! No one could ever know. Not even Christina, her cousin and closest, dearest friend.Christina would be looking for her soon. Barbara knew she would have to pull herself together, to forget about that dog and what he'd done to her. Barbara tried to smile, tried to see something in what had happened besides the terrible guilty gloom threatening to sweep over her. He was just a horny dog. And. There were a few moments of silence. Then he said, "I overheard Momtalking on the phone. She was talking to her brother, Tom. We're going tohave to go visit him about a week from now. Uncle Richard got engaged, andhe's bringing the girl to America to meet the family. He'll be stayingwith Tom, who's going to be making a big engagement party for all theirfriends and extended family. And we're all going to have to go." That's horrible!" I said. "There's no way I want to go! They don't knowabout. She was afraid. Terrified. And she couldn’t fight back. To do so would lead to public disgrace. So she accepted, her spirit breaking, tears flowing freely now.“N-no, p-please, Faith, d-don’t,” she begged, “please d-don’t hit me a-again. I…. I s-submit. I… I…”“You what?” Faith demanded, not lowering her hand yet.“I… I’m… y-your… b-b-bitch….” Buffy screwed up her eyes, not being able to look at the other woman as she said those humiliating words.“Open your eyes,” Faith said calmly, “and say it.