Several seconds passed in an unnatural silence as the Governor turned and smiled out over the crowd. Somewhere, in the rear of the crowd, a growl star...ed. A low rumble, felt more than heard, it spread as quickly as a brushfire. The crowd began to edge closer and the Governor, feeling the change, motioned to his guard commander. The commander spoke into his hush mike and the circle of guards below the platform drew stun batons and set themselves.The crowd, sensing the change, held themselves. Part might have been because both girls did develop good study skills. We all helped each other study, too.But I’ll be honest. There’s something empowering about having a willing woman in your bed most nights, who loves getting naked for you, loves having your bare prick deep in her pussy, loves when you shoot her full of sperm, and doesn’t want to get up and leave your bed to go somewhere else after you’ve done that. There’s something calming when you can get up from a spate of heavy reading. Delia -- and Delia's family, who still hoped she'd go back to her ex-husband -- had thought it best he cut off contact cleanly. "Is your mother all right? Is anything --" Oh, she's fine, she's fine," Cain said. God, she sounded like a teenager. She was a teenager, which was hard to fathom. He'd been there from age 3 to 8, years that offered little hint as to young adulthood. "No, I just called because -- is this an okay time? I actually thought I'd get your voicemail..."She didn't want to talk. Mordecai leaned across the table. ‘That’s Veronica. She’s Virgil’s niece. Shows western pleasure horses, she’s won Nationals three times.’ Amy’s eyebrows rose. She knew exactly who this Veronica Raliston was, she’d seen her in enough commercials and ads to recognize her anywhere, though Western Pleasure was not her discipline. She turned to face Luke as she realized he wasspeaking. ‘…besides, and she’s Levi’s girlfriend, don’t forget that part.’ Luke spat out, looking smugly at Levi. He wasn’t.