” From a pocket, Hook produced two lengths of linen fishing line and tied one loosely to each nipple so that it just grabbed the gold bar. The other...end of each line he tied well overhead to an oaken beam, snuggling the lines so that her nipples were stretched taut. Hook rolled the wooden cask forward so that it rolled slightly up the iron ramp, raising her upper body and taking the pressure from her stretched nipples. Hook then greased and arranged Tink’s body so that the two wooden pegs were. He felt hands all over him, sometimes hot and sweaty, other timesclammy. Things were in his hands, in his hair, in his mouth, writhinglike snakes. He tried to struggle but the monster was too strong. Thenhe felt a sharp pain in his backside, and blackness took him again. * * * * *When consciousness returned, Graham awoke slowly, feeling hung over. Hecould tell he was laying in a bed, but he felt strange. His body achedand there was a horrible taste in his mouth and. ”“Claire, don’t you read any of the books on our reading-list?” asked Alison incredulously.“Uh, no, not really. Which one should I have been reading, to satisfy my insatiable curiosity about the what happens to black people behaving badly?”“Ha ha. The Ethics of Fucking, by Aslan Asfuk, since you ask – just a bit higher, yeah, fucking Jesus, that’s good, now stick a finger in there – but the fact is that in the European Union, those who breach the terms of their stay permit don’t get expelled. And there was John with his groomsmen. He was ravishingly handsomein his white tuxedo and he was clean shaven! I could tell my choice of attireblew John away. A girl knows these things!The ceremony itself was beautiful. We had composed our own vows, which alsorepresented the somewhat unique nature of us. Many, but not all present knowthe details. When we got to the "I Do" part, I paused for a few seconds, andglanced at Sarah, who winked at me. After we were pronounced as man and wife,I fell.