Daniel was hopping round her in his simple two-piece suit, anxiously carrying a small bouquet. Juliet ignored him and embraced her mother and grandmot...er “Nana you look wonderful!” exclaimed Juliet “That red dress suits you”“Thank you dear” beamed Jane and hugged her granddaughter tightly “I'm so proud of you” she whispered “Thank you Nana” Juliet whispered back gratefully.The two women clung to each other before breaking.“Look at me being a silly old woman,” said Jane wiping a tearJuliet was. Threnody was wealthy, powerful, brilliant, devious, and most significantly already had access to what seemed like a functionally endless supply of beautiful young women eager to share her bed on whatever terms she set. Before she set out to seduce Threnody, she would have to first think long and hard about what she was bringing to such a relationship that was uniquely hers to offer.She was now doing the same calculus about Nick Coyle. When Inez woke up this morning, it had been to Fenfang. "This is punishment, Ceres, not pleasure. You are not allowed to cum," he said. I shook my head acknowledging I understood him. He pulled his finger out, then removed my gag. I opened my mouth for him to place his finger on my lips, which I hungrily licked clean. He undid my hands, sitting me up. I saw on my nightstand things I both hated and loved: the golden brown bamboo cane, specially made for him by a Japanese craftsman, whose family had been in that business for generations: a small pink. I have quite a story to tell.”“Then tell it, lad!” Smythe said jovially, clapping him on the shoulder. “But first, let me arrange us a more comfortable setting.”A moment later, they were all relaxing comfortably in a big tiled bath, the water heated to the perfect temperature. Smythe had manifested some sort of bath house, all white stone, with a roaring fire at one end, and even some soft music coming from no discernable source.The bath had a seat built in beneath the water, and they sat.