Ormy officers here can rip your clothes off for you. And - other things.They'd enjoy doing that, I guarantee. Now, which is it to be, Jessi?" Oh, fuck...n' shit, I..."In two strides I cross the room and slap her face with the flat of myhand."Never, ever use such language again! If sissies are foul-mouthed theywill be punished for it! That includes you! Now strip!"Slowly, reluctantly, she does so. First the usual teenage male uniform oflogo'd teeshirt and ragged jeans. Her fingers fumble nervously. ”She had so many questions she wanted to ask but for some reason they seemed c***dish and the last thing she wanted to seem was c***dish. Being an obsessed fan was something she didn’t want to become but it was so difficult not to be when their music was so dam good. Every track was so good and Marko’s voice echoed through her soul every time she listened to it, it took hold of her and refused to let go.The hand on her leg continued to stroke it and she was very much aware of the man it was. ” the god mirrored back. What is she thinking? he wondered. Will we be doing this again? For some reason, the question bothered him.“That was fantastic,” Mariah began, and Hypnos let out an exaggerated sigh of relief that nonetheless reflected a (slightly smaller) internal sensation of increased ease.“Well thank the gods for that,” he said with a chuckle, smirking to let her know he hadn’t really been nervous about her answer.“But...” she continued, raising one finger.Hypnos kept the smile on. He would even sacrifice his own commission to ‘let it go’ at that price. So, Joshua, desperate to find something reliable on his meager budget, had shelled over the down payment, hoping on the car’s reputation—and, so far, so good. But the winter thus far, had failed to reach this degree of harshness, and even a car worth its weight in gold would have a hard time defending against that. Lighting another cigarette, he changed his mind, and pinching off the burning end, he dropped it quickly.