Darnit, I want that doctorate. I’ve been treated like a gofer long enough. I’ve fetched coffee, soft drinks, booze, food, snacks and equipment, to...k notes, run personal errands, done everything but wipe their asses, and even, on occasion, got to do some meaningful research. I will present a dissertation worthy of my doctorate. I have plenty of time and I have some very meaningful research already completed. Maybe I’ll have even more after we complete our exploration into the new area as well as. .. ma'am"."Very good Annie! You'll have to get used to it quickly though," I said, with a wry smile. "And there's one other thing I have to tell you. As you may have guessed, I've been reading up on this kind of thing on the Internet, and there's an element I want to add to our relationship. It's called bondage: I'm going to start tying you up sometimes. Maybe often. How do you feel about that?" Oh, well actually I'm kind of into it ma'am. I never told anybody before but..." she trailed. Kim, do you mind?”Kim said, “Well, I was looking forward to doing it, but I understand if Ron wants to do it. It is up to him.”Then Ron said, “I have never done this before and don’t know how. So Kim, you go ahead and do it. I’ll watch and learn. Then the next time I will do it.”Beth said, “Ok fair enough. Let me reposition this chair so you get a good shot. Then you can have your fun. I sure like your idea and yes it will happen again.”I felt the chair moving some and it pushed my mid-section. Then, in one small depression before the steeper rise I got a feeling that something was seriously wrong. I stopped and looked around and there was something in the moss of that hollow that seemed to draw my attention.When I moved downwards in the hollow I could sense it. I just could not be completely sure what it was. Then I saw the blood - and the magic used to cover it. Only it wasn’t any kind of magic I had seen or sensed before. But that wasn’t the thing that had bothered me. No, it was.