” He replied. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to share a nice, soft, warm bed with his daughter; it was the opposite. He wanted it too much. He kn...w full well that the discussion was far from over…“Buuuut Daddy… I’m cold…” Nicole mumbled, before pretending to shiver, while chattering her teeth together to drive her point home. There was no way he’d deny her now. She knew her father had a huge soft-spot for taking care of her. That was when she took the opportunity to slide her pyjama bottoms off. We got lucky. Our Master cared about his pet’s welfare, but I doubted that was normal for girls who were sold into sexual slavery. We knew mom would burn through the money she got for selling us no time. Sophia was already a beauty at six years old, and would be a knockout by the time she turned fourteen. If mom got away with selling us, we knew she would do the same to Sophia, so we had to stop her.I saw Faith looking back at the island longingly and I reached out for her hand. “I feel the. .. Jack included. It was supposed to be Yes, Ma'am but people were flustered ... and rushed.So ... the tale was spun, the ring was shown, Chaos explained, Cassandra's difficulty included."WHO ... IS ... CASSIE?!" Sultry shouted again. "Imaginary planets, ancient wars, portals ... that's fine ... but nobody has said who CASSIE IS!!" She's Jack's Crossroads Caretaker," Seven spilled the beans.The hands on hips, direct glare and eyes looking down her nose, Sultry spun and faced Jack, "Caretaker?. Nina was behind me, and I handed him to her.I crawled back in and got the little girl. She was pretty good for me, and as I spoke to her, she calmed a little and let me help her out of the seatbelt. When I hugged her to me, I knew she’d be okay. I dropped one of the little healing spells that I had learned onto her and crawled back out with her attached to my chest like a leach.She didn’t want to go to Paul, but I convinced her I had to get her mummy. I crawled back in, but I wasn’t hopeful..