.. if ... he woke up."Show off," Cindi grinned."Awful lot of trouble for a stupid Qerda," Lori said. "I'd have killed him. You're a softy, Amy." Hush,... Amy answered. 'Amma-llia?' she whispered in her mind.'A-my! I'm here!"'Where?'There was a pause."Got 'em!" the Science Officer shouted."As soon as she transmits the coordinates, block her," the Empress ordered.'I don't know what this means, but the door says F245 D13. Be careful... ' Silence.'Amma? Amma?'"I got what I think is the room number. “Oh my! You’re not done?” I gave a firmer thrust as an answer.After our second round I needed a rest. Freda was all curious about the new experience, “I’ve never had two in a row like that. I didn’t even know I could climax more than once a day.”I grinned, “Lucy could have a lot when there was another guy to help me. We have to recover more than you women do.”Freda’s eyes went wide, “You let her fuck another guy and you were right there?”“Of course! It was fun to watch her get so much pleasure. It's not like Tchernobog would have a use for them ... other than devouring them," he mused. "I would check out the disciple Iosif. He was once a seminarian until they caught him playing with 'darker forces' and expelled him. He was a friend of Elymas as well as a consummate and fearsome politician until he tired of it." Stalin, you mean Stalin?" I asked somewhat amazed."Indeed so, though that was merely his public persona," Rasputin replied with a grimace."Didn't he have family?" I asked."Yes. I had always, from the first time I saw her, been overwhelmed by April. She is a strikingly beautiful woman with classical NorInd facial structure.“Ladies and Gentlemen,” I started, “I expect to get acquainted with all of you over the next couple of weeks. As we go along, you will learn that I can be a reasonable person. However, I am not your friend. All I ask of you is an honest effort. If you try, really try, to do a good job you’ll have nothing to worry about. If needed, I will stand by.