" Wait," she said, "I don't ..." " You don't want to what?" I said, my lips already on her neck, warm and hot and sucking. " I don't want ..." " It se...ms to me that you want plenty." I pull her even closer, and Amber feels the hardness in my pants. Not knowing what was in there — not knowing what to do — she stayed, hoping that I would let her go and that the pressure in her pussy would go away. This seemed like the wrong move because I pulled her pants down and started pulling down her. "I should be thanking you," I said mechanically, and moved to get past her into the bedroom. She blocked my path and looked at me with her big blue eyes before I could get away."Why didn't you... you know?" she asked."Fuck your ass?" I said in a loud, sarcastic voice. She dropped her gaze and blushed. I pushed her out of the way and walked into the bedroom. "That's why, right there." What do you mean?" she said, in a small, apologetic voice."You're ashamed of it. You can't even say 'anal sex'. And that doesn’t even count Birgit.”“Mind if I butt in?” I asked with a grin. “I need to talk to Jennifer and apologize to her. I think this means for sure we can repair our friendship. Beyond that? Well, you heard what I said about choosing. But there is one fly in the ointment. Joyce thinks that Jennifer and I will end up making love because of who we are and because of our past. Sort of a cathartic act to put everything behind us and move on.”“Yes!” Stephanie exclaimed.I knew what she was. I fear, given my reputation, that the Heat Bringer will make an enemy of us.”“What are you going to do?”“This point of contention between Telavia and myself is what compelled her to act as she did,” Father said. “She told me I did not have the Creator, and I told her that if all else failed, I would lay pitch upon the floor of the palace keep, and light all seven-hundred of the girls ablaze.” “What?!” I yelled. “It is a misnomer that Heat Bringers cannot be burned,” Father said. “They are flesh.