Dad’s got the cops under his thumb. They won’t piss him off for a fucking clerk.”They laughed, chuckled, laughed some more, and left.It’d been...a long time since he was beaten like this. Pain like this didn’t go away quickly, kept the muscles from moving, kept the mind in shock until at least it stopped flooding the brain with panic signals. Having been beaten like this before didn’t help him get over it any faster, but at least he didn’t piss himself this time.Other people had been in the. These people are a highly unpredictable lot. I was worried you might have had to leave me behind." I would have never been forgiven for that, Lindelia," replied Argost. "Leaving one of our few remaining fertile females, especially one as beautiful as you, behind in a backward place like this would have been politically suicide at home. Although that horrible plague that swept our world left most females incapable of reproduction, we both know you would have never been sent here and endangered. I knew I liked having a beautiful wife. Karen's long, lean form was exquisite to me and I now knew it so much better than before and maybe liked it even better.We returned to our site and RV. On the way back, Karen whispered, "We will return to this place. I like it." I nodded and gave her waist a squeeze.Once inside, I announced, "We will have to get dressed. I'm taking all of us to eat supper at the lodge in town."Marianne shouted, "Clothes, boo! I want to go naked."I grinned. "Suits me, Sis.. “Point taken.”The pair soon arrived at the house, just as some others were getting back. Daelina put Darren down, before working her magic to make them big again. This caught some of them by surprise, as not everyone there was accustomed to seeing magic used every day. Daelina hurried up to them and told them what happened earlier, and how the wraith had retreated when it was confronted by them.“Damn it! I wish we had more time, but it seems like this wraith has wasted none,” Phalmina.