" Molly was full on sobbing now. Her head against my back, her arms around my waist."Molly, please, let me go, just look at these hands." I stood up s...raight, turning to break her grip with my hands high above my head. I'm black with grime to my elbows. "Let's go inside. We can talk."I shut the hood with a rag, wiping off my finger prints as I go. Then I shut off her car, locked it, and gave Molly the keys. My tool box, jumper cables and spare oil went back into my trunk. With rags and the last. Stroking her thigh. Even kissing her, all the time under the illusion that this was just for show. They left early, has he had commanded. Neither me or my GF had any say as she left to go back to his room. I had an aching feeling of hurt, jelousy and helplessness in my stomach. The way he looked back at me made me suspect he had planned this. It turned me on too. After so much comands and dominance from him, once in the room it was easy for him to make her do whatever he wanted. It was as. “You are a Viking, you should not hide behind Union laws and Off-world judges.”Vémundr who was clean shaven grinned cold. “I am also the second son of a Freeman and not associated to a clan. You are welcome to take your business elsewhere, Mister Elhir. To me you are just a customer and nothing else. Customer rights can be revoked.”Isegrim turned back to look outside. “He is Elhir, they only risk insults when they know they can hide but come Elhir speak thy challenge if you dare and we will go. Surveying the open water, Val ran through her checklist of crisis operating protocol, even though she told herself repeatedly she wasn't at that stage yet.There were plenty of rations on the boat, enough to last more than a few weeks. That included a supply of fresh water and a catchment system in the event that supply was expended. She had the satellite phone for emergencies, ‘Did this qualify?’There was a flare gun with a canister full of waterproof flares and of course her Sig Sauer P238,.