“Absolutely not,” I said Looking straight in Damien’s eyes. “I am not a rapist and I am not hurting him


    like that. If you want this done, we use the oil and do it slowly.”


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    Five against one made for a definite shift in the bnce of power, but I was set on this. No matter the


    pain it caused me to disagree, I was determined.


    He won’t learn.


    Yes, he will do this my way.


    “ Kein mumbled leaning on a far wall. I said turning back to my strange morning task,


    Evan hated the plug. He despised the sensation worse than anything he’d ever encountered before.


    Sitting made it worse and he even felt it standing up.


    “When I walk the damn thing moves,” he growled standing still in the middle of the apartment.


    I thought we should remove it and the Brothers disagreed. This was perfect and Evan would remember


    this lesson. While the rest of them felt the difort, they weren’t unduly bothered by the


    circumstance. If this reminded Evan well enough, it would be worth the slight difort.


    Breakfast was a quick affair. I had my fizzy drink again, apparently it was going to be given twice a day.


    After the meal I was deposited with Rose and Fuji back in our section of cave.


    “We clean in the morning,” Rose told me softly before she scurried behind the leather drape of her


    owners rooms.


    I found the supplies and had the apartment in order in no time. The men had not really used it enough


    for anything to be that messy, so it was a quick job. I decided to wait for Rose and Fuji out front, so I


    took the pad and continued to read at a table in the morning sunshine.


    The readings about the other mountains was fascinating, so much so that I missed the arrival of Nu-


    reeh. She was standing beside me when I noticed her presence and bounced up.


    “What are you reading?” she asked brusquely.


    Suddenly I realized I’d never requested permission to use this pad Like I had been. Like a fool I had


    just assumed because it worked that way, I was allowed. If she didn’t like it, I wondered what my


    punishment would be.


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    “Mountains, Mistress, the T’vailk Mountains,” I said politely.


    Too wet,” shemented looking up at the skylight. “The windes off the water and leaves the


    Land drenched day and night. The twisting air currents also make for horrendous storms. There are


    entire seasons women dare not fly near there and walk wherever we go.”


    Evidently we were to have a conversation. If it made her happy, I would dly do that.


    “That sounds unpleasant, Mistress.”


    She continued to speak as she examined the outer room. “The women that mine there coat themselves


    in an oil. It keeps the water from soaking into their fur. The women from that area originally had no fur.


    They all just had thick striped hides and did not mind the water. I cannot tolerate the weatherbined


    with the oil; I find it oppressive,” she said turning back to me.


    “I only travelled there briefly. The men cannot be kept there due to the storms and that is what I wanted


    from life.”


    Dipping her talons in the pool of warm water she came to rest in front of me again.


    “You do an excellent job of caring for your men, Mistress,” I told her.