" and the challenge was clear in his tone. "I would have thought you had learned your lesson that last time we met in this manner. I distinctly rememb...er the King having words with you about this same thing not all that long ago." and Emory too smiled a smile that never touched his eyes. With the barest of waves, Emory cast a shining cloud of amethyst power over the three of young people trapped by the Hunt. Erin clearly saw it as though she was in a soap bubble of pure light.A heavy silence. Who’d taken her back to his sleazy apartment and used her for his satisfaction alone. Who’d cum inside her, gotten out of bed, and said ‘Wow, for a stuck-up cunt, you were pretty good. Maybe I’ll let you do me again some time…’, thrown $20 of cab fare at her, and never spoken to her again. But when Archie quite literally swept her off her feet and pressed his lips to hers, her confidence blossomed almost instantly. The mask indeed did fall away, only now it revealed a strong, self-possessed. As the candles burn completely out, I hear you on the other side of the door. I think I hear another voice but it is very hard to tell who is with you. The voice sounds soft compared to yours. Is it a woman? Why would you bring her here? Suddenly the door starts to open and a sliver of light is cast upon my naked body. You look in to the room to view the work you left behind. Cuffed and stuffed, just the way you like me. The door shuts and I start to panic. My heart races as the room turns. ‘Go ahead and ask her. I’m sure she’ll go out with you.’ I told her I’d think about it. Amanda rolled her eyes and became exasperated. ‘Oh, come on, George! I know she can act a little crabby at times, but she’s really a very sweet girl,’ she insisted. A little crabby? I didn’t buy it. Nonetheless, one day I asked Jessie out to a movie and dinner, and she said yes. Jessie was nicer than I thought she’d be, but there was no real connection. We never had a second date. I didn’t know Richard.