She fought it down... and then wondered why she had done so.His hands were gently lifting her head, returning it to its nose-down position.Because he ...didn't tell me I could, she suddenly realized—and had to fight off yet another orgasm at this sudden knowledge of his power over her.Power she had surrendered to him.Gladly.Oh God, her panties were sopping wet. She felt his hands releasing her head and wanted them back. She wanted...she wanted...Oh Christ...She began to beg, realizing dimly that. " Victor smiled broadly. "Of course, we will need your cooperation to keep this...unfortunateincident quiet," continued Robert. Victor looked at Mary and then back at the others. "Of course," he replied. "But...how will you explain...this?" asked Mary. "We're working on that," said Frank. "There will be a press releasethat a student was injured at the Halloween party...a faulty bleachercollapsed." "That should work," said Travis. "Assuming your son cooperates." Victor nodded. "Sam...Sam is. Cate, you'd better grab something to eat on the run, 'cause I'm out of here. I figure if I stay any longer, someone is likely to hatch yet another plan to embarrass me!"Cate scrambled to grab some breakfast, but laughed all the way out the door, certainly not helping my outlook any, though I liked the fact that everyone could take my laying down the rules without getting upset. Despite the teasing, I was pretty sure they wouldn't try anything else. At least nothing like they'd tried before. I'd. Birds collected the rest.The two chevalines started to move away from ground zero. Understandable.Smart, even. But Jas stopped them."Hold," she said in a normal voice, but projected her voice from everytree and blade of grass around the party. "Hold for inspection. I willshoot you myself, Morgana. Stop moving."The commands repeated automatically in Calen and then Tsurgi.Jas triggered the self-destruct on every biologic asset she had insidethe kill zone. Most of the critters died. A few didn't..