Feeling the silken skin with expected callous on the index finger, Lauren opened her eyes halfway opting to kiss the tender fingertips. Julia laughed ...as quietly as possible and leaned over and drew Lauren into a soft kiss. ‘I’ve got to put him to bed.’ Julia said with a trace of regret that their intimacy would be so short lived. Without a word, Lauren carefully slid aside and picked up the dead weight that was Jeremy and hoisted his body against her, he weighted no more than one of her other. He thought it was very ironic. She told him that he was going tobe a male bride to one of the most powerful men in this tiny islandnation. He was going to be the male bride of the Duke Jose Cordoba. Hewas one of the two mighty dukes of this nation, and the laws of thisplace made it totally legal. He lost any right to object or have anycontrol over his life. His life was now in this man's hands. The manthat was going to be his husband.Thomas was wondering how this could happen in any modern. Powers - again a sub-menu Mental (M), Invulnerability (I), Speed (S), Vision (V)I pressed the M key and a selection appeared Hypnosis - Mind control - both? I pressed the both button, it would be nice to be able to hypnotise people, but what the mind control would do I wasn't sure.Next I went to Invulnerability:- Complete, partial, none? I didn't want to be hurt and so I chose complete.Now Speed:- Slow, Medium, Fast, Very Fast? I pressed Fast - I didn't want to be so fast I couldn't. Gerade mal 28 Jährchen, ihr Geburtstag war gerade vorbei.Das mit dem Wagen holen dauerte etwas, denn sie hatten den Besoffenen immerhin 500 m geschleppt und den Wagen mussten sie außerdem vorher noch ein wenig abseits parken. So kam es, dass Hans aus dem Haus die junge Frau, Frau Meier hören konnte, das Flurfenster neben der Haustür war nämlich auf Kipp gestellt.„Jetzt reicht es!“ hörte er sie leise schimpfen. „Ich hab dir gesagt, beim nächsten Mal mache ich es wahr und du hast es trotzdem.