"I get the impression I'm going to be playing referee for a screaming match, with both of them yelling that if the other one would just shut up and li...sten, maybe she would understand." You could be right," he admitted, "which would put you at a bit of a disadvantage for a change. Your normal grasp of interpersonal relations has never included people screaming and yelling at each other. You only had one sister, and you got along with her. If you'd had two, your upbringing might have been a lot. Tolen, the Hyperborean High Priest, had actively started recruiting male Priests into their all female ranks from the very beginning. From there it was only a matter of time until he had enough and he then enslaved her and her sisters to them.They had been arrogant fools to trust a man, any man, she admitted to herself once again. The only reason she was free now was Otto Schmidt, the male brute she had been imprinted to was dead. She felt absolutely sure deep down in her mind that he had just. ”The knight surprised him, lunging with the tip of his short sword, aiming for his throat. Iden reacted just in time, parrying the blow, the Paladin scarcely flinching. It had been a probing strike, his enemy was testing his defenses, his reflexes.“I underestimated you once, sellsword, and it cost me the lives of two of my men. I will not make that same mistake again.”He took advantage of Iden’s uncertainty, charging at him, throwing his weight into a powerful elbow strike. Iden blocked it, but. Naked. Your hands are ensconced in handcuffs with velvet linings and are attached to a pole which runs parallel to the ceiling. Your feet are also captured in velvet lined cuffs which are attached to rings in the floor. Your legs are slightly apart, and you are not in any discomfort at all. I come a step nearer so that I am directly in front of you, and I can feel your breath on my chest. It’s warm and coming in shallow breaths. I reach out and cup both of your breasts in my hands.