” So I turned off the alarm and slipped out the back door. Mom snuggled up on the couch in my office and nursed her drink. I was gone about an hour ...and I set up our dinner and Mom and I shared a welcome meal. She had showered again and put on some make up and was wearing my shirt. She looked so fucking good with the shirt and heels on. So sexy. I cleared the table and picked up the other bag and sat down next to Mom. She said “Is that for me?” I nodded yes and reached in the bag and pulled out. She was allowed a few seconds to take a lungful of air and release it in a howl of anguished abandon before Dmitri’s whip cracked viciously down the length of her oiled flesh from shoulder to calf and drove the air from her again.The whips rained down on her from all sides but the men were long practiced and kept the timing and direction random; first she would endure six strokes coming in rapid succession from one side, and then she would be made to hang panting and weeping for a brief. Lena was blushingprofusely, looking extremely embarrassed.I motioned for them to join our group and began thinking of where andwhen."Transiting in three, two, one."What immediately struck me as odd was the lack of any alarms. Usuallythe ship's temporal anomaly warning system would go wild as soon as wearrived. Why wasn't that happening now? What had happened in ourabsence? Where was everybody?"Doesn't look like anybody's home, Alex," Yuuka said from my shoulder.I felt...someone...close by.. It was huge. Scattered around the room were no less than six couches and an equal number of overstuffed chairs and still the room seemed under furnished. The entire wall across from me was covered with drapes. The white carpet beneath my feet had so much padding that my feet almost sank into it as if I was standing on a bed. A doorway on the right led into the dining room. On the left, against the wall was a sunken conversation pit and large fireplace. Sharing this wall was a bar that would.