When I start telling you what your punishment will be, stay quiet and listen very close, because I mean every word that you will hear. Some of it you ...won’t like, some of it you will like, and some of it you won’t feel good about at all. Regardless of your feelings, after I finish laying it all out, all I want to hear from you is either, “Yes Sir”, meaning that you accept the punishment, or “No Sir”, meaning that you can’t accept it. There is NO other choice. It is this way or no way, Beth. Am I. " That's probably true. It's just hard to deal with the fears at times."Giving him advice was not as tough as I feared. But I noticed he was carefully avoiding something.And if it was what I thought it was, he was very smart to do so.His treatment of Julia.I toyed with leaving it be. I know the circumstances that led to Julia's situation. Still, giving a guy a license to torment and abuse a girl goes against everything I thought Jacob and I fought for. "Karl, there is one other thing." What is. “And you’re going to love it.”“Yes, oh yes, Lord,” she sighed.Carefully withdrawing his finger, Jack turned Dakota, so she was facing him again. He stared into her face. “When was the last time you had sex with a man?”“Not for years.”“And when was the last time you had sex?”“Sunday, yesterday morning, with Sharley,” turning her head to look at her lover.“Have you been with anyone else?”Looking again at Sharley before turning back to Jack. “No, not since, since you left, and I moved in here.”. When I order you to 'negotiate' with thecosmos, you will do so ... and you will negotiate a complete and totalmerger of the two of us, with my personality the dominant one. Do youunderstand?"The Sorceress fought to disagree, but found herself powerless."Do you understand?" repeated M?tayer."I understand," said The Sorceress slowly. "But Julien, it may not workas you wish. You still don't understand how my magic works." You will do your best," commanded M?tayer. "You will do your very bestto.