I knew that, even if I put up with everything he asked, submitted to everything he wanted to do to me, he could still claim that I had disobeyed and c...ondemn me to the extreme punishment that disobedience carried: twenty whiplashes with the heaviest whip on the breasts, thirty strokes with the heaviest riding crop on my vagina and fifty strokes with the paddle on my bottom, in front of the whole group. “How do I know I can trust you?” I asked him. “How can I be sure you won’t sell me out like. This was what it meant to bear the amethyst as Rachel had put it. Jennifer fingered the amethyst stone on her collar aware now of its far reaching and profound significance. She let the sonorous words roll around her mind, “Slave of the Amethyst!” and it afforded her the most intense satisfaction. But she still had questions to be answered. “But Rachel how can people of the Line live so long?”Before Rachel could answer Sebastian entered the chamber and Rachel looked up worried. “Is… is she. Stats: Displays adventurer Strength, Defense, Speed, Vitality, Magic, Wisdom, Agility and Awareness. Adventurer health and Mana are also displayed.Fertility toggle: At level two, adventurers gain access to this option. Prior to level two, this is toggled off. For women, it prevents the possibility of pregnancy, for men it makes their sperm sterile. Can be toggled on and off at the adventurer’s need.Strength: Increased by battle and exercise. Displays damage statistics for melee and ranged. "Point taken, Joe. I'll be out in a minute."After Joe dropped her at her dorm he went about his normal daily business of a little phone trading, getting after hours telexes and fax from the closed overseas markets and watching the ticker. He didn't really need to do all of this everyday, but he was obsessed. To him, it was like watching sports.None of his friends, and especially the women he had in his life, had an interest in his passion, so when Selena seemed mildly interested he was excited..