We have, as yet, no Princess in this harem. Highness Maryam is the only member of the household to have a title bestowed by the Emir, may he live for ...ever."Hiss — THWACK!The first blow fell on Ayat's thighs, midway between the knee and the under curve of her arse. He was using the long thin birch cane which would not only sting, but would bruise so that the pain would stay for days. The dark olive skin immediately turned almost black, a colour it would retain for some time."This disobedience. I must admit this girl was either a font of information or a great BS artist. Maybe she was just gullible enough to believe most of this BS. Before she took my supper dishes away she did set my fully charged laptop and cell phone on the roll tray table.I did my homework and found phone numbers for both the Hill and McLennan county sheriff's offices. I also got the number for DPS investigations for this region and the Texas Rangers for this region as well. Such a wonderful thing is the Internet. Cho Chang stared at me for a moment, and quickly the door closed.The door burst open, and Cho Chang pulled her carry on behind her. She placed her things in their compartment, taking a seat across from me."Idius," said Cho. Cho looked delighted to see me, her smile was able to pull my concentration. I had a weakness for the girl."Cho, my love" I said. "Have you reconsidered?" Cho laughed waving a hand dismissively at me."Haven't changed a bit I see," said Cho."It's been a year Cho," I said, "I. They gave us the speech about how we needed to be a part of their group.It was starting to get old with me or I was feeling guilty for going to theparty yet avoiding the group."Matt, one day I guess you and I need to go just to see what this is allabout," Corey said to me.We headed to the rear of the building to sample the punch. Again it wasladen with alcohol. Garrett, Hayden, Scott, Corey and I looked at eachother. "Who's sacrificing tonight?" Scott asked with a red plastic cup inhis hand..