" mum announced "In fact I'm going to take back all those 'little' jobs that you've been doing and let you concentrate on your school work and having ...fun." You don't have to do it all mum." I laughed, "Let me help at least a little." Okay." she laughed, "Now, why don't you go off and meet some friends for some fun."It was with dread that I heard her words, it meant that I would have to go out, spend a couple of hours on my own and come home pretending that I had enjoyed myself. Something about. I'll go get the truck."The dog lot behind the fire station stretched between two rows of parking meters, which were used to tie the teams off front and rear. The teams took up spots in the order they arrived. Mike led the dogs into position, and stretched a tieline from the front of the gangline to the front parking meter, while Josh tied off the tieline to the sled. In the first Pound Puppies demonstration, they'd picketed the dogs here, but now, most teams just left the dogs in harness,. "Got her recently and thought of you."Matthias was Mason's major supplier of girls for his establishment. He never inquired where the slaver appropriated his merchandise but suspected many were abducted from the various pleasure craft that ferried the idle rich between the Elysian coast and Saragosan peninsula. The women would be doped with hypnotics to the point that they hardly remembered their names, becoming merely docile and compliant captives to be bent to the will of those that. "Well, at least a bit of candle light, anyway. Anything stronger than that probably would wreak havoc on my fair complexion." He quipped sardonically.Xavier pushed aside the blankets, sprang up and alighted nimbly on the floor next to the bed. There was a soft whoosh of cloth as Xavier's robe dropped to the floor revealing a diminutive, almost petite form, which seemed to glow with innate phosphorescence. It raised a delicate arm, holding its palm up and with a surprisingly commanding voice.