“What’s going on you old fucker,” I answered my phone.“I’ve finished my business here in Grand Junction and am headed back over to your plac...e. Have you got room for me for a few days? I think we need to get down to some serious drinking and tell some lies to each other.”“You bet, I’ve always got room for you. The girls are out at the house, I don’t think I’ll be back there till about sundown….I’ve got a lot to do in town today. I’ll let them know you’re coming today.”“Ok pal, see you. But there was darkness inside of her still. The Daemon believed if he worked with her will, he could help her fight off any dark feelings that would come between her and a pure life. Eventually the gods took pity on him and set him a task that he could perform to win the right to be human and claim Aoide. But the task was very difficult. He had to infiltrate a daemon lair and give secret information about evil daemons to the gods. For three years, the daemon did as they asked, supplying them. You said you counted them. How many were there?’ It was the first hint that the interrogator had a sense of humour. ‘I lost count.’ The young man is sarcastic. The interrogator’s lighter tone as emboldened him. ‘So who started the game?’ ‘I’ve told you, I don’t remember who started it.’ His voice is plaintive. There’s a discrete knock at the door. The interrogator leaves the room. He is gone only a minute but in that minute Paul’s anxiety increases exponentially. They’ve got him for the drugs,. The four had been drinking in the lounge and I'd just finished the washing-up. 'Get your arse in here woman, ' he yelled. I only went just inside the door but he pulled me to the middle of the room and shouted for me to strip off. 'I want my mates to see what sort of a woman you are.' 'No!' I yelled but he held me and between them they stripped me naked. 'I won't stand for this sort of disobedience in front of my friends, ' he yelled and once more I found myself bound over the back of the.