I wouldrather have experienced a burst of outrage instead of this silence. Theonly thing that I could hear was the second hand on the wall clock and m...yown breathing.Finally she said something. "I am disappointed. Disappointed that youdidn't tell me the truth. And that you have deceived Mrs. Weber." Deceived? I'd never do that..." Yes, deceived. She wanted a girl as babysitter, and you pretended to beone. That is fraud. And fraud is a crime. Above all, if a person enrichesthemselves in so doing.. "What about your manicure?" she answered. "The manicure can wait," I said as I took her hand and pulled her towards the spiral staircase that led up to the mezzanine floor and my king-size bed. I dragged the black satin duvet onto the floor and we climbed onto the bed on our knees facing each other. Until that moment Anna’s hair had been tied back in a ponytail but she pulled the band off and tossed her head letting her glossy red hair cascade around her shoulders. We kissed as we unbuttoned. .Okay."My dream-self shrugged, took one last look down, and jumped. As I fell Icould see the ground coming up closer to me, full or rocky outcroppings.Despite my impending doom, this was probably the calmest and most atpeace I had felt in my life.And then I hit the ground.I broke through the ground - my fall was so immense that it was drillingthrough the ground below me! Now it was like I was sliding through somesort of earthy tunnel except I was paving my way as I went. Finally, Isaw a source. I fell to my knees. I groaned, the ground blurring, the room spinning around me. My stomach churned with a nauseating writhe. I panted, looking up at the guard as another wave of purple light burst out of him.“Sven!” Aingeal shouted from her jail.The energy struck me, pinned me to the wall. My head swam, the back of my head throbbing. I growled through the fuzzy pain through my thoughts, bucking and straining against the energy holding me.The guard leveled his spear at me.“Gewin’s cock,” I.