Perhaps a healing ray invented by aliens to cure some form of their analogue of cancer misfired, the beam traveled across the universe and impacted a ...human--a member of a species wholly different in physiology and even chemical composition from the aliens who invented the ray--causing unforeseeable consequences. Any of these explanations might have been the case. But what is important is what they caused.Meredith Harrison woke up one morning with the absolute, certain knowledge that she was. Excited to possibly find the domination experience she had been desiringfor years yet, apprehensive that these people she had been conversingwith would not deliver to her expectations, or that she might get hurt ormaybe that she would love it so much that she couldn't go back to hervanilla life.Linda tossed in her sleep as she remembered walking out of her house tocome here. She clearly saw the emotions on her wife's face as herhusband, dressed as Linda strode across the driveway looking for. "Mainly short stories that stay in the drawer forever--or actuallythe hard drive of my computer, but it's the same thing. I'm nowhere neargood enough to write prose for a living." But you do write." You could say that, from a technical point of view."He tastes his beer again, and I take a sip of mine as well. This eveningis shaping up to be more interesting and entertaining than usual, mydistinct sense of foreboding aside."I've read some of your stuff," he remarks. I raise my eyebrows. Somewhat reassured, but still unable to see what he'd be able to do to help, Steve decided a direct investigation would be the best solution. "I don't think this is something I should do by phone call," he told his women. "I'm going to visit the guy and see what I can find out about his situation."Anna looked a bit concerned, and Steve took a guess at what she was worried about. "If you're thinking this is a trick to separate me from all of you, think again," he said, "If they wanted me.