’ I said. ‘I wouldn’t count on it.’ She was torn now. Having me around meant that she might have to put out a little, but it also made her fee...l more confident in her ability to finish. ‘Oh, don’t worry, you’ll do fine. You know what you’re doing.’ I really did want her to finish, ‘So, what’s the in-place to be in town these days?’ ‘Well, the buzz is about a new place called Nick’s Martini Time,’ she said. ‘Its supposed to have first-rate martinis as well as great food. But I can’t afford it,. My outward demeanour did not change when she entered the bar. It was 11 pm and she was alone and wore an evening gown of incredible beauty. Her short cut, blonde, almost silver hair contrasted with deep red lipstick which matched the red in her dress which covered only one shoulder. Slashed up the left side to her thigh, the dress revealed a bare leg rendered shapely by the nail like spikes of her heels. She stopped in the entrance and surveyed the room. I did not look at her directly. I had so. See all the scratches on his chest? She fought him off bravely. Poor woman just caught up in circumstances. Probably trusted this fuck all the way up here to his place.His place.It just hit me that I was in my place.I stopped and looked around quickly. For a second I had the image of cameras around me. Filming me.The wolf. My ass.It came back to me, everything. The violation…which, fuck. First thing, I’m not playing for the other side. I’ve had women try things on me before and found it. In case you decided togo back for more survivors," she said sitting down on the lounge chairopposite Reggie and I."I'd go back if there were still any winners of the lottery stillmarooned on Celestra, honey." You mean the rest are all dead, Empress?" Abigail, one of Allie'soriginal six, asked in shock."Many people regarded the 'Exodus Lottery' as an attempt to legitimizeupper-class priority," I told everyone in the room. "So, only about asixth of the planet actually participated." That's so.