Calyndi continued to lay on the steps, maintaining her façade of helplessness. But as the footsteps of the men receded from her hearing, the full imp...lications of what they planned to do fell upon her. For all of her need to escape his control, it didn't feel right to do it this way. Devin was a fellow immortal, and deserved the dignified death that such a title implied. To let him fall to these mortals, so easily manipulated, would be a strike not only to his honor, but to the honor of all of. ....She was starving, and being tied to the railing for the day would be a perfect way to get her energy back. "Hnm." Irea mused to herself, testing the strength of the rope while still pretending to be asleep. They were tight bindings, forcing her front half down to waist height with her arms spread-eagle on either side of her, but if she wished they wouldn't stop her from escaping. It wouldn't be such a bad thing to play along for a little while.So Irea 'awoke' with a bit of a yawn and moved. Realizing she wouldn’t keep her mouth closed, Angel coughed and began to discuss all of the interesting events that led up to where Laney was. Slowly studying her face his eyes took in the sight of her. His features softened and taking her hand in his he lifted it to his mouth and kissed her palm. The distant ringing of a telephone jolted them. Groaning, Angel instructed him to wait a minute while she answered the phone. In the background Angel’s laughter floated towards both Laney and. ”“Do they follow your commands?”“I suppose. I get the sense they do because they don’t really have any reason not to. I bet if I asked them to do something they didn’t want to do, I’d have to really coax them. I can ask them to come closer or to stay off the floor, but that’s about it.”“What do they say?”“Just that they are confused by what I am. One of them is complaining about not being warm enough, this big boa wants some mice or rats to eat. I suppose you were expecting something profound,.