At that moment I heard a movement behind me. There was nodoubting it; someone was making his way rather unsteadilytowards me. The smell of whisky engu...lfed me and to my horror Irealised it was Joe. He was now alone."Upset are you, darling?" he said with a nasty sneer. "Didn'tyou enjoy it? Or didn't he pay you enough?" Pulling up the hemof my dress he yanked the banknote from my stocking and examinedit closely in the moonlight. "A lousy fiver, eh?" he snarled,pocketing it."Please leave me alone.". “Non-Doyen who have some stake in the Empire, like Vicky,” she said, her voice bitter. “Most Doyen are themselves too focused on trying to get a toe hold over one another.” She shook her head. “I was a prime, one of the chosen who would inherit the future of my House ... and I only vaguely knew that such a threat existed. My education was more about who I could assassinate without being called out for it.” She sighed and leaned on her palms, her elbows resting on the table. “And half of those. “Room 112,” Ryan said, “It is your room for now, when you are finished getting ready, meet Kyle in the lobby.”I snatched the room key away from Kyle and went to my room.“You have got to be kidding,” I said as I opened the duffle bag.It was a complete kit, including shavers, toothbrush and paste, and change of clothes, among other things.I took a shower and got myself ready for whatever they had planned.“I look like a slut,” I said as I met Kyle in the lobby.“That’s because you are one,” Kyle. It seemed strong enough, yet it feltfragile too. Strange.He waddled in his wet, messy diapers out to the kitchen and read thenote Mel had left on his counter, his long red nails catching his eyesas much as the words on the paper.Sissy,It's Saturday. You have the day off till three o'clock. Don't belate!While you're off I expect you to make the most of your free time. Youneed at least two more packages of diapers and at least six more pairsof pantyhose. And make sure you stock up on.