You should be afraid of me.”“Yeah, maybe if this was my first time. You’re late to the party, Xhe.”She seethed, not just angry but seemingly a...roused beyond reason. Her face was flushed red with blood, and he felt the heat from her loins radiating through his layers of clothing, along with a conspicuous dampness that was soaking through his underwear. His resistance aroused her, that must be it. Borealans were so quick to submit, to accept their social position. Humans, on the other hand,. My eyes glance over the bar before they connect with his, but we both look away quickly. Nikolai. He sits at the back, furthest away and always on his own at first, before a few of the guys come in to play pool. He is always the last to leave. Tall and broad, he towers above me whenever I serve him his drink. I have always recognised him, even as a child I would walk through and recognise the faces of the people who have been drinking here for years. But I had never noticed him until I began. Then I consoled her she got to her senses and I said please go and wash your face I can’t see you like this and kissed her. She came, then I got up and asked her to come with me to talk with Vasu aunty. Then we both went to her home and rang the doorbell. She opened the door and asked why we were there.Me: Aunty konchem meetho matladali (Aunty we need to talk to you)Aunty: Mee anna tho matladina tarvatha matladudam (Will talk after I mentioned this to your brother)Anu: Akka Please Akka nenu. Sadly though, the local restaurants were poor so we were eating all our meals in the cottage.The cottage itself was over three hundred years old and had no mains power, relying on an old, petrol driven generator. Like many old houses it had thick walls and small windows. The heavy, lined curtains kept out almost all the light, and of course being in Wales , the rain clouds allowed little moonlight through anyway. When the lights were out it was very dark indeed. Our two families did,.