.” Doug shrugged his shoulders. “Kiyoko explained that part to me. You really think they’ll give us a shot at the bee park?”Jessica ignored hi...s question. “So, how did it go?”“How did what go?”“Your linking!”“With Kiyoko? Okay I guess. I hiccupped a lot less with Kiyoko. With Whitney I could barely hold on.”“Really? Whitney was linking with me too. I didn’t have a problem. Whitney was very gentle.”“To tell the truth, I couldn’t hold on to Whitney at all. Kind of strange.”Jessica closed her eyes. It wasn’t a direct command for them to love each other. It was just a thought that they would consider sooner than they might have naturally done so. Both women had experienced a type of trauma that might make them hesitant to open up to another. For my mother, it was the loss of her husband. For Laura, her toxic and abusive past relationship. I hope they can help each other heal and learn to trust in love again.I was happy that the girls in my harem, as small as it currently is, were forming. We just cuddled together for a few minutes, he saw I just needed some company for a little while."Well, you have certainly been my favorite person to guard Amber, I'll give you that," John said.I turned around, so I was facing him."How many people have you guarded now?" I asked."Including you, 7," John replied."No kidding, have you guarded anyone I know?" I asked."Probably not, it's been mostly authors and a college basketball player," John replied."Cool," I said.We cuddled for a few more. Something about his sincere and direct way of talking to her made her question herself. Against her better judgement she placed the pistol down on the bed and pulled the mask from her face, allowing her blonde hair to spill out over her shoulders. ‘I’ll give you two minutes,’ Eva said. ‘Then I’m picking up the gun and shooting you.’ ‘I’ll be done in one,’ Fenwick replied. ‘Then you can spend the other minute deciding what to do next.’ He paused for a moment as he stood up to remove his robe —.