He inhaled the clouds of steam; his chest expanded and contracted slowly, deeply, in a steady rhythm of long breaths taken hungrily through his flared... nostrils. Vision followed upon vision like footsteps taken along a winding trail of time, tracing the decades of a life lived before his own, entwined in continuity with his own life. His awareness, his spirit, expanded as a bud unfolds and grows under a new sun.The riders moved swiftly across the sand and greasewood plain. They had ridden for. Even Ftero could not demand an appointment withhim at a moment's notice, or summon him to his house. He greeted Fteroand Tyngsen courteously, but without the deference that most peopleshowed to a boss with Ftero's reputation."Come into the inner chamber," he said, "and tell me what ails you andwhat you require. Your message was not of the most detailed, Boss Ftero." It's a matter to be circumspect about," Ftero said. "I didn't want totake any chances, in case the message should be. He tells her he is only there to see her he missed seeing how pretty she looked and to dump me and ride with him boy she loved all the attention he was giving her.He said he wanted to take us out to dinner but wanted to take a shower first then he said well I want to take you out lets leave the old man here he kept his arm around her as we went inside she showed him were to put his stuff and gave him some towels. After his shower we went out to eat we had a quick dinner then headed to the house. She was soaking wet and said that she had been thinking about this all day. I said you have no idea as I attached the first handcuff. She gasped and looked a little worried but I told her a code word that if she said it I would get her out right away. The code was "monkey". Not likely to come up in the midst of sex automatically. This eased her concern and I soon had her other wrist and ankles done. These cuffs were lined with soft fabric and padding, while they would not let her escape, they.