Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

have had to be a prostitute.”“You even said it was the best sex you ever had.”“So OK, I’m not mad,” Ava said, “although I’m still alittle limp. So we tried to do the right thing with the temple.”“One-timing wasn’t much of a try.”“Hey, who’s the victim here,” Ava squeaked as they madetheir way quickly down a tiny stairway that started next to theclass laundry room.“We are, you invaded us.”“Do we have to go thru that again?”They didn’t, they were on a stairway too narrow forconversation, and so steep she could only see the top ofYellelle’s head. It seemed like six or seven floors til theyfinally reached the bottom of those stairs. It was dark, eventhough this was midday. It was damp and didn’t smell tookosher.“I hope you aren’t leading us thru the sewers?” Ava askedas she tried to keep up.Yellelle was nearly running thru the dank passage, usingonly a tiny oil lamp for light. As of yet there were no soundsof pursuit. They had taken the name tag from Ava’s cubicle touse as a wrist bangle, it might pass from a distance. “Wouldyou rather stay?”“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Ava said. Even if they didhave to swim out thru the palace sewers, she wasn’t lettingYellelle get away from her unless she chose to blink out. Sofar she had seen no one in this universe with the power to do457