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tale and went on to report it to the group Simon and Jim belonged to. “We need to make it explode.”
    “Yes, but that’s not something we can do without causing a lot of attention to ourselves, Swerve.”
    “Correct. I’m thinking a storm or a cyclone is what we need.” Cairns was cyclone prone. A big bang in the middle of a massive storm would be just part of the storm.
    “Yes, but it’s not what the city needs.”
    “We both know there are worse things than a cyclone, Jim.”
    His colleague nodded. “So we hang around and wait for one, then blow it up and call it cyclone damage?”
    “Maybe.”
    “Maybe?” Jim looked at the other man with interest.
    “I’m thinking.”
    Jim smiled. “I feel a gorgon moment coming on.”
    Swerve and Jim had been in that one together. It was not something either would forget. “I did enjoy seeing them shattered into a thousand pieces.”
    “The nasty hags deserved it though it took forever to get gorgon guts off my shoes.”
    Simon smiled. Yeah, it had been messy but worth it. As for Sholto? They could try and kill him and not merely contain him. That would be better. Despite mythology, killing a time lord was easy and irreversible. You just had to catch them going into or out of a portal. But Swerve knew Sholto was too smart for that. He was already somewhere in the city waiting to carry out whatever plan he had ready to enact. Swerve looked up at the sky. It was clear and star filled. Not the hint of a storm, let alone a cyclone. “Let’s call it a night. We’ll check in with the others and see what they think.” There was an extensive world of people who fought the paranormal. “I’m off to see a lady.”
    “I’m hardly surprised at that my friend.”
    “This is the one.” Simon pictured Mary’s face and knew it for a fact. Sure, they had just met and he knew she would fight it, but some things, like love, were just meant to be.
    “The one? Seriously?”
    “Yes.”
    “Forever and ever until death do us part?”
    Simon clapped a hand on the other man’s shoulder. “Oh, death won’t part us.”
    He and Mary were meant for eternity. Now, I just have to make her believe it.

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    Sholto smiled. He had caught the tail end of their conversation. So the gorgon slayer was in love. That made him vulnerable. If he got rid of Simon Mayhew then that whole network of paranormal fighters was weakened. It was not formally acknowledged as such, but Mayhew was considered the leader. To kill him would give Sholto the freedom to do whatever he wanted. “And I like that.”
    He watched Mayhew move swiftly off. He would bide his time and give his nemesis space before he followed him. It would not to do to be caught stalking his prey because that would give away what Sholto planned to do. “Kill the woman.
    Weaken the man.”
    Sholto smiled as he thought of Socia. He thought of the last time he saw her. He had left her tied to the bed, naked, bloody and bruised. It didn’t surprised Sholto that the strongest women were the ones who craved pain and domination. He wondered about Mayhew’s woman. She would have to be strong to deal with what Mayhew would bring into her life.
    “What would he do if I took his woman?” Sholto knew he would ponder that as he took Miss Black with the same vigor as last time. “I need some rope and a ball-gag.”

    * * * * *
It took Socia Black five minutes to untie herself. Being spread-eagled and bound naked to a bed was hardly a new experience for her. She had long ago learnt to bunch her hands into fists before she was tied up to make it easier to twist out from them when her hands were relaxed.
    Once unbound, she sat up, spread her legs and looked at the bite marks on her inner thighs. They hurt like hell. She knew there would be similar on her ass. Some men liked to bite. Sholto was one of them. Socia ran her fingers down the slit of her pussy. Her skin was puffy and sore and she once again wondered why she could only come when a