Summary:<br />Evanescent, the Princess&#8217;s Witch, plays with a little magical shibari with her secret slave girl lover, Xexxia.<br />Hank is perfecting his burial box - now working on version 2.<br />Maisie&#8217;s new leather hood gets examined and modified and she meets The Tongue.<br />Yes. Aife can kick some ass. And this is the way the writing looks while she is doing so.<br />Ileana contemplates the ease of Karma&#8217;s compliance to her starkly defined power dynamic.<br /><br />Many parts here were difficult to write. Mostly, the Ileana / Karma storyline took a lot of thought, though those thoughts are probably not yet reflected in the words of this part. On the whole, this part feels like a lot of setup and not much action. I had to rewrite vast swaths upon occasion. I&#8217;ve included below a sample of the first draft of the description of Xexxia&#8217;s Shibari. Hopefully, my final version is more intriguing and less of a barfed out list of knots.<br /><br />-- original --<br />Evanescent stepped across her entry hall and opened the door. Inside a nude woman hung from a pulley attached to a sturdy overhead ceiling beam. The woman was wrapped excessively in ropes which seemed to sparkle in the flickering light of torches and held her in strict bondage. Her arms were held behind her back in a secure box tie with pairs of ropes wrapping her flesh frequently and evenly along the length of her arms. Her legs, too, were doubled and bound tightly and with frequent wraps - her knees pulled apart well enough to leave access to her core. The big toe on each foot was also wrapped and pulled toward the ceiling forcing an attractive point to the slave&#8217;s feet. All combined, her body was sculpted into a bow, reinforced by a rope woven into the slave&#8217;s long brunette braid which pulled her head back and face up. More ropes were artfully arranged about the woman&#8217;s torso, supporting her as she hung prone chest-high off the floor. Glass jewels sparkled from the ends of short chains attached to clamps biting into the slave&#8217;s nipples and clit. Two additional pairs of ropes also wrapped around the slave&#8217;s face - one pair over her eyes which merely provided the illusion of a blindfold as Evanescent could easily see the slave&#8217;s moist eyes behind the twisted braids. The second pair of ropes tightly cleaved her mouth.<br />-- end original --<br /><br />Hopefully you all are continuing to enjoy the story. I know that the story line is vastly influence by your comments and suggestions, so please keep them coming! I enjoy criticism - good and bad. It makes me think and feel a stirring of creativity!