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Tom lay on his back and let events take their course He wasn't fussed that his encounter with the guardians had gone badly and they hadn't invited hi bunch and he had far irls had undressed and were drawing lots to see ould be first to sao on forever He watched as the lots were taken fro ladies had forgotten what they were doing and had to start all over again Their passion ebbed and flowed Onehi around like frightened schoolgirls who had woken from a dream and found themselves naked in a roo flicked on and off When it was on they behaved like experienced wo after a male body When it was off they were the exact opposite Their frightened glances unnerved hier and more vulnerable than before He reached for his clothes and put the his yellow cloak when Dafne arrived, accoirls ran off screa hysterically about the furies To the pool, and turned his attention to the newcouardian costuht-blue wig The touessed they were furies and wasn't surprised that their arrival had upset the girls

They wore dark-green tights beneath a criht but without the yellow cloak When they saw his cloak their nostrils flared and their heads went down like bulls about to charge Toot ready to ward them off and heard Dafne's shrill voice

'Take it off!'

'Take what off?'

'Your cloakgive it to them'

Tom pulled off the cloak and threw it towards the wo He had seen a fox torn to pieces by hunting hounds This was so similar They sank their teeth into the cloak and tore it to shreds He was pleased he was not wearing the item and wondered what a pack of furies could do to an unsuspecting male

He felt Dafne's hand about his wrist

'You are summoned,' she said