[ He definitely has a lot of questions, and unfortunately, not a lot she has answers to. ]

I don't think I can blame them for that, even if it makes my finding a contract a little harder. When I first got here… doing things by my own choice was the most important thing to me, too. It still is.

[ As it always does, the temperature in the Down swings to the extremes, and as they step out of the motel, Ann slides her hands into her pockets, pulling her coat closer around herself. ]

I'm pretty sure you can have more than one contract at a time if you're a Dom… I'm not sure how many do, though, or how many of us there are. Most of the people I know are like me— we all have… maybe a little more than a month left before LIES does something about us.