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Author's Note: Happy birthday to my beautiful darling, uruwashii uso! I hope you have an amazing one, my dear! She loves her some smexy redheads, and there's no denying her sadomasochistic tendencies ( X3 ) so I did my best to write something that would please her on both counts…even though, to be honest, I'm quite shocked at myself this time. O.o Well anyway, I just hope you like it darling! (Also kiriban for Megan from dA.) C:
Srs warning is srs: slight bondage, major non-con, and Reno/Axel. Like, please if you are underage or have any reservations about hardcore rape and such, please don't read this. Actually, just don't read it anyway. It's yucky. XP
Notice! (Sept. 2011) I'm leaving this story up for the sake of those who like it, but don't expect any more Rexel in the future. I'm happy if you enjoy this, but my experimental attempts to enjoy ARR (in any form) are over, and the verdict is: I'm not a fan. Sorry. ^^;
As the young heir of one of the biggest crime rings in Midgar, Reno was more than accustomed to bodyguards, servants, and underlings. They had been hovering around him for as long as he could remember. After more than two decades, the lean young redhead barely even noticed these inconsequential little people. He stepped with easy confidence through the dangerous streets, his suit worn open, lazily sloppy, his aloof gray-blue eyes wandering with disinterest over all he saw. He never worried about being in danger – the guards were always there. He was untouchable…and very, very bored.
That is, until the day of the attack.
He was exiting his car, driven by some chauffeur or other, guarded by bodies whose faces he hadn't even bothered to notice. Reno stepped onto the sidewalk in front of the cathouse, his mind occupied by nothing other than paying one of his preferred mistresses a visit, when suddenly there was noise – noise and chaos.
Gunfire shattered the even grumbling of street sounds, bouncing off buildings with its earsplitting staccato, scooping up screams of women and children and carrying them along with it, to suddenly assault the young redhead's ears. The next moment, Reno felt himself shoved down, hidden half behind the car door and crouching low, as shouts and voices tried to direct him to get back in the car. Reno, however, did not hear the directions – there was too much confusion, too much pounding, raging adrenaline and deafening sound…and something unfamiliar, a feeling. A feeling like…fear. Panic. Mindless, blank terror.
And then a dark shadow fell across Reno's crouched form, blocking the street from his view. He looked up to see the back of one of the bodyguards…or at least, he guessed as much from the black suit. In that moment, every miniscule detail seemed to have time to stand out – the tall, slender but strong body, long, flaming-red hair falling over broad shoulders, a face in profile – pale, determined, tattooed (as many gang members were), with flashing green eyes – and the sudden silence as one gunshot rang out, as time seemed to stop, and as, right before Reno's eyes, the form over him was struck suddenly, jolting backward with the blow.
The pale face contorted briefly, and the body crumpled. The man hit the pavement directly in front of Reno…and time resumed its usual speed, bringing chaos back in a rush.
After that, Reno didn't know what happened. Everything seemed to blur around him with speed and terrible jumbled motion and sound, still so much cacophonic sound, and hands that grabbed him and hauled the stunned young master into the car. Reno didn't notice – his eyes were fixed on one face, one pair of unbelievably green eyes right before him, burning with hard determination…tainted with pain, but stubbornly taking no notice of the agony, as if it were nothing more than an annoying itch.
When he was dragged into the car, he heard himself screaming a command.
"Him too! Get him too!" The door was slammed on his vision, blocking out the sight of those eyes, and bringing sudden muffled silence to the world as the car peeled away. The guard at his side quickly reassured him.
"Don't worry, sir, the others will get him to the hospital right away."
Reno was turned around in his seat, staring out the rear window. His voice was tense and quiet. "Who was he? What's his name?"
The low, even voice of the chauffeur answered. "That was Axel, sir. The boss hired him as a bodyguard for the Group a month ago."
"Is he…going to die?"
"The chauffeur paused, and the other guard answered instead. "I think not, sir. I saw what happened…I don't think the wound will be fatal."
Reno's stomach, which had been twisted into a mass of knots, suddenly seemed to relax, the knots fraying and dissolving, the panic giving way to a small, persisting seed of worry – a desire to see this man, and make sure he was alive.
A week later, Reno still was not allowed out of the main house. It was too dangerous, too risky…there seemed to be plenty of reasons to prevent Reno from visiting the hospital.
As usual, when he was caged somewhere for too long, the untamable redhead was full of excess nervous energy. And, as usual, there were women in the house who knew what this meant – particularly since Reno was prevented from visiting any outside mistresses. They came to his room as a matter of course, none expecting this time to be any different.
Much to their shock, their master threw them out without so much as a glance. Not one woman was able to spend even half a minute in the young master's company for the entire week.
They didn't know. They could have no idea how insignificant they all were to him. To Reno, their existence was empty, useless. What had they ever done for him? Relieved his desires…so what? Anyone could do that.
But no one else had ever saved his life. Not one of them had stepped in front of him and taken a bullet for him before…and none of their naked bodies surrendered completely to his control had ever burned an impression in his mind as deep as the unconquered green fire in two fearless eyes, feeling pain but sneering at it.
Those eyes invaded his dreams and every waking thought in a way that sex and women never had. What did he care about desires that were so easily satisfied? His body had no interest in such routine satisfaction anymore. What he wanted now – what he craved – was the mystery of those eyes. They haunted him; they hovered in front of him even now, as vivid as the moment he first saw them, and his body shuddered and tensed with the memory. His hands moved on their own, stroking roughly, his eyes closed to picture that face…yet even when it was over – when his body finally relaxed again as Reno tried to enjoy the feeling of release – there was no satisfaction.
It wasn't enough. The eyes and his burning desire would not go away. Nothing sated him now…he still wanted more. He wanted the one who had saved him. He wanted…Axel.
Reno had commanded that he was to be informed the moment the bodyguard who had saved him returned to the main house. Accordingly, a week and a half after the attack, word came through a servant that Axel, the bodyguard, had been released from the hospital and had arrived at the house. He had gone to his room to rest.
"Bring him here."
But rest…something about surgery in the shoulder where he'd been shot…some medical words…recuperation, physical therapy for his arm…the objections only annoyed Reno.
"I said, bring him here!"
The frightened servant fled, as Reno impatiently paced his room. Back and forth – what is taking so long? – up and down – this room is too small – waiting, pacing, green eyes in front of him every second, drawing him forward, but always out of reach.
Finally, a timid knock on the door brought Reno to a stop again. At his curt command, the door was opened.
He didn't see the servant in the background who had brought the bodyguard to him. All he saw was green – those determined green eyes. A carefully set, expressionless face. After a moment, his own eyes moved to examine the man standing before him. A large bandage was wrapped around the right shoulder, and the right arm was held in a sling. Axel's shirt was draped over that side of his body – only his left arm was wearing its sleeve – and the black suit jacket was similarly draped over his broad shoulders. Reno was almost hypnotized by the defined upper body visible under the open clothing.
While the master remained silent, Axel stepped into the room and immediately dropped to one knee as the servant closed the door behind him. His eyes were lowered, to Reno's sudden frustration, as Axel spoke.
"You summoned me, sir."
Swallowing an overwhelming flood of sensations that the low, even voice ignited in him, Reno casually slouched over to an easy chair by his bed and sat, crossing his legs languidly as he contemplated the man.
"You may rise." Axel did so, without comment. Reno inspected him openly, allowing his gaze to roam over the well-built, toned body of the guard. Axel stared ahead, not looking at Reno – a small detail, but it troubled the master to the point of frustrating him.
"So," he began, in a deceptively smooth, even tone, "I understand your name is Axel."
"Yes, sir."
A small smile curled Reno's lips. "You saved my life, Axel. I'm very…grateful."
"It is my duty to serve and protect you, sir."
The expressionless face needled Reno slightly, but he didn't let his annoyance show. "Yes…I suppose it is." He kept his voice and expression smooth and confident, but inside he was squirming with impatience. He wanted to see those eyes on fire again, the way they had been when Axel was shot…he wanted to see this man's raw, untamed power burning in these green eyes and this refined face.
"So, Axel…have you pledged your loyalty to the Group?"
"I have not. I am merely a hired guard for you."
Oh? Reno felt a prickle of dissatisfaction at this, too. So Axel wasn't bound to him…not necessarily. Not…yet.
"Yet you placed your life in danger for me…without being sworn to the Group. Why is that?" It was becoming harder and harder to maintain his composure, as the expressionless face before him made Reno more and more impatient.
Axel replied without hesitation. "It is my duty to sacrifice anything for the one I am hired to protect."
"Oh? So because it's your job…you'd do anything for me?" Gray-blue eyes narrowed slightly, examining the other redhead.
Axel paused a moment, his gaze flicking over to the seated man for a moment – unintentionally thrilling Reno when those impassive green eyes met his own.
"I would." The stoic expression was back.
"Really?" Reno questioned, tilting his head, seeking to draw those eyes back to himself. "Anything? Anything I command, you'll do?"
Sensing the challenge, Axel turned his gaze definitively onto Reno this time, and held the master's eyes as he replied.
"I will."
Reno met the determined stare, unable to conceal a spark of delighted interest that flashed in his own gray eyes. His thin lips parted slightly, the barely-visible tip of his tongue flicking out over them, wetting them.
"Excellent." Reno felt his heart speeding up, heat pulsing through his body, already tense with anticipation.
"Take off your clothes."
That got a reaction. Axel blinked, his face registering slight surprise and disbelief.
"You heard me. Take them off. All of them. That's an order. You'll obey me…won't you?"
Axel's expression had darkened, becoming wary, distrustful, his eyes now fixed on Reno, sending chills through the redhead's slender body. After a pause, Axel answered in an even voice…though his tone was lower than before. "Yes, sir."
Reno watched, his body tense with anticipation as Axel began to undress, bending somewhat awkwardly to remove his shoes and socks with only his left hand. Straightening again, Axel shrugged out of the suit jacket and laid it aside on a chair. The shirt followed almost as easily.
At this point Axel paused, fixing guarded green eyes on Reno. His voice, when he spoke, was soft and respectful…but his eyes…his eyes held a glint of cold sarcasm and defiance that made Reno's stomach flip over.
"I trust the bandage does not count as clothing…sir?" He raised his arm slightly to indicate the sling that held it, as well as wrapping around his entire right shoulder and the right side of his chest.
Reno eyed the annoying fabric…but there was nothing to be done. He didn't need Axel bleeding to death in his room…nothing quite that extreme. His lips curled in a wicked smirk.
"I suppose that can stay…the pants go, though." His narrowed eyes dared Axel to contradict.
The half-naked redhead hesitated, considering, then asked, simply, "May I ask why, sir?"
Reno leveled a predatory gaze at him, the curl at the corners of his mouth growing just a trace more defined, more sensual.
To Reno's mixed disappointment and pleasure, Axel didn't offer any more resistance. Calmly, he removed his pants and boxers, his demeanor utterly cool. Only his motions were slightly awkward, and it was due to having only one hand to undress with – Axel showed no embarrassment to his harasser.
When he finally stood, completely stripped, before Reno, the master found himself struggling with composure much more than his guard seemed to be. Axel had taken on a closed-off expression. Only his bearing – tall and rigid – carried that hint of defiance now.
Reno, on the other hand, simply could not keep his seat. He had to rise, had to stroll closer, had to slowly circle the man, examining every inch of his beautiful, lean yet powerful body.
"Marvelous…" he purred, barely managing to keep his hands off the man. Instead, he leaned in from behind, whispering right into Axel's ear, "Aren't you happy? You are going to please your master very much."
A cold voice dropped a curt reply. "Boss."
"Hmm?" Reno smiled, pleasantly distracted by the scent of Axel's hair, which he was savoring.
The man turned his head slightly to the side to be heard over his shoulder. "You are not my 'master.' I am not a servant, or sworn to this family's service. I'm hired help. You are my boss." He turned away again, as Reno withdrew, slightly taken aback.
After a long pause, Reno's voice reached Axel's ear again, soft and purposeful.
"We'll see about that."
The loudest sound in the room was the clinking of metal on metal as a pair of handcuffs irregularly jangled when the wrist they restrained jerked, tugging against the binding. Apart from that, there was only heavy breathing and the occasional strangled gasp – the prisoner of the handcuffs had thus far kept an iron control over his voice, refusing to cry out, suffering the other's touches in silence.
Axel's wrist jerked uncontrollably against the cold metal again, his teeth grinding to prevent any vocal reaction to what Reno had just done. A third sound was detectable in the room…and it had been growing more and more constant for some time, not to mention louder and more embarrassing. It was a slick, wet sound…a sucking, slurping, occasionally moist smacking noise.
It was the sound of Reno wearing Axel down.
Already, the master had enjoyed some reward for his efforts – Axel's hard green eyes could no longer appear blank and indifferent, especially not with the effort of remaining silent. They flashed with pride and anger and agony…the exact combination Reno had been lusting to see. He could have left it at that for hours, just enjoying the sight. And yet…the slight hints of arousal that the man had been unable to hide as Reno pleasured him relentlessly with his mouth and hands had created a new desire in the ravenous tormentor.
The sight of Axel in agony yet refusing to show it was magnificent, true…but now Reno wanted more. He wanted to see Axel succumb at last to the pain and pleasure…he wanted to see the lust and need take over his face, hear his voice finally loosed in moans and cries of ecstasy. He wanted…to see the man break.
Accordingly, he had pressed his seduction further than he had originally planned – past the point when that terrible, yearned-for expression had appeared. He had continued, the look in Axel's eyes intensifying, even as Reno's attack did. Now, it wouldn't…it could not be much longer before the man lost control of his voice.
Reno applied a particularly harsh suck to Axel's throbbing erection, and he felt the man's entire body tense, clenching uncontrollably. Reno smirked, and his hands moved to tug on and tighten a handy little bit of trailing, thin cord that he had been using to tie his hair back…until he put it to better use, forbidding Axel's release.
At the added squeeze, Axel's body jerked forward, his teeth grinding audibly and sweat dripping from his face and trickling down his pale chest, but his voice still frustratingly silent. Reno glared at his captive impatiently, cursing silently.
He'd had enough of waiting. As enjoyable as this was, it was time to make a little more progress. Time for the next wall of resistance to crumble, thrilling Reno to the core.
Accordingly, Reno released Axel's hard length and slid from the bed, for the time being permitting the man to reflexively draw his legs together again. A few strides brought him to a chair across the room, where he had carelessly tossed the tie and jacket that went with the suit he had to wear at all times. As he picked up the thin length of black silk, Reno spoke, Axel's eyes watching him warily from the bed.
"Axel, Axel, Axel…it's a shame really." Reno shook his head in mock sorrow. "You've brought this upon yourself, I'm afraid. This could have been over already…and now it only gets worse for you." As he returned, strolling languidly toward the prisoner who waited, tense and silent, Reno began running the silk sensually through his fingers. Reaching the bed again, he climbed effortlessly up and bridged himself over Axel's half seated, half reclining naked body.
One hand held the tie, while the other slid down a sweaty torso. "You know it pains me to see you…like this. Axel." As Reno touched him again, Axel shuddered, tensing even further. His chained wrist strained at the metal ring around it, while his right hand clenched into a fist. He could do little more than that, however – the bandages weren't just for show. He still needed a lot of rehab before his right arm would be back to normal. He couldn't fight back like this…he could only endure. And not for much longer.
Axel was tired. The bandages were soaked with his sweat, and his muscles ached from being tensed for so long. His bound wrist throbbed – the skin there was probably not holding up too well anymore, but Axel refused to turn and see how bad it was. The only thing he could do was glare at Reno silently – he didn't even trust himself to growl any angry retorts at the man. If he let his voice go, even a little…well, he couldn't do that.
Reno observed Axel a moment, verifying for himself that the man was still not surrendering. Sighing, the tone of mocking disappointment still dripping from his lips, Reno ran his fingers through damp red hair.
"Oh Axel…why don't you just give up? I told you how to end this…why won't you just spare yourself the agony?"
No response, apart from an angry flash of green eyes. Reno suppressed a shiver of delight as he raised the silk tie. He slightly regretted that he wouldn't be able to watch those eyes for a while…but this was necessary. Roughly, he wound the black silk around Axel's head, covering his eyes, and tied a tight knot in the back, twisting harshly to make the covering secure. Then, he leaned in and whispered in Axel's ear.
"Just say it…swear yourself to me…swear to obey me to the death, surrender your life to me…and it will all be over."
His only answer was the redhead pulling his ear as far away from Reno's voice as possible.
Another sigh. "Very well, Axel." Reno lowered himself again, forcing the man's legs apart, and examined the vulnerable body before him – not so much for his own benefit, although he did still enjoy looking at Axel, but more for the captive's torment. Reno paused in order to teach Axel what a blindfold did for moments of pause – how it added the agony of wondering what was coming next.
Axel was visibly straining to detect his tormentor's actions, his uncertainty already beginning to taint his expression. Reno smirked knowingly…and, without warning, grabbed Axel's erection again, pumping it hard and fast.
Blindfolds were also wonderful at intensifying sensations. Without the sense of sight, the body automatically became more sensitive, in an effort to compensate. Watching Axel shudder as he was hit with this onslaught of pleasure…oh, things were definitely going Reno's way now.
Without warning, he let go again, got up, and moved slightly away, leaving Axel to strain again to hear what was happening. However, Reno could be as silent as a cat when he wanted to be, and Axel could only wonder if the other man had left. Reno allowed that thought to torture the redhead's mind, while he stealthily opened a drawer, retrieving his favorite toys – lube and a vibrator.
Reno approached the bed again, still silent. He observed the tension of Axel's expression – and a heavy swallow that made his Adam's apple bob. Axel's head turned slightly…he seemed to almost sense that Reno was close again. The slender man grinned.
Very perceptive…and unfortunate for you that your senses are so good.
Without warning, Reno was suddenly on the bed again, and Axel felt his legs pushed up and apart. As Reno quietly extracted lube into his hands, he murmured to his prisoner.
"Beg, Axel. Beg, and maybe I won't do this…beg for me to accept your loyalty, and it can end right now…"
Axel's expression only hardened, preparing to endure more. But he wasn't quite prepared enough.
Reno was quick. One hand gripped Axel's length again, tricking the man into thinking it would be more of the same. The other barely brushed over the tight ring of muscle before smoothly and forcefully pushing past it, entering Axel before the man knew what was happening.
Axel gasped loudly as his body attempted to double over before being restrained by his wrist again. The next moment, he caught himself and bit down harshly on his own lips. Reno took in the pained expression with delight, and twisted his fingers inside Axel, thrusting a few times…exploring. His other hand moved slowly over Axel's straining arousal.
After only a few strokes, Reno's fingers brushed the spot he sought. Axel jerked forward again, uncontrollably yanking at the handcuffs, his teeth sinking into his bottom lip and drawing blood. Blood also trickled slowly down from his wrist now, mingling with sweat on his forearm. Reno withdrew slightly, but only to add another finger. Then, with a squeezing stroke to Axel's length, he drove his fingers in, nailing the same spot…hard.
"Nnngahhhh!" Axel finally lost control of his voice, his body jerking forward again in torment as he cried out – to Reno's infinite pleasure.
"Good," Reno purred, "Very good, Axel. Let me hear that again…"
The time for pauses of suspense was over. Reno began to attack Axel's aroused, weakened body relentlessly. His fingers thrust fast and repeatedly into Axel as he stroked the man's straining erection, and with each penetration, Reno dug hard into the bundle of nerves.
Axel never had a chance to regain control of his voice. The sudden speed and power with which Reno attacked him left him no chance to clamp back down. He could only weakly struggle, trying to pull away from the fingers inside him, crying out loudly each time he failed and they struck deep inside him again. His body was already pushed beyond his own limit, and each thrust sent him into spasms of torment as he struggled for release. Yet the cord around the base of his length choked off each orgasm, leaving Axel writhing in agony.
"St-stop…no more…nghh…no!… Aahhh!"
Reno didn't let up in the least. Over Axel's cries, he replied, his voice low and seductive.
"Ready to swear yourself to me now, Axel? Ready to beg?"
Axel couldn't summon the words to deny it…he could only clench his jaw and scream in frustration through gritted teeth. Reno, though similarly frustrated, couldn't help grinning wildly at the man's refusal to give in. He loved how stubborn this man was…he couldn't get enough of it.
Pulling his fingers out rapidly, Reno quickly slicked some of the lubricant over the waiting vibrator. Axel's body had gone limp the moment the intrusion was removed, and Reno allowed himself a moment to enjoy the sight of the unguarded body. The toned chest heaved as Axel panted heavily, and blood mixed with saliva trickled down the man's neck from his broken lip.
With one smooth motion, Reno thrust the vibrator deep into his unsuspecting prey. Axel's body convulsed as he was spread open, and a scream tore from his throat. His toes curled into the sheets, his fists clenched – the corded muscles of the arm chained behind him strained hard. Reno watched every detail as he secured the vibrator in place. Then, as Axel moaned, writhing under him, Reno crawled forward over the tormented body. His fingers pinched idly at Axel's nipples, and Reno flicked a tongue out over Axel's neck, testing slightly before licking along the crimson trail of blood…savoring the metallic and salty taste before closing his mouth over Axel's in a rough kiss.
He withdrew to whisper one word into Axel's ear, before biting harshly at the lobe.
Axel's voice trembled, hoarse and strained.
Reno flipped the switch, throwing the vibrator into action. Axel's body jerked forward again as he screamed, but Reno pressed him down, his own form crushed against Axel's, his hand sliding lower to grasp at Axel's throbbing length.
His voice spoke again, huskily, right in Axel's ear. "Say it. Beg." Axel only screamed again…wordlessly. Reno's other hand traced roughly over the main's arching chest…over bandages, to a certain spot on his shoulder.
There, Reno pressed…hard.
Axel screamed again.
"What's my name, Axel? Say it!" Another cruel press at the man's still-healing wound.
"Ahhhhh! No…Re-Reno!"
Reno shuddered with pleasure at the sound of Axel screaming his name.
"Reno! Reno…Reno!"
Reno's hand dropped from the bandage and grabbed the vibrator's control again. As he pumped Axel's erection hard, the tormentor flipped the switch again, increasing the intensity with a loud command.
The response was automatic. "P-please…Reno…" Axel's voice was a strangled gasp, his body spasming violently, his control obliterated. "Please…let me…let me come…"
Reno's grin was maniacal, elated. Sitting back, he rapidly pulled the vibrator out, drawing a loud, tortured groan from Axel. He hurriedly unfastened his own pants, finally freeing his aching arousal and quickly adding more lube, slathering it over his own length.
He positioned himself at Axel's soft, begging entrance, letting the man feel his heat and understand what was coming. Axel groaned, struggling to push himself closer.
"Reno…hurry…" He couldn't bear it any longer…the need for release had consumed his control and obliterated every thought.
Reno just had to see those green eyes now. He reached forward, ripping the blindfold from Axel's face, revealing a vision that made him tremble with lust.
Axel's eyes opened to see Reno where he had known the man was…his hard length pressing against Axel's entrance, the tip just beginning to press inside.
Axel's body responded of its own volition, his back arching and legs spreading apart. His voice, too, proceeded on its own, his tone begging, groaning over and over, "Reno, please let me come, hurry please hurry and let me come please Reno please hurry…"
Reno responded by thrusting forward, wordlessly stabbing deep into Axel, who lacked the energy to thrash and scream now. Instead, his body twisted, his head thrown back, as a long whimper escaped his throat.
Reno had been relentless from the beginning, and he didn't change now. He pulled out, then threw his hips forward again, fast and hard…and again and again. His fingers gripped Axel's hips tightly as he pounded into the man's abused ass. His eyes took in every detail of the exhausted, submissive body beneath him, but his gaze was especially fixed on those green eyes. Livid green had become hazy with tortured arousal, and burning tears streamed from the corners of those eyes. They closed frequently, however, in the moments when they opened again, Reno nearly lost control…every glimpse of green was only a fraction of a moment away from shattering his stamina and making him come hard, because, deep in those green eyes, the angry fire still burned. The stubborn, unconquerable spirit was still there, still beyond reach…
But the spirit was trapped in a body that had stopped obeying its command. And Reno was going to take advantage of that, too.
Sliding down to press himself over Axel again as his hips continued to thrust, Reno reached the spent man with his mouth, entering Axel's with his tongue and pouring his own taste into the other's senses. He then moved to the throat that the thrown-back head had left exposed, and there bit roughly at the flushed skin.
Reno's voice was right in Axel's ear again when he spoke, his thrusts becoming slower between penetrations, but all the harder each time he drove into Axel.
"Ngh…nngh…nghhh!" Axel's voice rose at each stab deep inside him.
"I'll let you come…"
"Repeat…after me. 'My Lord and Master, Reno…'"
"My Lord…and Master…Reno…" Axel's eyes were squeezed shut in misery as his body obeyed, dragging his voice with it.
"I swear from this day forth…"
"I swear…from this day forth…ahh!"
"My life, my body, and my soul…"
"My…life…my body and my…soul…"
"Belong to you, and are at your command…"
"Belong to you and are at…your command nnghh!"
"I will live to serve you. I will die to please you. This is my unbreakable oath."
"I will…live to serve you and die to please you. This is my…ughh…unbreakable oath. Please let me come now…Reno let me come…"
Reno pulled back, a sensual, triumphant smile gracing his lips. As he replied, his hands found Axel's erection again, and the cord binding it.
"You will kiss my foot afterward as a sign of your oath…when you can reach my foot." A sadistic chuckle fell from his throat as he tugged the cord, untying the knot while his other hand fisted around Axel, pumping him hard.
The other redhead, however, needed no such assistance. The moment the restraint was free, Axel's long-suppressed orgasm wracked his exhausted body. Reno continued to thrust and stroke as spasm after spasm emptied Axel, until the man collapsed, completely limp and drained.
He had held himself back to relish every sensation as Axel came – the other's orgasm over, Reno finally allowed his own body to release. He shot his own liquid heat deep inside Axel, groaning with pleasure as he marked the man – this body was his now.
Satisfied, wholly and completely satisfied at last, Reno lay down, reclining comfortably on his bed beside Axel, and waited for his new slave to regain consciousness.
Axel opened his eyes to find himself stretched, naked, on the bed. His expression, however, allowed no hint of his alarm to show – his eyes remained cold and collected as the memories flooded him. Testing his condition, Axel shrugged his injured shoulder – the stab of pain made him change his mind and hold still. Next, he gingerly moved his left arm. To his surprise, it obeyed his command, and he discovered the handcuffs had been removed. Raising his released wrist before his face, Axel was even more taken off guard to discover that his bloody wrist had been cleaned and carefully bandaged. In fact – a quick glance over his body confirmed it – though he'd been left naked, someone had bothered to clean him up a bit, wiping down the sweat and cleaning off the lube and body fluids.
A voice interrupted his inspection, and Axel's wary eyes shot sideways to fix on the speaker, who was dressed and comfortably settled in a chair by the bed.
"Finally awake, Axel? You were out longer than I expected."
Smirking gray-blue eyes roamed over him, making Axel feel horribly exposed. However, he refused to blush or to try to cover himself. He would not allow Reno the satisfaction of seeing him ashamed.
Reno continued, self-satisfaction heavy in his voice. "Well now, because I'm such a kind and generous Master, I'm going to let you sleep here, in my very own bed, after you eat a bit. Not that I think you can't move, of course," a grin belied his condescending statement, "but I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself, you know, since you're still convalescing. There's just one little thing to take care of before I feed you…and I won't even make you get up and kneel properly, because I'm just fucking amazingly nice like that."
The taunting redhead raised a bare foot and dropped it onto the mattress beside Axel. Axel glanced expressionlessly at the foot, then back at Reno's face. Reno wiggled his foot a bit, encouragingly.
"Kiss kiss kiss, now! You already swore, but we must have your sign of loyalty." As Axel hesitated, still not moving, Reno dropped the teasing tone and leveled a more serious stare at Axel.
"You did swear. You're mine now."
Axel still did not answer…but the words were true. He remembered. So instead, he rolled over carefully onto his side, and lifted Reno's foot with his left hand.
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There was no defeat in that look – Axel was as unconquered as ever.
Reno's body blazed with a thrill of excitement.
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I've been looking at your Amazon script to replace a free script which no longer works presuemably because of constant change at Amazon. I see that Amazon beta stores are not supported and I understand why being beta.
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For everything there is a season, and a time for every mater under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted
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On Wednesday evening, June 4, 2015 the Lord came by Universal healthcare nursing center in Oxford, NC and closed the eyes of Helen Beatrice Street.
Helen was born September 9, 1929 to the parents of Sula and Louis Fields in Roxboro, NC. Helen joined Elijah Grove Baptist Church and was a faithful member until she moved to Newark, NJ in 1949. Once she returned to North Carolina in 1973 she renewed her membership at Elijah Grove.
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001. we're told in in "Homeopathy Center Exploited Superstition, Misled Consumers" (2015-05-29):
"the Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from the Society for Science Based Healthcare against the Homeopathy Center in Christchurch. They ruled that the Homeopathy Center's advertisements misled consumers, unduly glamorized the benefits of homeopathy, portrayed unrealistic outcomes, unjustifiably played on fear, and exploited the superstitious [...]";
"the Christchurch Mail published two Homeopathy Center advertisements on the 12th of March.One, an advertorial, claimed 'homeopathy can help put things right [...] homeopathic medicine is energetic in nature and can stimulate the vital force [...] no matter what state of health you are in, you can improve it!"
wow. Me thinks the vital force is the superstitious element.
"it said the advertiser provided no evidence about the existence of 'vital force' or substantiated its effect on the body or medical condition or the ability of homeopathic medicine [to] stimulate it and as such were misleading. The Complaints Board said the advertisements exploited the superstitions in those people who may believe in the concept [...]";
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How do I attract recruiters to my LinkedIn profile without my boss thinking I'm job hunting?
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I was asked the question that I thought was really very good. People sometimes lose track of the importance of doing this so I thought I would do a video about it. The question is, "How do I attract recruiters to my LinkedIn profile without my boss taking them looking for a job?"
The question needs to be answered in 2 parts. I'm going to deal with the 2nd part first-- "without my boss becoming suspicious or thinking I'm looking for a new job. To answer this really starts off with your privacy settings. We start looking at changing your privacy settings, you want to make sure the people are not notified when you make a change to your profile.
You go to your LinkedIn homepage. There is a little picture of yourself for a little icon on the upper part of the page. You go to privacy settings and what you are looking for is dealing with an area where you are sharing profile edits. Next to it, you will see "change," and change it to, "no." This is about choosing whether you network is notified of your profile changes. Assuming your connected with your boss, this will prevent he or she from being notified of any profile changes which is usually a signal that someone is looking to change jobs.
The other part of your question was, "How do you make your profile sufficiently attractive so that recruiters want to contact you?"
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I hate when celebrities try to all of a sudden get religious.
I really like his music
Honestly. I applaud Miguel for taking a real risk at making a sincere song about what's really going on in the world today. Too many of us have settle for phony, empty, soulless, packaged and microwaved music. And that's why today's artists are so disposable.
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More Linux/Windows OS Trialing
I've been busy trying a couple more OS's since I last posted.
I've tried:
- Kubuntu 15.04 Alpha 2 – This is running the new Plasma 5 Desktop Environment that features a hardware accelerated graphics stack. I was quite impressed with the performance considering that this was still in Alpha. In my use over a couple of days I did notice that it had a terrible appetite to use up all of my RAM i.e. it had a serious memory leak(s), nevertheless I will be watching this Distro closely.
- The latest MS Windows 10 Technical Preview 10.9926. This didn't stay to long on my PC, as after loading the Dell mouse/touch-pad drivers, the system wouldn't boot, giving an boot error message like "SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION" and referencing w32kfull.sys. I had to use the flash disk I booted the system from to rescue the system. Finally it booted, but things like the Start menu would not work, deleted files of a flash disk would suddenly re-appear and installations would fail for no apparent reason. I tried Googling for help, but to no avail. I suspect that somewhere I picked up an virus/malware of some sorts. If anyone can shed light on this, it would be great.
I must confess though, Windows 10 is shaping up to be a great OS.
My life is far to short for this so I installed:
OpenSUSE KDE 13.10
In the previous post(s) I've mentioned that I'd installed openSUSE 13.2 both in the KDE and Gnome flavours. I'll be trialing the KDE version to see if I can use it as the default OS on this Dell XPS-12 ultra-book.
I prefer KDE over Gnome, so that's why I've gone the KDE route, as well as the temptation of the Plasma 5 DM, down the track in an future edition adds to the excitement. Traditionally openSUSE defaults to the KDE DM, and openSUSE is also known for its stability by using tried and true over bleeding edge.
Down-side is that I'll have to install Oracle's Virtualbox so I can run a Windows VM for the Cypress PSoC Creator software.
My son warned me that Linux doesn't have a very large game base compared to Windows. Since I don't play games other than Solitare etc, no great loss to me; also means that he will keep his mitts off it!
One thing I did was change the default font to Droid Sans and set the ant-aliasing as shown in these images. Made a huge difference to readability especially considering the fonts appear quite small due to the high DPI of the monitor.
One thing I'll have to master is OpenSUSE's package tool, as I'm used to Debians 'Aptitude' i.e. apt-get install 'some great app' command line syntax… and yes I know there is software managers, but I like the command line!
Finally my TunerStudio and MegaLogViewer (Java) applications I use to tune my ECU all are working, along with the KDE PIM Kontact app handling my schedules and e-mails etc.
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Jong Chul Jung is consul and deputy director at the Korean Cultural Service of the Korean Consulate General of New York. He holds degrees in Adult Education from the University of Georgia, and in Public Administration from Seoul National University and Sungkyunkwan University in Korea. He is the author of several articles and reports on adult participation and on the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in Korea. At the Steinhardt Institute, Dr. Jung is undertaking a comparative analysis of higher education reform efforts across countries, with an emphasis on institutional efforts to educate adult students.
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Saturday 23 January 1982
It was Saturday, under the sign of Aquarius. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Wily Mo Pena and Patrick Levis.
In that special week of January people in US were listening to Physical by Olivia Newton-John.
In UK The Land Of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz was in the top 5 hits.
Immagini di un convento, directed by Joe D'Amato, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1982
while An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Ramón y Cajal.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Munch Man or Rip-Off.
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- Pie Day
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- Roman Catholic Church: Feast of Blessed Marianne of Molokai
Famous Birthdays:
- Wily Mo Pena: Dominican baseball player.
- Patrick Levis: American actor.
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Famous Deaths:
- Hope Hampton: Actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83.
- World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing two.
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- Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
- Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
- Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Engelbert Luetke Daldrup has been named chief executive of Berlin's much delayed new airport after the supervisory board decided to replace Karsten Muehlenfeld following a row over the firing of the project's construction head.
Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller, who is chairman of the airport's supervisory board, said on Monday that Daldrup, who was deputy minister for strategies for Berlin and airport policy in Berlin's regional government, would succeed Muehlenfeld.
The new international airport has been beset by delays caused by red tape and technical problems such as with smoke ventilation systems, cabling and the doors.
In January, Muehlenfeld scrapped plans to open the airport at the end of 2017 and has yet to set a new date.
Without seeking the approval of the airport supervisory board, Muehlenfeld last week replaced the airport's technical chief, Joerg Marks, with outsider and former Deutsche Bahn manager Christoph Bretschneider.
The airport's management has said the decision was within its mandate and that it informed the supervisory board a day in advance.
The supervisory board, made up of labour representatives and politicians representing the federal state owners, met late on Wednesday to discuss the issue but broke off talks after they failed to reach a decision.
Some politicians and airline representatives had called for Muehlenfeld to remain in place to avoid further delays.
Muehlenfeld had defended the replacement of Marks, saying he took the decision in order to move the airport construction along faster and so he could deliver a reliable opening date.
The German capital is served by two former cold war airports - Tegel in the north west of Berlin and Schoenefeld to the south east.
Tegel is due to close once the new airport opens but by the time that happens it will be too small to meet passenger demand.
Tegel and Schoenefeld served 33 million passengers last year while the new hub is set for initial capacity of 27 million, though the airport company says it can be expanded to serve up to 45 million passengers.
Germany's largest airport in Frankfurt served just under 61 million passengers last year.
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It will be the third new CEO for the troubled project since the departure of long-term head Rainer Schwarz in 2013. Under his watch the airport called off a planned June 2012 opening date with just three weeks' notice.
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Organics and Raw – Some Upbeat Updates
Advocating Farmers Markets
Part of the growing trend to consumer organic foods is seen in farmers' markets. A recent article in the Greenville News stated, "Farmers' markets play a major role in the economic growth of the state," said Hugh Weathers, South Carolina's commissioner of agriculture. "When people visit farmers' markets, it's more than just a place to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. It's an opportunity to help maintain important social ties, linking urban and rural populations."
While the US Government still seems focused on promoting the industry position of biotech plants and chemical pesticides, other nations, like American consumers are focused on promoting organics. For example, in India, the government has recently launched a campaign to promote organic farming. The government is offering subsidies to farmers for taking up organic farming of vegetables and to check rampant use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on vegetable farms. They are moving to increase organic farming from 500 hectares to 6,000 hectares over the next four years in one district and 8,570 in another district. This clearly is an example that the US could follow –especially in relationship to the Farm Bill subsidies allocations coming up in 2012.
Minnesota and California Courts Rule for Organic Farmer – Some Strides
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently ruled that a large organic farm surrounded by chemical-laden conventional farms can seek damages for lost crops, as well as lost profits, caused by the illegal trespassing of pesticides and herbicides on its property. Oluf and Debra Johnson's 1,500-acre organic farm has repeatedly been contaminated by nearby conventional and GMO farms since the couple started it in the 1990s. A local pesticide cooperative known as Paynesville Farmers Union (PFU), which is near the farm, has been cited at least four times for violating pesticide laws, and inadvertently causing damage to the Johnson's farm. The first time it was realized that pesticides had drifted onto the Johnson's farm in 1998, PFU apologized, but did not agree to pay for damages. The Johnson's took their loss the first time, but after PFU continued to break the law three more years in a row, and spray chemicals on windy days, thus contaminating the organic crop, the Johnson's sued and settled out of court, a settlement which meant they sold their products at a lower price and not as organics. In 2009, when PFU continued contaminated their fields, the Johnson's sued again, this time for negligence and trespass, only to receive denial from the district court that received the case. The Johnson's appealed. The Appeals Court ruled that particulate matter, including pesticides, herbicides, and even GM particulates, that contaminates nearby fields is, in fact, considered illegal trespass, and is subject to the same laws concerning other forms of trespass.
In California, an organic farm recently won a million dollar lawsuit from a conventional farm whose pesticides spread through fog from several miles away. The entire season's crop of herbs from organic farm was lost as a result. The tide may be turning against GM producers whose materials contaminate neighboring farms with this new precedent.


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Blair forgets his own disasters
TO say that Tony Blair has lobbed something of a hand grenade into the British body politic with his memoirs is something of an understatement. The former prime minister and champion of New Labour has already been accused of starting a civil war within his troubled party.
His withering depiction of his successor Gordon Brown as a "disaster" will do little to restore the fortunes of his former colleagues already booted out of office.
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Fiddling Fingers presents the ideal way to enrich string classes with fiddle music in six simple lessons that teaches students the basic elements of fiddling. The performances of the tunes on the CD helps them to learn the songs in true fiddling style by listening and joining in, just as if they were sitting in a real fiddling session with an authentic string band. Each tune is also performed at a "Learning Speed" and then at a "Practice Speed" to encourage students to learn by listening and playing by ear. Students will learn to play the basic fiddling techniques of shuffles, "slides" and "drones", which can be applied to all fiddling tunes. They will learn how to "kick-off" a tune and then end it with a tag. They will be encouraged to develop their own fiddling style while applying the basics of good position, listening for good intonation and playing rhythmically. This book contains lyrics, historical backgrounds and suggestions for activities that will expand and deepen an understanding of the fiddling style. It also offers ways for students to monitor their fiddling progress. A glossary is included at the end of the teacher's score and each part that clearly defines all of the fiddling terms used in the book. Fiddling Fingers is the perfect way to add excitement and variety to your string classes, and to expand and enrich the musical life of string players. Included with each book is a supplemental CD of accompaniment and performance tracks


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Pressure mounts on De Villiers as fans demand Kiwi scalp
There is a coach under huge pressure in a rugby-mad nation seething at the prospect of further indignities.
Individual players have been considerably behind the eight-ball, yet on this day, they have the added distraction of seeing their captain win his 100th cap.
Will it be an occasion of joy or continuing despair for South African captain John Smit amid the swirling emotions of Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium this afternoon? Will the vast 90,000 audience have its faith in their beloved Springboks reaffirmed?
Or will the growing murmurs of dissent, aimed principally at coach Peter de Villiers after his team's defeats on their Tri Nations travels this year -- which followed a shocking northern hemisphere tour late last year -- become ever louder?
As one newspaper headline this week put it 'the wind of revolt' is blowing around South African rugby. No one is more determined to fan those flames than the All Blacks.
You would need a psychologist, not a rugby observer, to dissect the meaning of all these disparate elements. New Zealand have won all four of their Tri Nations matches this season and stand just a single point away from regaining the trophy from South Africa's grasp. Even defeat, by seven points or less, or the scoring of four tries in a loss, would be sufficient to send the trophy back to New Zealand with the All Blacks tomorrow.
But these revived New Zealanders are not thinking about a defeat. With a full wind in their sails, which they hope will blow them all the way to the World Cup in 13 months' time, Graham Henry's All Blacks have played some sublime rugby. Confidence, like their try scoring, is at lofty levels.
Yet Henry this week counselled some caution.
"We're not getting ahead of ourselves; we know the challenge in front of us," he said. "We expect them to come at us hard. I also think they will use the ball. There's not going to be any rain, so it will be great conditions to use the ball."
All of which sounded completely innocent yet, in reality, was as pleasant for the South Africans as a knife pressed to their ribs. For the Springboks are in a real quandary right now.
The new law interpretations have left them isolated, bewildered. While the All Blacks, heavily beaten by South Africa just 12 months ago when the game was principally a physical, forward-orientated, goal-kicking contest, have adapted with alacrity to the faster, more fluid and open, attacking game now favoured by the IRB, the South Africans have floundered out of their comfort zone of line-outs, static mauls and crunching collisions.
They have not yet come to terms with this new dynamic game but their demanding, expectant audience will require evidence of progression today.
Manifestly, the Springboks have the players to play that way and be a real threat. But their key men are unused to such an approach and you cannot just flick a switch and adapt.
As All Black out-half Dan Carter says: "We have been trying to perfect this style for almost a year now. It takes time."
So do the Boks kick or run, do they stick or twist? One of their problems is that they have repeatedly picked the wrong team in recent times. There is evidence that trend is continuing with some of the personnel in this side.
Eyebrows have been raised throughout South African rugby at the coach's belief that Gio Aplon is the best No 15 in the country. And the lack of a genuine open-side flanker to counter the marauding, highly influential Richie McCaw amazes most observers.
"Their roles have been clearly defined. It won't be a problem," insists de Villiers. But then, he insisted all would be well in the UK last November and in Australasia last month.
It should be said, South Africa are without some key men -- Fourie du Preez, Jaque Fourie, Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw, Frans Steyn. Even so, the pressure mounts on de Villiers.
SOUTH AFRICA -- G Aplon; JP Pietersen, J De Jongh, J De Villiers, B Habana; M Steyn, F Hougaard; G Steenkamp, J Smit (Capt.), J Du Plessis, F Van der Merwe, V Matfield, S Burger, J Smith, P Spies.
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The fight for Song Island is over. Despite suffering losses, Will and his group have claimed the island as their own and achieved the safe haven they've longed for since The Purge.
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Ruins of Doriath tutorial by PeteAmachreeWatch
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I've just recieved an email loaded with potential goodies, so thought I'd celebrate by showing you some of the method for creating my Ruins of Doriath pic. Here's part 2 [link]
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Awesome tutorial ! ..how do you create such straight lines for the light rays though..? O.o ..are you using a special brush?
In QuickMask, make some marks with a 100% brush. Hard Round will do. Then, blur it with motion blur on a high setting. Exit quick mask, and you should have something that looks like the last image. I think I mention all this in the next part of the tutorial. The link's above this post.
sweet mix of 3d and 2d techniques, thanks for sharing.
Well explained and definitely helpfull!
Straight into my favourites
Straight into my favourites
Thank you for sharing!
Oh my gosh. I freaking love you. About what you've said in this tutorial, I can do perspective a LOT better than I can handle light. I am really color-weak and absolutely suck at light effects. If you see my gallery, it's all black-white line-art. I've always been amazed by people who can make beautiful dancing lights, and grain effects, like the thousands of trees in a forest, without actually drawing each tree. I suppose I just need a lot more practice.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, it's being very helpful.
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This is really great... hope you can share more someday with us on how you do more with matte painting in photoshop. Thanks for sharing
very helpful thank you
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Thank you very much for sharing, it's really helpful tutorial!
agreed, thanks for sharing this, some really useful guides in your words.
nice one
nice one
thanks Pete, gathered a few useful bits here!
Yeah! Thanks for sharing, really
Yes! Please go on and share us the rest! I'm seriously thinking about 3D sketching. You just proved it's a powerful tool. The purists may evolve someday, if evolution was not ruling then we would still be painting our cave walls.
good work! thnx!
well done!
Thank you so much for sharing this!
I think using 3D as a guide is fine if you can do the same thing without it. In such a case, you're simply saving time instead of doing something that you are incapable of doing on your own.
It's always great to see how other artists work. I vote 'yes' in showing the rest!
It's always great to see how other artists work. I vote 'yes' in showing the rest!
Dude this is wonderful - thanks for sharing your process.
Once you opened the walls up, the image became 5x more interesting - really helped it feel like a place in world, instead of just a place. (:
OMG! realy great
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MILDURA will benefit as Australia enters a "second era of rail", the federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester says.
The federal Budget allocated $20 billion to rail projects, including $8.4 billion for an inland rail link connecting Melbourne and Brisbane with standard gauge track and a $10 billion national rail program for urban and regional passenger projects.
Asked whether the inland rail investment improved the prospects of a transcontinental rail link connecting the Mildura rail line with the Sydney to Perth route at Menindee, Mr Chester said: "I think we're going to see a lot of rail investment across Australia in the next decade."
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