” He began to pull her toward one of the mattresses. Amy tried to struggle, but her limbs were too weak and still stiff. “No. Wait! What are you d...ing?”The army officer ignored her protest, muscling her face-up onto the mattress and tying her spread-eagled in the same position as before with Anatoli’s help. He then retrieved a needle, some rubbing alcohol, and three barbell piercings. Each one glinted gold in the morning sunlight. “What…what are you doing!?” Amy cried. Karzec shrugged.. I just know that you are the one I want to be with and I am done talking. Just tell me or show me what to do so that we can make love. She and I had professed our feelings and so I decided to just be direct with her. Courtney, for all her youth and inexperience was still a smart girl and she knew what she wanted. I was just proud and happy that what she wanted was ME! I would not treat her as a child. She was a woman and I would treat her as one. As such, I decided to be right to the point."I. Sue had no magic potion but she was certain she was to be giving birth in nine months and she wondered if it would be a boy or a girl. She felt sorry for the poor thing if it were a girl because she would have to give it up to the council for training and would only see it at the annual blessing that she would have to attend without fail to keep her status as Queen safe from usurpers. If it was a boy she could keep it and raise it on her own.She did her best to drive the depressing thoughts. I’d never seen her so proud of me before.” Simone told me. She started to tear up when she said that there was no one else in the audience but her mom when she walked across the stage. She passed away from breast cancer right after Simone reported to her first duty station. She said, “I put my diploma and the picture of us holding it together in with my mom so I could make sure she would always be proud of me.” I’m not afraid to admit it; I was tearing up a bit also.She went on to tell me that.