The first settlers did what pioneers always must do -- they survived by using their own muscles to exploit the land. Now ... we have a village built o... stone and timber. Our crops are ample, and we've learned to domesticate some native plants and animals. We've learned what wild game is palatable. We have factories to produce our daily consumables ... we have Stirling engines to drive tractors to plow our fields and to transport our goods..." And, to run our mills," Jonas interjected. "The. "Good morning to you lover." She said as he let her slip from his arms to go dry her hair.Michael watched as she towel dried her hair. Valerie was a lush vision, breasts swaying, hips rotating in an innocent but seductive oval as she moved the towel roughly over her hair.'I better shower or none of us will leave the room, ' he thought to himself as he walked past his other mate, now standing in the doorway of the bathroom, water still running in sensuous rivulets down her body."Hurry up, I'm. “Eli, I figured there was gonna be some trouble, so I just come on up.”“You did good, Duncan. I never planned to kill them, but they were about to rape that little Indian girl out front, then all hell busted loose when I stepped in to stop that.”“How many did you kill, Eli? Are there any left alive?”“There’s one on the front porch alive, maybe two. I reckon I killed two, maybe three in self defense.”“You girls bring them horses on up, I reckon we got a little cleaning up to do,” Duncan called. Nicholas felt shitty on levels he didn’t even know existed. ‘Do you have the funds?’ She asked. Nicholas navigated back to his checking account page on his phone and hit refresh. The money was there, just like his dad had said. They kept Grace for the rest of the night. He didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t stay but he didn’t want to leave. In the end he slept fitfully in the corner chair in the waiting room. When he decided it was late enough to get up and enquire after her he had a major.