He returned her to where the other two girls were waiting. It was utterly astounding to him that no man had asked either to dance. Continuing his plan...— and in spite of the immediate attraction he had felt when he looked at Karla — he spoke to Maria. “Would the Duchess care to dance?”Maria grinned at him in a fashion identical to Anna’s and said, “I’ll make a deal with you. My name is Maria. If I may just call you Doug, we can dance. Otherwise...”“Maria, may I have this dance?”“Doug, I would. These people, they were completely forgotten by the world and their families. And it wasn’t just them, I was walking past countless stones, engraved with hollow names and words that no longer meant anything. So many people live and die without ever leaving an impact or being remembered, They are never studied, never admired, never valued… it’s like they become worthless.From that point on, I was terrified of being forgotten. Going to that cemetery, I was basically scarred for life. I promised. I had been little impressed with what I had seen of the city thus far, but my first sight of the royal palace, even shrouded as it was in rain and gloom, was most impressive. It dwarfed anything within Arabel and for grandeur and beauty of architecture it surpassed even the Tower of Ashaba, which I had thought to be the penultimate holder of those attributes.The gates were open for us and two lines of guards, resplendent in mail and purple tabards, stood along the walls near the door we. ”“I’ll take it,” she said looking me in the eyes, trying to sound confident, but her lips trembled.“Ok, if this is what you want…” I said, and I got up. As before, I went to the hidden drawer. After I opened it, I stopped to think for a moment, deciding on what to do to her. Even though I would hurt her, I didn’t want to leave any marks, as I enjoyed admiring how perfect she looked, and I wouldn’t spoil that. Also, I wouldn’t do anything that could permanently damage her pussy in any way..