I got to the first stop and saw no traces of his nice blue car there. It was strange; since Ana had promised to wait for me there. I asked the man at ...he gas pump; but he had not seen a blue car recently. So I decided to wait for them.I stayed for over half an hour before his elegant blue car pulled in. As soon as he stopped, my sexy wife jumped out and came over to our car. She hopped in and just ordered me to drive. As I pulled again into the highway, Anita told me the bastard had come in her. Was that what had happened to the Mongols? Had that been herrevenge on them, to make them into women and enslave them?A week or so later it was the turn of the other large group of slavegirls. Wailing, they were whipped into line, chained to each other,driven to the square and sold to another trader. Some tried to resist,but they were beaten into obedience. I wondered about the fate of thethree slaves left, including the golden skinned Mongol woman. These hadseemed the most fractious and. It was frankly a little unnerving.Kari had finally gotten herself under control. I said, "We'll talk about this later, young lady!" Then I turned to Laura and said, "We're here to talk about you, not me."I looked at Laura for a moment, not quite sure how to start. "Kari's talked to me about you," I began. "I understand that you have a bit of a problem saying no, is that correct?"She nodded."What would have happened if you had gone out with Mark tonight?" I asked.She shrugged."What do you think. .. I’m afraid I lost myself.”“You owe me no apologies, Radu,” Vondi groused. “If anything, I’m angrier at myself than you could possibly be. I vetted those men and women. I checked and re-checked. I went through the list of our top Imperial Guard. I went through the list of our top Red Guard. How could I have possibly been so wrong?”“A question for another day,” Radu said grimly. “Though I will be changing the evaluation of our guard. All of our guard, Red, Imperial, Army ... the lot of.