I would even takeyou as a squire if that is what you want, with no other strings attachedthat my other squires don't put up with. Which do not include...being mybedmates."But all I need for now is a love interest who will show the GrandCouncil that I am actively seeking a bride." Something I am not quite prepared to become, Garret," Derek respondedwith more than a little regret for the man's predicament. "But let's saythat I did accept your offer for the time, how long exactly would thiscourtship. In fact, it's kind of hot. I think of you with Joan, or now with Marcie, and it makes me feel kind of... " she shrugged, then grinned."Hmm. How do you feel when you think of me with Joan *and* Marcie?" Oh, Lord." Gina practically dragged Sam into her room. "Come in here."Gina's room was rather like a feminine version of Sam's: a desk piled with schoolbooks and a large bookcase crammed with paperbacks, with a row of gymnastics trophies on the top. Posters of great gymnasts were tacked up on the. “That’s the capital, Lupus!” Rayne said to me.“It’s nothing like Astu!” “No it’s not but it’s twice as dangerous! We have to be careful to get inside!”“We?” I asked.“Think I’m going to let you go in there alone?” She half smiled.“Thank you!” “We must keep moving!” As we grew closer to the castle the light began to fade. It was going to help our efforts of getting in though. It was nearly night as we reached the castle walls.“This way!” Rayne whispered as we scurried around the castle wall to. ‘Maybe we can interview the girl,’ Ed suggested. ‘If she comes clean on who the father is, we can put this to rest right away.’ ‘Good idea, Ed,’ Jackson answered sarcastically. ‘The problem is that the girl’s not here. Chandler says that she is so hurt by James that the mother took her out of state for the duration of the pregnancy.’ ‘Do you believe that’s really why the mother took her away?’ Ed queried. ‘It makes no difference. So, you see now that we do have a problem,’ Jackson continued..