The other two girls were out of my sight, but I knew they were making out again by the sounds they were making. I was naked and afraid but was too sc...red to run away and frighten to let my desire be known. I was looking back and forth between the girls glancing at their uncovered bodies. They looked so beautiful, lying beside me with all their glory out for me to see. What I was feeling was all new to me, and it wasn't easy for me to accept that it was okay to like girls. I wanted to caress. Then the pages with the new bounty on all of us and the forums. The discussion afterward was not one to be remembered but to be feared.The next page I handed out was the one about Ben’s swearing in.“Mr. President, what day did you have that closed meeting?” I asked.“It was two days ago and just my inner circle,” he replied.“So in twenty four hours the Iranians have it posted on a terrorist web site. Don’t you think alarm bells should be ringing? You still have a traitor in your office. Your. I am certain that being quite dead, she will not be available to keep any promises she may have made to you, Princess." Shit!" exclaimed the young woman.* * * * *Rornick waited for the Princess beside the pond under the palm that had once been his companion Traekar. As he watched in saddened silence, the two frogs, who had once been his comrades Malpa and Otnahl, as they swam about, seemingly without care, in the calm water. He had no idea of the current whereabouts of the fly Dehlar had. The entire concept of a fat man slipping down the chimney had always felt so ridiculous to me.I shivered again, pulling my arms across my chest. I heard a rustle from the other end of the house, perhaps one of my parents struggling with a a half-empty roll of tape and a poorly-cut, slightly-too-small-for-it's-purpose piece of wrapping paper.I leaned back against the frame of the window and watched the snow for a few moments before heading back to my bed. I cuddled up with my covers. I heard.