What surprised them was when Perra went over to do the same for Bren. As her lips touched his cheek the normally quiet and unflappable giant of a man ...urned bright red and seemed to be stumbling over his words as he attempted to say goodbye.Perra took pity on the man and rushed out the door while Kahrin and Kal burst into laughter. Kal was still laughing when he clapped the big man on the shoulder and walked out the front door himself.Kal and Perra returned home that morning to a much calmer. She kept hitting me with the water, up and down, and then she ordered, "drop your hands down to your side so I can get your face."I obeyed but it was really hard to have that icy water hitting me and to just keep my hands down and let it happen. Finally she turned it off and picked up a towel as she walked over to me.I was still kneeling on the lawn but I was shaking like crazy. Suzy reached down and took my hand, helping me stand up. As she was toweling me off she told me, "You are mine for. He was quite happy to have this contingent of proven killers in his unit and he rewarded them with provisions from the reserve food supplies and outfitted them with brand new axes that looked like a replica of their favorite weapon. He was more circumspect with the distribution of long rifles because he understood how dangerous that could be to all settlers in the hands of irate Indians after some encroachment on their territory, no matter how innocent or well-meaning.I had almost a full squad. "As they waited for the results of their pregnancy tests Janet kept looking at her sister until Cindy finally had to say something. "What's on your mind Janet?" I was just thinking that ever since we made the move back to our own house you've turned into a bit of a prude," Janet said with a twist of her lips."What are you talking about?" Cindy asked in surprise. "I've been fucking more in the last two weeks than I did since Steve popped my cherry." That's true," Janet admitted, "but I've.