"It will make answering anyquestions a bit easier," Terri smiled. "And it looks cute on you."Maya blushed. "Thanks... I think..."Katie caught Maya's a...m. "Come on you're not finished yet," she startedto drag Maya towards the door. "Let's make you prettier than you alreadyare."The girl in the mirror giggled.Katie's room screamed 'GIRL'. She had a large four poster bed decked outin pastel yellow, her walls had posters of all the current maleheartthrobs but a large poster of Daniel Radcliffe held. " she moaned into the floor. "Daran, why?"The fingers found their target, began their simple motions, felt the wetness and the heat. Kristin shed her tears, coating her dampened eyelids with sand, biting down on the sand with her teeth, as she found the only emotional outlet left to her."Daran... God, Daran..."Her moans shook not only with heartache, but also with passion. Of course she loved the man: he was her whole world, her whole life. And he had found another; he would return only to. And what if we had attacked and routed them? We'd have had to deal with hundreds of Zarthani wounded. There was no way we could take them prisoner; we would have had to let them go again, or slaughter them as they lay. I have no stomach for the slaughter of the helpless, Captain."One of the priests, wearing a wolf's head cape, spoke up. "Galzar does not hold with the slaughter of those who can not defend themselves. When a man yields, Oath to Galzar, it becomes the duty of the captain who has. . I've fallen in love with this wonderful teenager ... There is nothing I can do about it and if I'm completely honest, there is nothing I want to change about it either ... I just want to be with him, spend the rest of my life with him and grow old together.A single tear was billowing down her cheek, when she saw John slowly opening his eyes."Hey ... Are you okay?" he softly whispered, gently wiping the tear away with his finger."Yeah..." Alice sighed softly, "I just wished that society.