I knew that soon the air would feel cold to me. Dreadfully cold. I shook my head, no tears coming, no moisture left in my cooked flesh for them to be ...ragged from. Taking a few small items I might need, but likely would not, I headed off towards the rising moon. That burnt-orange orb was huge as it cleared the edge of the sky. If I had to choose the spot where my bones would lay forever, next to this miserable, misbegotten plane was not where I would have them. I would have them rest on the. The pages of the book were flipping madly."Oh my," said Alice, holding them in place. Then, her eyes fell on the subtitle Beth. The author had dedicated a whole page to her fantasy. She raised the book and began to read it:Dearest Helen,I'm still so thrilled by our shared experience that I can't keep myself from telling you. It was a sweet and wonderful love we had for that brief hour.You are delicious, my darling, with that satin-soft glowing skin and marvelous figure. I loved smelling and. I told Reg I was going shopping. Not a total lie. I got to the shop about 2pm. Marge had that smile again. She led me upstairs and into a room that looked just like those dudgeon rooms on the videos. “This is Dominique” Marge said “she will look after you”. I stared at the woman standing there. She was tall and dressed in a latex body suit, thigh high boots and a face mask with just her eyes and mouth visible. I turned to say something to Marge but she had already gone. “Strip” shouted. “This is Toch’tzin’teotl, she and her flock command the city guard in Yilgarn. She will be your liaison during your stay.”“Very good,” Roberts said, turning to gesture to his men. They slung rucksacks over their shoulders, carrying cases and crates out of the dropships, no doubt full of spare XMR parts and other such gear with which to train the Valbarans. Jaeger noted that they didn’t give the aliens the opportunity to swoop in and take charge as they had with the engineers. A contingent of.