The angle let the beast’s claws slip right over it, and once she was under the colossal creature, she pushed up hard as she could. Fate’s Children...were strong, but the lion weighed a ton. She had to drive her whole body upward, shield against her shoulder, feet hard against the ground, every muscle in her legs trembling with the burst of strength.The creature flipped over her. Favor repaid in kind, the creature slammed back against a tree and crumbled onto the dirt and grass. One of its legs. Not only for sex, but to wake up each morning with her next to me, to see her smile, to hear her laugh. To cook her a dinner, to pour her a glass of wine. Just to be in the presence of her would make me the happiest man on earth. But I couldn’t. I would never take her away from Juan.Over the next few weeks things got worse with the virus. More people became ill and there was no relief in sight. I spoke to my boss a few times and during the last call I was told that the company had filed for. I said, "Bonden, are you ready to talk now or do you need more persuasion?"He looked at me with hatred in his eyes. "You're a bastard! You cut me and burned me!"I limited my response, "Bonden, what was the reason for your attack?"Now, Bonden was more inclined to talk, "They allow women to rule and have perverted good Sin Loos men. My orders from the Charges were to subjugate them totally. We came in and took over. The leadership, a bitch named Maxine, sassed me and, after raping her, I had her. ”She sighed deeply, “I have. I just thought you would grow out of it, so to speak. I guess I was fooling myself all along.”“We both were,” I said. “In fact, that’s probably true of me and Jennifer as well. I just didn’t know why until too late.”“We’ve tried pretty much everything I can think of,” Karin said. “I’m out of ideas. And if what you say is true, I don’t see much point in even trying.”“So this is it?” I asked, as tears formed in my eyes.“I suspect it is. But I hate saying goodbye over.