The only reason I could even understand English at all was because of my father. He loved the language. He had a fairly large and eclectic collection ...f books written in English, covering children’s books, classics, thrillers and humorous books, non-fiction books covering current affairs, science, philosophy & so forth. He had always supported and encouraged me to learn English and given me free access to his library. We also used to regularly listen to All India Radio’s English news broadcasts. She had many challenges during the early Academy time, especially during basic training. While the rigid military rules protected her from the most, they could not protect her from all.No one liked her, because of the mask. While others made friends, she remained an outsider. It was better during second year as she went the science route and her class mates were geeks and nerds like her.Intelligent and scientific minded but akward and inept when it came to social interaction. The second year. “Looks like they’re getting serious about this,” Arch opined.“Yep.” I agreed, adding, “Kate, can you get an RPG through the gap?”“Yes, John.”The grenade shot through the gap, punched through a screen of some sort and exploded some way back, causing a lot of screams. Talshish led his Fae through at a fast pace to get in amongst the defenders. He was joined by Marja, the wolves and my team. The fighting was fierce; these were clearly experienced assassins, though also clearly confused and. Ignoring the stares, she began to leave, wanting to get home to her Master as soon as possible."Mrs. Graves?" said one of the church elders."Yes, Elder Taylor?" The elders of the church need to talk with you." Maybe later," Ellen said, her mind racing to a beautiful naked body waiting for her, legs spread."Now, Mrs. Graves!"There was a harsh coldness, which suggested immediacy."Very well," replied Ellen impatiently, "What do you want to talk about?"Miranda had gone downstairs to fix some tea..