For every four research positions you have manned and staffed I will fund an additional one. You have 12 qualified researchers, I will fund positions ...or three more. If the number drops below that then you will lose a privately funded position. It will stay one position funded by me for each four that you fund. How long will it take you to find them and move them here?" That's over a HALF MILLION DOLLARS!" exclaimed the astounded man excitedly."To repeat myself, Dr. Morgan," he said smiling as. Opening the basket I reach in and grab a cake, taking a big bite as I feel the soft warm breeze blow over my long legs and up my short red dress. I lie back enjoying the attention of the wind on my body, almost drifting off to sleep when I hear footsteps.I open my eyes and see you there.'Who....who are you?' I ask nervously.'Isn't it obvious' you reply pausing. I stare at you with a baffled look on my face.'I'm the big bad wolf' you tell me eventually, and impatiently.'Are you going to eat me. " My obligation to you is now closed. I have fulfilled all the requirements laid upon me. Tell your master he is not to contact me again. If I ever hear from any of you again, you will all die."He was intrigued. If her talk meant anything, she indeed was not a normal woman. These men were tough."Our Master will be happy with The Sword. He will be even happier when we present him with you also!"The boy sat upright as he heard the man on the right say those words. He saw him gesture to the men. His family, like the Donati's, held to tradition, perhaps not quite as closely as the Donati's had, but in this modern world most of the family laws would seem archaic to an outsider.He considered the Kept, but knew that a woman didn't choose that life unless they had a dark past. Most were runaways, addicts, hookers, criminals, and some few who sought it out, but their attitudes were ones of pure submission that bordered on masochism, and that was not what he wanted in a partner. Although it.