Right now, she had to memorize the seven reasons why the Civil War was fought in the first place and give a little background on which ones were more ...mportant than others with the advantage of looking at the whole thing more than a century and a half later.The television was on and it was on a sports program that featured male swim competition for the Olympics. The screen was filled with tall young men with their business stuffed inside the tiny Speedo swim suits like items on a menu at a five. I’m surprised he isn’t having me dressed as a prisoned Princess Leaha or something like that?” Lexi laughed, “I don’t know just be glad he is taking the trouble to do this for you.” Steph brought her fingers to temple and pretended to massage them as she sighed, “Fine I guess I’ll go with the alien. I just hope it doesn’t take long to put on.” With that said Lexi quickly opened up the bag and went to work putting the outfit on Steph. All Steph had to do was stand there and occasionally move. Last thing he wanted was the Ripper getting another foothold in his mind.“Ending it? I am powerful, Jack. My sheriff is powerful. But I have used diplomacy to rule this city, not an iron fist.”“You say that like you don’t have the ability to wipe out both Invictus and Carthians.”She grinned, sly and smooth. “Perhaps.”She was too smart to not have a bunch of shit set up for all out war if she absolutely needed it. Thralls, enslaved with either the Vinculum or her Majesty, trained and ready to. Eleanor had been the one to push it at home, and it had taken her a while to get him to go along. The very first time had been the incredible Saturday encounter with his enraged and vengeful daughter. How does a father live down what she had done to him?When Bert started going naked to support Molly and to 'practice' for the Program, Win had wondered if the boy was really his son. That kind of determination was something Win had only had to exercise in sports, never in real life. Despite his.