"Carl told me, "We have been talking and if we are going to get the most out of the men coming in, we have to make you look like an admiral. That will...have to start with the way we treat you.Carl continued, "I have been studying the Tandra Military Code and its protocol is not much different than ours. The laws though are far superior to ours. Mom and the rest of us have been going over the laws, rules and customs. Apart from a few points I would like to scrap the way we were taught and accept. Just the simple act of listening to his voice made her grow warm and tingly. Oh, she had it bad!But last night was a huge mistake. She'd realised that, when she awoke from a brief sleep, still wrapped in Michael's arms. The alcohol had worn off and she felt lousy despite the way her body was still humming from the best sex she'd ever had.She was lying beside him, swearing silently. Michael was Lisa's man — that was an inescapable fact. Lisa might not be here any more, but Ellie still felt. Emma’s look of shock at the sudden appearance of the sex toys was worth the trip itself. In front of her were a blow-up doll, edible panties, and bottles of “Warming Gel” (Spoiler alert: ‘Warming’ means ‘Burns like fucking hellfire’.)Jess paid no attention to Emma’s expression but was, instead, all-business.“Aaron, put your arms out to hold some things,” she instructed without looking at me.“Hmmm ... one of these ... definitely these ... one of those...” she muttered to herself as she started. He recounted the events that followed afterwards. Shazza’s capture, the crash on Talemkha, the battle that followed, their meeting with the Artucian, all of it. The assembled group were a captive audience, hanging on Alex’s every word. Both Williams and Saubath were intrigued at the mention of the old Human Systems Alliance and what it had become.Alex was careful in telling the story, leaving out the more sensitive bits about the energy they used. Though they had a recording of Shazza using the.