A new girl named Mara had came to the alley that day and quietly soaked up business. Heppi thought she could scare her off, but from under her robe, ...he produced a wicked knife and twirled it like a street performer. Heppi was mesmerized by the dancing blade until she realized tiny Mara had stepped close and poised a stiletto to the side of her neck like some assassin. They left her to stand on one side of the alley where she waited as if she was expecting someone. She stood with an. . forget about it. I was a lean, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, bronze-skinned kid and even as early as age 8 or 9, I knew I happened to be good looking even though I wasn’t worried about it. I was always self-assured, fun, casual, easy-going and fairly popular.Whenever I was home for the evening, sometimes I shucked my pants or shorts after dinner too and spent a lot of my time in just my underwear. It was just me, my mom and my two older brothers, and I never felt any need to be modest around any. S we watched the embers of the fire die, Shannon and I grew quiet. Neither of us knew how to broach the subject of what we agreed would happen this weekend. The other adults had already gone to their tents for the night. This was the first time Shannon and I had were all alone since we became more than casual acquaintances. Well well alone if you didn’t count the 12 other adults and the 35 scouts we were camping with at the local scout camp for the weekend.8========D Even the other 'dead bodies' were peeking at the milieu."Your Majesty, this is... Highly unprecedented," said Lord Gevardos."Yes, I see that," said the Queen. She raised her voice, pitching it out over the grounds. "Stand up, you two. Stand up, all of you. No need to fash yourselves while we decide."The men on the practice field stood, and Queen Meralina said, "Bring the boy to me. What is his name?" Marcus Demitri, Your Majesty," Father said, as two Silver Guardsmen trotted out to comply with.