" One was becoming impatient, but waved his hand at Alexandru, "On Dr. Severns honor. Share your discoveries with all peoples, not just your western a...lies. Do you swear it?" Mark nodded his head. "Yes, I swear it." Alexandru looked carefully at Mark."Then my mission is complete." They jumped forward at the gunshot. Susan slumped on the bed. Alexandru dropped the pistol as blood ran from the wound in his head. Mark moved first to cover Susan. One called in his team and gave instructions to. On September the twenty-eighth, they took off from Daytona and flew to Bangor, Maine, to refuel and spend the night. The next evening at nine, they flew east towards Dublin, arriving at eight in the morning, local time. They breezed through customs, picked up a car at the Avis counter, and headed out. The map and directions provided by Avis were first rate. It took thirty minutes from airport to hotel. They checked into the suite Mitzi had booked and were pleased to find that the master bedroom. ”“Oh,” she said.Jake felt apprehension in Alice.“Alice, you’ve never really opened up to others,” he said. “You didn’t need to. You’re gorgeous and outgoing, sweet and intelligent. Others see that and it’s enough to attract them to you. The few who pushed you for more quickly got the message that there was a limit to how close you’d let them get. I think that you’re going to find that it’s much more of a challenge to be with us.”“Maybe you’re right. Maybe I haven’t really had to give of. I, and the other men who live in this corridor, are treated well with food and amenities. They are young like me, tall and muscular, and on occasion, the female nobility will visit us privately.Politically, it is frowned upon, and punishable for both parties. But if there are no witnesses, there is nothing to contest, so they come. Seeking our comfort in the dark, always wearing masks to conceal their identity. Even if you don’t want to take the risk, as a slave, if a woman comes to your bed.