Women were fighting, both among themselves and with the eunuchs. As David had feared, the eunuchs were coming off worst."Stop!" David thundered and th... sound of a genuine bass voice seemed to calm them; the sight of their Master glaring at them soon had all but a very few kneeling and pressing their heads into the floor as though their very lives depended on it.'And well they may, ' he thought, 'a strangling or two might work wonders.'The Chief Eunuch rushed up to David and became profuse in. Can we have peace?" Nashi said.Eager to pursue the fleeing Darius Alexander saw little point in opening hostilities with Nashi. His father had died fighting this man and now Nashi was willing to step aside. Whatever the reasons, the rewards that this act alone offered were well worth the risk."I accept your offer of peace and wish you and your men a safe journey home. Farewell good king." Alexander said remounting his horse and returning to his lines, and ordering the pursuit of Darius.Nashi. Jenna tearfully told me she loved Ella, but couldn't be married to Ella.I guess I understood. It broke my heart, but I understood.I did try to bring up the subject of alimony, since I had become quiteused to the lifestyle that Jenna provided. I should have read the fineprint. Of course that too was covered by the prenup.I left the marriage with what I had brought into it, nothing. Wait,that's not exactly true, I had all the clothes that Jenna bought for me.I also had an additional year on her. The only sound in the room is their collective breathing. And then the puddle moves and together Rina and Ashe gasp.The liquid forms green tentacle appendages, laced with orange streaks. Ashe’s attention is on the writhing mass of tentacles until the small device on Rin’s head grabs it. She doesn’t remember the young woman putting it on, but seeing the device tells her that it is a top of the line model—thought controlled. Her eyes then widen with expectation.Rin turns the device on the lowest.