“When we are done you will all be given to Duke Renald.” He motions to the human men. “The beastss you will bear will aid him in his war against...the princess’s kingdom. Though the princess has the honor of bearing my lord.”With that he steps back and smoke begins to rise behind Gwendolyn, coalescing into a large dark shape. The Beast looked like some sort of scaly half gorilla, half insect.The princess couldn’t see it, but she could sense the abomination behind her. She began to whimper in. Rumor is that the king’s daughter was deflowered by you and you were punished by being discharged and exiled from the country for the next five years, yes?? ?I never touched her. She did come on to me but I told her that the prince she was set to marry was a good and honorable man unlike many of the other suitors. I fought by his side before. And hell, he was only six years older.? ?So you are thirty-two then.? ?Why are you asking me all of these questions if you already. "Look, Jess, I know I can't take his place, but I can show you that someone still loves you. That someone still cares." She rubs a tear out of her eye and looks into my eyes. I close my eyes and bring my lips to meet hers. At first she doesn't respond. But then she is kissing me in earnest. I feel wetness on my cheeks. Her tears are falling onto my face. I put my hand around her shoulder, simply lightly holding her body."Just relax, Love," I say, easing her back against the mattress, "I'll take. But there was never any fighting, nothing like that.”“Same with me,” I said.“Now, we’ve made a start on your life goals,” she said. “What else did the counsellor cover?”“I think I’ve covered pretty much all of it; the goals, keeping a daily journal, making sure I concentrate on the emotional intimacy side of a relationship, before the sex side.”She stood up, picked up an old blanket that she had brought outside with her, and spread that on the ground next to the table. She took my hands, and.