" Syrena admitted. "Our intelligence network keeps track of many of the independent militaries in that interact along Imperial borders. Your command o... the Ghost Wood Mercenaries has been exemplarily." She leaned back. "How much do you keep track of the affairs of Gilead?" Not much since the Mercenary Enclave moved from Caliban to Kallis in Iilead." Would you be surprised to learn that most of the great houses of Gilead were under the influence of Iceholme?"Aerick snorted. "No, I'm not. It made Kathy the woman she knew she was. And it pleased me to know she was happy and complete at last. The final act was for us to make love. I knew this was going to be difficult in some ways. But in others, it would be easy. After all, we had been lovers now for over four years. We were soon to be married. We both needed and wanted to try to make love We put on some romantic music and I lighted candles in the bedroom. We dimmed the lights. I slowly danced with my lover for a few minutes to. I might not have ever said anything, but I reallyappreciated it. That's why I want to be there for you now. That's whyI'm going to be there for you."I felt deeply touched by his words, and I didn't know how to respond. Icouldn't find the words to express how I felt about what he'd just toldme. All I could do was give him a smile. "We'll talk soon," I said, aswe came to my dorm."Yah," Nathan agreed, blue eyes glittering magically. Suddenly he waswound up like a spring. I could see that. After shaving and having a warm shower, I pictured some images of my sexy wife getting pounded in such a wild manner; so I masturbated to those images.I was almost done making breakfast when I heard my wife and her lover coming down the stairs. Anita was wearing her night robe and had her arm around his waist while he was dressed in his work clothes. They came and joined me in the kitchen and I presented them some breakfast.I hurried up with my own breakfast, since I had to clean the master.