I tried not to kill them ... But ... What if I had? Even if my order stripped me from their ranks, I still felt I was a knight. And it was my job to p...otect people, not kill them.“We will not fight.”“And if we have no choice?” Thrak asked. “If there is no way out of for us except fighting? Do we die?”I glanced at Sophia, at her beautiful face, her green eyes. I led her here. It was my duty to protect her on the Quest. I couldn’t let her die. My stomach twisted. “If we have no choice,” I. I called Gail over and explained that Lena wanted to join in and asked if she would set up a challenge. I told her what was riding on the outcome for Lena, i.e., friends to hang with for the summer while Aileen was away.Rob, who was kind of a leader and Aileen's counterpart, offered to let Lena hang with them in Aileen's place, but Lena said she wanted to try and earn her place the same as they did.The rules were set. One-on-one, Lena would go from one end of the pool to the other and back. "The whole summer?" Shannon asked."Yep," Gina said, smiling brilliantly, "the whole time. I mean, this does feel nice, doesn't it?" Yeah, it does," Shannon said. "It's still a little strange, sitting here with all of you, like this, but it is nice." She scooted a little closer to Scott, their thighs touching. I had to stifle a laugh at Scott's look of concentration. I knew exactly what he was doing; trying hard not to get hard.Shannon and Scott had more questions about what life at camp was. Try your best not to say something you shouldn't, or to look at Mark when you shouldn't, and especially not at parts of Mark you shouldn't! You have to learn to be a well-behaved, proper sister. You're doing very well so far." {Sigh}, I know. Sometimes I wish..." No you don't! You're not allowed to have those wishes, and you're ESPECIALLY not allowed to voice them. Just because I said we'd understand if you make the occasional mistake, does NOT mean you're allowed to make those mistakes. You'll.