”He pulled himself together and then said carefully, “Yes, I’ve seen your species before,” he agreed with a curt nod. “But why do you keep s...ying Progenitor like that?”“That is what the Ashanath call you, isn’t it?” she asked him, smirking at his look of surprise.Alyssa leaned forward and asked, “How did you know that? The Ashanath’s knowledge of the Progenitors seems to be one of their closest held secrets!”Irillith slowly turned and looked coldly at the blonde, her lip curling slightly in. The female leaders of the sorority would look at the bids, count the money, and decide whom to accept into their club.Inside the “staging room” next to the stripping or auction platform, the young women could hear the men shouting for the action to start. Erin, a pretty, petite redhead with shoulder length hair was the first girl out. The drunken men stepped back to let her get through them and they yelled at her as she stepped onto the “stage,” which was actually an 8 foot in diameter table,. "No, you're allowed to do that, however I need you to be sober. I havean important question for you."Shifting in my seat, wishing she would continue the hug, I raised aneyebrow. "Couldn't have waited until tomorrow huh? Ok, so what's up?" I need you to be my date for Valentine's Day, specifically for thedance after the fund-raiser."For years, the LGBT community held its annual fund-raiser in a smallhotel on the outskirts of town. Since becoming chairperson, Kayleedecided to move it into the. " I hesitated trying to remember her name.She quickly came to my aid. "Carrie."Oh yeah. That's right. I remembered, but why did it have to be so close to Karen?We talked over breakfast, and she filled me in on the previous evening. I had told her, evidently, everything about Karen that I never would have told any girl as beautiful or as unfamiliar as her. I guess I really did get hammered.Carrie and I spent the next month getting to know each other very well. I was falling in love. She was.