She rushed at me, her naked feet smacking on the tiles. Her passion was...inspiring. Her breasts heaved. They were almost hypnotic the way they bounce... and—No!Focus. I was not weak. I would not let father's lusts poison me. I screamed, focusing on my rage—Mother's vengeance—and parried her next thrust. Then I lunged, moving my weapon in a circle to dodge around the partisan's crossguard and enter into her reach, my weapon thrusting for her belly.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Acolyte SophiaAngela. Ashley was twenty-four, so being six years older than Alex and leaving for college at the age of seventeen and now in medical school, Ashley had never spent too much time since that time with Alex or at the family house she was so busy with school. She did come home for a few Holidays, but even then she was always out with friends. As a result, Alex and his sister weren’t particularly close.Ashley, Fay and John were just yapping away about medical school, how little they’d seen her, how much. Hunkering down, I prepared for the moment the man would come intoview. Each step seemed slow and ponderous. At the same time, myheart beat within my chest at incredible speed and volume.Regardless of pace, the two sounds were on a collision course.Finally, the man stepped into view, entering from the far side of thebarn door. He looked fairly young, maybe the eldest son. He had noweapons in hand. He offered no threat. I lunged forward anyway.Given the distance, I couldn't get to the man. Kathy and Jen came back into the salon, wearing long tee shirts, and climbed into the bed. Jen jumped up, turned off the salon lights and told the adults good night.Jack and Sarah followed Ellen and Harry to the staterooms, told them good night and went into the small stateroom. Harry and Ellen went into the master, undressed and got into bed.Before turning off the lights, Ellen sat up, pulled the covers back and looked at the bed. When she started to laugh, Harry asked what was so funny."The.