”I thought about living it all over, knowing the tragedy would play out in all the same choreographed missteps. I didn’t know that I could take th...t.The guide seemed to sense my uncertainty.“Your kind spread out through the stars, knowing thousands of worlds. But your species seems to struggle with knowing their true desires.”***I ran without any thought to where I would go. Even in a battlecruiser, cargo room came at a premium. Still, my boots slapped against the empty corridor, retreating. Although the two couples had known each other for years and years it was, in a way, almost like meeting new people because of the dramatic change in the dynamics of Sheila and Jim's marriage.So it was the Friday night and the four of them were at the Butcher house with none of them really knowing what was going to happen or even knowing what they wanted to happen.They each had a drink or two and then Sheila said "Well I suppose it is time for some arse spanking."The other three were all. Too tired to care, too tired seeing thedead of those she didn't have the strength to heal, too tired hearingfrom those who put themselves before others, Aislin stepped forward andslapped Mistress Seara across the face."How dare you say such things, Renn has nothing but love to give tothose around her and you find it a burden. She has always been my friendeven when all of you lashed out at both of us with scorn; she always hasnever spoken an ill word to anyone least of all me." That's because. I was supposed to be exempt but they made participating mandatory. My exemption was because I’m very allergic to the birth-control anti-STD shot. I can’t take the shot at all, and my mother and grandmother both had breast cancer so my doctor won’t let me take the pill either. In my school there’s a gang of boys that have a motto that no girl is allowed to finish her Program week as a virgin and the school’s pretty lax in controlling unwanted sexual contact. The local sheriff’s son is in that.