I really regretted not having a larger crystal because it would allow us more time to take out targets before we were discovered.Even with the tug's c...mputer not completed yet, I said goodbye to the five girls and left at our best speed. They still did not know how to treat me even though they kept this hidden as deeply as possible. They were still distraught at their long held hopes being dashed. Others had felt the same way and they were just going to have to deal with it.We left the system. Memories of our past conversation rushed through my mind and images from the last book we shared flashed before me. She had, through those pseudo-innocent ways, told me of her hidden desire to be taken and now we both knew that taken she would be.Our bodies became tangled in a frantic rush to shed the layered clothing that still kept us apart. Her coat, my shirt, her skirt, my pants, they all soon lay scattered around us. I remember flashes of that moment and as each piece of her clothing fell. I want you to make the decisions. That's the way I want it." Are you sure?" Yes. I've never been sure of anything as much." How can I know if it's true?" I swear. Please don't put me through this again. I don't want the stress. I want you to do the thinking. When you do I feel so much better. I feel at peace ... relaxed. That's the way I want it. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm much happier like that." Hmmm..." Trevor's fingers strummed the mattress. "I don't know." And then in a lower voice,. He's crazy about her. She was due to come to the ranch for Christmas with her folks. She'd already been there at Thanksgiving with her folks and Beth had come to know and really like her. So either Beth will run Bessie's ranch and Dan will end up on the Hermanos spread or something, but it's a positive thing all around.Mom and dad and I went to Aunt Bessie's for Christmas dinner. We met the Hermanoses, who were good-looking, comfortable ranch people. Christmas dinner was the family, mom and dad.