Only a few feet away, her handsome young boarder was naked, water cascading down his body. Megan sucked in a sharp breath as her nipples stiffened and...the tingle of wetness creeping between her legs sent chills up her spine. She pulled the clothes out of her gym bag, once again wondering what was with her overactive sex drive the last three years. Though she chided her friend for always talking about it, part of the reason she did so was that she was always thinking about it, too. The. And, that still doesn't explain why you are avoiding me." Don't you see? I'm damaged; no longer a complete woman!" Tory tried to remove her fingers from between Mitch's, but he wasn't going to let her go."Is that the way you saw your mother?" No, of course not. You don't understand." I'm trying to, Tory. But I need your help." She was expecting it; it was practically standard procedure back then." But your doctor wouldn't have done what he did unless he had no other choice." I know, but...". " That would be good, David. I notice that you and your wife carry swords. Are they ceremonial or are you able to use them?"David smiled one of his slow smiles. "Bobbi took hers from a man who challenged her when all she had was a knife. She beat him and took the sword barehanded. I used hers to defeat a different man who would have taken it. I kept his." You are both warriors." He bowed to us. His son and his daughter in-law bowed to us, too. We returned their bows gravely. By then, some of. You imagine what all the places those roads lead to could be like. Dashing knights, throngs of people in a large city, and also exotic creatures like elves, dwarves, and slerkin. You sigh, "I'll never get a chance to see any of those places, if my father has his way." You are 18 years old, and as you wipe away your brunette hair and pick up another bucket of water to carry back to the house, you think of ways to convince your father to let you out of the house more often. You've snuck out at.