"Soldiers may die honorable, and even glorious deaths, but not usually good ones."She reached out a slender hand and wiped away his tears now, and smi...ed at him. "I marvel to see a legend weep, Verus," said Emogen. "I would never have guessed you could."Verus chuckled then said, "I have cried almost after every battle, milady. I've never been able to divorce the man from the body, and I see the potential lives in each fallen soldier, my own and the enemy's, too."She leaned forward and kissed. "So start talking," she told me, her voice stiff with emotion."Before that night in the freezer, I slept with Gina, from Professor Frankens's class," I began."That was before we were together in the freezer. It doesn't count," she told me stiffly."No, it doesn't, but it didn't stop that night," I replied. "You already know about your sister, at the party..." I told her everyone I had been with, holding nothing back, even telling her about my sister and mother. She sat in silence, through it. Yes, it looked like they had lost me. I could see a lot of stirred up sand where they had ridden around trying to find my tracks leading away from the ambush. I probably had been luckier than I really deserved, but they had not found my tracks and had eventually ridden off in a direction opposite to the one I had followed. I had expected them to be more professional about searching for my tracks, but maybe this group was relatively inexperienced in war. If that were so, I should be able to pick. We all know that when people say that, they don't mean it, but poor Heather was about to test her resolve in a most profound way."OK, One, and only one chance. Last year, we lost the biggest Customer we had. Get it back within two weeks, and I'll find you a job.Meeting 4: AnnaThere are times in ones life when one is faced with an intriguing opportunity. I had decided at the Board meeting that Anna would make an ideal PA if she could fuck and suck well enough, but there was a bigger opportunity.