You’re fitter, you’re a pretty woman. and soon you’ll be gorgeous.”“You’re just saying that...”“Not at all. I like my women to have so...e meat on their bones, so your weight isn’t a big issue for me. For your own health, yes, you need to lose some. You’re doing very well. Just keep it up.” He walked away and her eyes followed him.He went to Pete Norris. “Just going to see the Major a moment,” he said.“Okay, mate, no problem.”The major looked up as Bert entered the converted cell they used as an. I wasn't thinking, just reacting to the excitement of an unexpected make-out session. I lay back on the blanket and Dan rolled half on top of me, his leg between mine. I might have let things go even longer with the sweet smacking of our naughty bussing, when I felt his hands move on my ribcage, upwards. I knew what he was about to do, what girl doesn't?That broke the spell. I put an arm up to his chest and pressed lightly, so as not to hurt his feelings but make a sure sign that we needed. I had gotten tired of not having any, so I had rigged up some stirrups to hang from straps over my horses back. I still did not have a saddle in the sense that I was used to; I was still using the folded blanket as a saddle pad. It did take some experimentation until I could get the stirrups to work the way I wanted them too, but I finally got a workable solution to my needs.For one thing, I needed a solid platform for my feet if I were to use the atlatl from horseback, so the stirrups were. .. and that I've killed or wounded one of my own men.After a few heartbeats he heard the alarm bugles behind them, then ahead of them came a racketing series of explosions.Mortars.When Denethon and the other two reached the top of the ridge a finger-width later, it was all over. Ahead of him, were clumps of God-King's soldiers dead, slaughtered by those damn mortars! The troops who could run the fastest were perhaps a mile from the pass, obviously frantic to escape. And the mortars shifted.