Helena smiled and ignored the obvious cheat; partially because she’d been cheating too, but mostly because it wouldn’t be a proper Greek game of b...ckgammon without it.“Efharisto, Propappou,” she said before sipping and finishing her turn.“Perikala, Petalouda,” he replied. “You Greek always been good, you do fine there. Meet good Greek boy like Troy. Hey, he got cousins there, you want I call them, meet up with you and Julie?”“No, thanks. I had the perfect Greek boyfriend and I couldn’t make it. ” Roy was not sure to whom the Kermac said all this but when he mentioned his parents, Roy lost his concentration and pulled his TKU. “You! It was you who killed my parents?” His TKU did not fire, it was dead. The Kermac Leader took a step backwards. “How did you manage to slip out of my control? Are your emotions that strong? Matters not, lead the way or I have the woman killed and vaporize Ant Hill. Your weapon was unloaded of course. I never trusted my Psionics that much.” Roy was at the end. I felt that because of our friendship I owed you a full and frank explanation"After she stopped speaking, they sat in silence Lesley knew that both Mark and Sandy were trying to come to terms with what they had heard. She waited heart in mouth. She needed their friendship and support. She had become very fond of both of them over the past few days. Mark shuffled his feet, his eyes fixed steadily on the floor while he attempted to digest what he had heard. It had taken his several days to come. The marks are beginning to fade already. You show real promise. I would have liked the opportunity to train you myself, but His Highness prefers male trainers for his female slaves. His grandfather was more flexible, I myself was trained by a woman. Hans is a lucky man!’ ‘You too were a slave, Madam?’ ‘Oh, yes, many years ago,’ replied Amira, smiling, ‘but I was freed when His Highness’ grandfather died. Since then, I have had several important positions in the royal household.’ Amira sat down,.