I did a double squawk and heard, "Tally Ho, Bravo" which was the all clear signal, for us to move out. We policed our area and started out to our new ...endezvous point that had come in after the strike.We all made it back and had a five day downtime coming before our next mission, or until the brass called on me again. I settled in my bunk after a really nice hot shower and decided to see what mail I had gotten. I could connect to the Wi-Fi from the communications tent two tents over from where. There is no glimpse, no hint of what is waiting on the other side of the door. Your hand reaches out, your left hand, with the shiny engagement ring. A simple rat-a-tat-tat beats out the signal to let you in.I open the door, smiling, stepping to the side to let you enter. I watch you as I close the door behind you. You look around, admiring the room then take a few steps forward to stare out the window, admiring the view of the city from our elevated perspective. I step behind you, my fingers. Hulegu put her hands up defensively. "Maybe gift was the wrong choice of words." Unionize?" Melman's face went pale."Hoola, what were you thinking?" He sat down slowly. "Don't you understand what we do here?" He drank down the rest of his tea, his hand shaking. "We're not like the colonial Civil Service offices, we rarely have to deal with 'widowed' or 'orphaned' concubines. Our main job here is rehabilitating new concubines who can't adjust, teaching them to be happy as, well, as breeding. ‘Men.’‘HOW MANY?’ I almost screamed. ‘How many? ‘No! No don’ttell me, not yet, I couldn’t take any more yet. Tell melater when we are in bed and I have recovered someenergy. Because I’m going to fuck you out of your mind.We will stay up all night fucking.’And we did. I didn’t know that I had that much spunk inme. We screwed all night long and after you hear whatshe told me, you will understand why.MARY’S.