"Pairs?" he grunted."That's what I thought," said David, "but that is going to raise an interesting point." In what way?" asked Jacob."Regular or Citi...en?" responded David with a grin.Regular was the term that was used to describe a volunteer within the Confederacy, Citizen was the term that Alex Flowers had coined to describe a former concubine who volunteered for service to the planet of Demeter when they arrived there. Like regulars they gained privileges from that service, the final one. Before I know it, a body is pushing against my front, squeezing me between himself and Ryan. My eyes open wide as I look up, his body hovering over me as I try to look at Ryan. I begin to turn my head but his hand gently brushes against my cheek and I'm paralyzed, staring into his eyes, my mouth agape. "It's okay," Ryan whispers into my year as Aztec pushes his lips to mine. Peppermint intoxicates my nostrils as his lips brush against me, sucking my lower lip into his mouth, his piercing blue. It was a map of a strange world. She didn't recognize and of the names. She tried pronouncing them."The united states of A-merry-ka... Can-Ada... Mex-Ico... Such funny sounding names." She turned and saw a moving picture set in a wooden frame. The picture was perfectly detailed and showed a girl in a room like this one. Heather walked over and the picture moved with her. She lifted her hand; the picture lifted its hand. She closed one eye; the picture closed one eye. She touched her chin; the. “I’m Kittie, I went to school with Dana,” she explained. “Thank you for your hospitality,” he said. “So where’s Nathan?” I asked. “He’s at the restaurant. I went in early and made the bread and pastries and had to come home. I had a weird feeling that I should be there,” she said with a wink. Dean didn’t quite understand but it didn’t matter. There was a period of silence as I held Dean’s hand and looked at Kittie. Then I said “That’s a particularly devilish idea!” “Isn’t it?!” she replied..