” She was nearly incoherent in her panic.Koraq beamed at her. “Good choice!” she exclaimed. She retrieved her knife from the nightstand and quic...ly nicked the blade across the inside of Illeisiel’s left breast, directly above her heart, drawing a strangled yelp and a small trickle of blood. Koraq created a similar wound on herself then used a finger to gather a bit of blood from each of them and smeared it between her thumb and forefinger. She looked down and met her ward’s eyes.“With my blood. Murmuring a ‘Good Morning’ she turned in his arms and gazed on his handsome face. She kissed him tenderly on the mouth and smiled at him. ‘Let me go and brush my teeth,’ she sighed as she slipped from his grasp and reached for her robe. Padding into the bathroom, she brushed her teeth, washed her face and ran her fingers through her unruly short blond hair. She used the toilet and washed her hands before she returned to the sanctity of the bedroom. She let her robe fall from her body and. Upstairs in the private rooms reserved for the family, Mrs. Thelma Cassidy along with a group of about a dozen camp followers watched it all on her color set. She was a trifle miffed that Tim had insisted she stay upstairs during the big moment, but she knew her turn with the cameras and the photographers would come later, so it wasn't so bad. Besides... they had won... Her boy was on his way to the great things she had always predicted for him.She watched with approval as the tightly knit. At that time I was there waiting, and after ten minutes or so, when I was starting to wonder if that was where he meant, a young, wealthy looking Chinese couple approached me. "Hi, are you Jack?" The guy greeted me. He was about my height, well dressed, with fairly short, styled hair. "Yes, you must be John," I replied extending my hand, feeling slightly awkward meeting someone from such a different culture like this, despite my growing experience at internet dating. "Pleased to meet you!".