Hayes said. "And I'll have no silliness, like people keeping body parts or some other nonsense. This is a serious matter, and if you can't act respons...bly, you'll spend some time in detention." She indicated a row of small bags inside an ice chest. "Come take your specimens, and I'll be circling the class to see how you're doing." I'll get them," Bryce said. He stood up, walking away from Epi and Steve. Steve looked at the girl, who was studying her feet. He heard Bryce give a cheery "Good. Even through his armor, Richard could feel the pent up flow of energy radiating from Megan while he held her.Richard eased her back from him and then set to removing his armor. Megan slowly slid out of her jeans and shirt to stand faintly glowing in the early evening dusk. Once out of his armor and arming clothes, Richard walked over and again pulled Megan into a close full body hug. Kissing the top of her head, his hands trailed down to hold her firm backside before he lifted her up and laid. I journeyed to Vaphios at the behest of the Lady Atane. My duties were simple, to groom Helen to be Queen. Her father held with the old ways; whosoever she married would be king. Others taught Helen to weave, to barter, to cook and do those thousand other domestic chores. I taught her how to be a Queen. I schooled her in the Mysteries, taught her to look past the surface, to judge fairly, to divine what other people held dear, how to hide her goals, but get others to work towards them for her.. "The other reason I called was to apologize to you. Your moral-high-ground stance angered me, but upon reflection, I decided you were partially correct. I do accept assignments from what you refer to as bad guys. Too many of them. I've decided to instruct my agent to screen my future possible principals, and I'll refuse to protect the worst of them. In other words, I'll only protect principals that wear medium gray to white hats." That's good to hear, Peter," I said."Back to the serial killer,.