"Yes she objected to being a bed companion to some members of court," cut in Beatrice her mother."Oh I see, but a lady should have a choice of her bed...partner," I answered."Oh I wish so," she replied. So here was another I suspected was like Grace. Was her son, nephew or whatever, shafting her?"Florence, why don't you take Charles for a walk in our garden? I'll get your horse stabled." Grace said all smiles. I got the distinctive feeling that Florence was being pushed on to me."Why not, I would. Nome entered first and Sir Gray cut him off with a sharp punch right tohis throat. He may not have the power he once had, but the quick strikestaggered the half-naked guard. Sir Gray knew that a man's strengthflowed from his loins, from his own experience. It was the perfect timeto attack during his weakness.Then with a feminine growl, Sir Gray brought the Queen's tiny, foot upinto the man's heavy balls as hard as he could. He then felt a feelingof satisfaction as Nome fell like a sack of. "I'm going to fuck it," Jan said matter-of-factly."I'll be damned," Dyed Annie said softly. "I never would have thought it."They didn't say anything else during the short drive to the bar, but when they got there Dyed Annie parked in back, out of sight of the parking lot. They approached the back door together and were quickly admitted, the door opening silently and closing behind them immediately.The scene was similar to the one Jan had experienced the night before, but there were more people. She seems to be very grounded. Don't let her get away with insisting on being leashed all the time. One thing I learned from Louisa is that if you want to be in charge you have to be able to say "No" and mean it. Erica and I have had more than a few sessions with her where she talks about what she's seeing in the pod and how to improve things. We then go to briefings and listen to other sponsors spending hours complaining about how their concubines won't listen or do anything. We'd offer to.