All three of us decided to go out to some distant place for a vacation for 2nights n three days.it was a well planned vacation by mark who invited us ...o join him n we went right ahead with the plan .the time we reached our destination we were so tired the hotel rooms were already booked so all we did was crash .BY the time we got up it was already evening so we all went for a drive had some talks about future ,abt our love affairs n abt messing around in our past .i had fallen in love once n. "Sorry," I said, automatically."Sure you are," she said. "You're a male. I should expect this from you." Look," I said, a little more loudly than I should have, most likely. "I really am sorry your feelings are hurt. I can't help looking, but I'll try not to from now on, okay? I really will." Feelings got hurt," she muttered, looking at the screen again. "Like he has any idea."I realized she was talking to the monitor, and just kept quiet as she found August."Now page down slowly, like you did. It can best be described as a small palace, by the standards of Cipri anyway.I was at once taken to a large stone building set apart from the main one. This was, I soon learnt, the slave quarters... where we were kept unless on duty in the house. My heart somersaulted again as I stood before a door marked `Chief Overseer´.The guard knocked.„Come in.“ A woman's voice.I entered alongside the guard and saw a black leather clad figure behind the desk. She had flame-red hair and high-cheekboned. The Chief Engineer of the ship was one of the handpicked talents and he too already knew what his Captain wanted of him.” I ran some pretests. I think we can risk it.”“Alright, Commander Dohan. Fire the old Celtest Engines up and give us what they got.”Stahl walked up to the command balcony and sat in his chair on the left side behind the Captain. He trusted Harris, who commanded the Devi now almost twenty years and was her nineteenth captain since Stahl had brought the ship as he returned from.