" There is a pecking order here at the house. Both men, Robert and Mark, are always our masters.We will both be submissive to them. I am what you woul... call, second in command. You, DeAnn, are at the bottom of the pecking order. You are the new slave and you will be submissive to us all. You will obey everybody, and you will show an eager to please attitude as well. As far as my step sons go, that will be up to Robert. That means that when Robert desires you to serve his sons, he will command. Then the Count isn't doing anything illegal to increase his capital net worth like the others, yet he's still quite wealthy, how come?" asked Marie as she looked at the King."And if Josh is in on it then either the Count is leading it or is getting something out of it we don't understand," said Seth."So what is your next step?" asked the King.He knew what he wanted to do, but he was curious what their plan was."While I was waiting to speak with you I had a few of my men find Josh. Before we. Now he had his arm around her shoulders, pulling her close. He shifted his body so that his hip nearly overlapped her butt. ‘Is this what you wanted?’ he asked softly. His face was near her hair. Sondra couldn’t speak. She could only nod and turn pink. He kissed the side of her blushing face. He could feel the heat in his own. ‘Why didn’t you say so?’ he asked quietly. But his question was rhetorical. He knew sometimes she was inexplicably shy. He caressed her hip and lipped at her ear. ‘Where. “You’ll get the hang of it, don’t worry,” Bob said.And Mike did, after being on board for three months he knew the ship pretty well and had adapted to the ship’s routines. Ark Royal was old, busy and noisy; aircraft took off and landed at all hours and there were endless pipes over the ship’s main broadcast. Being so large, she didn’t move around that much but in heavier sea states she tended to roll and Mike had a touch of mal de mer until he got his sea legs.What was frustrating was working.