On one end of the stick was a large stone. A prettystone. It was still glowing but the glow was fading.*What is that?**A prize.*Kate didn't understa...d how he felt as he reached out to touch thestone. After a minute Kate turned away to go back to his meal.*It has been a very long time young one.*Kate looked up at the great silver and blue dragon and sent the feelingof puzzlement toward him.*A long time since another of the Eldest Race was awake and even longersince I had a descendant to. He pressed his lips to Charlotte's for what seemed likean eternity, tasting her lipstick, inhaling her sweet breath,enraptured by the feel of her soft lips on his and her satin swathedbody pressing against his tender flesh. Charlotte froze, she lay stilland silent and once Robert overcame the rapture of their first kiss herealised that she was not responding.Robert removed his lips from hers. He studied her face but it wasemotionless."I'm sorry. I shouldn't have..." Robert stammered.Charlotte. Let them decide the disagreement. And whoever loses gets a demerit. And that will end the arguing. And once a week, you count up the demerits."Lana spoke up, "Well so what? What are these demerits supposed to do?"Pete said, "Well, what do you girls think? What should the consequence be for whoever has the most?"The girls looked pensive. Laura spoke up, "Well, when I was a kid, I got spanked."The other girls looked incredulously at Laura. Pete spoke up, "Well, what do you all think?"Lana chimed. Of course everyone was sure I knew what had happened. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the boys were all the ones who went with me on recruiting trips. What confounded everyone was why Stacy, April and Piper were missing. Better yet, why was I still here.I figured they had all been taken to be tested and treated. I doubted anyone would figure that was what had happened.Then I thought about the three girls. Alan had survived hickey-gate. I doubted Stacy would be as forgiving.