But as a lawyer I well knew the dangerous waters in which I might be starting to tread, of perceived or even real workplace sexual harassment. Even b...yond that it was hard for me to envision how someone as young, intelligent, self confident and beautiful as she, would ever be interested, beyond professionally, in anyone so much older, socially unaccomplished and boring like me. Despite this, my obsession with her silently continued to grow, and I just knew that I had to find a way to overcome. At first he was just curious, wondering how she was doing, was she happy?As agreed they had their first lunch at the end of Beverly's initial semester. This went really well and James was amazed at how much she was growing, not just with her course work, but personally. She was much more open and more attractive than he had remembered. He chuckled, thinking she must be a late bloomer.At the end of her second semester, they had their next meeting, this time a dinner at a really upscale. And the damn royal party from kings landing had been delayed once more. What was keeping those royal pricks? Winterfell had been ready months ago.####################################Lysa Arryn was the most powerful lady in the vale now. As head of house Arryn in her late husband's stead and mother of his (sickly) child Robert, she was now de facto head of the vale.She was only 33 when Jon Arryn had died and now she ruled all the Vale. And she was still a beauty. Her fiery Tully red hair in two. The cadre system was a fairly effective means of separating responsibilities for a mercenary force. Pens negotiated contracts for Swords to fulfill. Shields provided secure locations from which Swords could mount offensives. Hearths made sure that everyone was at peak performance, and Carts made sure that people and things got to where they were needed.The Cadre system was intended to allow cadets to focus on a set of specialized skills. It was not intended to limit a cadet in terms of taking.