" Right," Ola scoffed. "The King had no interest in men. Trust me." You knew him well?" James asked. Shanna shot him a glance, which he ignored."I did...not venture into the Royal Chambers, but I saw enough of His Grace to know his lust was for the curved sex." He shrugged, smiling. "I can tell these things." You heard the rumors, though?" I heard MANY rumors. All nonsense, naturally. The King was many things, but he was not fornicating with animals, or Elves."This time James did let his eyes. He was very nervous at the library that night and wanted someone to talk to, so he cornered Larry, who worked there also. Larry wasn’t a particular friend, but they had always gotten along and Tim was desperate to talk to someone. He knew that Larry was aware that he had been walking Susan home. ‘Hey Larry,’ he said, ‘I’m planning to ask Susan for a date tonight. You think she’d go out with me?’ Larry looked genuinely pained. ‘Hey Tim, buddy, geez, I hate to be the one to tell you this. God.. Presumably he knew something the Record-Herald staff didn't. It would be interesting to see what it was."That's something we're not real clear on," Mike replied, trying to project a little calm. "We know that Glenn pushed pretty hard to get Gingrich hired, but we don't know why." Damned if I know," Battle shook his head, settling down now that he knew he was among friends, even though it was obvious that he was still pretty angry. "He pulled every damn string he could think of, called in every. Only to discover he was anything but. She could have kicked herself when Senior Trouble-shooter Herrick had confirmed this after her initial confrontation with David. After all, and it made her blush to think about it, it was simply not possible for a Cure to actually be a slave and she had not thought to even cross reference the data she had to see what was actually happening.It was fortunate that David had taken a liking to her and was co-operative, rather than just demanding she be replaced.