CHAPTER FIFTY TWOThere was a knock at my door late at night. I had been reviewingrevised troop estimates for both the Queen's Guard and the rebel grou...sfor the last hour. The Guard had rebuilt some of their lost strengththanks to those who returned at the Queen's "suggestion." Likewise,most of the rebel groups had lost many men, some to the point ofdisappearing altogether. All except the group funded by First MinisterDupree. In fact, the hard core rebels that Queen Alexia had put on therun seem. Not quite ready to give up my world of music and art, I experimented, finding that certain types of music could sharpen the feelings that the brothers generated in me. Soft, slow tones would also make for soft, slow lovemaking and quicker, sharper beats would make for more active, vigorous sex activities, and I loved it all. I found that a caress could feel different, depending on what part of your hands – or the rest of your body – you used, in what pattern and with what speed, the amount of. It was a short car ride but I wanted to stop for a 6 pack of beer so they gave me their address and went on.The not knowing sucks yet I was very nervous. It seemed like it took forever too get checked out and out the door of the store. I finally made it to their house. While I was in the store Bill text me and said to come right in and they were downstairs. He said in another text that Connie was tied up and he was going to start on her. I finally got to their house and walked in and walked. A voice, typically poised and taciturn, declared in the heat of the argument. “We are taking you”. Linor said.“Linor...” Zechariah was taken aback.If there was someone sitting around this table that he will sacrifice his all to support without a second thought, it was none other than the brutish and deadly woman beside him, his closest companion since ... His issue was not with her agreeing to Zax’s request; he himself was in half a mind to do so, but her not discussing it with him first.“On.