I hope you don’t have a concussion.”Young-Rebecca rubbed the back of her head again. “I fell through backwards? Fell through what?”Rebecca nod...ed toward the hovering oval.“Oh, crap,” the youngster moaned. “I remember now. I didn’t fall—I was pushed through!”Rebecca took the teen’s hand and helped her stand. “You should know that you’re in The Hall of the Gate. In the High Palace of Norkaal.” She smiled apologetically. “What’s more important is when you are, sweetie.” She hesitated. “Did someone. Even though she made him wait until marriage for sex, she at least gave him head before that stage. He foolishly thought that her decision to abstain was for religious or philosophical reasons. The truth was that she wanted to have a guaranteed return on her physical investment. She feared that if she put out, as she later confessed, they might break up at some point and she wouldn't be entitled to a red cent. Once she safely had him, she would be free to act as she pleased, since she could. I agreed without meaning to, promising to spend more time with Paul and the others. Soon things were sort of back to how they’d been before, I’d spend at least one night a week hanging out with either just Paul or all of the guys, only now I also spent three nights with Harry. Harry seemed ok with this as he still got most of my time, and this arrangement continued for a long time. It was around the time when Harry and I had been dating a year that things began to change. Harry became more. Brian's brother Neal satopposite Mum and Brian's brother Victor sat next to Mum and opposite AuntCharlotte. I sat opposite Steve and next to Victor and Paul sat next tome and opposite Philippa. I thought about how it seemed like there werethree women and two men on one side of the table and just Mum and me andthree men on the other, there were actually obviously three men to onewoman at either end of the table but you just would never have realisedthat looking at us...Steve was as charming as.