Charles immediately dropped to his knees next to the groaning animal. Placing a hand on it's distended stomach, he felt for the familiar contractions ...hat signaled labor. Under his hand he could feel the muscles tightening. But something seemed to be wrong. He could feel the foal inside and it was struggling. Normally during labor the foal was calm while the mother delivered it."There's something wrong! I'm not a healer." Turning towards, Kat, he jerked her towards the laboring animal. "Feel.. “It’s true. I don’t deny the pain I’ve caused, or the blood that paints my hands, innocent and not, all to bring stability back to the republic.”She’s about to call him out on sounding like every other man who excuses their actions with good intentions, but what he says next floors her.“And to satisfy my own ambitions.”It’s an admission and acknowledgment she’d never get from another man - not even her husband.“And while that will never stop, I swear to you now, I will never hurt you again.”The. It's time I had a live-in again for a few weeks, and with this one I could wallow in nostalgia. If I hint at promotion to Karl, he'll let me borrow her for a while and I can discover if the innocence Kate was talking about is real. Karl's had her for three weeks now so he can't have taught her much, except how to scream when he hits her.'Gently he turned the still half unconscious girl over and examined the weals on her back, bum and thighs critically. 'That man doesn't know when to stop, ' he. She will leave the study room on the 2nd floor, walk down to the 1st floor and out the door on the other end of the building. I position myself so I can see the guard, I know that he likes to walk around and stop at the bathroom every night at 8:00pm sharp. True to form, he gets up and walks past the Chicken Express and the Sandwich Shoppe and to the bathroom. I text Jenn one word, "Now", and wait. In just a minute, I see Jenn's bare feet hit the steps and then her bare legs follow. As Jenn.