”What the hell was he thinking? This had the potential to go bad, really bad. I could only hope Henare knew what he was doing.I just closed my eyes....Whatever happened, would happen and I’d just have to deal with it.All of a sudden there was a super sharp pain in my arm. Looking over, Erin had the striking mallet in her hand and Henare had the needle stick in his hand. Keise was laughing again; this was going to blow.There were some instructions on how hard to hit, and Erin started tapping away.. " So, there it is Duke Enos Fallorian." Ayleth stated, calmly, loudly and clearly so that everyone could hear. "You have three choices. First, you can drop your childish dreams of building a kingdom. No one else wants to play, so you can cease your pointless little war with Broadmore and agree to march or sail your army north with us and fight the Eorfleode instead. Two, you can die with your pointless dream. If it will make you feel better, we'll put a crown on your dead skull after Rowan. Like nothing I’ve ever felt before! Sex ed at my school didn’t really talk about that.”I smiled, “I can see how that might be a difficult topic in a Catholic school.”“It was mainly about the mechanics, then about not defiling yourself with fornication, self-pleasuring, or unnamed things on which the church frowns. But we all know what they meant.”“Pure, not ignorant?” I asked.“Yes, but no longer pure,” she sighed.“And is that a problem?”“I don’t know. That’s just it. I have very mixed emotions. I really can only speculate. There are so many different ways this change could have happened. But, you see what this means. What you have to do”I nodded my head, my stomach sinking. I felt like the world was crumbling out from beneath me. “The machine has to be turned off.” I didn't want to give up my powers. I didn't want to lose my harem. I just gained all those sexy followers, but... “Fuck.”“Fuck, indeed,” Sam said. She took my hand. “You know that I did love you before I was turned into a.