The day of the hiring fair dawned crisp and cold and my father had me woken well before it was reasonable to be abroad, and indeed there were barely a...single soul abroad as we left our home of Gatesby Hall passed through the village of Hibblethwaite and hamlet of Markham in our carriage and entered the market place of Gatesby.The fences were all set up, pens for humanity, for general workmen and farm hands, indoor staff, milk maids, housemaids and every sort of maid, all penned like cattle and. I jumped out of my skin,and saw there was a small speaker next to the door.i sat for a second then the the voice said hurry up and leave your clothes there.i got up and did as he said ,i was so excited as i walked up the stairs and as i got to the door i put my hand on the handle turned it slowely and entered .to my horror freds brother dave was sat on the bed naked,oh shit i am so sorry i said wrong bedroom .no it isnt he replied,come in ian and shut the door.i did as he asked and stood in. .. but about yesterday... ?"He interrupted on purpose, "Its OK mom, I know."Her head felt as if it was spinning as Doris had no idea what her son was talking about. "What... ?" Until yesterday mom, I never really noticed how beautiful you were, how... sexy you are."Her eyes had grown wide as she devoured the words, no man has ever told her she was beautiful or sexy. Inside, Doris's mind was screaming at herself, stop it she told herself, look away, run away - but she could not."What happened. I clenched my fists and started to dig – following the line of code from the weaponry to the targeting systems. I felt the presence roaring at me just as I reached the targeting arrays – and Thale slammed into me.My nerves exploded with heat and I couldn’t tell if it was pleasure or if it was pain to feel him again. His claws pressed to my aetheric shoulders and I felt him hesitating – a fractional hesitation. He could have flushed me out of the Victrix’s system. But that single catch of the.