“Neither did waiting a week until the crimson tide had cleared,” I countered. My sexually-charged conversation with Danielle continued ...or another twenty or minutes or so, creating a thick anticipation of what was to happen next for the both of us. By the time that I had finished my Lumberjack Slam I was becoming hard over thinking about Danielle sitting on my womb dagger. I momentarily entertained the idea of skipping the dance club altogether and heading straight back to my house. Stories slowly leaked out from the soldiers as the days passed, time and hard work putting space between them and the war. This company had been with Captain Arden for a year, and they had all been at the final battle at Dragon's Mountain. Shadows fell over every soldier's face anytime Dragon's Mountain came up. They never said much about it, but I gathered they had lost more than three quarters of their company in that one fight, and Captain Arden had done or become something they were all in. Though I am afraid it might be some time before you left it!" Jake's face held a huge smile no matter what. Gen always had a smile and sexy words of encouragement. "Thank you though I don't think that the woman would hurt Sheeka, she seems far too important to her." Jake arose still slightly feeling the effect of the transfer from earlier but thanks to his Jinn's protection he was recovering quickly. Walking to Sheeka's room Jake saw that the new woman was still keeping a constant vigil over. We were friends, then lovers, then married.She said she loved me, but I suspected she loved someone else even more. Richard was still on her mind and each time we made love, it was Richard she was remembering. I only found that out after the divorce. That part comes later in the story.We got along fine as a married couple. Felicia had a job with an accounting firm. I was a programmer for a start-up company and worked a lot at home. We were making a good living for a couple our age.In our fourth.