Once you have seen it, you will understand everything. Still, the choice is yours. Melody, do you wish to see your origins?”“I do,” she said.�...�I must warn you,” Selena cautioned, “the images you will see may be… extremely unpleasant. Are you sure?”Melody looked at Mike for his confirmation. He shook his head, saying, “I can’t answer this one for you. It’s your call. I’ll support you no matter what.”After pondering for a minute, Melody finally answered, “I want to know. As long as Mike can. I thought you knew that.”“I wasn’t sure.”“Don’t you remember that little bit about telling your grandchildren about my duel? You’ve got to have kids to have grandkids. It’s in the rules!”“You and that duel!” she laughed, giving me a hip bump as we walked.“Maybe I should have lost!”“You’re awful!” The next question was, “Well, when did you want them?”I shrugged. “Not right away.”“Two years? Five years? Ten years? How many?”I knew where Marilyn was going with this. She loved kids and wanted a. This is the story of something we planned and did together. But it didn’t turn out the way any of us thought it would.The 3 of us were all accomplished fighters, and we all had some hunting skills too. We became acquainted in an internet group, and decided that an ?in-person? meet in the ?real world? would be a fun thing. We all were very competitive, and LOVED competing with, and defeating other women. Mostly in fights, but really in ANY area of competition, we would ALL want to emerge the. .. It’s what we do best,” he said softly.Captain Galen Skotari sat behind his desk in his Ready Room and fidgeted in his chair. In his numerous years in the military, he’d always been impressed at how ship captains always seemed to be in the middle of something vitally important. However, since becoming a Captain himself, he was convinced they were all in on some vast conspiracy to make the job seem busier than it actually was.He’d gone through his XO’s status report an hour ago, but he decided.