"Master," she sobbed, "I do not want to lose my mother." Then you shall not," said David, "How old is your sister?" It is my brother," said the girl, ...He is five years old." And how old are you?" I am fourteen, Master." Old enough to be married yourself then," said David, provoking another flood of tears.It was obvious from the underdeveloped breasts and thin arms and legs that the girl was far from physically mature enough for marriage as yet."Oh, let her go with her mother then," said David. “Chris is still asleep, but I’ll be out in a little bit.”She disentangled herself from Chris as gently as she could, and looked around the room. The only clothes she had was the slip she had worn last night, and she certainly wasn’t wearing that to breakfast.She found a pair of Chris’s running shorts that she cinched as tightly as she could, and one of his t-shirts, and quietly let herself out of his room.Both of his parents were sitting down at the kitchen table, and they bade her to join. On that day as the sun rose i knew one thing, a conqueror had been born.- - - - - -_The world of Ayr is entering its next stage, for two centuries the Eternal Empire has ruled the world with impunity and without challenge after defeating the Halakian Empire. Now the houses of Man and Mer have fallen into disrepair and the once noble empire has become a hollow and corrupt shell of itself. The grand armies and generals that the empire commanded have become little more than thugs and enforcers for. She sat in the glass-enclosed room that they had been negotiating in and watched JR walk through the showroom towards the entrance doors. All during breakfast, their walk on the pier and here at the dealership, she had paid attention to how other people viewed him. The reaction of women to him was understandable. He was an attractive man, but more so due to his self-effacing personality. Where men were concerned, he was respected immediately. She remembered stories about wolves and wondered if.