.. I don't know what you're talking about?" King Adrian stuttered. "Allmembers of royalty on my planet dress in robes like this." That is not a royal ...obe," the executioner chuckled beneath his hood withcut out eye holes. "That is a woman's dress and against the law." Down on the desert planet, Sandra was starting to wish that he had dressedup in a bikini like his friend Lesley. For hours, the two trudged up anddown the dunes. They felt like they would die of thirst when they spottedsome sort. I tell the women that we are starting on the new house and that they should go gathering. They each get a digging stick from the woodpile and head out.I get my two shovels and lead Algossi to the home site, where I show him how to dig into the hill. Luckily we don't run into any big rocks and have it half dug by the time lunch is served.Lunch is a vegetable stew made with the other half of the haunch. I decide I will teach the women how to make flat bread at supper time.We return to our. “He never gets up this early on his own.”I shrugged. “We had some fun in the dungeon yesterday, and then learned some things afterwards. My parents used to be adventurers, and they’ve agreed to train us. Maybe he’s excited for that? I honestly have no idea. I was fully expecting to have to go up there and wake him up again.”“Well, whatever it is, keep it up,” she said with a chuckle. “See you later, Jonathan.”“Bye, Mrs. Reeves.I turned around and got back in the SUV.“So when are we going to. We’d become content with the arrangement. We still maintained a very active sex life though it was recreational sex and lacked the old intimacy and love we’d once known. In the community we were known as a normal married couple. I had advanced in my profession to the point of Chief Engineer in charge of construction with a very nice salary increase. . . one that earned me enough to insure that I’d live well forever. It also came with very flexible working hours and a comfortable life style..