The village elders kept close hold of the number of tourists that passed through their villages, closing shielding the actually identity and number th...t went up into the mountains and forests and the lesser numbers that returned, rationalizing that the occasional fate of strangers was better than the fate that for untold centuries awaited a select few of their most comely village women&hellip, The small exploration research group came to this remote Scandinavian mountain region from the Central. I started to put her down and she just clamped her legs tighter around my waist."Chair," she said and then sought my lips with hers again. I dropped the bag and carried Elaine to the big chair in the family room where she curled up in my lap and kept kissing me. "Everything, Brian. I give you permission for everything." Shit! Elaine and I were both over seventeen. 'Everything' was ... everything. Was I ready?As soon as that permission was granted, we slowed down. We knew that whatever happened. In fact, it sounded several times as though they wanted us as an additional meat source. In the future, we are likely to encounter other people who are as intent on dominating us. However, the Iridiens would probably like us to join their alliance as they see it benefiting everyone. So, long term, it will be to our benefit to have good relations with at least some of the Alliance of World members. Besides the Iridiens and Dutsuz, there are two other species in the fleet. I wonder what they. I'VE eaten a few." YOU?" she gasped. "You wouldn't eat ME, would you?" No," replied the Wolf. "Of corse not! Like I say, I'm a good friend of your grandma's. "But it IS tempting, I warn you." I'll be on my way," said Little Red Riding Hood. "ALONE, thank you." She continued along, singing and skipping as the Wolf watched over her, an evil plan brewing in his twisted mind. She went the rest of the way until she arrived at her Grandma's cottage. She knocked at the door. No answer. She knocked.