It was a memory that would not be leaving me for a long time. I remembered how I fell asleep, emptying myself into her for a fourth time. I could fee... no physical damage yet I remembered how with my body aching and tired she still managed to make me yield into her. Livid with sweat, my muscles aflame and my blood coursing through me - I crumpled into the bed. She took me in her arms, caressed my hair and she encouraged me tenderly to drift off to sleep. Still full of slumber, I rolled onto my. A lot of the cast, along with a very few late diners, were already there when we arrived, and late-comers continued to straggle in for the next half hour until the place was so full not everybody could find tables.Everyone was famished, of course, and more food came pouring out of the restaurant's kitchen than I could have imagined possible. Nobody ordered, nobody needed to, it just kept flowing—antipasto tray after antipasto tray, huge bowls of pasta, platters of lobster and fish and chicken. Delighted, I nodded an absolute yes.Ned then asked if I wanted to move in with him temporarily, until I could find my own place. I thanked him, but said that I really didn’t wish to impose.“Bullshit, get your things, you’re coming with me right now,” Ned replied, succinctly.After arriving at his one bedroom flat I regretted my hasty decision. Ned was a bit of a slob and the place looked hectic. Dirty dishes and dirty clothes were strewn everywhere. There was also only one bed and as I didn’t. The waves clashed on the bow of his ship as they closed their distance to the beach. Cold water splashed in his face. He ignored it. He looked behind him, to the ships that followed his. From simple levy's to somewhat trained men, his army consisted of a bit over one thousand men. They were not all professional or warriors, but that did not bother him. His king, his father had commanded him to take this town, and so he would. He might be mad, but he was still his king.They reached land. And he.