Although I would never admit it to Raz, she had been right. I had never had a girlfriend. My childhood and adolescence had been spent on a farm in a r...ral area, with no neighbors for miles around. I had joined the Navy as soon as I had come of age, and my life since had been focused on the single-minded goal of becoming a Marine, leaving little room for relationships. The alien seemed to be able to smell it on me...I banished such thoughts from my mind, sliding out of bed and starting to get. . Fire raged in my memory.But that night, I’d loved my brother even as he spoke of another woman who’d claimed his heart. I banished the past. I should insist he give this to Ava when we next saw her. But ... He gave it to me.I scowled at the lamia, her golden eyes staring at me, a naughty smile on her face as she kept humping my brother’s boot with her pussy. “Get over here and help me free the prisoners, Sven!”He jumped. I only used his name when angry. And I shouldn’t. It wasn’t him I was. My instinct was to say that I didn’t know why he would want me. However, I knew from past affirmations that wasn’t an acceptable answer. I was supposed to give SOME response. “You don’t want me to behave like I used to, and you love me enough to keep me in line through discipline Master.”This was the first time I think I’ve ever acknowledged that Jessie loved me or I loved him. I have trouble expressing love out loud.He ordered me to raise my legs up but keep my face flat against the dirty. Fortunately, speed was not of the essence on this mission.I had not heard anything from David’s direction, so I figured that he was having the same kind of luck that I was having. I moved on to my next target. I was able to follow the same routine and also eliminated this sentry with his only noise being a grunt as the bolt hit him. I recovered my bolt and headed back to the rear door of the tavern as David and I had agreed to do.I guess that I should have been embarrassed because David was.