The spring of her wedding to Robert had passed into fall, and now it was almost wintertime, but the Turkish sun was still strong and warm. She had spe...t a lot of time sunning and swimming in Nisli's private pool, and her body was no longer the pure innocent white it had been such a short time ago. It was faintly apparent also that she had matured more than she should have in the last few months-tiny crow's feet were becoming barely visible at the corners of her eyes. Her makeup was a little. " Check ship integrity, and all systems," I said. That should take a while, and allow me to gather my wits.Almost instantaneously the reply came, and a written synopsis came to my screen. There was a breach in the lower hold, that could not be repaired with the materials onboard. There were many small system failures, and they were being repaired now.I asked, "What happened to Carlton?" There was severe damage to his personality, and the usable portion was incorporated with the Master Unit,. I started crying when I saw the confirmation of my predicament. I was now beyond saving. Without unchaining me, about an hour latter one of the Eunuchs approached me with the completed chastity belt. The external part of it consisted of beautifully embossed and etched gold. The pattern seemed to contain a whirl of flowers and other Asiatic symbols. Inside it was a personally shaped rubber form. I new it would perfectly fit my private areas as it was based on the mould I had had earlier made for. It wasn't a wine manufactured on Game World so it had a deeper richer taste and a lot more alcohol in its content. It was very enjoyable. Regrettably that enjoyment didn't last."Some of the men are grumbling," Ben eventually informed me. "They're not happy that you didn't employ them as much as they thought you should. They're particularly not happy that you used the women to back you up and not them." I'm getting tired of that," I said in a low voice, echoing both my fatigue and my resentment..