We were great until we got out of bed.” She smiled at my evaluation. “Well, back then I said you were the hottest woman I’d ever seen, and you s...ill hold the record.”“Not Candy?” Some people forgive and forget. Gwen never did either.“Trying to have her, too, was a blunder. I never wanted to have her instead of you.” Actually, Candy had been a blunder all the way around, but that incident had been like the period at the end of this sentence. It marked that the marriage was over, but it wasn’t. The old manor house was quiet. A chill gust came in through theopen second story window. Rachel woke to the slight discomfort from thecold. She sighed with pleasure and pulled the silk sheets off. She satup and stretched. She felt an odd tugging on her chest, reminding her ofher newly acquired assets. She had only got them enlarged yesterday andhadn't got used to them yet. Her thin white nylon nightgown felt soft onher large, sensitive breasts and her nipples were hard from the cold.She ran a. " Caesar, I try very hard to do my duty." You think you do. I think you are too pampered to know what real hardship is. You are lucky that I was here. Jón could kill a simple cohort like yours in an hour if he chose to. He could have destroyed your ships with twelve of his mighty arrows and let the current clean up the mess."Julian was laying it on thick and I appreciated the help. I may get out of this without having to run.The Tribunus said, "I had heard that he was very powerful. That is why. Since he first arrived at the temple as a small boy he'd witnessed the virgin sacrifices. Every five days, three healthy, beautiful virgins on the cusp of womanhood were brought to the temple, each guaranteed to be at least 14 years of age. The High Priest stabbed each one in turn in the heart with a sharp stone. The Sun God demanded it.As far as Glurg knew, girls weren't really even people. They never said anything coherent. Sometimes they were silent as their lives were offered to the gods,.