He led his host into the hills, where they were bitterly resisted by the clans. Though he won many victories, each one wittled down his army until he ...ad nothing left and was forced to flee in disgrace. The cost of the war ruined him, since there was no treasure in the hills to defray the expense. He had to marry his daughter off to a merchant from the Duchy of Braden, the diamond as part of the dowry, in exchange for enough money to save his own estate from collapse. The Duke’s new son-in-law. She accepted the drink and said,”What kid? Did you book a room at your hotel?” and laughed at him, to which he gave her a key card for the room and she suddenly stopped laughing.He laughed and said,”Why did you stop laughing? Did you think I was kidding? Ok, I am serious.Let’s go.” and he pulled her by the waist.She went back and said,”Hey kid! I am sorry, it’s a marriage function going on here and I thought you were kidding, so I just told so. I was not serious.Now, please leave, don’t make me. Jack turned away. Why was he here? He thought: I don't know why I come here. He looked at the girl again, the one with her arm raised as she drank, the blue silk blouse, her head tossed back, the line of her throat, her eyes closed as she poured the gin down her gullet, not like the other one, the other one was kissing, this one was drinking, and at the tables behind her the others were drinking, the men drinking, the women drinking, the booze flowing in and endless river out of the bottles. ‘Look, both of you women are sexy…’ ‘Oh, so you’ve been having fantasies about fucking us, huh?’ Candice interrupted me. ‘Basically,’ I answered. Both Claudia and Candice sat next to me laughing and touched me all over like physical therapists. Their tiny fingers felt like cotton balls roaming around my arms, chest and face. ‘We’re not trying to embarrass you, Nature Boy.’ Candice said. ‘Pretty boys can be such pussies when it comes to getting pussy,’ Claudia said. ‘Nature Boy, everybody have.