Is that okay?" Absolutely." Chris replied. "You two got studying to do or something?" Not exactly." Alexa giggled. "Teri wants one of my magic hand-jo...s. We want to know what a girl feels like, isn't that hot?" Hell yeah." Chris grinned as he drove.Teri blushed even brighter."Don't worry." Alexa assured, putting a relaxing hand on Teri's thigh. "We won't tell anyone." Thanks Alexa." Teri said. "I guess I'm just nervous. I've...I've never actually been with another girl." Don't be nervous Teri.". I speak of myself as if I were another person because that's the situation I and many other formerly powerful men now find ourselves.Let me tell you how it happened. One year ago I was in Bombay having just finished a deal that would take Grayson Industries into India and net me another 20 or 30 million annually. As I do on all my business trips, I had concentrated strictly on business. As I went from airport to boardroom, to hotel, to the end of the deal and then back to the airport. I. Would counting sheep work? I decided to try, deliberately picturing each one in detail, counting backwards from 100.Sleep claimed me at some point, but the dreams were terrible. I woke, sweating and panicked, before realizing it was a nightmare. When my heart calmed down, I rolled over and went back to sleep. After the third dream, I decided it was a lost cause and got up. A shower would help me relax and make me feel better. I grabbed some clean clothes and opened my door. Nova was sitting in. They wanted to know if he’d really done three Challenges, finishing the hardest Tasks. Had he traveled halfway across the world using special rocks he carried in a pocket? Which was the toughest foe: giant, golem or orc? Apparently, there were no orcs this far south, so that race rivaled giants (which had their own cousins in the area) for reputed martial prowess. Also, could they touch his boots? Did Duin really, honest-to-whoever reside in them?At night John went to sleep with the most.