So if you ever want to talk, here’s my card. Please take the package. By the feel of it it’s not a bomb. It’s a book.’ He winks at her, making...her blush even more. Faith takes the package and his card, admonishing herself quietly for being so obviously smitten by him. She feared he had bad news. But then again, maybe he was the news. Bad or good remains to be seen, she thought to herself. ‘Thank you,’ she says quietly before closing the door slowly. ‘Good night.’ But for a moment, he doesn’t. She got up on her knees and said she wanted to be fucked. Then she said she wanted me to do it. That was stimulating in itself, but what followed was simply unbelievable. “You can come out of there,” she said. “I saw you closing the doors as I came up. Decided to see if you would stay even when I…when I started fucking myself.”I opened the doors and stood there my pants down staring at her, flushed and panting and on her knees. I got on my knees in front of her and held her bare. However, what will I do about an offspring? You cannot guarantee me a child.’ Berith frowned. ‘What is the importance of a child? To carry on some sort of legacy? A leader should be chosen by his or her worth, not by his or her parentage. That is how it has been done with the Taelin and we have lived in harmony since the beginning…before the arrival of your ancestors. Still, there is no internal dissent among the Taelin. Perhaps my daughter will be able to teach you something.’ ‘Talia, must you. A tinge of nostalgia creep in. I missed that crazy old man. He was the only family I’d ever known.I stepped into the shower to freshen up before getting to work. “Why do I still bother with this stupid job anyway,” I thought to myself while washing my hair. “Thanks to dad, I’ve got enough money for two lifetimes.”My father was a grade-A womanizer. There’s no telling how many brothers and sisters I actually have. I’ve never met any because Doug was excellent at not being found by his numerous.