Frankly I was amazed that they were still going, but their leadership had planned well, had the support of the lower classes (a first for the Tuathans...who generally used their lower classes as cannon fodder) and in areas they controlled had begun economic reform to distribute wealth and opportunity using the seized wealth of the conservative loyalists who had opposed any and all changes to society despite the obvious truth that it was falling apart due to the ruling Comitet Militaria’s. I thought to myself about what I had perceived between us. ‘Sinner,’ I muttered, blaming my thoughts on the beer. I returned to the truck and hefted myself up onto the tailgate. He slid down, sitting beside me. The closeness was unbearable, his shoulder rubbed against mine, thigh against thigh. He was wearing spicy, musky, scented cologne that I had gotten him for Christmas, I inhaled deeply. I was pulled away from my thoughts by a hand waving in front of my face. ‘Hello, want to join the rest. " Let's not talk about Crystal tonight, hon," Dawn fumed. "That slut has had her eye on Larry since the Fourth of July party two years ago."Crystal was a neighbor, a 30-something single mom with a collection of male friends parading through her place at all hours. All the women in our cul-de-sac kept a wary eye on Crystal lest she appropriate one of our men. And, Crystal wasn't shy about trying, either. Steven and I had joked about me sending him to Crystal for a really good fuck, but we were. ”Helene shook her head and gave him a shy smile. “You may ask your questions now, I will answer to the best of my knowledge.”He studied her for a moment and saw that she seemed to be composed again. “Jade mentioned that you called this language ‘the Old Tongue’ and that it was forbidden?”She flinched reflexively with that sudden reminder, then blinked as she remembered that she was now in a safe place. “The Brimorians ordered that we must only speak their language, but my people have kept the.