Sensing his uncertainty, she laughed, and Henry correctly identified the low throaty chuckle as that of the older wife, Princess Ayda."Princess," he s...id formally, "How may I help you."She did not reply, but swept into his private suite with her escorting eunuch."You can start by helping me out of this awful thing. I hate them," she said, leaning forward at the waist to allow him to pull the tent-like garment off her.Henry thought he had committed a horrendous faux pas and pulled her harem gown. You will be able to talk as well, but it will take a littletime since you had some simple surgeries done to alter your voice, andit will feel different." She informed me."Now I will give you the rules of the house. One. At no point can youleave this room unaccompanied. I or another sister must be present withyou at all times. Two. You must obey every command that either myselfor the head mistress wishes you to do. If another sister demandssomething of you, tell them to see one of us for. At one point he'd even escorted Aikun to the bridge to see how the ship was controlled—choosing a time when MacPherson wasn't present—and he and Cromartie had given a concise description of how the vessel was managed.As the Ark neared Eden's sun the aliens exhibited more and more interest, and at least one was almost continually to be found gazing at the monitors displaying their approach. When the ship reached perihelion and entered its parabolic path around the star its flaming surface filled. I had been watching some porn movies, but finally I went to bed and passed out, tired after a wild heavy week at my office. In the darkness I heard a loud noise and I woke up a bit scared.Three masked men were down at the living room, stealing stuff…One of them saw me standing there at the top of the stairs and he quickly climbed up after me. I was not enough fast, since I went back to the bedroom and grabbed my phone; but the stranger slammed the door as he entered and pushed me onto the bed.I.