And it was fun, for a while, with the scheduling and the jokes about when and how often and in what position. But after a year, with no results, it st...rted to be less fun--and more like a duty to have sex at just the right times. Another six months without a pregnancy, and it was time to get tested.The news was pretty devastating: while I was shooting lots of baby-makers, Tommie had some rare type of uterine malformation that meant she couldn't carry a baby to term--she had perfectly healthy. His nerves were still shaken by the fierce battle, and would be until he'd had time to meditate. His responsibility, though Captain Jeryth would be looking over his shoulder until he'd really proved himself. Third Officer! With a twinge of guilt, he realized that he'd hardly thought of the two men who had suffered, perhaps died, to open the way for his promotion. That was the way it had to be, of course. A part of FleetAcademy training was a heavy dose of conditioning so that you could accept. She was mumbling something like how big it was. I was giving wet kisses on her neck. Finally, I could not control. I pushed her on the bed, got on top of her and was rubbing my cock on her mound.She was moaning loud. I tried to close her mouth with my lips and then with my hand as the moaning got louder. Finally, I think she had her orgasms. She shivered and her arms relaxed. I lay down next to her, like I understood it. She kissed my forehead and started kissing my lips. We kissed intensely. "Marshal, when I say empire, I mean empire. You now have around a million ounces of silver. If you get out at a price of $40 an ounce, that's worth $40 million. I have just less than three million ounces, if I get to an average investment of three dollars an ounce then when I cash out at $40 or $42, I should have about $120 million before taxes with about $80 million after taxes not including what you are investing for me. I think it will take another seven to ten years to turn that into around.