The once proud clan of raiders was no longer. Their ranks were filled with slave replacements and mostly young men without the seasoning needed to ins...ill terror in the hearts of their intended targets. In fact, several of the crews had some female fighters serving with valor to make up for the shortage of fully trained warriors. Eve considered that she was an exception because she was the daughter of Patrick and rightfully sailed forth on his flagship to seek booty and slaves for the benefit. Early on in the week, Penny let Mark know they’d been invited to another party at Alyssa’s on Saturday. The way she phrased it suggested to Mark it would be dinner party, similar to the last one. The groan she received in response to the news indicated Mark wasn’t too thrilled by the idea of another evening listening to Jason’s anecdotes. Mark was probably remembering the undertone of obscure innuendo which had characterized the previous dinner party. Penny now understood what Jason had been. "My father shuddered. "Questions are usually put under torture," he saidquietly."Yes," said my uncle, grimacing, "and we know the outcome of that! Fewmen can stand up to torture for long. So, brother, I am on my way toour house in Rouen. I have been sent to warn the Templars there to beon guard."As for Pope Clement, I do not think he can save us. He has bowed topressure from Philip and even sent out word for all the kings inChristendom to arrest Templars and confiscate all of our properties. Nobody knew for sure though if she was a lesbian, bisexual, bi-curious or anything else. She closed her eyes again and this time her mind swam in a sea of visions of crude sexual imagery, all centred on The Lioness.When she finally opened her eyes again the timer was empty. She sat up, rubbed the sweat from her eyes and walked out and headed for the showers.When she got to the shower room, she heard someone was already in as she could hear the shower hissing out the torrent of hot water. She.