I moved through the trees on the way back, as I didn’t want to chance leaving footprints along the road. There were enough footprints in the campgro...nd that mine wouldn’t be noticed. I was approaching our vehicle from the trees when I called Ed again.“I’m nearly there,” I told him. I could see that the camouflage netting had been removed and could hear the engine running.“Everything is ready,” Ed answered, as I moved closer.“Is the cab light turned off,” I asked when I stood besides the. Tam Lin rode on the white steed, nearest to the town. As he'd once been an earthly knight, they afforded him a place of renown, though given the aim of their gathering he was not sure he enjoyed being singled out. As they neared the crossroads he broke ranks and rode side by side with the Queen. Her horse was an unholy looking thing, and everywhere it set its great hooves the ground broke. The Queen herself started straight ahead, eyes like diamonds. "Lovely evening, isn't it your majesty?" he. Now remember I could see Grace in the reflection of the window, so I knew she had slept most of the time since our stroll down the corridors. As I turned out my light, I was looking forward to a good night’s sleep, pretty certain there would not be a repeat of the previous night. How wrong I was.At midnight I was awoken by the nurse for my antibiotic shot. I lay there waiting to return to sleep afterwards when Grace appeared next to my bed.“Hi,” I said.“I owe you something,” she whispered.“Hey. They implemented the breeding programs as part of a planet wide attempt to breed in good genetic traits and to breed out the bad ones. Selected women of age were to report to the health centers to be impregnated by a select number of men, released only after a certain period of time to rotate to a new batch of women. Within a few weeks from the start of the program, a massive number of fertilized ovums were 'extracted' and transported to an unknown location. Within a year, these babies had.