.. , shaking his head he spoke up. "President Maury! We have an active scan from the old empire palace, sir it has trained every weapon on the empire ...orld upon this building!" WHAT!? The planetary shields will take care of that." The president said waving the little man away."I'm sorry sir but," the little man was shaking."But what?! We have far more power than the old empire ever did." Maury said not really worried he'd spent a fortune getting the best, nothing could get to him now."All the. That was answer enough, and I gathered her into my arms and held on tight. I rocked her gently as her shoulders heaved with her frustration and disappointment. Jeanine, nude in my arms, is arousing. Jeanine, naked and crying in my arms, aroused different feelings entirely.I debated internally. If I told her that the test she took was the most accurate available over the counter, she'd be devastated. If I told her about the other, she might cling to false hope and be disappointed again. I had to. “It’s all right Cal, you can come out, here’s only me here.”“Go away David,” a voice came from inside the bushes.“No,” I replied, “not until you come out.”“Not until you go away.”“Then there wouldn’t be any point you coming out,” I explained.“Well I’m not anyway.”“Fair enough, I’ll just ring your Mum and get her to come and get you.”“No,” she almost screamed.“She already knows you’re not in school. I got called into Bernie’s office there was a guy from the Education Office there, who got all. "Another burst of murmuring forced the Grand Mistress to wait for a moment before continuing. "It has been decided that I will remain on The Inner Circle, but will give up my position as Grand Mistress. The Inner Circle has elected Master Tyrone to succeed me as Grand Master."Again the Grand Mistress had to wait for the noise of the crowd to abate before she could finish speaking. "My last act as your Grand Mistress is to decree the punishment for my failure. I decree that the one who failed.