Then we were whipped. Then the next day we had to pleasure the Emir with our hands and mouths," Jaida broke off sobbing."Gently, gently. Nobody is goi...g to hurt you," said Elinor, thinking that she could understand someone wanting to thrash this woman; somehow her frail-looking body seemed to invite violence.Jaida caught her breath and continued, "I failed to go on past this stage of the competition, so I was to be deflowered in public for the amusement of the court. It fell to me to be. The surprises stopped, as well as the notes. Everyday a jab of pain would stick me in the heart as I saw our graffiti. I wondered if he ever saw what I wrote. ..I wondered if he still thought about me. It was mid-May, and I was heartbroken, by a mysterious man I hardly knew. It was silly. I never was affected by anyone, but he made me cry myself to sleep every night. All I wanted was to see him. My feet dragged me to my car at the end of the day, to find a large white piece of paper duct taped. Much to Pen Sada’s surprise, a few people stood firm in their resistance to losing the power they held. It was mostly older people who had a long history of running over the populace who were most adamant about rejecting the treaty. Some of the younger members of the Senate were a lot more flexible in their thinking. She knew that a few felt that the perceived threat of death made voting for the treaty the only sane choice.To be honest, a lot of those who voted against the treaty were surprised. ”She was right, how could love come so quick, I mean, we didn’t know anything about each other, I didn’t even know where she fucking lived. Shit! I didn’t even know her surname. And yet she’d said she was falling in love with me, it was crazy to be thinking that way. I wasn’t ready to be saying anything similar to her. Okay. she was brilliant company and I was captivated by her beauty and she was as sexy as hell, I’d do the easy thing for now and just go along with her.“Sophie, you couldn’t.