Tom was staring into space. His mind was elsewhere. “Tom?” “Oh! What? Yes, yes, please Amber.” “Only ten days to go, I’m so excited Tom, a...en’t you?” said his secretary enthusiastically. “I can’t allow myself to get excited until they cut the ribbon, or whatever they do.” “I know, but it’s just wonderful. I was only twelve when the last one came round. All the union Jacks and everything. Don’t you feel proud?” “Eh? Oh yes, of course I do.” “Yes. Anyway, I’ll go for the coffees.” Tom chuckled at. But those Queennominees never left the council chambers on Heliconia Prime. Not aliveat least, but Astrid is not a First Queen to hold to those oldtraditions," stated Tessie. "Besides she likes to be sure that she isgoing to get her way before she does anything. She would never putanother Queen in danger, whether she was a member of the council ornot."She'd just confirmed my suspicions, and I had to smile."Miss Malissa?" Nona asked over my lapel pin. "Miss Morten would liketo ask you a question. The ground had been covered by paving stones, yet despite that plants and trees had grown. The tree roots buckled up the thick paving stones. Swaths of dirt, pushed in by centuries of weather, allowed grasses and shrubs to grow.Nature reclaimed what the dwarves had stolen. It gave me hope. Since I left the forests, it had saddened me to witness how the humans of the Magery of Thosi and the Kingdom of Haz cleared away the natural features and plants to build their homes of dead wood and unliving. ..I told her it was my turn.I felt so weird being there, fingering her tight little cunt... and it was so slick...so easy to slide my fingers in and out, so soft and so sweet smelling... I couldn't help myself, I just had to lick my fingers...she squealed and said that I was a bad girl...she said she thought my Master would want to taste her first!I knew she was right...you would have wanted to suck my fingers and taste her long before I'd be allowed to...but you weren't there Master...maybe.