"And I can have you!" She lifted her face for a kiss. "John, you would be shocked to know how much I want you." No more than you, Eve, if you knew how...much you are desired."We returned from the concert that Friday. I had Butterflies in my stomach, and was sure that Eve also suffered that fluttery anticipation. I made coffee, and we sat quietly talking about little, for both of us the anticipation made concentration difficult. Eve told me that she was going to brush her teeth, got up and kissed. I just left my dating and sex life away from the house to protect my daughter and to keep her dream alive that her mother and I would get back together one day. Then when my daughter turned fourteen I had been seeing Beverly for over a year and it was time for Kristen to meet the woman that I was seeing. At first my daughter took the news well. She was okay with me seeing this woman Beverly but after a while Beverly let the cat out of the bag that she wanted to move in with us.”Gemma said,. One of our elders once said, "A free and happy kingdom is always a place for insecurity." He was right. Troops advancing on other lands aiming to enlarge his territory, enslave and loot, all in name of great and noble Caestyria, while the reign itself was so convinced that nothing could hit them that, here we were.With the right people for the job - mine - it was just a matter of using a festival, as they had many, as an excuse to be as close as possible to the castle at night, kill a guard or. She was frightened to death. She had not grown to like her whippings, although she was as hard as any of the women after all this time. Let's get it over with, she thought. It was the waiting that always played havoc.She was not prepared to hear that voice again! Although she realised that that black nemesis had never been far away these last painful months."Hello again Clementine. How do enjoy being my guest?" Your guest! Since when are you in charge around here?" Well. Let's say I have.