Chuck said that he would see me later. I went home to the patio and was greeted by a lot of women. Mercy saw me and smiled. She waved at me to follow ...er, and we went back to my room.Mercy said, “I know what you’ve been offered and what the cost is. You need to know that there is a higher cost. Chuck has been shot so many times that I can’t even remember the number. You’ll often be shot at if you go into that group that Chuck leads. You’ll have that same gift of luck Chuck has, and defy death. I knew she lived alone, that she had been divorced for more than 3 years, that she got a bundle of cash from her poor husband, that she got the house, the car and the kid and that the kid had been sent away to an expensive boarding school. Naturally the court order required her poor ex-husband to pay for the little bastards schooling AND pay the bitch for child support even though SHE made more money than he did. The little fucker probably wasn?t even his but the courts could care less about. Was taken. Butafter they'd kissed each other's cheek I perked right up."Polly, meet my brother Robert, First Lieutenant in the Life Guards.Robert this is my friend Miss Polly Winters."I'd got used to having my hand kissed over the course of the party, butI got some very tingly feelings I wasn't used to when his lips brushedthe back of my hand."Miss Winters, delighted to meet you. My sister has spoken of your manyvirtues, she neglected to inform me of your beauty."To my utter astonishment I. "I want to offer you the same chance as before, but nothingchanged." Nothing changed." To be a male again. James...The small part of her mind pleaded with her to accept. He wanted to behimself again. She thought over the last year, the danger, the heartache.She ached to feel that people were safe again, that the world was notlooking to take advantage of her."So much easier to be a man in this world." The face of a snake cameforth. "So much so, that I think you deserve another chance."Maggie.