I wouldn’t want her to get hurt.”I held the ladder and started to watch her climb. Soon her skirt line was just above my head and I had a clear an... close look at her dingy white panties just inches from my face.Her mother Gabrielle said, “Jessica you could have worn clean panties. You never know who will be looking up your skirt.”Jessica looked down and replied, “These are clean. Remember when you accidentally bleached my gray ones? Well these are it.”She then smiled at me and asked, “You don’t. After a quick trip into the woods to water a couple of trees, Ken worked on re-stoking the fire to chase the morning chill from the campsite. Meanwhile, I got the coffee and bacon started on the gas stove. Neither of us seemed anxious to bring up the previous night as we were both working in silence.I called to the tent, “Hey girls, the bacon’s done. Are you two going to sleep all day?”Karen answered, “Put the eggs on. We’re almost ready.”I had my back to the tent cooking the eggs. Ken was at. I am Flora. I am the closest thing that ugly Indian will ever get to a wife."Far from being insulted, Juan smiled tenderly at her and replied, "You did not think I was so ugly last night, woman." In the dark," she snorted, "everyone looks the same. Don't you have chores to do?"Flora blew on a spoonful of the soup and held it for Alex to sip. The broth was delicious and he suddenly realized he was ravenous.Once his hunger was taken care of, Alex's puzzlement and curiosity returned. "How did I. ’ Her body started to tremble slightly. She swiped her hand angrily at the tears streaming down her face. Jamus choked back his words. He’d never once seen her lose her composure in the near 150 years he’d known her. The events of the past month clearly had her shaken. She was terrified to the core. They all were. Since the dawn of the ‘Breed,’ the only threat to them came from the humans who wanted them destroyed, and over the years they’d nearly succeded in making them an endangered species..