His tone scared me. I quickly rolled off the bed and retrieved the strap off the wall. My hands were trembling as I gave it to him. He motioned for me...to lie across his lap—his broad thighs. I complied. I had felt his wrath many times, but he used a plain leather belt then. I knew this was going to be something completely different.I heard the strap whoosh the air before it came down on my bottom-cheeks. The pain caught me by surprise and I screamed. Over-and-over he brought it down on my. “Captain Eric Olafson served his Midshipman year aboard the USS Devastator and was her Acting Captain as part of the rare, but Fleet Command approved Command ability test.”Augustus and quite a few observers dropped their chins.“Admiral Stahl, were you aware of this? The ship is in your fleet!”“I ordered the big test and Captain Olafson uncovered a munition theft ring, prevented a Kermac PSI Spore attack and defeated a full Dai Tribe while he commanded her. Earning him the Orion Cross for doing. " You did?" She looked more confused than ever now."Yes I used to do it on the kitchen table." Really? Just a minute are we talking about the same thing?" Yes I think so, plastic models, Airfix kit's, I used to make them too,"Trish started to look really relieved."Ah, yes, yes Models."I finished making us both a cup of tea and we sat opposite each other, Itried to make small talk but Trish was still a little preoccupied."I didn't intend for you to get upset, Trish I was only having a littlefun. “Definitely.” I had been thinking about it that very morning. “I’ve never told anyone this,” she confessed, “but I thought it felt really natural when you undressed me.” That surprised me. “Really?” “Really,” my sister affirmed. “I didn’t sense any awkwardness from you, and I was definitely too wrapped up in Angela to be shy about having my own brother undressing me.” “Maybe that was the key,” I suggested. “Having Angela there as a focus for us both kept nervousness and awkwardness from.