It made his vision blur a moment."Now James," the man said, offering him a seat. "I'm willing to acceptyou immediately, as your resume has informed us...of your previous work,but just for the sake of it, do you tick any diversity boxes? We arelooking to improve our quota." None, I'm afraid," James said. "I'm just a straight white guy."Adam laughed. "Yes, yes, well that's all well and good. Let me show youto your office and sleeping quarters..."As discussed in an email the week before, James" new. " then she turned and walked out, closing the door behind her, but looking back at me at the same time as she closed the door.When I finished, I got out of bed, put on my pj bottoms, that I had on last night, went to the bathroom, then down to the kitchen to find mom putting our breakfast on the table.Mom sat down at the table as I pushed the chair in as she beent her knees, then I sat down next to her, like we usually did anytime we sat down to eat a meal.We made small talk while we ate our. I was nervous to see him again. After six years we shared letters and he dated my best friend, but it always came down to family. The day my parents brought him to my house I was laying out by the pool in my pink polka dot bikini. My skin had finally turned to a tan glow, and my body had toned into sculpted perfection. Every boy in my home town and college wanted to get with me or my twin sister. Kat and I were both dancers and where my body was muscle, Kat's was flesh and lusty. I was 5'7''. “It should have been me!” he raged.“And what did Antis promise you?”“Rejuve and an unlimited breeding license!”“And how long did you expect to survive? Knowing the truth of what he did to the Princess Royal?” I mocked.“He is a man of his word! A noble!”“I’m a noble-born,” Cassire butted in. “He isn’t acting like any noble-born I’ve ever heard of,” she almost spat at an increasingly unstable Trellio.His eyes turned to Cass and I took my chance in launching myself forward and onto him. He must.