He had planned on teaching this workout to Tin to make her stronger and capable of defending herself, but that opportunity was gone.Once they reached ...he middle of the afternoon, Noah had them move on to the next stage of their training. Oath, Trevor, and Mira stood side by side, all gasping for air and cursing in anguish as sweat poured down their faces. For Oath and Trevor, the workout was simple, though far from easy. They were performing isometric exercise, holding out their weapons as far. Jenny and Anna followed silently in her wake. Eyes wide with fear, Erin fought to hang onto both her dignity and the contents of her stomach.Mordrant lounged languidly on what Erin supposed to be a throne. Whatever it was, it was covered in animal hides that smelled all the way across the room. Or maybe it was simply the room that smelled so rank. Either way the assault on her senses was almost overwhelming."Your Highness, your Queen awaits" said one of the flunkies with just enough sneer in. Get the blanket so I can put it over me," she said in a louder voice.I jumped up to get a blanket out of the blanket basket, and handed it to her. After I sat back down, this time moving close enough to her that our knees touched, she spread the blanket over our laps and reached for my right hand. She squeezed it and rested both our hands on her ankle. After holding hands awhile, like shy teen-agers hiding any affectionate touches from their parents, I released her hand and rested my hand on. The only good thing now was the fact that ours was a flexible seating office so I could choose where I want to sit every day.I was early as usual but today I did not even go for my morning coffee to the cafeteria because of my messed up mind state. For the next hour, people kept pouring in the office albeit in very fewer numbers considering it was the Thursday before Good Friday leave and I pretended to be working with the headphones in my ear. But I was still gorging upon the few bare legs,.