The story is set on "moderated" so if approved, you can add your own diverging branches as well. Hope we all get a wonderful experience, the author.Al... characters on this story are at least 18 years old.This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and referenced incidents are not real. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.---------------------------------------------------//---------------------------------------------------------Main. Luirlan had been telling the truth, her perspective mate was his great grandson. Even worse, she had done some research after meeting the strange old man and found he was a senior member of the Rmaxis family, one of the richest, most influential families in the Grojan Empire. He had been against the war with the humans and had been outspoken in his opposition. Once the war had begun he had left political life and became a recluse. His son in law took over the family business and his position in. He smelled of the place under the bridge where he often slept, ofthe garbage through which he scavenged his meals and harvested histreasures. Marcia did her best not to let her face involuntarily betrayher instinctive aversion to the general unwholesomeness of the man.Grace came around the counter, holding out her arms. Ranger Jack bentobediently. She gave him a quick peck on one of his sharp, wind-burnedcheeks."How about an orange-spice muffin for breakfast? And a hot cup of Joe?I'll bet that. .. but if we were going to do this, we'd do it my way!I grabbed a fist-full of her short dark hair, lifting her from the floor. She scrambled to her feet while I pulled the belt from a robe hanging behind the door and then pushed Sharon onto the bed. As she bounced, I pulled her lace dainties off before grabbing both feet and bending her legs to the bedrails on either side of her. Binding her left wrist to her left ankle with the extra belt, I tied her right wrist and ankle in the same fashion.