"I am not here to produce a child. I am here to accept your worship and help you impregnate a woman." I worship no one. Much less a woman!" After seei...g what I did with your gun, you risk much by insulting me." A magician's trick. No more."Terry smiled. Suddenly both of them were outside the chambers in his house where his wives lived. "Was that a trick?"He looked around. "Even if I grant this isn't some trick, hypnosis, hallucination, what do you want with me?" Simple. I will give you children. “It’s Gloria, do you want to talk to her?”I pulled over, and took the phone,“Yes, this is Richard Harris?”“Richard, this is Gloria, the Realtor from the house on Carmen Street?”“Yes,” I said expecting a ‘no chance’ coming from her.“Would you consider a counter offer for $550,000?”That surprised me.“Let me get this straight, for the house and all of the current furniture in it, minus the beddings and linens, you are asking for a total of $550,000 ... is that correct?”“Yessir, do we have a. Freed male slaves mean more volunteers for his troops. He'll be all for it."That was true. Plus, the Duke was a brother-in-arms of the King; he had received the Dukedom as a reward for his loyalty."My father is a given, and so is Queen Regula. The Chief Envoy, Petras, is all in favour of abolishing slavery in its entirety. He's spent too much time in Hanilei to accept it anymore. The Treasurer is undecided yet. He is weighing the slave tax against the taxes paid directly and indirectly by the. "Please leave us alone my dear. Come back tomorrow," she told the younger woman. Tiffi looked at her about to object, but despite her advanced years, Beatrice was a force of nature and not easily disobeyed. Tiffi decided that surrender was the better part of valor and kissed Aggie before she left.Beatrice climbed into the bed with Aggie and pulled her close, holding her like a mother holds an upset child. "I know my dear, I know. It hurts so much. Let it all out. Mother is here for you. Cry all.