Not truckers by any means. Too young and preppy and “from money” looking. College guys just pulling over for a cup of coffee, Donnie had surmised....But then he’d agreed with Kevin that this wasn’t the place that three college guys would pull over to on this stretch of road. There were fast food joints nearby—not to mention a Starbucks nearly across the road.“Them guys?” Donnie repeated.“Yep. I’ve noticed it before. This is the third time this year,” Kevin said, turning away from the boys and. This is what it must be like for addicts, guilty feelings and then justification. But despite all my feelings of guilt and remorse and self-hatred at what I was doing, I was looking forward to seeing Derek again. I was impatient for the work week to start and once the new week was upon me, I was impatient for my lunch break to roll around so I could sneak away for an hour or so and see Derek. I got a text from Derek on Monday saying that he couldn’t get away from work so we’d have to postpone. Another 20,000 Mongol troops had joined them off the coast of Mumbai.After receiving permission from the city’s leader, they debarked in Mumbai. The Kakatiya had heard about the attack on our ship and were happy to have help fighting Sultan Khilji and his troops. They had barely managed to defeat his army a few years ago and Khilji was reportedly readying a larger army for another attack. Khilji had attacked our ship in hopes of capturing our cannons to give them a further advantage. The town. In reality I hadn’t decided on a major. “That is good,” he said with a nod and a smile. “You can take care of me if I get sick,” he joked. His wide grin was so sexy, his short black hair and small almond-shaped eyes were intoxicating. God, I needed him so badly. “I would take very good care of you, I promise,” I smiled as I mentally searched for a way to keep the conversation going. “How long have you been teaching, Mr. Gao?” I asked. My improvisational skills were growing as much as my.