"The Secret Service personnel had started to move forward but a hand wave from the President stopped them both times. The President grinned ruefully a...d said, "I apologize for your trip. Your CEO did request that we use a video conference. Sometimes, a request is filled in something less than the best way. I needed information and, as the request went down the line, people changed it to suit what they thought I wanted rather than what had actually been requested." He looked at his Chief of. "He was pretty mad at us," Betsy said biting her lower lip. She felt like crying.The guard hung up the telephone and made his way to the car. He was a tall Native American with a pony tail that came down to the middle of his back. Rather than a typical guard uniform, he was wearing blue jeans and a blue work shirt. On his hip he had a revolver in a holster. Ling noticed that the holster was rigged for a quick draw.The gate slowly opened as the man stopped in front of Ling's door. She rolled her. While the merchant town provided the Amazons with wealth and iron, the Amazons provided the Nordics with military support. There have been many a time that the Amazons had rushed to the aid of the small merchant town. Saving them from other Nordic tribes, the armies of the Western Empire, even some of the Hellenistic nations. So strong was their alliance that some outside nations believed that Accor and Deni were the same country. It was even rumored that King of Deni and Queen of Accor were. And Karen's kisses. Oh my! Her tongue slipped so delicately inside my mouth yet transformed into a ravaging dragon, raising me to yet new heights, taunting and dancing with my own until I couldn't tell whose was whose.Karen had been as silent as my thoughts while our fingers, lips, and tongues were running rampant. Eventually, she said, “You really didn’t want to know about English language history when you came to see me did you?”My face flushed. The mood was a bit broken, just a bit. “Well....