” She paused for a few moments, and sat up on her bed. Her cousin had set most of her baggage on the floor and was sitting on the floor cross-legged...in front of her. She shook her head to settle her soft blond hair around her shoulders, wetted her lips, and pulled one long leg up beside her, letting her cousin see the place where her shorts rode up into her crack. She looked down at him sitting with his legs spread wide apart and noticed that he shifted slightly as she drew her leg up tighter,. He guarded it fiercely and promised to tell no one or else forfeit this most sacred dream.The warm and stuffy classroom could not contain his anxiousness. The poetry workshop waited for their teacher to arrive, and Claude sat in the front of the class this time, as opposed to where he normally sat, which was in the back row, distant but out of sight. He counted on Amanda noticing his new look. Even a few of the students smiled. He was at the center of attention, at the point of nakedness and. There were ways to make rape quite painful for him, and the Queen had perfected those over the decades.Dimillah grinned. How she would like to be a fly on the wall watching the old lady playing with him. The other ladies eyed him slouching between them. Likewise grinning. They were probably thinking the same thing."Are you ready?" Dimillah asked him at the entrance. She laughed.They entered.The large throne room was filled with the Queen's court ladies, sitting around on divans. Some of the. " Jack and I camp. That's part of how we met. I think Gretchen hikes as well as runs."Gretchen said, "I like to hike though work has gotten in the way in the last year or so."Mack said, "We will need to work on that. We can talk about it tonight over dinner."Jack said, "Take her to 'Bon Apetit.' You can try out your footwork, too. Just don't wear your hiking boots!"Gretchen said, "I'll have to wear a skirt!"Mack said, "That sounds good to me." Then you wear a coat and tie!" To see you in a.