As my bank account got fatter I decided to give myself a reboot so to speak. It’s amazing what dermabrasion, a gym membership, laser eye surgery and...braces can do. After a year I was a fit, good looking guy who had an inferiority complex the size of Texas. I’d perfected my body but hadn’t spent a cent on improving my self image. Then I met Vanessa, she hit me like a tactical nuke. She must have sensed my lack of self-esteem. I was deathly shy around women, had no idea what flirting was, and. The air and sounds were different. The bedroom was certainly different. Most different, though, was having one person’s leg draped over mine and another person’s arm draped over my breasts. I don’t know if I slept on my back the entire night or in our sleep, we found positions like this.Of course, the people entrapping me to the bed were Mr. and Mrs. Woodburn. It was an interesting evening and night. I was sure she had heard the details of my being hired and the days after, but she was. "It's hard to believe... I have asked so many times over the last year alone if I could meet Her. I get promoted and move out here, and it's like a chance encounter. So many things are different out here. The food, weather, even the people. But to run into Her... And She offers to buy me a cup of coffee. That's what is nerve-wracking..."I trail off, now becoming slightly embarrassed that I have started to let my emotions be known to these two women whom I had just met.The slightly older woman. ‘There is warm water over the fire, and fresh clothes hanging in that closet. They will be loose on you, but will do. I will have Ferandi send a message to Lord Séregon and another to the Queen, please don’t…’ ‘No – the Queen is dead. This is her blood. I will explain all, but for now, send the message to my grandfather and to my kingdom.’ ‘My husband will carry the other the one to your kingdom, he will return soon from his hunt.’ Gilraen nodded her head in understanding, and waited for the.