Shepard was just glad he couldn’t see the way the front of her uniform was darkening from her arousal, “Just cleared the mass relay, Captain. Stea...lth systems engaged. Everything looks solid.Joker’s fingers danced over the omnitools, oblivious as Commander Shepard came on Kaiden’s fingers behind him, her fist lodged firmly in her mouth to stifle any sound. He tapped a screen thrice, squinting at the readouts before leaning to the intercom.“Aye, aye, Captain. Better brace yourself, sir. I think. I just can"t do it! I can"t think about her I can only think about... "Stacy"s attention was at full alert, "What? You can only think about what? A man or something? Are you gay?" No!" Ricky shot back, "God no, I"m not gay. It"s worse than that." Ricky, if you"re gay, that"s fine. Who cares? These days everyone is either gay or knows someone who is." Stacy tried to comfort her brother."I"m not gay, Stacy. I"m in love with a girl. She"s just the wrong girl." The wrong girl? How can you be in. Clovis was actually waiting for us at the station, reasonably certain that my estimated arrival of shortly after dawn would be accurate. Word of our defeat of the Hephthalites had obviously spread throughout Paris, and thousands of Parisians lined the railroad route and the street from the railroad station to the palace, cheering as we switched to horses for the ride to the palace.Clovis was surprised to meet the unexpected guests. King Narasimhagupta, of what remained of the Gupta Empire, came. He could see that her eyes were open and that she was breathing, but she could not move. “Barbara! Speak to me.”“She’ll be alright, sir,” Hanna told him as she pulled at his arm to get him out of the way. Meantime Ileana had knelt beside her and was examining the cut on her cheek and the swelling knot on her left forearm.“The cheek is just a small cut, but it looks like the arm is broken. Can you take care of it, or do you need us to send for Anna?” she asked me.“Let me see,” I told them as I.